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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THE HOLY TRINITY.
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men thinking, finally changing their ideals and turning them away from irreligious inaterialism. This is lharma's birth, described as Vishnu's incarnating again and again.
In his broader aspect, Vishnu is the second Logos, i.e., Wisdom, as well as the Absolute, conceived as pure consciousness. He is the Destroyer of delusion, inasmuch as meditation on the nature of consciousness directly leads to Wisdom, which is the antithesis of ignorance and delusion. Again, because suffering does not originate in not having a thing, but in desiring to have and not having it, the disillusioned soul must, sooner or later, establish itself in its own Self when once it is discovered to be the source of all bliss and blessedness. This is moksha. Hence is Vishnu also the bestower of moksha.
As the personification of consciousness, Vishnu carries the form of Wisdom, that is, Bramha, in His forehead. The latter, when taken by himself, that is, apart from Consciousness, becomes reduced to mere formal knowledge. Therefore, when he tries to measure his strength against Krishna, the latter assumes his mysterious aspect of the Unfathomable and baffles him.
An incident illustrating this point is related in the Puranas as follows. During the temporary absence of Krishna, Braraha, once upon a time, descended on earth and removed the cowherds' children, who were Krishna's play-mates, and hid them in a cave. When Krishna came and found them missing, he created, by his power of Illusion, other children, who in every respect resembled those whom Bramlia had removed. When the latter came