CHAPTER SIX — Modern Possibilities

new system which will give him a sense of purpose in life and which will furnish the answers to his real demands. This problem is not just confined to America but, because America is the leader of contemporary industrial cultures, it naturally inherits a large share of the problem. This is clearly indicated by the fact that when Swami Vivekanand (1863-1902) travelled to America at the end of the nineteenth century, he could not find a field for his work there, whereas nowadays Indian Sadhus find millions of followers in the U.S.A. It is clear that modern Western man is thoroughly disenchanted with his culture and is desperate for something new. When the preserved Religion is not available to him, he pursues anything that glitters from a distance.