Just wondering,
why is Thread Creatio Ex Nihilo impossible on logical grounds according to hinduism?
Thank you
Just wondering,
why is Thread Creatio Ex Nihilo impossible on logical grounds according to hinduism?
Thank you
Namaste
Hinduism largely rejects this, though even many Islamic, Jewish and Christian views are not necessarily aligned with it (creation out of nothing). Some say Buddhist emptiness may approximate it, but I think many like myself laugh at such comparisons.
The Bhagavad Gita 13 v 20 states the following, which rejects it. Translations on this verse, however, vary. I think Prabhupad has a good translation of this verse. Consider:
prakṛtiḿ
puruṣaḿ
caiva
viddhy anādī
ubhāv api
vikārāḿś ca
guṇāḿś caiva
viddhi
prakṛti
-sambhavān
SYNONYMS
prakṛtim
— material nature; puruṣam
— the living entities; ca
— also; eva
— certainly; viddhi
— you must know; anādī
— without beginning; ubhau
— both; api
— also; vikārān
— transformations; ca
— also; guṇān
— the three modes of nature; ca
— also; eva
— certainly; viddhi
— know; prakṛti
— material nature; sambhavān
— produced of.
TRANSLATION
Material nature and the living entities should be understood to be beginningless. Their transformations and the modes of matter are products of material nature.
Om Namah Sivaya
Last edited by ShivaFan; 24 October 2012 at 09:04 PM. Reason: Added bold in translation
To agree with creatio Ex Nihilo, you have to agree that creation is different and newer from the creator.Then creator can"t be omnipresent and all pervading.But if creator manifest the creation from within,then everything must be there eternally,so there can"t be anything Ex Nihilo.
For an example,whatever is there in our DNA,our mental,physical characteristics will be accordingly.it can"t be deviated from IMPRINTS IN DNA.
Man-naathah Shri Jagan-nathah Mat-guru-shri jagad-guruhu.
Mad-atma sarva-bhutatma tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
My Lord is the Lord of Universe; My teacher is the teacher of the
entire universe; and my Self is the Self of all. My salutations at the lotus-feet
of such a Guru, who has revealed such knowledge to me.
Vannakkam: If time is non-linear and cyclic, dissolution-creation-sustaining is a process, happening simultaneously throughout the universe.
The idea of creation being separate and has a 'beginning', I believe is another example of the subtle influence Abrahamism has had on our faith.
Aum Namasivaya
So would it be fair to say that if god created the universe out of nothing, then 'nothing' has to be a 'thing' (which is illogical and hence not possible) since there existed nothing prior to creation apart from God?
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