Religious Problem in India

Author(s): Annie Besant
Publisher: Theosophist Office Adyar

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THE RELIGIOUS PROBLEM IN INDIA
One than in dwelling on any of the forms in which the One manifests Himself. In Guru Nānak there is no denial of all the forms in which the Supreme is shown, but he takes the view of the Upanishats, . that there is one Brahman, supreme over all, of whom all the Gods are but the partial manifestations, of whom the highest forms are but reflexions of the Beanty.
When we are asked what it is he teaches, as to creation, we find that the pure Vedāntic teaching, that the creation is but Māvā and by the power of Ishvara and Māyā all things come fortli. By will (lit. order) the forms come forth.
(Guru i. Japa.] One Mother (Māvā) united with (God) gave birth
(to) three acceptable children (lit. disciples); One of them sends forth samsāra, the other pro
vides and the third habitually dissolves. As it pleaseth Him so (He) directeth (them), accord
ing to (His) will. He looketh on but is not seen; great is the inarvel,
Hail, to Him, Hail ! The primal, the instained, without beginning, the indestructible, in every age (assuming) the same vesture.
[Guru i. Japa.]
When the Maker causes emanation (or expan
sion), Then the creation takes up infinite nodies; Whenever Thou drawest in,