Beck, L Adams, The story of oriental philosophy New York: New Home Library, 1942 p. 10 - 120. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189049/page/n1/mode/2up
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India has had a spiritual freedom never known until lately to the West. Christianity when it came offering its spiritual philosophy of life imposed an iron dogma upon the European peoples. Those who could not accept this dogma, whatever it happened to be at the moment, paid so heavy a penalty that the legend of the Car of Juggernaut (Jagannath) is far truer of Europe than Asia."
— Beck on Jagannath Temple, Puri
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Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
About Beck
Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
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