Árdís - 01.01.1966, Qupperneq 38

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ÁRDÍS
For instance, agriculture could be made much more productive
if the people were to collectively farm larger areas of land instead
of each farming a narrow strip; but their religion forbids change
so in this life cycle each Hindu has to be satisfied with what he
has and if starvation results then is was meant to be.
Also India has more cattle than any other country in the
world but the Hindu must not eat meat. The sacred cows may die
of famine but their destruction would be interference with the
predestined progress of a soul from one transmigration to another.
The government finds itself helpless in the face of this opposi-
tion to progress and the attitude of the Hindu that “what is, must
be, and is for the best.”
The philosophy of Hinduism leads to complacency with one’s
present lot and looks to future reincarnations for improvement.