Creation

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The following posting appeared on the Shankara site which may be of interest to

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Question: How has srishti (creation) come about?

Some say it is predestined. Others say

is the Lord's leela or sport. What is the truth?

 

Sri Ramana Maharshi:

Various accounts are given in books. But is there

creation?

Only if there is creation do we have to explain how it

came about.

We may not know about all these theories but we

certainly know

that we exist. Why not know the 'I' and then see if

there is a creation?

 

Question: In the Vedanta of Sri Sankaracharya the principle of the

creation

of the world has been accepted for the sake of

beginners, but for

the advanced the principle of non-creation is put

forward.

What is your view on this matter?

 

Maharshi: "There is no dissolution or creation, no one in bondage,

nor anyone pursuing spiritual practices. There is no

one

desiring liberation nor anyone liberated.

This is the absolute truth."

This sloka (verse) appears in the second chapter of

Gaudapada's Karika

One who is established in the Self sees this by his

knowledge of reality.

 

Question: Is not the Self the cause of this world we see around us?

 

Maharshi:

 

Self itself appears as the world of diverse names and forms. However,

Self does not act as the efficient cause (nimitta karana), creating,

sustaining and destroying it. Do not ask 'Why does the confusion of Self,

not knowing the truth that it itself appears as the world arise?' If

instead you enquire 'To whom does this confusion occur?', it will be

discovered that no such confusion ever existed for Self.

 

Be As You Are ,David Godman

 

 

 

 

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