Hinduism Doctrine And Way Of Life
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Books By Rajaji

THE VEDANTIC POSTULATE

As the spider draws its thread out of itself and is lord over the web it produces, as shrubs and plants grow from the earth, as hair grows on the bodies of living beings, so has all this universe come out of the first imperishable cause. -Mundakopanishad I-i-7

This is true; as from the flaming fire issue forth, by thousands, sparks of the same form, so from the immortal proceed diverse jivas and they find their way back into it.

Using nature, which is Mine own, I create again and again all this multitude of beings, keeping them wholly dependent on nature. Under My sovereignty, nature brings forth the moving and the unmoving and keeps the world going. -Gita IX--8, 10

"How can this vast universe with its multitudinous variety be produced in this simple way?" asked Svetaketu whom his father Uddaalaka was instructing about the Sat and the evolution of the world.

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