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were slain. But afterward, a fortunate time came for the Buddhists: Buddhism taught that violence must never be. All this is the fruit of the verse 'Ekam sat viprāḥ bahudhā vadanti' — it is by that same one that they call him Indra, and Rudra as well. Since this is the fruit of that verse, let everyone bear it in mind!
Among Bharatiyas, equanimity is abundant. Bharatiya paramartha proclaimed that no one should ridicule the worship of God, whether it be the Hindu religion, Buddhism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, or Christianity — whatever it may be — and that to ridicule any single form or name of God amounts to ridiculing that one and the same God. Only those who have learned this truth are truly Bharatiyas; not everyone is able to recognize it. Can the one who rules the world — who stands both within it and beyond it and governs it — explain the very reason for the world's existence? He cannot.
Where did this world come from? How did it come into being? How did it come to exist? There are many Ṛks in Bharat concerning this very question.
'Creation' means the union of things, and it is certain that everything so united will, in time, come apart again. That is to say: if the Ātma were something created, would it not have to die as well! Some are born fortunate and enjoy complete blessings of health; others are born unfortunate. Some have no arms or legs; some are born devoid of intellect. Who is it that created them all? It is said, is it not, that he is just and full of compassion — and one might well ask why such an impartial Paramātma should show such partiality. One might wonder why such differences should exist at all in a kingdom ruled by God.
However, the cause of man's sorrows, joys, and misfortunes is not Paramātma at all, but rather the very deeds he himself performed before this present birth —