Passage 23

In English

Such sacred texts and sacred scriptures, which are intended to turn man’s life and man’s outlook toward God, are being neglected by some of us in this country. We are giving up the rituals that have been enjoined on us in the . Moreover, we are also questioning the authenticity of those . We are asking, who is the author of these things? And we are regarding them as useless and with no specific purpose for us. Even if we feel that we do not know who is the author of these , we should not give up our duties. Here is a small example. You may ask a question, looking at this electric current as to who is its author or who found this electric current and from whom it has come. The answer to such questions is not something everyone will be able to give. Just because we do not know the author of this current are we going to deny the usage of the current to ourselves? So also, although all of us do not know the authorship of the , it would be proper for us to follow the paths and the duties that have been prescribed in these . It is by such a process that we will derive happiness.