The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : Ch-8. Part-10.

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8. In Harmony with the Whole Universe  :


Part-10.


Why are there these differences in the theological doctrines of creation?

The reason is the variegated concepts of the relationship of the universe to the Creator.

We have our own ideas about the relationship of the creation to the Creator, and these variations in the concept are the products of the various theological precepts.

What are these implications that have given rise to these differences?

The implications are very subtle, very deep and difficult to probe into.

How God is related to this world is a question that cannot easily be answered.

A child’s concept of God’s relation to the world is simple, and we are also thinking in a child-like manner.

We cannot escape the subtle prejudice of the imagination that God is somehow or other outside the world.




Logically, by mathematical arguments, we may accept that God cannot really be outside the world.

But sentimentally, emotionally and by social gospels into which we have been introduced from childhood, we persist in the imagination that God is somewhere outside the world.

So we always speak of reaching God—“I have to reach God”, “I have to go to God”, “I have to attain God”, etc.

There are lengthy descriptions in various scriptures of even the passages through which we have to pass to reach God.

Swami Krishnananda

To be continued  ...


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