April 9 ·
Picture of my father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji, speaking at a Church in Boston, USA, in 1964 when he came to visit me at Harvard where I was a student of nuclear physics.
JUDGE NOT LEST YE BE JUDGED
Mathew 7:1- (King James Version)
My Father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) the Founder of the World Prayer Day for Peace, often quoted from the Holy Books of all faiths and it was from his words that I learnt about the Holy Books, being a Harvard Scientist and Nuclear Physicist at that, and reading books only on Nuclear Reactions!!!
He also narrated many parables of old which illustrated the precepts of the scriptures.
The story about Jesus Christ that impressed me the most was his attitude towards so called "fallen women".
Despite the fact that the ancient scriptures attributed all evil to women through the temptation of Eve by the Serpent, Satan, with the apple, Jesus Christ had a view of his own.
One such fallen woman was being stoned to death in the market place by a mob and it was allowed under their law as a standard punishment.
Just then Jesus Christ appeared on the scene and stood in front of the woman and warned the crowd with words of authority and divine power:
"Stop! He who be without sin, let him cast the first stone!!"
All the people gathered there were overawed by the personality of Jesus Christ and his words that carried Divine Authority, -- and dropped their stones and shamefacedly walked away.
Yes, here it was:
"Judge not, lest ye be judged!"
But how many follow this? We all sit upon judgement on others accusing them of various shortcomings not being aware of our own!! No one has the right to judge another. Only God has the right to judge since it is He who is inside the heart of every person and knows what that person really is.
Here was a Urdu Verse that my Father had made on this situation:
"Na thhee haal ki hamen jab apni khabar
Rahe dekhte auron ke aibo hunar
Parri apni buraayiyon pe joon hi nazar
To nigaah men koyi buraa na rahaa"
"When we had not knowledge of what was within us,
We kept on pointing out the faults of others,
But the moment our sight fell on our own sins,
We discovered there was no fault in anyone else"
Once my father was giving a sermon to some learned judges who had come to listen to him and he told them:
"Remember above the smaller courts there is the High Court, above the High Court there is the Supreme Court, -- but above the Supreme Courts of the world there is another court where all shall be held accountable, The Divine Court! So be careful with your judgements lest you condemn an innocent man, for there is another Court where you too can be found at fault! If you wish for Mercy in that Court then temper your judgements here with Mercy too!"
Picture of my father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji, speaking at a Church in Boston, USA, in 1964 when he came to visit me at Harvard where I was a student of nuclear physics.
JUDGE NOT LEST YE BE JUDGED
Mathew 7:1- (King James Version)
My Father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) the Founder of the World Prayer Day for Peace, often quoted from the Holy Books of all faiths and it was from his words that I learnt about the Holy Books, being a Harvard Scientist and Nuclear Physicist at that, and reading books only on Nuclear Reactions!!!
He also narrated many parables of old which illustrated the precepts of the scriptures.
The story about Jesus Christ that impressed me the most was his attitude towards so called "fallen women".
Despite the fact that the ancient scriptures attributed all evil to women through the temptation of Eve by the Serpent, Satan, with the apple, Jesus Christ had a view of his own.
One such fallen woman was being stoned to death in the market place by a mob and it was allowed under their law as a standard punishment.
Just then Jesus Christ appeared on the scene and stood in front of the woman and warned the crowd with words of authority and divine power:
"Stop! He who be without sin, let him cast the first stone!!"
All the people gathered there were overawed by the personality of Jesus Christ and his words that carried Divine Authority, -- and dropped their stones and shamefacedly walked away.
Yes, here it was:
"Judge not, lest ye be judged!"
But how many follow this? We all sit upon judgement on others accusing them of various shortcomings not being aware of our own!! No one has the right to judge another. Only God has the right to judge since it is He who is inside the heart of every person and knows what that person really is.
Here was a Urdu Verse that my Father had made on this situation:
"Na thhee haal ki hamen jab apni khabar
Rahe dekhte auron ke aibo hunar
Parri apni buraayiyon pe joon hi nazar
To nigaah men koyi buraa na rahaa"
"When we had not knowledge of what was within us,
We kept on pointing out the faults of others,
But the moment our sight fell on our own sins,
We discovered there was no fault in anyone else"
Once my father was giving a sermon to some learned judges who had come to listen to him and he told them:
"Remember above the smaller courts there is the High Court, above the High Court there is the Supreme Court, -- but above the Supreme Courts of the world there is another court where all shall be held accountable, The Divine Court! So be careful with your judgements lest you condemn an innocent man, for there is another Court where you too can be found at fault! If you wish for Mercy in that Court then temper your judgements here with Mercy too!"
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