MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES AND SUPER SAINT - MYSTERY OF DIVINE INCARNATION

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CHAPTER XXI

MYSTERY OF DIVINE INCARNATION

The divine Incarnation is a mystery, because the infinite and the omnipotent

being is, according to this doctrine, born as a man, a limited being. This

is unaccountable and mysterious, yet a little thought will make it clear

that the mystery in it is not more than what is involved in the Supreme

Being manifesting Himself as the universe. The first and the primeval

incarnation is the Purusa, the Cosmic whole ensouled by Him, and out of

Purusa all the sportive descants have come.

How the incarnation takes place is indicated by two expressions Atma-mayaya

and Prakrtin svam adhisthaya. Atam-maya is His inherent power or will. No

limited being can set any limitation to that power. It is what makes the

impossible possible. It implies that manifestation in any limited or

imperfect form does not affect His infinitude and perfection. In the

incarnation this infinitude and perfection are present, in spite of the

human form through which these manifest. The worship of the

incarnation is therefore equal to the worship of the Supreme Being Himself.

 

Prakruti is His material Nature, constituted of three Gunas of Sattva, Rajas

and Tamas. The body and mind of all beings are the combinations of their

evolutes. But in their case these combinations are formed subject to

Karma. But the body of the incarnation is not subject to Karma, but is

formed by Divine will for the purpose of world-redemption. He is born not

as a slave but as the master of nature out of his free will and his body

informed of pure Sattva. The individuals, on the other hand, is born as the

slave of Karma for attaining the individual ends of Dharma, Artha, Kama and

Moksa. His body is formed mostly of Tamas and Rajas and as he advances

spiritually, a little of Sattva also enters into its make up. Thus the

embodiment of the incarnation is vastly different from that of the

individual. The individual is action of the Absolute being, which is called

an incarnation, is an expression of self-mastery and is meant to serve a

cosmic and not an individual purpose.

 

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