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This applies to the world as well, if you say that the cause-material is self-existent by nature, it is not created by God, then it should be believed that the world is also self-existent, it is not created by anyone. In addition, it is also worth considering who created that God? If he was created by someone, then the infinite regress fallacy arises as mentioned above, and if he is self-existent, he was not created by anyone, then this world can also be self-existent, it can be created on its own. ||20|| If you say that God is independent and capable of creating the universe, therefore he creates the world by mere desire without any material, then this is just your desire. What wise man will believe this illogical statement? ||21|| It is also worth considering that if God is fulfilled, all his work is complete, he has no work left to do, then how can he have the desire to create the universe? Because a fulfilled person does not have any desire. If you say that he is unfulfilled, then he cannot be capable of creating the world. Just as an unfulfilled potter cannot create the world. ||22||
One thing is that the God you believe in is formless, inactive, pervasive and without any change, so such a God can never create the world because it has been written above that a formless God cannot create material things. To perform any action, some kind of action in the form of movement of hands, feet, etc. is necessary, but you have considered God to be inactive, therefore he cannot create the world. If you consider him active, then it is impossible because action can only be done by someone who has some area left from his base, but your God is all-pervasive, how can he perform action? Besides this, God cannot have the desire to create the universe because you have considered God to be unchanging. It is impossible for someone whose soul does not have any changes like attachment, aversion, etc. to have a desire. ||23|| When God is fulfilled and does not desire anything in Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha, then what will he gain by creating the universe? This should also be considered, because creating the universe only by nature without any purpose makes his creation meaningless. If you say that this is his play, he creates the world just for play, then it has to be said with sorrow that your God is very deluded, very ignorant, who does meaningless work like children. ||24-25||
1. World like God. 2. Desire to create.