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ng all creatures a feeling of truth and equality. This in its turn creates faith in the Almig hty. The Upanishads and the Geeta are the manifestation of this tendency.
What is the cause of this Universe ? This problem has been tackled in several books and treatises but most of them base their arguments on appearances. As a matser of fact, the real cause of this Universe is illusion at is illusion that brings Universein to existence, when ignora nce gives way to knowledge, the existence of the Universe disappears. The mirage in the desert appears to be the waves of water from a distance, but on closer observation, they come out to be nothing but the play of the sands of the desert. Similarly, the reality of this Universe is understood with the help of knowledge.
Every thing in this Universe has a threefold relation ship-Birth, Existence and Death. These Subjects have been thoroughly dealt in Smritis which means recollection. The ancient Rishis with the help of their
