Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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GOD.
It has already been established in the last chapter that the notion of a creation of the world is unentertainable for rational thought; but it has not yet been ascertained whether God be the creator of individuals or not?
We shall, therefore, investigate this matter before proceeding any further.
The first question which arises in connection with the idea of creation is, why should God take the trouble to make anything at all? This has been answered differently by different systems. One system suggests that he wanted to make the world because it pleased him to do so; another, that he felt lonely and wanted company; a third, that he wanted to create beings who would praise his glory and worship him; a fourth, that he did it in sport, and so on. But with the exception of the last one, taken in a limited sense, which will become apparent presently, none of these answers is to the point or satisfactory. It is necessary to note at the very outset that if God is full and perfect in himself, he cannot have any desires.or unsatisfied cravings in him; for blissfulness, which must be an attribute of
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*Those who ascribe anger to their God forget that anger is not an attribute of Godhood, since God must be presumed to be happy, and since anger is the antithesis of happiness, as it only arises when things do not happen as they should, and thereby upset the equilibrium and serenity of mind. Hence, he who is angry cannot be happy at the same time. Now, if it be true that God sees all things, he must see, every moment of his life, the full panorama of human wickedness and sin, sufficient, at times, by its bare description to make one's blood boil with indignation. It would follow that if he be an irritable god, he would hardly ever have a moment's peace of mind, to say nothing of happiness, for himself. But a being who has no moments of happiness in his life, can hardly be of any use to anyone else as a God. Himself in need of happiness, he certainly cannot confer it on others. It follows, therefore, that anger can have no place in the consciousness of God.