Lecture Sialkot — Page 46
46 L ECTURE S IALKOT denied the power to create and should not be considered the source of all bounties. Such a Parmeshwar can never be the True Parmeshwar. It is through God’s power that man has been able to recognize Him. If He ceased to have any power and, like us, He too should stand in need of material means, no one would ever be able to recognize Him. Moreover, it is due to God’s favours and bounties that He is considered worthy of worship. If He was not the Creator of souls and did not possess the power to bestow His grace and favour unless a per- son did something to deserve it, how would such a Parmeshwar be considered worthy of worship? On reflection, we find that Aryas have not presented a decent image of their religion. They consider Par- meshwar to be so powerless and so malicious that even after punishing the souls for millions of billions of years He does not grant them eternal salvation and His wrath is never appeased. With their belief in Neug, the Aryas have also stigmatized their national culture and attacked the honour of helpless women. They have caused shameful mischief both with re- gard to the rights of God and the rights of man. This creed is very close to atheism for having rendered God powerless and, in the context of Neug , it is very close to an unmentionable class of people.