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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cular examination any more in the future. His 'bondage,' in so far, at least, as that particular task is concerned, is now over for ever. Joy, thus, is a state of exhilaration which is manifested in consequence of some lasting and permanent good, i.e., by the removal of some fetters from the soul. The idea of pleasure cannot here keep pace, in any sense, with that of joy; for, while true joy is the sense of permanent freedom from some irksome liability or limitation, and, for that reason an emotion, pleasure is only temporary, and conveys no idea of freedom in its unqualified import.
Whether we apply this principle to the case of the merchant who accumulates a vast fortune, to that of the field-marshal who, laden with the booty and honours of war, retraces his steps homewards, to that of the lover who hears the softly-whispered 'yes' from the lips of his beloved, or to any other case of success, the result is the same. In each and every instance, the emotion of joy springs up in consequence of the belief that never again need the same thing be striven for. The sense of freedom from future straining and striving, therefore, is the direct and immediate cause of joy.
Man in the world is like a big school-boy in a big school, and has to pass many examinations in his life. At each examination which he passes successfully some fetters are removed from his soul, and so he feels joy at the idea of his increasing freedom. As the schoolboy puts his books aside on leaving his school, so would he put aside his discriminative intellect on leaving the world, if he has been successful in his trials.
Can we then possibly form a correct estimate of the 10