Saddharma Pundarika

SR No.: 007677
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: H Kern
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1884
Total Pages: 2546
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 46 MB

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SÍKAND-GÛMÂNİK VIGÂR.
outcry, too, before seeing him, he would have been unaware that he had eaten of that tree, or not; and of this also, that is, by whom and how it was done, who ate and who deceived. 139. If he were aware, why had ke to make that enquiry of him,' mayest thou not ever yet have eaten of that tree, of which I commanded that you shall not eat??' 140. And at first, when he came forth, he was not exhausted, but afterwards, when he knew that they had eaten, he became exhausted about them and was wrathful.
141. His scanty knowledge is also evident from this, when he created the serpent, which was itself his adversary, and put it into the garden with them? ; (142) or else why was not the garden made so fortified by him, that the serpent, and also other enemies, should thereby not go into it ?
143. Even his falsity is also evident from this, when he spoke thus : 'When you eat of this tree you die 3 ;' and they have eaten and are not dead, but have become really intelligent, (144) and good is well recognised from evil by them.
145. I also ask this, that is, how is his knowledge inconsistent and competing with his will and command ? 146. For if it were willed by him to eat of that tree, and the command for not eating were given by him, the knowledge about it was that the fruit would be eaten. 147. Now it is evident that the will, knowledge, and command are all three inconsistent, one towards the other.
148. This, too, is evident, that, though Adam committed sin, the curse which was inflicted by Him (the Lord)* reaches unlawfully over people of every kind
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