A History of Indian Philosophy v2.c19.s2.9

v2.c19.s2.9

But to the most important question, namely, how the original equilibrium is disturbed and how the present development of the conceptual creation has come about, the answer given in the *Yoga-vāsiṣṭha* is that it is by pure accident (*kākatālīya-yogena*) that such a course of events took place. It is indeed disappointing that such a wonderful creation of world-appearance should have ultimately to depend on accident for its origin². It is considered irrelevant to enquire into the possibility of some other cause of the ultimate cause, the Brahman³.