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 KINGDOM OF GOD.
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who laid down“ bless them that curse you, pray for them that persecute you” were not lunatics, but men given to very exact and sober thinking. Divinity of the Self is to be realized for attaining Bliss; man should, therefore, always strengthen his belief in the Godhood of the soul by thought, word and deed. It can now be seen why the slaughtering of animals is forbidden by the higher religions. None who kills the humblest of these dumb creatures, and discards their mute appeal for mercy, can ever hope to come into the realization of Life eternal, for Love is necessary for the acquisition of bliss, but killing can only go to destroy the sense of union and harmony with the Self.
In practice, Love will be found to be a great power 'for subduing evil, whether in a family, in society, in a nation, or amongst mankind generally in the world. While hatred would separate, Love would unite. The former causes the downfall of nations by digunion; but the latter binds mankind together in one brotherhood, however unlike they may be in other respects. History has, over and over again, proved and illustrated the fact that the biggest and most powerful nations have come to grief through the principle of hatred and contempt, which they had adopted as their guide in their dealings with others. Unfortunately, it has been ever so with our race, and still we are blind enough not to learn the lesson which History teaches.
There are two ways of living in the world :(1) by leading the life of selfishness, and (2) by carrying out the principle of love in our lives. The former path leads to pride, covetousness, tyranny, and to a short career of
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