Vijaydharmasuri

Author(s): A J Sunavala
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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VIJAYA DHARMA SŪRI:
HIS LIFE AND WORK
INTRODUCTORY TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN PROPHET To those who are interested only in the passing concerns of the moment, whose sole object of care and study is the accumulation of wealth, or the acquisition of power and authority, rank and renown, who bestow not a single thought upon the perpetual concerns of life, or upon the profound problems of the spiritual existence, which always and ever attract the attention of the highest mind of man, that holy teaching of Jesus Christ: "Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat ? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed ?', 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you,' this holiest of holy teachings may seem to have no meaning, and appear as the teaching of a dreaming enthusiast, an unpractical visionary, To them it seems that the sermon of the Christian Prophet takes no account of the realities of this earthly life and the daily necessities of this world, and has, therefore, no bearing on the conduct of an individual, or that of a community or a nation.