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Expansion verses Creation

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sureshsmr • Thu May 02 2002 - 15:45:25 PDT 


Dear Bhagavad Bhaktas,

It is adiyen's opinion that Srushti actually means Expansion as 
opposed to Creation.

Lord Krishna in the BG confirms to Arjuna that He as the Lord, Arjuna 
and all other kings have been in existence in the past and will 
continue to exist in the future also.

Swami Dayananda Saraswati also in his 'Sathyartha prakasha' clearly 
quotes Vedas and establishes that the material world (Achit), Jivas 
(Chit) and Ishwara are different and eternal.

The Mundakopanishath declares that this world is created by the 
Purusha (God) just like a Spider creates its web from its own body 
and then takes it back (Big bang and Big crunch!!) and like the hairs 
that grow on a man's body and like the plants that grow on the earth.

In all the examples nothing is created newly.The spider web comes out 
of the spider itself, hairs cannot grow wihout a root and plants 
cannot grow without a seed.They all get manifested, sustained and 
finally go back to their origin, that is God himself.

Thus all the Jivas (along with their Karmas) will be in their 
unmanifested state inside the Lord's body and at the beginning of the 
kalpa He expands ( Ajayamano bahudha vijayate) and gives names and 
forms to all the living and non-living entities.

Now Why God does all this? Thats the only way we can workout or undo 
our karma.God out of his immense mercy is giving us an opportunity to 
perform our rightful duties (Dharma) and thus acquire True Knowledge 
through our Guru and finaly realise and reach Him.

He is so impartial that He does'nt want to interfere in the Jiva's 
little freedom and the Jiva has the choice to make between Dharma or 
Adharma.Even this little freedom of the Jiva is not real because his 
decisions again are influenced by his own past karma and vasanas.

By doing Satvika tyagam we have to surrender our ego (so called 
doership) and perform Dharma as a Kainkaryam to the Ultimate Purusha 
or God who is All inclusive (including our selves).

Nanyah pantha ayanaya vidyate.

Namo Sriman Narayana
Suresh



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