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16 ABRIDGMENT OF
can be acknowledged to be the cause of the universe or
the object of adoration.
God is the efficient cause of the universe, as a potter
is of earthen pots ; and he is also the material cause
of it, the same as the earth is the material cause of the
different earthen pots, or as a rope, at an inadvertent
view taken for a snake, is the material cause of the
conceived existence of the snake, which appears to
be true by the support of the real existence of the
rope. So says the Vedant, * "God is the efficient cause
of the Universe, as well as the material cause thereof
(as a spider of its web)," as the Ved has positively
declared, "That from a knowledge of God alone, a
"knowledge of every existing thing proceeds." Also
the Ved compares the knowledge respecting the
Supreme Being to a knowledge of the earth, and the
knowledge respecting the different species existing in
the universe to the knowledge of earthen pots, which
declaration and comparison prove the unity between
the Supreme Being and the universe ; and by the fol-
lowing declarations of the Ved, viz. "The Supreme
"Being has by his sole intention created the Universe,"
it is evident that God is the wilful agent of all that
can have existence.
As the Ved says that the Supreme Being intended
(at the time of creation) to extend himself, it is-
evident that the Supreme Being is the origin of all
matter, and its various appearances ; as the reflection
* 23d, 8th, 1st.
can be acknowledged to be the cause of the universe or
the object of adoration.
God is the efficient cause of the universe, as a potter
is of earthen pots ; and he is also the material cause
of it, the same as the earth is the material cause of the
different earthen pots, or as a rope, at an inadvertent
view taken for a snake, is the material cause of the
conceived existence of the snake, which appears to
be true by the support of the real existence of the
rope. So says the Vedant, * "God is the efficient cause
of the Universe, as well as the material cause thereof
(as a spider of its web)," as the Ved has positively
declared, "That from a knowledge of God alone, a
"knowledge of every existing thing proceeds." Also
the Ved compares the knowledge respecting the
Supreme Being to a knowledge of the earth, and the
knowledge respecting the different species existing in
the universe to the knowledge of earthen pots, which
declaration and comparison prove the unity between
the Supreme Being and the universe ; and by the fol-
lowing declarations of the Ved, viz. "The Supreme
"Being has by his sole intention created the Universe,"
it is evident that God is the wilful agent of all that
can have existence.
As the Ved says that the Supreme Being intended
(at the time of creation) to extend himself, it is-
evident that the Supreme Being is the origin of all
matter, and its various appearances ; as the reflection
* 23d, 8th, 1st.