Humanism of Haribhadra

Author(s): Christian Lindtner
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45. Some maintain that the entire world, including human beings, is
created by Käśyapa. Some maintain that the three worlds are created
by Daksa and Prajāpati. 46. Some say that Hari [or Vişnu), Śiva and Brahmā constitute one trinity :
Śiva is the seed of the world, Visnu its creator and Brahmā its activity.
47. Some say that the entire world is created by Visnu, some say that it is
created by Time, Some say that it was produced by īśvara, some say that it was created by Brahmā.
48. The followers of Kapila maintain that everything arises from
the unmanifest (nature]. The opinion of Sakya [i.e. Mahāyāna) is that (everything) is mind-only and empty.
49. Some say that it was produced by Purusa, others say that it was
produced by fate or by nature. Some say that it was created from Brahmā, or from the Egg.
50. Others say that everything takes place accidentally (or at random).
Some say that everything is produced through change of the elements.
Some say that it has many forms. So there are many opinions, 51. [Those who believe in Visnu, say :] Visnu is in the water, Visnu is in
the ground, he is in space encircled by Vişnu. There is nothing without Visnu in the world which is full of the lines of Visnu.
52. [As is said in the Svetāśvatara-Upanisad 3.16:] "Everywhere He is hands
and feet, everywhere He is eyes, head and face. Everywhere in the world He has ears. He is related to everything".
53. (Bhagavadgitā 15.1 :] "They speak of the undying fig-free that has its
roots above and its boughs beneath, Its leaves are the Vedic hymns. He who knows this knows the Veda".
54. (From a Purana :) "When everything was changed into one ocean, when
(everything) immovable and movable had perished, when the gods and men had perished, when snakes and demons had perished..."
55. "When it had been entirely transformed into an abyss of darkness
without any of the great elements, then the inconceivable omnipresent Soul, who was resting there, devoted himself to austerities”.