Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
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

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readily accessible to reasoning, that Brotherhood, in very truth, is a law in nature. For a law proves itself as completely by the destruction of that which disregards it, as by the support of that which is harmonious with it. Nation after nation, State after State, has fallen into ruin by the ignoring of the Brotherhood: where the strong oppress the weak, instead of protecting them; where the rich exploit the poor, instead of aiding them; where the learned despise the ignorant, instead of educating them; there the inexorable finger of nature writes over the civilization: Doomed. But a little while, and it has passed away. Only when Brotherhood is practised shall a civilization rise that shall endure."
THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE,
It is open to us to so behave towards our fellowbeings as to establish the brotherhood of man or to thwart nature in her evolution towards that ideal. In the one case, we receive our share of joy under the Rule of Love, but in the other, we must be prepared for the slow but sure justice which nature has prepared for those who violate her purpose; for the Ideal of Nature is like a stone which the builders rejected, but which nevertheless was intended to be the head of the corner; and woe unto him who falls foul of it, for :--
"Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder."-(Luke, XX. 18.)
Perhaps in the present state of human society it is somewhat difficult to bring the ideal of brotherhood into realization all at once, but because it is difficult to do so at once furnishes no excuse for not advancing, however slowly it may be, towards it. It only requires an endeavour from us all, the rulers and the ruled, alike. The proper attitude for rulers and kings is to spread the light of Truth and Knowledge among their subjects, so that they may be able to cooperate consciously for the realization of the brother