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| | Brahma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Brahma (written Brahmā in IAST) (Devanagari ब्रह्मा, pronounced as /brəhmɑː/) is the Hindu creator god, and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. | | | Regular pujas are held for Brahma and during Navrathris, this temple comes to life with colourful festivities. | | | Another legend of the lack of worship of Brahmā is as follows: Once, harth Vishnu and Brahmā approached Shiva and requested to find his beginning and end. |
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| | Brahma |
| | Brahma, eternal and perpetually undecaying, sprang from the ether; from him was descended Marichi; the son of Marichi was Kasyapa. | | | It represents Brahma as informing Rama of his divinity, and of his calling him to heaven in "The glory of Vishnu." He bestowed boons on Rama while that hero was on earth, and he extended his favours also to Ravana and other Rakshasas who were descendants of his son Pulastya. | | | Brahma is the personified form of an indefinable and unknowable divine principle called by Hindus brahman. |
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| | Brahma Sutras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Furthermore, it is notable that the Brahma Sutras refute the heterodox Indian religions of Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, Nyāya, Vaisheshika, Shaiva, Shakta, Atheism, and Sankhya philosophy. | | | Swami Sivananda's section of Brahma Sutras refuting Buddhism, Jainism and other schools. | | | The word sūtra means thread, and the Brahma sūtras literally stitch together the various teachings of the Upanishads and the Gītā into a logical and self-consistent whole. |
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| | Brahma |
| | Brahma (a masculine form not to be confused with Brahman, the neuter gender denoting the spiritual splendor of the Lord's body) is a title for the secondary creator of the universe (vaikrta phase of creation) and the progenitor of the living beings, Prajapati. | | | Since Brahma's one minute equals six million solar years, this would mean that in the Brahma kalpa his second meditation lasted 3.6 seconds (according to his time), and in the subsequent kalpas it lasts 0.36 seconds. | | | 1000 celestial years of meditation in the Brahma kalpa, or 100 celestial years in the subsequent kalpas. |
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http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/brahma.htm
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| | Brahma - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Brahma |
| | The Trimurti or Hindu triad of gods&; Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. | | | Brahma combines with Vishnu, the preserver, and Shiva, the destroyer of evil, to make up the Trimurti, the three aspects of Brahman, the supreme being, acting in the world. | | | These were fervent Brahmins, the bitterest foes of Buddhism, their deities being Vishnu, the solar god, Shiva, the divine impersonation of natural forces, and Brahma, the supreme ruler of priests and legislators. |
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| | Shiva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In some views Śiva is the third form of God as one of the Trimurti (popularly called the "Hindu trinity"). | | | Karttikeya is a six-headed god and was conceived to kill the demon Tarakasura, who had proven invincible against other gods. | | | A slightly different version is told in the Shiva Purana: in the Śiva Purana, Śiva promises Brahma that an aspect of his, Rudra, will be born and this aspect is identical to Him. |
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| | Brahma on Marcel Nies |
| | Brahma is one of the three principal gods of the Hindu pantheon. | | | This sculpture of Brahma renders its iconographic meaning as 'the master of the universe' in a superb manner. | | | The trinity (trimurti) of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva forms the primary group of deities in the great system of Hindu gods and goddesses with all their countless ramifications, representing the creative, preservative and destructive energies. |
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| | Brahma - the Creator Amongst the Hindu Trinity |
| | In spite of being one among the three gods forming the Trinity, worshipping of Brahma worship is not as widespread as worshipping of Shiva or Vishnu. | | | Brahma will, of course, exert his powers during the creation of a new universe after this one is destroyed and to that extent, his role as the master creator and the originator of all knowledge will always remain in the minds of all Hindus. | | | Shiva flew into a rage as soon as Brahma uttered the lie and took his own form from the linga and cast a curse on Brahma and declared that he would never be worshipped. |
