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66 is the philosophy of the Logos. In general, Christ or Buḍḍha might have used the same words as those of Kṛṣhṇa; and what I have said about this mystery only refers to some particular passages that seem to touch upon the nature of Kṛṣhṇa's divine individuality. He himself seems to think there is a mystery, as you may see from the ninth verse.

In the tenth verse Maḍbhāva means the condition of the Logos. Kṛṣhṇa says there have been several Mahāṭmas who have become Īṣhvaras, or have united their souls completely with the Logos.

Turn now to chapter v, verses 14 and 15:

Here he says that Īṣhvara does not create karma, nor does he create in individuals any desire to do karma. All karma, or impulse to do karma, emanates from Mūlaprakṛṭi and its vikārams, and not from the Logos or the light that emanates from the Logos. You must look upon this light or Fohat, as a kind of energy eternally beneficent in its nature, as stated in The Idyll of the White Lotus. In itself it is not capable of generating any tendencies that lead to banḍham; but ahaṅkāra, and the desire to do karma, and all karma with its various consequences come