Part 76 (2/2)

41. Jesus said: ”Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of G.o.d”[284:4] who is the great Sage, without beginning; the Ruler and the All-sustainer.

42. Crishna said: ”I am the cause of the whole universe; through me it is created and dissolved; on me all things within it hang and suspend, like pearls upon a string.”[284:5]

42. ”Of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things.”

”All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.”[284:6]

43. Crishna said: ”I am the light in the Sun and Moon, far, far beyond the darkness. I am the brilliancy in flame, the radiance in all that's radiant, and the light of lights.”[284:7]

43. ”Then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying: I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”[284:8]

44. Crishna said: ”I am the sustainer of the world, its friend and Lord.

I am its way and refuge.”[284:9]

44. ”Jesus said unto them, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”[284:10]

45. Crishna said: ”I am the Goodness of the good; I am Beginning, Middle, End, Eternal Time, the Birth, the Death of all.”[284:11]

45. ”I am the first and the last; and have the keys of h.e.l.l and of death.”[284:12]

46. Crishna said: ”Then be not sorrowful, from all thy sins I will deliver thee. Think thou on me, have faith in me, adore and wors.h.i.+p me, and join thyself in meditation to me; thus shalt thou come to me, O Arjuna; thus shalt thou rise to my supreme abode, where neither sun nor moon hath need to s.h.i.+ne, for know that all the l.u.s.tre they possess is mine.”[284:13]

46. Jesus said: ”Be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.”[284:14] ”My son, give me thine heart.”[284:15] ”The city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to s.h.i.+ne in it; for the glory of G.o.d did lighten it.”[284:16]

Many other remarkable pa.s.sages might be adduced from the Bhagavad-gita, the following of which may be noted:[284:17]

”He who has brought his members under subjection, but sits with foolish minds thinking in his heart of sensual things, is called a hypocrite.” (Compare Matt. v. 28.)

”Many are my births that are past; many are thine too, O Arjuna. I know them all, but thou knowest them not.” (Comp.

John, viii. 14.)

”For the establishment of righteousness am I born from time to time.” (Comp. John, xviii. 37; I. John, iii. 3.)

”I am dearer to the wise than all possessions, and he is dearer to me.” (Comp. Luke, xiv. 33; John, xiv. 21.)

”The ignorant, the unbeliever, and he of a doubting mind perish utterly.” (Comp. Mark, xvi. 16.)

”Deluded men despise me when I take human form.” (Comp. John, i. 10.)

Crishna had the t.i.tles of ”Saviour,” ”Redeemer,” ”Preserver,”

”Comforter,” ”Mediator,” &c. He was called ”The Resurrection and the Life,” ”The Lord of Lords,” ”The Great G.o.d,” ”The Holy One,” ”The Good Shepherd,” &c. All of which are t.i.tles applied to Christ Jesus.

Justice, humanity, good faith, compa.s.sion, disinterestedness, in fact, all the virtues, are said[285:1] to have been taught by Crishna, both by precept and example.

The Christian missionary Georgius, who found the wors.h.i.+p of the crucified G.o.d in India, consoles himself by saying: ”That which P.

Ca.s.sia.n.u.s Maceratentis had told me before, I find to have been observed more fully in French by the Living De Guignes, a most learned man; _i.

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