论神的概念
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中文
人内心深处的渴望，是寻找某个超越自然法则的自由者。吠檀多（Vedanta）论者相信这样一位永恒的自在天（Ishvara），而佛教徒和数论（Sankhya）学派则仅承认一位"所生之主"（Janyeshvara），即一位曾是凡人、经由灵修而成神者。往世书（Puranas）通过化身（Avatara）学说将这两种立场加以调和，主张所生之主不过是永恒的自在天藉由幻力（Maya）所显现的化身形态。数论学派反对永恒自在天学说的论点——"一个已解脱的灵魂如何能创造宇宙"——其立足之处本就虚妄。因为你无法对一个已解脱的灵魂有所强制或规定。他是自由的，也就是说，他可以为所欲为。依据吠檀多，所生之主们既不能创造宇宙，也不能维系或毁灭宇宙。
English
Man's inner hankering is to find some one who is free, that is, beyond the laws of nature. The Vedantins believe in such an Eternal Ishvara, while the Buddhists and the Sankhyas believe only a Janyeshvara (created God), that is, a God who was a man before, but has become God through spiritual practice. The Puranas reconcile these two positions by the doctrine of Incarna - tion. That is, they say that the Janyeshvara is nothing but the Nitya (Eternal) Ishvara, taking by Maya the form of a Janyeshvara. The argument of the Sankhyas against the doctrine of Eternal Ishvara, viz "how a liberated soul can create the universe", is based on false grounds. For you cannot dictate anything to a liberated soul. He is free, that is, he may do whatever he likes. According to the Vedanta, the Janyeshvaras cannot create, preserve, or destroy the universe.
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