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| | Sri Brahma-Samhita |
| | Brahma's vision of the spiritual realm is not his alone. | | | According to Vedic tradition, these "Hymns of Brahma" were recited or sung countless millennia ago by the first created being in the universe, just prior to the act of creation. | | | There are those who will have difficulty with Brahma's highly graphic and personalistic depiction of the spiritual world and of the liberated state. |
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| | Hinduism - Brahma Sutras |
| | The Bhashya of Sri Sankara on Brahma Sutras is known as Sareeraka Bhashya. | | | Sri Vyasa (Badarayana or Krishna Dwaipayana), the Guru of Jaimini, is the author of the Brahma Sutras otherwise known as the Vedanta Sutras. | | | The commentary of Sri Nimbarkacharya is known as Vedanta Parijata Saurabha. |
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| | HINDU TRINITY - Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva |
| | Brahma is the god of creation and he is traditionally accepted as the Creator of the entire universe. | | | Lord Brahma is not popularly worshipped in India. | | | Hence, Siva (god of destruction) and Vishnu (god of maintenance) are worshipped more than Brahma. |
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| | Brahma |
| | Narayana is the Sanskrit name given in the Upanishads to that which is the sum and substance of all the manifested and unmanifested realms. | | | Growing from the Navel Lotus of Narayana, Brahma is the name for the principle which creates all of the manifest realms. | | | Since the Vedas proclaim in the Purusha Suktam that "three quarters of this universe are in indestructible realms above," then clearly Brahma, with his finite duration, is connected to the realms of the universe which we inhabit which are subject to creation and dissolution. |
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| | Brahma holds the Vedas, a ‘kalamandulu’ (a jug of water) and a string of meditative beads in his hands. | | | Every living being in the universe originates from him and is an aspect of Brahma. | | | At the dawn of this age, god appeared as ‘Om’, Brahma prayed to him for the knowledge to create the universe. |
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| | Indra's Universes |
| | Brahma sits on a lotus, the symbol of divine energy and divine grace. | | | You are a manifestation of the mystery of Brahma in the field of time. | | | The lotus grows from the navel of Vishnu, who is the sleeping god, whose dream is the universe. |
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http://www.wisdomportal.com/Enlightenment/IndraUniverses.html
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| | Brahma Kumaris – Mount Abu |
| | Entrance to Pandav Bhavan – Brahma Kumaris HQ in Mt Abu. | | | It is the second of the Brahma Kumaris campuses in Mount Abu. | | | Located in the Aravali Ranges, Mt Abu is a picturesque hill-station situated in the North west of India in the state of Rajasthan. |
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| | Brahma the Creator in Hinduism |
| | In Hinduism, Brahma is the senior member of the triad of great gods, which also includes Vishnu and Shiva. | | | While many Hindus believe that the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva make up the Supreme God, other Hindus may believe that one of the three is the Supreme Being. | | | But he is not worshipped because he is responsible for distracting the mind away from the soul and towards the cravings of the flesh. |
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| | Brahma (Hindu god) |
| | As the divine god in the Brahman Religion, Brahma once dared to suggest he was more powerful than Vishnu, but Shiva appeared to them both in such force that they both had to admit his supremacy over themselves. | | | In Balinese Hinduism, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva were three aspects of one god named Sang Hyang Wasa, a being so great he could not attain a human form. | | | History: (Hindu Myth)- Brahma is the son of the ancient Earth goddess Ammavaru. |
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| | Magic Buddha of Thailand: Brahma |
| | For example, Varahapurana says that Brahma was born in a lotus, emerging from the navel of God Vishnu. | | | According to the scripture, when the fire from Shiva destroyed the Universe, the Vedas of Hindu and Dharma met. | | | The origins of the birth of Brahma are various |
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http://buddha-pra.blogspot.com/2005/10/brahma.html
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| | Brahma - The Creator - Indian Mythology |
