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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lot of living beings in the world, aptly described as the Vale of Tears. Even the little pleasure that is to be had here is obtained after such a lot of worry and trouble, and is generally productive of so much suffering, that it is no exaggeration to say that it is born in pain and ends in tears. Besides, gratification only goes to augment the craving, and lust invariably leads to anguish on the impairment of senses, as in old age. Thus, if senge-gratification be the only form of pleasure to be found in Nature, perfection in happiness is not to be thought of in connection with the soul. Fortunately, however, there is another kind of joy which is possible for living beings and of which they are almost wholly ignorant. This consists in the natural 'pulsation of pure de-light, which being the very nature of the soul becomes an inseparable companion of it the moment an individual establishes himself fully in his own pure self.
If we wish to understand the nature of Bliss which is the attribute of God, we must analyze the idea of joy first, as it differs from bliss only in degree. To begin with, we must distinguish between pleasure and joy. The former is merely a gratification of the senses, thus, fleeting and short-lived--some delight lasting for a time and then ceasing (Imperial Dictionary). The word pleasure, when unqualified, expresses less excitement, or happiness, than delight, or joy. Pleasure, thus, is an affair of the senses, and its actual experience is confined to the time during which they are in contact with their objects, e.g., food is palatable and toothsome only so long as the glands of taste are in actual contact with it, but