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to have been the custodians of Knowledge Divine in the remote past as mine, so that you are no strangers to Truth !
And now a word about putting the Ideal of Life into practice, Religion is, of course, o no avail unless it is put into practice. Mere theory is useless, though it is absolutely true that Faith once acquired must inevitably lead to nirvana, because it is a psychological law that belief never fails to translate itself into action sooner or later.
Now, if you look around you, you will find the world only too full of trouble and misery and discontent all over. There is desolation everywhere and hearts of men are pierced with grief and aching with pain. The havoc wrought is not due to any other cause, but has been brought about by the human band itself. Our insatiable lust for dominion and gold is mainly responsible for all our calamities and suffering. We falsify our engagements; we violate our promises, solemoly made, and we trample on our treaties when they no longer serve our purpose! Yet we are ever ready to talk of Equity and Law and are never abashed to proclaim that we are walking in the appointed path of Duty and Dharma! Poor, wretched, purblind man ! in his conceit he would not only deceive himself and his neighbour, but would also cheat the Law if he only knew how to throw dust into the eyes of Nature! The very first thing a man should do is that he should be honest with himself. All these hypocritical ideas and
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