Passage 14

In English

Act according to your conscience

Jesus taught many good lessons. gave many high teachings. and taught many good lessons. What have people gained from all this? How far have they tried to put this into practice? There are numerous persons who read the everyday. There are persons propagating the in every street. Preachers have multiplied but the number of those practising the precepts is dwindling. People talk about what has been saying. How many are practising what says even to the slightest extent? No. What, then, is the use of all this? Whether it is 's teachings or the instructions given by elders, whatever is good you should put into practice. You must act according to whatever your conscience tells is good. This is the way to honour the great ones. Not to practise their teaching is to disrespect them. Joy is not derived from the mere advent of a New Year. All people want to know whether the New Year will bring better progress and improvement in the general condition. Having regard to time, place and circumstances, some good and bad things may occur. If, however, people desire an improvement in the state of affairs they have to change their attitude. It will be helpful if the time factor is favourable for change. This month, January, is not quite promising. January 1st starts on , the eighth day after the New Moon. The end of the month January 31th will also be an . All kinds of difficulties are likely during the month. The New Year appears to have started on an , which is considered inauspicious but this should not cause any apprehension among the people. With purity of heart, anything can be accomplished. Even the course of destiny can be changed by human will power.