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3 clean cloth ; if he does so, he is a fool. This shows that if these scriptures were put together for the guidance of pure souls, the author thereof was not a wise
man. 15. Q.-God created all the souls pure, but
they, out of their own will, did good or bad actions. How is God to be blamed for this?
A.When Ishvara did not endow the souls
with a power to do good or evil actions, how have they then come into possession
of that power? 16. Q.-God has created all powers in the
souls but He does not prompt them to do evil to which they are led of their own accord. Suppose a man gives his dear child a toy to play with but the child injures his eye with it, are the parents to blame for it ? Similarly God has given hands, feet, and other organs of actions to beings only for the performance of virtuous actions. If one did evil of his own accord ; is God to blame for it ?
