GOD MORNING : Bhave chopalabdheh 11.1.15(149) And (because) only on the existence (of the cause) (the effect) is experienced. Bhave: on the existence; Cha: and; Upalabdheh: is experienced effect (world) is inseparable from its material cause, Brahman, is continued. The effect is perceived only when the cause is present in it; otherwise not. A pot or cloth will exist even if the potter or the weaver isabsent, but it will not exist if the clay or thread is absent. This proves that the effect is not different from the cause. The Chhandogya Upanishad says, All these created things, O my son, originate from Sat, i.e., Brahman, rest in Him and eventually dissolve in Him (VI-8-4). The objector says: There is no recognition of fire in the smoke. The smoke being the effect of fire, ought to show fire in it. To this we reply that smoke is really the effect of damp fuel. The damp fuel comes in contact with fire and throws off its earthly particles in the form of smoke. The smoke and the fuel are identical. We can recognise the fuel in the smoke. This is proved by the fact that the smoke has smell just as the fuel has. The smoke is generally of the same nature as that of the fuel. The phenomena of the universe manifest only because Brahman exists. They cannot certainly appear without Brahman. Therefore the world (effect) is not different from Brahman, the cause.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 06:19:35 +0000
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