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.
of evil. We not only ignore such inspiration at times, but often work in defiance of it; and some of us are so brought up and educated that there is little room in their hearts for spiritual tenderness. Spiritualism inculcates the principle of the universal brotherhood of man based on the solid foundation of love, and demands that equality and justice be extended to all human beings, irrespective of caste, creed or nationality; but we, in our ignorant materialism, think that their application should be confined to those cases only which do not affect our individual, racial or communal interests. No one who has such narrow ideas of equality and justice can ever hope to establish a reign of peace for his own nation, or for the world; for nature does not countenance these notions, and although we may not see the punishment following evil deeds immediately with our limited vision, still the far-sighted amongst us discern in them the beginnings of causes of great retribution, which is, in the fulness of time, sure to overwhelm humanity and shake the very foundation of the world. The science of true politics aims, from the very commencement, at rooting out evil and establishing the reign of peace and plenty, and has breadth of view enough to include the whole world in its beneficent scheme.
To revert to the sayings of Jesus, those who are pure in heart do all good acts in secret; but the hypocrites do them in public, so that they might be considered great and holy by their fellow-beings. The hypocrite's way is, however, not the way of salvation, for it is a perverse nature that finds pleasure in the insincere praise of mankind. It is high time that those who are