Guest guest Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 There are millions of Galaxies in our Universe; our Milky Way Galaxy is said to be created and overseen by Lord Brahma. Is there a separate Lord Brahma who oversees each galaxy, or is there One Lord Brahma for the entire Universe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 There are millions of Galaxies in our Universe; our Milky Way Galaxy is said to be created and overseen by Lord Brahma. Is there a separate Lord Brahma who oversees each galaxy, or is there One Lord Brahma for the entire Universe? this is the second question in a row taht i answered about many multiplicities really being one.....also the buddhist/advaitic question too.....but my answer will have to be the same as before.... Although there are millions of glaxies ours is created by Brahma, all are created by Brahma. Each galaxy may have their own respective outlooks on their creator and call him by different names and worship him differently and display him differently, but in essence all the galaxies creators are the same. It is the same princiiple as within our own galaxy, specifically our planet...We have many different words, names and titles for our creator depending on what region of the world, we are from. From Allah to Bhagwan, God to Yahweh, Wankantanka to Devom, etc. etc., the names change but the being is the same - the all eternal Brahman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 this is the second question in a row taht i answered about many multiplicities really being one.....also the buddhist/advaitic question too.....but my answer will have to be the same as before.... Although there are millions of glaxies ours is created by Brahma, all are created by Brahma. Each galaxy may have their own respective outlooks on their creator and call him by different names and worship him differently and display him differently, but in essence all the galaxies creators are the same. It is the same princiiple as within our own galaxy, specifically our planet...We have many different words, names and titles for our creator depending on what region of the world, we are from. From Allah to Bhagwan, God to Yahweh, Wankantanka to Devom, etc. etc., the names change but the being is the same - the all eternal Brahman. I was asking about the Brahma of the Trimurti, who is the highest being in each material universe, appointed by Lord Vishnu for the creation procress of the astral and physical lokas. I think you are confusing Brahma with Brahman who is beyond the material creation. Brahman is of 2 aspects, personal and impersonal. The highest form of God is personal. God has many personal forms like Shiva, Durga, Vishnu, Rama and Krishna. The highest personal form of God is Radha-Krishna. Krishna is Adi-Purusha and Radha is Adi-Shakti. They are the Supreme Godhead, according to Vedic shastra. God also has an impersonalist aspect, as I said above. However, Bhaktas are not interested in this Impersonal aspect. We follow seek a Personal Relationship with a Personal God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Im also talking abt the brahma of the trimurthi......The term probably comes from the title used to address Brahman, by dropping the 'n' at the end - same as Buddha being called so because he is a BuddhaN. Brahma is the evolution of the personal diety of the ancient Upanishadic philosophers and their followers. He is termed as the creator because all is Brahman and naturally must be created from within Brahman himself by Brahman himself. The personal form eventualyl became the third member of the Hindu trinity. However, Brahma's representation as the creator of the universe is one that is used by Hindus/Indians on earth. If one is referring to another galaxy, the creator of that galaxy will the same Brahma. however, He will probably be called something else due to the natural differences of language. In the same way that two planets both with civilization can have oxygen but it is overwhelmingly statistically small that the second civilization will also call oxygen "oxygen". However, the creator of that galaxy will the same as the creator of our galaxy the sustainer of that galaxy will the same as our galaxy and the destroyer of that galaxy will be the same as the destroyer of ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahnava Nitai Das Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 There are millions of Galaxies in our Universe; our Milky Way Galaxy is said to be created and overseen by Lord Brahma. Is there a separate Lord Brahma who oversees each galaxy, or is there One Lord Brahma for the entire Universe? There is one Brahma for each universe. The size of the universe is roughly unlimited from our tiny perspective. Millions and millions of planets and galaxies, etc. Each universe is covered by an impenitrable shell composed of the basic elements of material existence. One Brahma has jurisdiction up to this shell, which indicates it is not connected with galaxies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 At the end of the day, Brahma is just a word. Our entire physical conception of an image and ideas that correspond to the word start from the word itself. However, the need for a word to indicate a