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Marrying outside of One's Caste 128 v. The Results of the Caste System 129 Possibilities of Good 131 It arrays Caste against Caste 132 It narrows the Sympathies 132 It degrades Manual Labour 133 It opposes Commerce 134 A Foe to Nationality 135 A Foe to Individualism 135 It is Unethical 137 vi. The Dominance of Caste 138 Seen even among Christians 140 Roman Catholicism and Protestantism 143 Signs of its Decadence 144 Opposed by Western Progress 147 Government Opposition 148 Christianity its Foe 149 VI. The Bhagavad Gita—The Hindu Bible 152-189 i. What is this Song 153 ii. What are its Purposes and Contents 156 1. Its Teaching concerning God 160 Incarnation 163 2. The Doctrine of the Living Soul 167 3. The Doctrine of Liberation 169 (1) Through Knowledge 169 (2) Through Asceticism 171 (3) Through Works 174 Caste 177 Detachment 179 Bhakti 181 (4) Altruism. 183 4. The Doctrine of Salvation