Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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The earth is divine and the water is divine - If such contradictory statements prevail, how can one know the truth? How is one to know if the five elements exist or not? Vyaktabhuti isn't this the doubt that you have not been able to clear since many years?."
Vyaktabhuti too like the other three brothers on hearing so, was overwhelmed with joy and delight. He said, "True my Lord, what you say is true. This is the doubt which has been harassing me since years. I beg you to kindly resolve my doubt and oblige me".
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It was then that the Lord replied, "Oh Vyaktabhutil
"Resitue à Hanoi.... 1", this vedic statement does not deny the existence of the Mahabhutas, but signifies the transitoriness of all world pleasures viz. women, body gold and other sense pleasures. All worldly pleasures and relations are unsteady and perishable. This kind of knowledge enables one to practise detachment amidst all ups and downs of life. Hence this kind of observance is said to lead one to the “Parabrahma", the supreme soul and become Divine and supreme, destroying all karmas. Moreover a dream too exists and is not false. Hence, it is not true to say that nothing is existent in this world. If you say that everything is non-existent in this world then the vedas also do not exist and the vedic statement which is at the base of your doubt also ceases to be true, along with your doubt becoming baseless. Hence this vedic statement does not signify the non-existence of the world and elements but imparts the knowledge of the transitory existence of the worldly pleasures. To believe the world constituted of the five elements to be untrue like a dream, is sheer ignorance and a false statement.
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