meaning to the function he performs comes before the word. And that function is to create. That is brahma's job. Creator. That creator is one. There is only one god. One creator. One preserver. One destroyer. Our minds break those functions up into three different aspects of the same ONE BEING. No matter if there are an infinite amount of universes that would be too much for our minds to imagine, it would not be too much for god. THat one being will still do ALL the creating. It is up to the respective groups of creatures that choose to worship this one being whether they want to break up the functions or just worship one being alone. Both would be right paths to take. Still, the being we call Brahma would be the same as whatever name they place upon the being they choose to worship as. The point being - There is only one god and Brahma being the creative aspect of that god is the same in every universe. His name may be different but the being is still the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 At the end of the day, Brahma is just a word. Our entire physical conception of an image and ideas that correspond to the word start from the word itself. However, the need for a word to indicate a meaning to the function he performs comes before the word. It appears you are preaching Impersonalism. Brahma is more than a word, Brahma is a literal individual being, just like you and I. He just has a higher cosmic position than us. Have you read the Srimad Bhagavatam or the Brahma Samhita? Why does Lord Brahma say Govinda (Krsna) IS the Supreme Lord, who he worships, if Brahma is the Supreme Lord? Brahma is not the Supreme Lord. Brahma is the Head Cosmic Being in Material Creation, appointed by Krsna to be the engineer of the Universe. ...unlike Brahma who resides in Brahmaloka in the highest realm of the material universe, Krnsa has a transcendental form outside material creation, in the eternal spiritual world of Vaikunthaloka. Krsna is ABOVE Brahma. The Govindam Prayers from Sri Brahma-samhita ishvarah paramah krishnah sac-cid-ananda-vigrahaha anadir adir govindaha sarva-karana-karanam Krishna, Who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the Origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the Prime Cause of all causes. advaitam achyutam anadim ananta-rupam adyam purana-purusham navayauvanam cha vedesu durlabham adurlabham atma-bhaktau govindam adi-purusham tam aham bhajami I worship Govinda, the Primeval Lord, Who is inaccessible to the Vedas, but obtainable by pure unalloyed devotion of the soul, Who is without a second, Who is not subject to decay and is without a beginning, Whose Form is endless, Who is the beginning, Whose Form is endless, Who is the beginning, and the eternal Purusha; yet He is a Person possessing the beauty of blooming youth. ananda-chinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhis- tabhir ya eva nija-rupataya kalabhihi goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhuto govindam adi-purusham tam aham bhajami I worship Govinda, the Primeval Lord, residing in His own realm, Goloka, with Radha, resembling His own spiritual figure, the Embodiment of the Ecstatic potency possessed of the sixty-four artistic activities, in the company of Her confidants (sakhis), embodiments of the extensions of her body, permeated and vitalized by His ever-blissful spiritual rasa. goloka-namni nija-dhamni tale cha tasya devi-mahesha-hari-dhamasu teshu teshu te te prabhava-nichaya vihitash cha yena govindam adi-purusham tam aham bhajami Lowest of all is located Devi-dhama (mundane world), next above it is Mahesha-dhama (abode of Mahesh, Shiva); above Mahesh-dhama is placed Hari-dhama (abode of Hari) and above them all is located Krishna's own realm named Goloka. I adore the Primeval Lord Govinda, who has allotted their respective authorities to the rules of those graded realms. yasyaika-nishvasita-kalam athavalambya jivanti loma-vilaja jagad-anda-nathaha vishnur mahan sa iha yasya kala-vishesho govindam adi-purusham tam aham bhajami Brahma and other lords of the mundane worlds, appearing from the pores of hair of Maha-Vishnu, remain alive as long as the duration of one exhalation of the latter (Maha-Vishnu). I adore the Primeval Lord Govinda of Whose subjective personality Maha-Vishnu is the Portion of a Portion [of the Surpeme]. bhasvan yathashma-shakaleshu nijeshu tejaha sviyam kiyat prakatayaty api tadvad atra brahma ya esa jagad-anda-vidhana-karta govindam adi-purusham tam aham bhajami I adore the Primeval Lord Govinda from Whom the separated subjective portion Brahma receives his power for the regulation of the mundane world, just as the Supreme manifests some portion of His own light in all effulgent gems that bear the names of Surya-kanta, etc. dharmo 'tha papa-nicayah shrutayas tapamshi brahmadi-kita-patagavadhayash cha jivaha yad datta-matra-vibhava-prakata-prabhava govindam adi-purusham tam aham bhajami I adore the Primeval Lord Govinda, by Whose conferred power are maintained the manifested potencies that are found to exist in all virtues, in the Vedas, in the penances and in all jivas from Brahma down to the meanest insect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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