Brahma

My first days in school started by believing that teacher is god and should be regarded and respected as god. I was taught a Sanskrit verse when I started my school as “Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheshwara, Guru Sakshat Parabrahma, Tsmai Shri Guruve…

In the reading from parallel myths, The Thoughts of Brahma is a creation story based on the beginning of Brahma, the creator. In this text Brahma leaves his kingdom to experience enlightenment for his life. By doing this Brahma falls into a meditated state, which his mind creates beings that transform him. Brahma first encounters the elemental substance of darkness (tamas), which brought storms to tempt Brahma to give up his journey and distract him. He denies this God of darkness and abandons…

pertinent gods in Hinduism, along with Brahma and Vishnu, and is a member of the trinity of Hinduism (Cartwright, “Shiva” par. 1). Shiva is a complex god that represents righteousness and benevolence serving as a protector, but also a leader of evil spirits, ghosts, and vampires, and the master of thieves, villains, and beggars (Cartwright, “Shiva” par. 1). In addition, Shiva is also a Comic Dancer, known as the lord of dancers (Nataraja) (Cartwright, “Lord of Dance” par. 1). Furthermore, as…

The Gods and Goddesses of Hinduism There are three great god and goddess in Hindu. That is the god of creation, the god of protection and the god of destruction. Brahma Brahma is considered to be the god of creation, which is considered to be the god of pray in the Vedic myths and officially named Brahman in Hindu mythology. Brahma is directly linked with cosmic will brahman, which is generally believed that everything in the universe is from the Brahman and is back to Brahma after destruction.…

The creator for Hindus is Brahma. However, this is where the similarities between the Hindu creation story and the Christian creation story end. The Hindus believe that the universe is created and destroyed many times and that it goes through day and night cycles. During one time the universe is not formed and all the energy is gone, then the energy returns and the universe once again takes form.…

Hinduism the central idea of the Hinduism is that Brahman is the sole principle of unity in the cosmos (power point). Brahman is everywhere and is in everything. All souls of human bodies and animals are part of the spirit of Lord Brahma, and they return to Brahma. However, only clean and pure souls can be returned to Brahma. Hinduism believes in reincarnation and call rebirth cycle as Wheel of life of Samsara. Reincarnation is essential in order to get a clean and pure soul. Impure Atma or…

Brahma is the creator spirit that created all forms of life. Returning to Brahma would not be easy and could not happen in one lifetime. To return to Brahma one must be completely pure without any sort of impurity, therefore the “soul is forced to live life after life until it is pure enough to return to Brahma,” (Nandan and Jangubhai 27). When someone reaches true enlightenment through Hinduism they will truly understand what it means to see the Brahma nature within. To achieve this state…

website (Hinduwebsite.com) they clarified Hinduism beliefs in reincarnation in that Hindus have faith that the individual soul is a part of the creator spirit, Brahma. It is each soul 's desire eventually to return to Brahma. Although it is not possible because of people’s sins, and impurities throughout the world, that they are no longer pure and holy to return. A soul must become pure before returning to Brahma, who is absolutely pure. The process of becoming pure is hard and is impossible…

Frazer’s definition of religion by depicting Vishnu as a spiritual being. Throughout the story, other holy figures seek his guidance multiple times in their quest to churn the Ocean of milk. The first of these interactions takes place when the Devas speak to Brahma about their woes, who in return helps them ask for advice from Vishnu (Patel et al., 37). Unlike Tylor and Frazer’s vague definition…

Religious documents were common place in Mayan and Indian societies during ancient times. The Mayans’ religious document is known as the Popol Vuh and the Hindu’s is called the Mundaka Upanishad. These documents contain details about how each society believes the world was created and how to properly worship their creators. In this manner the Hindu’s Mundaka Upanishad resembles Buddhism and Christianity whereas the Mayans’ Popol Vuh more closely adheres to practices found in Greek polytheism.…