NATURE (PRAKRITI) : CREATION
Nature (Prakrti): Creation
Creation and its process is discussed in detail in many scriptures. Bhagwad
Geeta is considered synopsis of Vedic Literature. Various topics of Vedic
scriptures are mentioned in the Bhagwad Geeta, but in short.
Bhagwad
Geeta gives certain clues about creation. Certain selected verses describing
creation are presented here for your contemplation.
It is important to
understand that modern sciences have no clues about the spiritual part of creation i.e.
living force, soul or spirit within creation.
Two types of
creation: Material & Spiritual
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1. Material Nature (also called Para Prakrti or Bhinna
Prakrti):
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and ego – all together
these eight constitute My separated material energies.
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B.G.7.4
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2. Spiritual Nature (also called Apara Prakrti): Besides these, O mighty-armed
there is another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the living
entities who are exploiting the resources of this material, inferior nature.
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B.G.7.5
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All created beings have their source in these two natures.
Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for
certain that I am both the origin and the dissolution.
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B.G.7.6
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Explanation
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Of the two prakrti,
the Jiva (living entity) is conscious and is therefore superior.
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The material nature
is not conscious and is therefore inferior.
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The living entity
cannot be perfectly or supremely conscious at any stage.
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Because of being
conscious living entity tries to control material nature and tries to be
Ishwar or God, but actually, it is always under the control of the Supreme, because
it is also prakrti.
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God is the controller
This (Prakrti) material nature, which is one of my
energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, producing all moving
and nonmoving beings. Under its own rule this manifestation is created and
annihilated again and again.
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B.G.9.10
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Explanation
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The material nature
is not independent. It works under His control.
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The manifestation of
the material nature is not illusion. It is accepted as real but temporary.
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The material
manifestation takes place at a certain interval stays for a while and
disappears. It is like the coming of the rainy season which nourishes the crops,
but when the rain clouds disappear the crop dries up.
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This cycle is
working eternally.
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God is the seed giving Father
The total material substance, called Brahman, is the source
of birth, and it is that Brahman that I impregnate, making possible the birth
of all living beings.
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B.G.14.3
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It should be understood that all species of life, are made
possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed giving
father.
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B.G.14.4
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The living entities in this conditioned world are My
eternal fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very
hard with the six senses, which include the mind.
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B.G.15.7
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Explanation
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The living beings
are a combination of material nature and spiritual nature.
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All these
appearances are due to the mother, material nature and the God’s seed giving
process, but it appears that they are products of material nature.
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The Lord is the
cause of all the manifestations of living entities in the material world.
(The various forms of living beings at the time of creation are due to their
past deeds)
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