„Benares is holy. Europe, grown superficial, hardly understands such truths anymore….. I feel nearer here than I have ever done to the heart of the world; here I feel everyday as if soon, perhaps even today, I would receive the grace of supreme revelation…The atmosphere of devotion which hangs above the river is improbable in strength; stronger than in any church that I have ever visited. Every would be Christian priest would do well to sacrifice a year of his theological studies in order to spend his time on the Ganges; here he would discover what piety means.“

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— Hermann von Keyserling

Count Hermann Keyserling, The Huston Smith Reader

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deutscher Philosoph 1880 - 1946

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