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philosophy is that God is the omniscient and omnipotent cause of the existence, continuance and dissolution of the universe. Creation is an act of his will, he is both the efficient and the material cause of the world." The Vedanta Sutras, as Max Muller says, have worked out in details these Eleatic ideas-namely that there is and there can be only One Absolute Being infinite, unchangeable, without a second, without parts and passions.” The self, âtman or soul, can. not be different from Brahman, because Brahman comprehends all reality, and no. thing that really is can therefore, be different from Brahman. The soul, therefore, is also infinite; immortal, intelligent, sentient and true.' The âtman is always the same, there is no real difference between the individual soul and the supreme soul, the apparent difference being caused by Nescience or wrong knowledge, so when the Nescience vanishes the individual soul is found to be essentially the same as the supreme soul. We need not
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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