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VISHNUA symbol of the manifesting Logos or Higher Self, the Divine Sacrifice and God-incarnate. "It is as Vishnu that the Supreme Being, according to the Hindus, exhibited his sympathy with human trials, his love for the human race, his respect for all forms of life, and his condescension towards even the inferior animals as integral parts of his creation. Portions of his essence, they assert, became incarnate in the lower animals, as well as in man, to rescue the world in great emergencies. Nine principal occasions have already occurred in which the God has thus interposed for the salvation of his creatures. A tenth has still to take place." - MON. WILLIAMS, Indian Wisdom, p. 329. The Higher Self sacrificed, or limited, himself in the process of involution, in order that he might become the Saviour of the many souls in evolution. In all forms of life he is involved, and he is the cause of development in all beings. In successive periods of the cycle of Life, he is said to incarnate in the lower nature (symbolised by various animals and men) for the purpose of bringing about the development of soul appropriate to each period. Kalki, the tenth avatar, symbolises the final triumph of the Self at the end of the cycle. "Hail to thee, mighty Lord, all-potent Vishnu! Soul of the universe, unchangeable, holy, eternal, always one in nature, whether revealed as Brahmā, Hari, Siva-Creator or Preserver or Destroyer-thou art the cause of final liberation; whose form is one, yet manifold; whose essence is one yet diverse; tenuous, yet vast; discernible, yet undiscernible; root of the world, yet of the world composed; prop of the universe, yet more minute than earth's minutest particles; abiding in every creature, yet without defilement; imperishable, one with perfect wisdom" (Prayer of Parāsara). - MON. WILLIAMS, Indian Wisdom, p. 498. The manifesting Self is described as the inmost Spirit, and the Divine Life of the universe and of the human souls of which he is the liberator and Saviour. He is eternal Truth and perfection, everlasting Love and Wisdom. |
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