________________ 118 Shrimad Rajchandra Letter 530 Question 10 Who wrote the Gita? Is it God's creation? If it indeed is created by God, then is there some proof? Answer: The previous answers will shed some light on this question too. If you consider a self-realised (enlightened) person to be God, then indeed one can consider that Gita to have been created by God. But if you imagine it to have been created by a kind of divine heavenly entity then it is not possible, as the creation of a book is an ordinary task with a beginning to it at a given point in time is not something that is eternal and needs divine intervention. The Gita is considered to have been created by Shree Vedvyas, and it contains the words of wisdom as preached by Lord Krishna to Arjun on the battlefield. Thus, its main creator can be said to be Lord Krishna. Gita is an excellent text, and the essence of it's teachings can be considered eternal, but the verses as composed within it cannot be considered so. Similarly, its creation by a divine entity is not possible. Such an act of creation can only have been undertaken by an embodied soul. Therefore, it is appropriate to consider an enlightened soul to be God, and the scriptures written by him as to have been created by God himself. Question 11 Can sacrificing animals ever lead to meritorious fruits ? Answer: Killing or sacrificing animals or even hurting them is a sin, whether that heinous act is committed in a ceremonial sacrifice or in the kingdom of God. The acts of charity that are carried out during the
