Pleasure and Pain - Action

Before the creation, God exists in an unconditioned state, without attributes, as God the Absolute, Nirguna Brahman. When He desires to create, He conditions Himelf and becomes Suguna Brahman-in the form of Trinity-Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva-personifying the attributes of Rajas, Satva, Tamas., representing Activity, Harmony and Stability, Inertia and Destruction. Creation starts with the coming into

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लखानी का लघु निबन्ध। वे सृष्टि का आरम्भ वहाँ से बताते हैं जहाँ निर्गुण ब्रह्म स्वयं को सगुण बनाता है और ब्रह्मा, विष्णु तथा शिव के रूप में रजस्, सत्त्व और तमस् को धारण करता है; चौथा निष्क्रिय तत्त्व प्रकृति है। सुख-दुःख का सम्बन्ध वे कर्म से जोड़ते हैं। A short theosophical essay. Lakhani describes creation as beginning when the unconditioned nirguṇa Brahman conditions itself as saguṇa Brahman in the trinity of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, embodying rajas, sattva and tamas, with matter or prakṛti as the fourth, passive aspect, and relates pleasure and pain to action.

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