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.
whole-heartedly devotes himself to the pursuit of the Ideal. This was the real meaning of the doctrine of Salvation by “ Bhaktiyoga,” which is the same thing as "worship." People had, however, no time for all. this, for if they attended to it Mammon would be neglected ; but, from their worldly point of view, the displeasure of Mammon would be a calamity unparalleled by anything else under the sun. Just in the degree that the love of money and other worldly things took hold of the hearts of men, the strictness of the true principle of worship lost in force, till about the time that Jesus appeared in the world the majority of people had come to look upon the doctrine of Salvation by worship to mean merely the saying of prayers, about once a day or so, and a little hollow praise of an unknown, unseen being, called God, if time permitted, and an occasional offering to prevent him from getting angry. In truth, the doctrine of Worship had degenerated into a common belief, shared in by almost the whole race, that it was sufficient to do something to prevent their God from feeling neglected, so that if a man offered him prayers and food, and flattered him occasionally, the Lord God could not, in justice and reason, feel aggrieved or complain. Thus it was that Jesus found his congregations unable to understand or follow his teaching. Even his chosen disciples oftener failed to grasp his meaning than otherwise. Like the rest of those who came in contact with him, they had ears and eyes only for the wonderful things done by him, and took little or no interest in the philosophy underlying his teaching. They wanted cheap salvation, and the doctrine of 'Sonship’seemed to provide the shortest cut