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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Atman and Mokpa
manifestation of S'akti (the Divine power) varies in varying centres of activity; for variety is the law, not sameness. God is immanent in all creatures. He is even in the ant. The difference is in manifestation only. God exists in all things in different degrees, from the lowest and meanest of the things to the most evolved ones. He exists in the body and is still different from it.' His name is Intelligence (Cinmaya): His abode is Intelligence; and He, the Lord, is All-Intelligence.? Thus, the Brahman or God is not a material and insentient thing but is through and through consti. tuted of intelligence. He is omnipotent, and therefore, nothing is impossible for Him. He is like the wishyielding tree of the celestial world (Kalpataru), which gives whatever one asks of it. Thus, God is the creator of all things and He possesses all kinds of perfections. He is all-pervasive and omnipresent as He lives in all the things for all the times. He is omnipotent, and therefore, lacks nothing. He is the perfection itself, Ramakļşņa derives everything from the Brahman or God and logically attributes all things and qualities to Him. Although God manifests Himself in all the things, He is not identical with them. In case He identifies Himself with them totally He will be subjected to variations, modifications, and destruction by which the material things are characterised. In that case, He will be a transient
I Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna, Sayings Nos. 892, 894. Published by Sri Ramakrishna Math.
2 Ibid. 1058. 3 Ibid. 1059
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