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In the Hindu tradition the world is considered an illusion, or at least not representing the true nature of ultimate reality. Desire (kama) is the cause of the creation of the world. The One was bored and divided himself in to the many; the unmanifest became manifest. “In the beginning this world was just a single body (atman) shaped like a man…He found no pleasure at all; so one finds no pleasure when one is alone. He wanted to have a companion…So he split (pat) his body into two, giving rise to husband (pati) and wife (patni)…He copulated with her, and from their union human beings were born (Upanishads, p.13-14).” Perhaps the One was not separated. The entire world is an illusion caused by desire. The world is an unknown, created in order to know the self. You are suppose to learn from this world but you are suppose to identify with Brahman, identification with Parusha rather than Prakti.
Renunciation in the Hindu tradition results from this premise that this world is an illusion. The world is viewed as something that must be given up in order to know the true nature of ultimate reality. Through renunciation one can escape the endless cy
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The temple in Hinduism is a representation of the world of forms arising from nothingness. ” Karma-yoga is the belief that a person should renounce the desires of this world.
Another way that this tension is shown in the Hindu tradition is through the love affair of Radha and Krishna. However, the combination of the two and the ultimate lack of a real answer on the matter give Hinduism a sense of spiritual search for the true nature of Brahman. This view also believes that the world is an illusion but believes that the illusion is a gift of the gods. It is not seen as simply covering your true nature, but that it allows you to discover it. Perhaps, just as the Hindu temple is designed to represent something that is unrepresentable, the Hindu texts may be covering all the bases of the beliefs in order to force the searching Hindu into a state of moderation between the two, where he/she has found the true nature of the relationship between the world and Brahman. “It is the grace of the Lord (prasada), not personal effort, that makes possible the transition in to the essential sphere. It is a force that tries to bring about the reality of Brahman. ” The combination of Karma-yoga and Bhakti-yoga allow for the escape of the cycle of death and rebirth. The Yogi achieves this by divine grace.
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