Chicago Prashnottar

Author(s): Vijayanandsuri
Publisher: Atmanand Jain Pustak Pracharak Mandal

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trick. By that word, only the dualistic
theory is proved, not the monistic one. 34. Q.-The Vedic texts such as "God alone is
the creator of all” prove only the monistic theory.
A.-This statement of yours is also untrue.
If the whole mankind is of one essence and form, then all phenomena such as one being happy and another miserable &c.&c., will become eventually unreal. If this is your position, then the statement that "the world having been found to be useless, one should avoid and evade it” would be as meaningless as speaking of the fragrance of sky flowers. If there is only one essence without a second, there is no such thing as rebirth of souls in this world which is to be avoided as some
thing useless and abominable. 35. Q.-In reality there is nothing else than
Brahma and the universe which has now been declared useless and which is always visible to all the beings is just like the appearance of the limbs &c., of a woman