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beyond Time, and is not subject to change. He is
not born, he cannot die, and is supremely happy. MAHAVIR- But can we conceive of such a Being? All
human thought is conditioned by Time, Space, and Causality, as they say. We all live in the midst of Nature. Is it possible to conceive of anything
beyond it ? KRISHNA-You have conceived of permanent Happiness
or Good as lying beyond the bounds of Nature, and it is this that is your goal. You cannot see it; you cannot understand it; you can only faintly imagine and conceive. And so this Ideal of Happiness or Good, that is God, is beyond thought, beyond Space, beyond Time, beyond Causality. He is unborn, immortal, unmanifest, unknowable, infinite. This is called Nirguna Purusha, God beyond all attributes, all modifications or changes which are associated with
Nature. MAHAVIR - This is very fascinating. But I think you are
going too fast, and I don't think you have proved anything. I have read that Gunas or changes are born of Nature or Prakriti. And if your God is beyond Gunas or Nature, of what use is he to us, even if he is a symbol of supreme Happiness or Good? We live in this world, in the midst of Nature; and if he has nothing to do with Nature, if contact with life contaminates him, we can easily do without him. We must act from moment to
