Question & Answer sessions with HH Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji – 2015
How could Creation emerge from the attribute-less Parabrahman ?
QUESTION : The Supreme Soul has no attributes. How could Creation have emerged out of His deliberate intention? Or, is Creation a myth?
ANSWER : The Supreme Soul has neither intention nor delusion. That being so, how did Creation come into being? The answer lies in the question itself. Was Creation deliberate, or is it just an illusion? Attribute-less Parabrahman has no mental functions.
Yet, we hear terms, “Trayeemayaaya trigunaatmadhaarine” (One who possesses three Gunas and engages in the threesomes of activities). This activity occurs when the four- faced Brahma emerges, and is a characteristic of the gods.
How could Creation emerge from the attribute-less Almighty?
Creation is a misconception, as seeing a snake in a rope.
Who suffers from this wrong perception?
We do, because of our ignorance. Instead of experiencing Parabrahman, we experience the world. We see a serpent where there is a rope. Instead of Parabrahman, we see the Universe. Ignorance veils the Supreme Soul and projects before our eyes this illusory Creation. When ignorance vanishes, Parabrahman alone remains and He experiences Himself.
Jaya Guru Datta