| | Brahma is the the creator part of the supreme trinity of hinduism - Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma. | | | According to the Satapatha Brahmana, the names of the mind-born sons of Brahma are Vasishta, Kashyapa, Vishwamitra, Jamadagni, Gautama, Bharadwaja and Atri. | | | He is normally not worshipped alone, but as part of the Dhattatreya, which is all the three aspects in one form. |
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| | The Hindu Trinity |
| | The Hindu trinity is of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. | | | In this regard they are called Sat-Tat-Aum, the Being, the Thatness or immanence and the Word or holy spirit. | | | The three Goddesses are often worshipped in their own right as well as along with their spouses. |
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| | Brahma |
| | Called the Grandfather of the Worlds, Brahma is the First Person of the Hindu trinity and is depicted in standing posture with four faces, witnessing the totality of his created universes. | | | Get a beautiful certificate declaring that you are a witch, guru, priestess, priest, high priestess, high priest, or shaman of Brahma. | | | Pr Ntr Kmt is a church for witches and other pagans based on ancient practices, especially ancient Egypt. |
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| | Home - Brahma Yoga Spa - Sea Bright, NJ |
| | His years of study and practice of yoga and healing bodywork have produced a temple in honor of the essence of the cosmic energy in all things. | | | Home - Brahma Yoga Spa - Sea Bright, NJ Brahma signifies the “creative aspect in all things”. | | | He has chosen from the heart to share his unique interpretive style as culminated in Brahma Yoga, “inspiring the intuitive flow of creative spirit”. |
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| | Brahma |
| | The worship of Brahma in the Trimurti is the oldest; he appears in the Vedas as Prajapati, Pitamaha, and Hiranya-garbha; he is seen in the Brahmanas, but afterward his importance wanes before the emergence of the non-Aryan Shiva and Vishnu. | | | Every day of Brahma, which sees the emanation of the universe from divine substance and its dissolution again, lasts twelve million years. | | | In the night of Brahma, God remains in dreamless sleep, inactive, all being fathomless rest and boundless peace. |
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| | Sacred lake and temples of Brahma, Pushkar, India |
| | Today, the cult of Brahma has long been eclipsed by other deities, Pushkar is the only pilgrimage shrine dedicated to Brahma in all of India, and few pilgrims visit the shrine, relative to the great numbers that come to such celebrated sites as Varanasi, Tirupati, Chidambaram and Rameshvaram. | | | The pilgrimage begins in Pushkar, sacred to the god Brahma, and continues in a rambling clockwise direction throughout the subcontinent, ending in Prayaga (modern day Allahabad). | | | His consort Saraswati was manifested out of him, and from their union were born all the creatures of the world. |
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| | Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization |
| | The 'Brahma Kumari World Spiritual Organization', or 'World Spiritual University', known in India as 'Prajapitha Brahmakumari's Ishwariya Vidyalaja', was founded in 1937 in colonial British India, by the diamond trader Dada Lekh Raj. | | | Though Raj is dead now, the devotees at Mt Abu in India claim still to receive his channeled messages from the hereafter. | | | They claim Raj was a manifestation, others might say 'avatar', of the Hindu God Shiva. |
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| | Wrathful Deities |
| | Changpa Karpo (White Brahma) is the Buddhist view of Brahma. | | | In this context, the usually 4-faced, 4-armed deity that in Indian mythology traverses space seated on Garuda with Saraswati, his consort, is here mounted on a white horse, brandishing a sword. | | | However, tradition says he did commit incest, and that is why there is only one temple in India remaining to him. |
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| | Kamat's Potpourri: Brahma The Creator |
| | Brahma represents the infinite spirit, and is one of the three primary Vedic Gods (others being Shiva the destroyer and Vishnu the protector) known as the Trimurtis | | | However, the influence of Brahma subsided after the popularity of Shaivism and Vaishnavism, and today few people worship Brahma. | | | ccording to Hindu belief, Lord Brahma created the universe and set it in motion. |
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| | Brahma Sutras : the Nyaya Pasthana |
