Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE.
that which is reflected on the little judge of reason within him ? Now, if Mr. Smith were the knower in his own right, he would not be a' forgetter' of things. The two functions of knowing and forgetting do not go well together. Yet the fact that John Smith can at times jog his memory and recollect some of the apparently forgotten events, shows that the knowledge is there all the same, whether it be accessible to him or not at any particular moment of time. The literature of New Psychology contains many accounts of events which were not observed by the individuals themselves, but which were within their minds all the same. The case of the lady who had dropped her key and who recollected its whereabouts under the influence of hypnotism, is an instance in point. If she had observed it falling down, naturally she would not have allowed it to be lost. Who, then, knew, in this instance, that the key had been lost, who observed it falling, and who remembered where it had fallen down ? Obviously, not the lady, but some one else. Mr. Smith will find many similar instances on record, if he wishes to satisfy himself on the point. Thus, we observe that in all these instances our friend, Mr. John Smith, is unable to stand his ground; in fact, as is evident from our first argument, he is not the knower but the 'forgetter'! Vedanta, therefore, asserts that the Knower is not the body, but the Reality within. This inner Reality which is pure consciousness, it is claimed by Vedantists, is the Sat-ChitAnanda, that is, Existence, Consciousness and Bliss, which are the attributes of God. Vedanta also regards Consciousness to be infinite and all-knowing, so that