शिवज्ञानबोध (मेय्कण्डार - शैव सिद्धान्त का आधारभूत दार्शनिक सूत्र ग्रन्थ)

PREFACE.
tative, I would say truth is authoritative, because it is
truth, not because it came in a particular way. And all
truth is from God." The Siddhantis not only believe that
'the heart is made pure by truth,' but that no truth should
be thought as faulty, even if it is found in an alien book.
“ அந்நிய நூலின் விதி யவிரோதமேல்,
உன்னேல் பழுதென்றுளத்து.”
The article in question, after reviewing briefly the attitude of
Missionaries towards Hinduism from time to time proceeds
to state, “we find much truth both in books and men; so
much as to surprise the student and delight the wise
Christian teacher.” The article gives a brief summary
of the Siddhanta doctrines and quotations from nearly all
the Siddhanta Sastras and other works referred to by me
in the body of the work. After these quotations, follow a
remark, “If we give to the truths enumerated and illustra-
ted above, our careful consideration, we shall admit that
they indicate a clear advance on the teaching of the Vedas
or the Pantheism of the Upanishads.” But that is an issue
raised between Siddhantis and other Vedantists as to what
the Vedas and Upanishads really teach, which I explain
further in my introduction. I am afraid that Hinduism
has lost more than what it has gained by an onesided
representation from within and from without; by translating
and publishing such works and interpretations only as accord
with the Idealistic School of Hindu Philosophy. No doubt
the truth is here, but not in the latent condition as the
Rev. Gentleman supposes. This is the truth which has
been taught to me and which I have learned from my
earliest years; and neither my parents nor my teachers
have ever taught me to mistake a stock or a stone for God.