MAJOil MACDONALD, 



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Thomson expresses very similar sentiments. 



What is this mighty breath, ye sages, say, 



That in a powerful language, felt, not heard, 



Instructs the fowls of heaven and through their breast 



These arts of love diffuses 1 What but God ? 



Inspiring God! who, boundless spirit all, 



And unremitting energy, pervades, 



Adjusts, sustains and agitates the whole. 3 * 



The terms Maya, Tutvam and Yogi frequently occur in 

 connection with this creed. Maya means illusion and is 

 applied by Vemana to the material world and every thing 

 connected with it, all of which he treats as having no 

 real existence . 



ocog as 2§a~3^e& i&r&oao, a || B. I, 171. 

 We are imprisoned in delusion ; our inclinations are as 

 chains ; empty distinctions are the shackles attached to us. 

 When shall be the deliverance from this life of bondage,? 



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sfc*ccsSlp&>Sb§o£ S*r>CXS5 3(1^ jS t a |I II. 43. 

 Sons and wives are a mere delusion, pleasure and pain 

 are a deception ; a family and the affections we feel, are 

 unreal. Thou hast filled this delusive life with empty 

 forms. 



Tutvam is the divine wisdom or truth which Vemana 

 is in quest of. The following quotations show what it is, 

 and how it is to be attained. 



pj^lSdftiS^, tffSS^^isbbcjfcjiSS. a J B. I. 45. 



