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that it is nothing but ignorance that is the cause of this mis-. take. When one knows that the fire burns one's fingers if he touches it or when one knows that a snake bites, if it is meddled with, naturally he refrains from it, after realising this knowledge. But before this experience comes to man, he tries in ignorance to eat the forbidden fruit and jumps in the fire of of miseries like the butter-fly falling into the fire with the false knowledge that the red fire is an eatable thing, and it should enjoy it It is thus clear that to be safe, and happy, in the kingdom of Nature is to have the knowledge of the above truth and without this knowledge, a living being cannot discriminate between good and bad actions and in eating and drinking and without the help of this knowledge he has no chance to rectify and reform himself and cannot achieve his own good and happiness. Nature is always helpful to the living being towards its acquiting this knowledge and in proportion to the acquisition of this knowledge, the living being is given better chances and opportnities and it is the possession of this knowledge, which has entitled the human being to the majestic position and superiority over others. It is accordinglp said by others, "There is nothing greatest in the world than man, and there is nothing greatest in the man than mind." Man has got better chances to follow the directions of Nature, and thus, by following her, reaches the highest objest of existence viz highest happiness and peaace. And so the favour of nature seems to be more on the human being rather than on any other living creature. There is a saying of an experienced sould, who says "Obedience is the first law of Governing" that is to say that one who follows the rules of a Government becomes the more fitted to govern it. To the extent to which the knowledge of man developes, to that extent, he is rendered fit by Nature to understand her intentions and follow her rules and in such a man full evolution of Nature takes place and so in the order of gradation, all the living beings are divided into five classes viz beings with one senşe developed, beings with two senses, some with three senses, and others with four senses, and the rest with five senses
| SR No. | 010679 |
| Book Title | Jiva Vichar Prakaranam |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay |
| Publisher | Ratnaprabhvijay |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 240 |
| Language | Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 33 MB |