Passage 12

In English

There is a question whether ‘God’ exists or not. The answer to this question is the word ‘God’ itself. If there is no form or an object like ‘God’, then where does the word ‘God’ come from? If there is no object, there is no name for it as well. If there is a name, there is the object. Therefore, the very word ‘God’ proves the existence of ‘God’. This is a tumbler. Tumbler is a word. The meaning for this word, in itself, is its form. Meaning () plus word () make up (material or object). Every object or material that exists in this world is the meaning of a word. The meaning of the word chair is denoted by its form. That which teaches the meaning of a word is sound. Word and sound, together, make up an object. If there is no God, there cannot be a word ‘God’. However, you may bring out an example of certain words like (flower in the sky). Here there is a word, but the object as such does not exist, because there cannot be a flower in the sky. This is only a metaphor. It is only a combination of two words, gagana (sky) and kusumamu (flower), both of which exist. Similarly, for every word in this objective world, there is a form. It is impossible not to have it. Let us take a Dictionary. There are several words in the Dictionary. Are there not definite forms for all these words? There is a word ‘God’ in the Dictionary. If there is no God, why should this word be included in the Dictionary? Therefore, even if you have seen or not seen, experienced Him or not, the word God itself denotes His form. This is (personification). First, it is form; then, the word. This is a chair. If there is no chair, there is no form or word. Therefore, first it is (God with a form). Then, it is (God without a form). It is impossible to leave the form and directly go to the formless. Another small example: