

MAKING DE:poSITS IN THL) BANK O]? HI:AVI;n 



J 



Photo by Wiele and Klein 



*' 'According to Hindu theory, the performance of penances was like making deposits in 

 the bank of heaven. By degrees an enormous credit was accumulated which enables the 

 depositor to draw the amount of his savings without fear of his drafts being refused pay- 

 ment. The power thus gained by weak mortals was so enormous that gods as well as men 

 were equally at the mercy of these all but omnipotent ascetics'" (see text, page 1270). 



1294 



