Guest guest Posted May 21, 2002 Report Share Posted May 21, 2002 Devotee: Are the Gods, Ishvara and Vishu, and their heavens, Kailas and Vaikuntha, real? Bhagavan: As real as you are in this body. D: I mean have they got a phenomenal existence like my body, or are they pure fictions like the horns of a hare? B: They do exist. D: If so they must be somewhere, where are they? B: In you. D: Then they are only my idea; something which I create and control? B: Everything is. D: But I can create a pure fiction, like the horns of a hare, or a partial truth, like a mirage; while there are also fact which exist irrespective of my imagination. Do the gods, Ishvara and Vishnu, exist like that? B: Yes. D: Is God subject to cosmic dissolution at the end of a cycle? B: Why should He be: A man who realizes the Self transcends cosmic dissolution and is liberated; why should not Ishvara (God) who is infinitely wiser and abler than a man? D; Do gods and devils also exist? B: Yes. D: How are we to conceive of Supreme Divine Consciousness. B: As that which is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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