Padas ] General Introduction 3 approach also, especially from the side of the relation- ship of works to recompense. These questions have received the highest priority from philosophers and moralists, especially from Kant. After these philo- sophical and ethical approaches, we have to consider the question of sin whose existence we find in the lives of men and in society. Those who want to evolve an incentive to spiritual life through the consideration of sin are necessarily prompted to seek thenceforth a life which will be for ever beyond its pale. After the consideration of sin come the questions of old age and death, which are very peremptory considerations, very positive facts, which lead a man Godward. Immediate- ly after the question of death we stand face to face with the questions of transmigration and metem- psychosis, a determination of the nature of which in Nachiketian fashion also prompts us to pursue the spiritual ideal. The last incentive we shall discuss in the present chapter is the incentive of helplessness in life's experience, which will instil into the mind of man the conception of a power altogether beyond the range. of his own impotent reflection. A consideration of all these incentives may throw a gleam of light before the eye of the spiritual seeker, and he may find that unless he resigns himself completely to the will of this Omni- potent Being, it may not be possible for him to pursue the spiritual path steadfastly, courageously and successfully. CHAPTER II The last chapter was devoted to a review of the various incentives that lead to the desire for the spiri-
