how did Brahma become Brahma?

[Guest guest]

since Lord Brahma holds the highest position in the material universe, I was wondering how did he get this position? is not his Atman the same as everyone else's Atman? so how did he get such an exalted position to hold for 311.04 trillion years? based on his good karma from a previous universe? or is the Lord Brahma of our material universe not a fallen jiva?

[Jahnava Nitai Das 2]

 

is not his Atman the same as everyone else's Atman?

 

Though all souls are qualitatively equal, still the acquired karma of each individual soul varies and results in each of us being situated in higher or lower bodies. Why is someone an insect, and someone else a human? Why is one person born poor, and one person born rich? Everything can be traced to their acquired karmic reactions.

[Guest guest]

 

Though all souls are qualitatively equal, still the acquired karma of each individual soul varies and results in each of us being situated in higher or lower bodies. Why is someone an insect, and someone else a human? Why is one person born poor, and one person born rich? Everything can be traced to their acquired karmic reactions.

 

so this must mean that Lord Brahma had a lot of good karma built up from a previous universe, to get such an exalted body in this universe?

 

are there any texts which speak about who Brahma was previously? or if he was ever a fallen jiva?

[Shaktidevi 0]

When Lord Brahma sleeps, everyone sleeps. When he awakens, we all go back to doing what we were before. Why? Because Lord Brahma is us potentially and we are manifestly Brahma. Although there is distinction, it is impossible to distinguish.

[Yogkriya 0]

Often in the name of spirituality, we keep brooding over Gods and spiritual worlds and what could be and must have been, the hows and whys without considering our own position now and here.

 

Such an enquiry can be possibly considered a waste of time. It serves no purpose except pester some aimless curiosity.

 

I think one sould be more interested in improving one's own karma and helping other devotees with their karmas as possible.

 

 

so this must mean that Lord Brahma had a lot of good karma built up from a previous universe, to get such an exalted body in this universe?

 

are there any texts which speak about who Brahma was previously? or if he was ever a fallen jiva?

[Guest guest]

 

Often in the name of spirituality, we keep brooding over Gods and spiritual worlds and what could be and must have been, the hows and whys without considering our own position now and here.

 

Such an enquiry can be possibly considered a waste of time. It serves no purpose except pester some aimless curiosity.

 

I think one sould be more interested in improving one's own karma and helping other devotees with their karmas as possible.

 

 

But i agree to a certain degree. The question at hand is not very helpfull to the betterment of one's atman and karma, but may be beneficial for one's jnanam and buddhi.

 

But i dont believe there is a question at hand at all.......

 

Brahma holds the highest position in the universe because we give Him that high space. Beings of lesser potential "realize" his grand divinty by implicitly realizing their own faults and "non-divineness".

 

It takes humanity to understand its non-Brahma ness to perceive a difference between themselves and brahma. From there, we hold the divine aweness and respect that we humans give to Brahma.

 

His atman is made up of all our atmans and more. Brahma is the eternal soul and the only soul. Ours is a small part of His. But this does not equate ours with His. We still have our pseudo-individuality.

 

He holds an exalted position forever because he is existance and time itself. Brahma has no karma. He cannot have a bad one because is all good. Well;;, does Brahma have good karma? Are his actions not really actions, for human actions are human and other such creatures their own respectively? Brahman is pure existance, consiousness, bliss. There are no actions attributed only to the cause of Brahman without any second instrument.

 

Brahma is not a fallen jiva. How is this so. He is the equivilant of existance. Existance is the means to salvation for all atmans that are to be born again. Existance and creation is the only means to the path that may lead to mokha.

[Guest guest]

 

Brahma holds the highest position in the universe because we give Him that high space. Beings of lesser potential "realize" his grand divinty by implicitly realizing their own faults and "non-divineness".

 

According to most Hindus I know, either Lord Krishna/Vishnu/Shiva/or Devi, gave him this job of being the Creator for the next 311.04 yrs. Brahma may hold the highest position in the Material Universe, but is he the Supreme Lord of All, including the Eternal Spiritual World? I do not know of any Hindus who believe this.

 

 

His atman is made up of all our atmans and more. Brahma is the eternal soul and the only soul. Ours is a small part of His. But this does not equate ours with His. We still have our pseudo-individuality.

 

This sounds like you are confusing you beliefs of an Advaita-Brahman with Brahma the Creator. Since when is Brahma the only soul? do you do know that there are sanskrit texts, which state our Brahma is one of many Brahmas, that are in charge of different Universes. And these texts do not state these Brahmas are all "one Brahma". Our Brahma was said to be amazed when he learned that there are an countless other Brahmas, some with more heads than his.

 

 

He holds an exalted position forever because he is existance and time itself.

 

A lifetime of Brahma is 311.04 trillion years. One breath of Maha-Vishnu. That is not forever. His atman is eternal, but not his position as Brahma.

 

 

Brahma has no karma. He cannot have a bad one because is all good. Well;;, does Brahma have good karma? Are his actions not really actions, for human actions are human and other such creatures their own respectively? Brahman is pure existance, consiousness, bliss. There are no actions attributed only to the cause of Brahman without any second instrument.

 

It sounds again as if you are confusing Brahma of the Trimurti with Brahman.

 

How come there are only one or two temples to Brahma? I heard it's because of something(s) he did; which means he is not beyond karma (reactions).

[Guest guest]

Only by realizing that He is Brahma

[roy_utpol 0]

meditiate upon supreme Godhead and then you will understand all.

 

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