Nayakarnika

Author(s): Vinayvijay, Mohanlal Dalichand Desai
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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INTRODUCTION.
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that all knowledge is only relative and has to be described from different points of view to avoid falling into the errors which abound in all departments of Absolutism. One can readily find an excuse for their error, especially as they are not philosophers, but linguists, laboriously trying to force the concepts and ideas of a persect system of living Thought into the imperfect and rigid frames of modern speculation.
The absolute deliverance of the soul from the bondage of Karmas is the final goal of knowledge and the secret craving of every animate being. There is no religion, worth the name, which does not aspire and profess to secure it for its votaries. This is what Jesus of Nazareth referred to when he said : ‘Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect' (Matthew, v. 48). This 'father-like' perfection is to be attained by knowledge, and knowledge alone, in the first instance. Even here we find Jesus giving out the plain truth in plain language. He said :
“Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." --John, viii. 32.
Knowledge of truth, then, is the means of the attainment of the perfection of gods and of freedom from the bondage of Karmas. The Bible is, however,