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Und um so mehr geheiligt und gewürdigt finden wir diese Hingabe an das Geistige, je mehr der Mensch in der Lage ist, in sich selbst Einkehr zu halten, still in sich zu leben und das Beste, was in ihm ist, abgesehen von aller Wirksamkeit in der äußeren Welt, abgesehen von allem, was der Mensch sein kann auf dem physischen Plane, hinzulenken zu den Urgründen der geistigen Welten. Als höchste Pflicht sehen wir diese andächtige Hinlenkung der Seele zu den Urgründen des Daseins bei denjenigen, welche zur obersten Kaste des indischen Lebens gehört haben oder gehören, bei den Brahminen. Alles, was sie tun, alle ihre Impulse sind hingeordnet nach dieser Andacht; und es gibt nichts, was das sittliche Empfinden und Fühlen dieser Menschen tiefer beeindruckt, als diese Hinlenkung nach dem Göttlich-Geistigen in einer alles Physische vergessenden Andacht, in einer intensiv tiefen Selbstbeobachtung und Selbstentäußerung. Und wie das sittliche Leben dieser Menschen von dem eben Bezeichneten durchdrungen wird, das können Sie aus der anderen Tatsache ersehen, daß diejenigen, welche, namentlich in älteren Zeiten, anderen Kasten angehört haben, es als selbstverständlich ansehen, daß die Kaste der Andacht, die Kaste des religiösen und rituellen Lebens als etwas Ehrwürdiges und Ausgesondertes betrachtet wird. So war das ganze Leben durchzogen von diesen eben charakterisierten Impulsen der Hinlenkung auf das Göttlich-Geistige. Das ganze Leben stand in dem Dienste dieser Hinlenkung, und mit allgemeinen Moralprinzipien, die irgendeine Philosophie begründet, kann man das nicht verstehen, um was es sich hier handelt. Man kann es nicht verstehen aus dem Grunde, weil in den Zeiten, in denen im alten Indien sich diese Dinge entwickelt haben, sie zunächst bei anderen Völkern unmöglich gewesen sind. 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