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to be obtained ; shall be obtained, what is to happen will happen ; and what is not to occur, shall never come to pass. All this is due to Destiny. Time and Nature have nothing to do with it.
Some are Adrşțavādi who think that Adrsta only is the cause. All men are born with Karmas done in their past births and they are taken away in the Karnic curront unexpectedly. Man's intellect is not independent. It shapes its course according to the Karmas accumulated hitherto. So Adřsta only is the cause of all.
Some are Puruşavādi who advocate a theory that Puruşa only is the cause and in support of their theory argues tbat God creates, destroys and keeps this world: stable just as a spider weaves a web and a tree shoots forth sprouts. They say there is no cause outside God. This is Isvara-Tantra a government of God.
All these five theories of causation are not true because every theory does not look beyond its own circle and hence is imperfect. They all are destroyed by mutual. disregard and contradiction. They attain perfection only when they are accommodated and adjusted and arranged on a common ground of "Synthesis." Thus they become. true and significant. 53.
Invalidity of Nastitva etc. six theories as: regards "soul":
पत्थि ण णिच्चो ण कुणइ कयं ण वेएइ णत्थि णिव्वाणं । . णत्थि य मोक्खोवाओ छ म्मिच्छत्तस्स ठाणाई ॥५४॥ ..
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