Sadhu Sundar Singh on 1920s Japan

Japan has plunged herself in the soul-killing floods of Western materialism. Her eyes are filled with visions of worldly greatness. She is in the fury of making money and has no ear for the word of God. All religious appeals fall flat on the Japanese... not even a nominal condemnation of things which would have shocked the moral susceptibilities of an ordinary Indian. The worst of it is, Japan does not even take Buddhism seriously. Her temples are thronged with tourists and guides more than devotees.


Quoted from "Sadhu Sundar Singh," by Phyllis Thompson, Armour Publishing Pte. Ltd., Singapore, 2005. p.157


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