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.
renunciation has been regarded as the only means of liberation ; and the Sermon on the Mount furnishes abundant proof of the teaching of Jesus being identical with that of the great Indian Sages who had flourished and taught before his time.
It is true that renunciation appears very unattractive and unpleasant at first, and few, indeed, there be who can or do appreciate its merit; nevertheless, without renunciation no progress is possible in any department, physical, mental or spiritual. It is always confined to the giving up of such practices as hinder the onward progress of the individual. The child, who would acquire knowledge, must give up toys and go to school; the young man, who would make money, must abandon the habit of late rising; the general, who would conquer the enemy, must take leave of his hearth and home, and so forth. Similarly, he who would tread the path which leads to bliss, must retrace his steps from that which goes hellward, for they lie in opposite directions. Our analysis of the emotion of joy would suffice to show that there is a marked difference between the giving up of certain habits to acquire certain material advantages, and the practising of renunciation for God-Realization. In the former case, the soul grumbles from the very start at the idea of giving up its old pursuits, and is not allowed to enjoy the pleasures of delight, for, as soon as one burden is taken off it, two more are, at once, put on its back; but, in the latter, the removal of each obligation only leaves it more and more joyous and free, since it is not made to bear, or carry, the weight of any additional