Chicago Prashnottar

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

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in a picture. It is to be seen whether the dimensions of the limbs of the woman in the picture are illusionary or productive of illusion.
A.- What you say is all wrong. There
is in fact no proof supporting your statement. If in order to prove only one Brahma without anything else, you resort to some other distinct evidence you only prove Dualism, because without any proof no one's position is proved. If you consider a thing proved without any proof, then all religionists can prove their selfbelieved creeds. A mirage or illusion should be considered separate from the Advaitism, which you consider to have been proved.
The theory of Advaitism which you bave established will thus be disproved. If illusion is only a form of Advaitism it is necessarily a form of the Brahma. If the mirage or illusion is a form of the Brahma, the knowledge about elements can never be proved. If you consider