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ABRIDGMENT OF
of all creatures;" for the Ved again declares,* that
" The sun and all others imitate God, and borrow their
light from him f and the same declaration is found in
the Vedant.f
Neither can Nature be construed by the following texts
of the Ved, to be the independent cause of the world :
viz. Man " having known that Nature which is an eter-
nal being, without a beginning or an end, is delivered
from the gasp of death." and " Nature operates her-
self," because the Ved affirms that " No being is supe-
rior or equal to God."I and the Ved commands, "Know
God alone."§ and the Vedant || thus declares : " Nature
is not the Creator of the world, not being represented
so by the Ved," for it expressly says, " God has by his
sight created the Universe." Nature is an insensible
Being, she is, therefore, void of sight or intention, and
consequently unable to create the regular world.H
Atoms are not supposed to be the cause of the
■world, notwithstanding the following declaration :"This
(Creator) is the most minute Being." Because an atom
is an insensible particle, and from the above authority
it is proved, that no Being'void of understanding can be
the author of a system so skilfully arranged.
The soul cannot be inferred from the following texts
to be the Lord of the Universe, nor the independent
Ruler of the intellectual powers ; viz. "The Soul being
joined to the resplendent Being, enjoys by itself," "God
* Moonduc. t 22nd, 3rd, is!:. + Cuthu.
§ Moonduc. !| 5th, 1st, 1st. IF Cuthu.
ABRIDGMENT OF
of all creatures;" for the Ved again declares,* that
" The sun and all others imitate God, and borrow their
light from him f and the same declaration is found in
the Vedant.f
Neither can Nature be construed by the following texts
of the Ved, to be the independent cause of the world :
viz. Man " having known that Nature which is an eter-
nal being, without a beginning or an end, is delivered
from the gasp of death." and " Nature operates her-
self," because the Ved affirms that " No being is supe-
rior or equal to God."I and the Ved commands, "Know
God alone."§ and the Vedant || thus declares : " Nature
is not the Creator of the world, not being represented
so by the Ved," for it expressly says, " God has by his
sight created the Universe." Nature is an insensible
Being, she is, therefore, void of sight or intention, and
consequently unable to create the regular world.H
Atoms are not supposed to be the cause of the
■world, notwithstanding the following declaration :"This
(Creator) is the most minute Being." Because an atom
is an insensible particle, and from the above authority
it is proved, that no Being'void of understanding can be
the author of a system so skilfully arranged.
The soul cannot be inferred from the following texts
to be the Lord of the Universe, nor the independent
Ruler of the intellectual powers ; viz. "The Soul being
joined to the resplendent Being, enjoys by itself," "God
* Moonduc. t 22nd, 3rd, is!:. + Cuthu.
§ Moonduc. !| 5th, 1st, 1st. IF Cuthu.