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CHAPTER XIII. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GODS.
“The worshipping of the feet of the Deva of devas, the bestower of the desired good and the consumer of Cupid's shafts, is the renover of all kinds of pain; for this reason it should be performed everently every day." The Ratna Karanda Srava kachara.
“Whoever turns himself into a jewel-case [i.e., an abiding place of faultless Wisdom, Faith and Conduct, to him comes uccess in all his undertakings in the three worlds, like a woman ager to join her lord,''-Ibid.
There can be no denying the fact that no one who does not know the method of doing a thing is ever likely to be successful in his undertaking to accomplish its doing. The man who would bake his bread, for instance, must know precisely what bread is made of as well as the exact method of making and baking it. And the knowledge that is useful is not of the metaphysical type-a general discourse on food, cookery, bread, buns and the like-but of the specific properties of the ingredients of which bread is made, and of the detail of the process, that is of the steps to be taken and of the order in which they are to be taken. For the man who is ignorant of the specific properties of flour and water might proceed to make his bread with such things as gun-powder and picric acid, while he who is unaware of the exact order or process, pour down his flour and
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| SR No. | 006702 |
| Book Title | Key of Knowledge |
| 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 |