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According to the Vedanta-sūtra, the Sambhūta is the source of birth and sustenance, and the reservoir after annihilation. The Srimad-Bhagavatam, the natural commentary upon the Vedanta-sūtras by the same author, comments that the source of all emanations is not a dead stone, but is abhijnaḥ, or fully conscious. Therefore, the Primeval Lord Sri Krsna says in the Gita [7.26] that He is fully conscious of the past, the present and the future; and no one, including demigods such as Siva and Brahma, knows Him fully. Those who are disturbed by the tides of material existence cannot know Him fully. Such half-educated spiritual masters try to make some compromise, and make the mass of human beings the object of worship. They do not know that such worship of the masses is not possible, nor are the masses perfect. This is something like pouring water on the leaves of the tree, instead of watering the root. The natural process of worship is to pour water on the root of the tree from which the leaves grow. But today's disturbed leaders become more attracted by the leaves than the root, and therefore, in spite of perpetually watering the leaves, all is drying up for want of nourishment. (More...)

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