| | There is a commentary of Sri Adi Sankara on Brahma Sutras which provides great insights and depths into each Sutra. | | | The second well known commentary was Bhamati by Sri Vachaspati Misra, and this was followed by Kalpataru and Parimala. | | | ……… Brahma Sutra was written Sri Badarayana, whose other famous name is Sri Ved Vyasa, the celebrated author of Mahabharata and thus the Bhagwad Gita. |
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| | Brahma Sutras: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic |
| | Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the buddha, siddhrtha gautama, who lived between approximately 563 and 483 bce.... | | | (it is notable that the Brahma Sutras refutes the heterodox Indian religions of Buddhism Buddhism quick summary: | | | (it is in the Brahma sutra that the teachings of Vedanta are set forth in a systematic and logical order. |
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| | Brahman - Hindu Beliefs - ReligionFacts |
| | Brahman is generally viewed as impersonal and unknowable in itself, but Brahman can be known through the many gods and goddesses that are manifestations of Brahman. | | | The Upanishads describe Brahman as the eternal, conscious, irreducible, infinite, omnipresent, spiritual source of the universe of finiteness and change. | | | Most modern Hindus refer to the Ultimate Reality as Brahman (not to be confused with Brahma, the minor creator god). |
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| | Lord Brahma - The Creator |
| | Despite the fact that Brahma is one of the trimurthis, there are no temples dedicated to his worship, except the place of pilgrimage, Pushkar in Ajmer. | | | As per Hindu mythology, Brahma was born from a (kamala) lotus springing from Vishnu's navel and created the world through his daughter SaraswatL According to Manu Smriti, the self- existent Lord manifested to dispel the darkness enveloping universe. | | | Brahma and his consort Saraswati, represent the vedas, their spirit and meaning. |
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| | Worcester Art Museum - Brahma |
| | Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma are the major gods of Hinduism, and their functions are often interchangeable. | | | An ancient god whose authority was derived from the Vedas (the scriptures of the ancient Aryans), Brahma retained his importance as the creator in Hinduism, although no cult comparable in size to those of Vishnu and Shiva developed around him. | | | Looking at the four directions, the four faces of Brahma symbolize the four Vedas as well as the cardinal points of the compass. |
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| | Search results for 'Brahma' |
| | Brahma represents the infinite spirit, and is one of the | | | Biography of the great scholar and philosopher Shankara who revived Hinduism and founded the Advaitic school of thought. | | | Table of Contents * Brahma The Creator- Article * Goddess Parvati and Her Weapons- Article * An Introduction to Hinduism- Introduction * The King of Sets- Article * Lord Krishna describes |
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| | Brahma Kumaris |
| | The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University acknowledges the intrinsic goodness of all people. | | | Acknowledging the challenges of rapid global change, we nurture the well-being of the entire human family by promoting spiritual understanding, leadership with integrity and elevated actions towards a better world. | | | We teach a practical method of meditation that helps individuals understand their inner strengths and values. |
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| | Brahma Vihara Foundation Home Page |
| | The Brahma Vihara Foundation is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to offering the teachings of the Buddhadhamma for those interested in learning and maintaining the practices of Insight Meditation and cultivation of the Brahma Viharas, i.e., lovingkindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity. | | | If we view the Buddha as a Doctor, the cultivations of metta (lovingkindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (appreciative joy), and upekkha (equanimity) were prescribed as medicines for that which ails us. | | | The Brahma Viharas (Divine Abiding practices) are concentration practices that soften the heart and strengthen the mind. |
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| | Brahma-vihara |
| | The word "brahma" can be rendered as excellent, lofty, sublime or noble, and vihãra, "as states of living." Brahma-vihãra, therefore, means, sublime states; some call it "divine abodes." It can also be called "the art of noble living." | | | Brahma-vihara is another subject of meditation that is beneficial to practise. |
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| | Indian Heritage - Hindu Gods - Brahma |
