From Untruth to Truth : Ignorance and Knowledge in Hindu Scriptures

A person who is your real well-wisher is incapable of following the adage - speak the pleasant truth; do not speak the unpleasant truth. India could not advance without reforming the Hindu society steeped in superstition and ignorance and rearing hatred towards non-Hindus and people of lower castes, non-vegetarians and others. Hence, the fearless Advaitin Paramahangsa Soham Swami, as a true son of his motherland and well-wisher of the Hindu race, critically reviewed the Aryan scriptures. He pinpointed the ignorance, dismissed the myths, and upheld the truth. From Untruth to Truth is the English translation of abda Pramna (Scriptural Testimonies), a chapter of Soham Samhita, published in Bangla in 1914. Disregarding the wrath of the fanatics, the author boldly exposed the reality of the scriptures. The subjects covered in this book include The myth of the Vedas as a non-human or impersonal workFalsehood and Depravity in the Vedic AgeThe custom of animal sacrifice, meat-eating, and drinking inebriating drinks in Vedic ritualsHow modern fundamentalists are eager to conceal the truthHow modern Hinduism is different from the Aryan religion of the VedasContradictory theories of cosmology in the Hindu scripturesContradictory doctrines of the reality of the world in the Vedas and other Aryan scripturesWhy and how founders and followers of the various dualist schools opposed the Advaita philosophy of non-dualism