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RE: The why of creation.

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Kazhiyur Mannar Narayanan • May 2, 2002 


Respected Members,

I was reading some discussions on 'Creation' theroy.
Thre were some discussions like,  ' Nothing existed
before creation' etc..

During process of creation, elders consider that
'Whole universe' existed in the mode of 'Sokkshuma
Avastha' 
that is, it is NOT that there existed a 'Vacuum'
before process of creation. All the matter(pancha
boothas) were residing in the stomach of the Lord and
it expanded at His Will. (Remember, Lord residing as
Vata Patra Sayee)

As per Visishtadvaita , there is nothing like
'nothingness'.  All the matter, would ONLY 'transform'
and DOES NOT get destroyed. For instance, a clay
pot(which is made out of all or some of Pancha
boothas) when broken and buried, would 'TRANSFORM' in
to to some soil or mud, or  any material(again one or
more of pancha boothas). The same hold good for  body,
land, trees etc.  All these would ONLY transform TO
SOME other substance.(This is only considered as their
destruction)

After the process of creation, it is called as 'Stula
Avastha', that is all the matter gets dispersed, and
continues to get 'TRANSFORMED'(everytime they get
destroyed)..several times, before it joins Him again
in the in the  next pralaya.

This is how Sri Ramanuja explained the 'nothingness'
Swami derives his theory from Swami Nammlwar in the
TVM verses  1.1 TO 1.10.

Dasan

KM Narayanan

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