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a self-evident axiom, is not a logical truth, but an empirical postulate which is practically useful. S'ruti is the basis for it."! God is the highest appearance of the Brahman caused by the association of the adjunct of Māyā (Aria). Māyā is the distinguishing feature of īs'vara. God is thus not the absolute Reality but He has relative existence in so far as the creation, destruction, and regulation of the world are concerned. God is Brahman's determination of the highest magnitude due to the adjunct of Māyā. God also has not the final existence; to one who attains the highest knowledge of the Brahman God ceases to exist. God has a phenomenal significance. The reality of God is revealed by the S'ruti. He is the soul of nature, the principle, the source, the substratum, and the end of all the things of the world. He is unborn; for if He is created his eternity is challenged; He is the first cause of the world and Himself has no origin. If He is produced by some other cause, His superiority is challenged, and if He is produced from non-being, He will lack essence (far 14+). He is the Brahman but the inferior or Lower Brahman. He is all-pervading, and all perfections of the Brahman are enjoyed by Him. He is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. He is above all evil qualities and possesses all glory and excellence in Him. He is the moral governor of the world and regulates the world according to the principle of aděsta. He possesses personality but is bodiless. The whole world is His body as He is spread every
i Radhakrishnan S.: Indian Philosophy. Vol. II, p. 545.
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