THE HOW AND WHY OF CREATION
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• April 30, 2002
Dear friends, Ref 14449 "SCIENCE AND ASTRONOMY and the ariticle in www.space.com/space library/books The work of God as Creator is discussed -- the said book dwelves upon the premise that if creation starting from Bigbang can go on and sustain on its own without any need for any one (read God) to creat the worlds and cater to them, where is the need for a God to creat? I recommend to readers to read the concluding part of "A brief history of Time' by Stephen Hawking wherein this question is discussed. Even Einstein asked once " How much choice did god have in constructing the Universe?" Now we have a whole lot of information based on unasssialable evidence of science that all that was required for creation was to just switch on the button of the Bigbang and the rest will be taken care of by itself. The very latest information as on 30-04-2002 is that there was not just one Bigbang culmianting in a Big crunch. These are cyclical and keep repeating without the need for anyone to make them happen or go on. ( Is this not what Krishna meant when he told Arjuna that he too was born many times before just as how Arjuna was born again and again?) But what we must remember is that all these theories on creation and delusion can be satisfactorily explained in terms of 'how's and 'what's.(The theory of creation as found in Srimad Bhagavatha also sustains similar notions on Bigbang and even the Ripple Effect that was said to have occurred 5 billion yeras after the Bigbang - when Brahma once again stirred out of his dhyana and looked on all sides to see if creation wsa going on satisfactorily) But no scientist can explain 'why' it is happening. Perhaps it is here the very complicity of God's 'work'comes to the fore. To quote stephen hawking 'If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason - for then we would know the mind of God." One notion on the question of 'why' as adiyen has understood is that out of 'apaara karuna' for the souls in distress bound by papa and punya karma and stuck in the vicious cycle of birth and rebirth, that God makes creation happen. may i request our learned friends to part with their knowledge on the "why" question substantiated by our upanisahds / shastras JAYASREE SARNATHAN -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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