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It is necessary that there be a being who, according to the unseen karmas of living beings, creates or destroys the world, causing the union and separation of purusha and prakriti. The one who accomplishes this task is God, without whose inspiration nature cannot develop the world in a way that is conducive to the self-elevation and liberation of living beings.
In Vedanta philosophy, Sri Shankaracharya, in his Brahma Sutra Bhashya, based on the Upanishads, has established Brahma as the cause of creation. The description of the creator in different Upanishads, though not identical, generally agrees that the soul (Brahma or Atman) is both the efficient and material cause of the world. Regarding the beginning of creation, the opinion of most Upanishads is that in the beginning (Adi) there was only the soul. It occurred to him, "I will become many, I will create the universe," and creation took place. Brahma creates this universe through the power of Maya, which resides within him.
Contrary to all these hypotheses, Jain philosophy does not consider God to be the instigator of karma for the purpose of making living beings experience the fruits of their actions, because just as a living being is free to perform actions, so too is it free to experience their fruits. If God were considered the giver of karmic fruits, then the good and bad actions performed by the living being itself would be rendered futile. Because if we perform bad actions, can anyone, no matter how powerful, make us happy? Similarly, if we perform good actions, can he make us unhappy? If so, then performing good actions and fearing bad actions is pointless for us, because the fruits of our actions are not under our control. And if it is true that we must experience the fruits of our good and bad actions ourselves, then the idea of divine intervention is pointless, because the living being itself experiences the fruits of its own actions.
"Always, eternally, one's own actions are the cause of one's birth, death, life, sorrow, and happiness. It is a falsehood that another is the cause of one's birth, death, life, sorrow, and happiness."