| | Brahma is the Lord of creation and is assisted in this process by his consort Saraswathi, who is the possessor of ultimate knowledge. | | | According to mythology, he is supposed to have been cursed by Shiva (for his having uttered a lie and for his ego) that he would go without worship. | | | There are no temples for Brahma (except the ones in Rajasthan and Orissa) as for Siva and Vishnu, for there has been no separate cult for Brahma as the Saiva or Vaishnava cult. |
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| | Brahma |
| | In Hindu mythology, the senior member of the triad, or Trimurti, of the great gods (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva). | | | In later times he became symbolized as the supreme eternal deity whose essence pervades the entire universe. | | | Article "Brahma" created on 26 August 1997; last modified on 28 January 2002 (Revision 2). |
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| | Sanskrit: brahma |
| | brahma — to the spiritual world or impersonal Brahman (or any other destination one has selected); SB 11.15.24 | | | dui brahma — two Brahmans, or spiritual identities; CC Madhya 10.163 | | | brahma — all the Vedas with their different branches of knowledge; SB 3.3.2 |
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| | Brahma Kadigina |
| | These are the feet that have given many boons ("varamosagedi") to rishis ("parama yogulaku") and have made TiruvenkaTagiri in Tirupati the last destination ("tiramani coopina") to attain salvation. | | | The Lord's feet have saved the earth ("mopina") from the powerful enemy "Baali" ("bali tala") Chakravarthi when the Lord in the form of Vaamana asked him to fulfill his wish. | | | The feet ("paadamu") of Venkateshwara are so sacred that they are adorable ("kadigina") even to Brahma and that the very feet ("paadamu") themselves ("taananee") are Brahma. |
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| | 6IndianMusic : Brahma |
| | BRAHMA - One of the Hindu Celestial Trinity (the others being Shiva and Vishnu) Brahma is regarded as the Creator of the Universe. | | | A text summary of the clickable map above, meant for web-crawlers and other automatic tools: |
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| | Online Darshan |
| | The fourth account says that Brahma wanted Shiva to be born as a son to him and that Shiva, though he had promised Brahma that he would grant him any boon, kept his promise but punished him for his insolence by pronouncing a curse which deprived him of one head. | | | Though Daksha gave his daughter to Shiva as a wife, he insulted the god until, cowed by his violence, he was forced to acknowledge Shiva's superiority to him and to his father. | | | All versions, however, illustrate the tension existing between them.Though it is sometimes said that they were born simultaneously of the supreme being and immediately vied for superiority, some declare Shiva sprang from Brahma's forehead; others claim that Shiva created Brahma, who worshipped him and acted as his charioteer. |
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| | Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Brahma - Free Books 5000.com |
| | Brahma, one of the trinity of Hindu gods (with Vishnu and Shiva), was the creator of the universe. | | | Educated at Harvard, Emerson taught for a time, and was minister of the Old North Church in Boston for three years before developing his own philosophy. | | | You Star In The Classics Personalized Books |
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| | Hindu Trinity : Lord Brahma |
| | Hindu Universe > God, Sages and Gurus > God in Hindu Dharma and Representation in Temples > The Hindu Trinity > Hindu Trinity : Lord Brahma | | | Lord Brahma, the creator God of the Trinity appears seated on a lotus (a symbol of glorious existence), He has four heads and hands. | | | Lord Brahma's consort is Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning. |
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| | Brahma Series |
| | Note that it's BIG - we're talking 4.7 MB here, so unless you have a a fast connection, don't even think of downloading it. | | | I am completely blown away by the performance of this speaker. | | | One thing to note is that in most cases, you need less than 1000W of power to push a Brahma to its limits. |
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| | Nada Brahma Productions: World Music |
| | In the three schools where I teach, I have heard more positive comments about The World of Music than any other assembly program.” | | | Participants will gain valuable insight into the music, instruments and wisdom of many ethnic traditions that have fueled the original compositions of Nada Brahma. | | | “Nada Brahma offers a program that inspires children’s mind and their bodies and hearts. |
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