All reasoning and arguing is within the limit of the realm of Maya; it lies within the categories of space, time, and causation.
But He [God] is beyond these categories.
We speak of His law, still He is beyond all law. He creates, or becomes, all that we speak of as laws of nature, and yet He is outside of them all. He on whom His grace descends, in a moment goes beyond all law. For this reason there is no condition in grace.
It is as His play or sport.
And this creation of the universe is like His play --"लोकवत्तू लीलाकैवल्यम् -- it is the pure delight of sport, as in the case of men" (Vedanta - Sutras, II. i. 33).
- Swami Vivekananda,
Conversations and Dialogues,
recorded by Sharat Chandra Chakravarty
But He [God] is beyond these categories.
We speak of His law, still He is beyond all law. He creates, or becomes, all that we speak of as laws of nature, and yet He is outside of them all. He on whom His grace descends, in a moment goes beyond all law. For this reason there is no condition in grace.
It is as His play or sport.
And this creation of the universe is like His play --"लोकवत्तू लीलाकैवल्यम् -- it is the pure delight of sport, as in the case of men" (Vedanta - Sutras, II. i. 33).
- Swami Vivekananda,
Conversations and Dialogues,
recorded by Sharat Chandra Chakravarty
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