[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [A History of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922) › v2.c19.s2.9 # A History of Indian Philosophy v2.c19.s2.9 A History of Indian Philosophy v2.c19.s2.9 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.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. - [Previous: v2.c19.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s2.8) - [Next: v2.c19.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s2.10) - [Up: v2.c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c19.s2.9) · Pramāṇa