ganesh_bhakta 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2008 Namaste all, I have read condensed versions of most of the Mahapuranas. I can't afford the full versions, so I go with these. But they are still worth reading, in my opinion. Anyway, my question is, why do all the different Puranas have different stores of creation? What does this mean? Thanks for any help you can give. Regards, ganesh_bhakta Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bishadi 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2008 Namaste all, I have read condensed versions of most of the Mahapuranas. I can't afford the full versions, here is a place to download a bunch http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/library/ http://vedabase.net/sb/4/25/en http://vedabase.net/sb/ . Anyway, my question is, why do all the different Puranas have different stores of creation? What does this mean? Thanks for any help you can give. Regards, ganesh_bhakta as time shares that before Srila not much was in english as well before Srila are many other teachers, throughout the world. The lesson means; knowledge evolves. And the future will do better than the past in UNDERSTANDING The pinnacle of this evolution is when mankind understands life, equally! Based from the contributions of God's children over the course of history. Not one sect is perfect. Humility of knowing this is the first step! Honor all of God's gifts. You will know within, the compassion given by God, which is pure and which is a little off the mark. Trust yourself to know Love and compassion over the self or acceptance; to be honest in that choice will reveal what is true! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bhaktajan 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2008 The Family Tree of all the personalities of the Veda As found in the Bhagavata-purana: There is an actual family tree described in approximately 563 Slokas. These Slokas delineate the family lineages starting with Brahma [including all the Prajapatis, Manus, the Soma & the Surya Dynasties] up until the 11th Century C.E.. Approximately 2,500 names [including wives are listed] Avataras and their family lineage is included too—which brings us to the Puranas and before that to the various Vedic Books that re-tell ancient events among the Devas in their youth. In the Bhagavata-purana the family tree Starts with & proceeds as follows: 1) Brahma's Birth [155 Trillion B.C.] — Brahma's children — Brahma's Daughter-in-law & Son-in-laws — Brahma's grandchildren — Brahma's great-grandchildren 2) Brahma's first 50 years of his life have already passed — 3) Brahma's awakes afresh at the start of the Present Day (kalpa) — the first Manu (svayambhuva) is born — Kasyapa & his cousins re-populate the Universe (prajapatis) 4) The first to 6<SUP>th</SUP> Manus born, live and pass. 5) The 7<SUP>th</SUP> Manu is born 3) At the end of the 1<SUP>st</SUP> Maha-yuga of the 7<SUP>th</SUP> Manu— Mother Revati leaves to seek Husband (and 27 Maha-yuga later arrives to marry Balarama). 4) We are here now in the 28th Maha-yuga epoch [out of 71] of the present 7<SUP>th</SUP> Manu. 5) The family tree continues until the 11<SUP>th</SUP> Century CE. The watch word for being given this data from Vyasadeva, IMO, is a matter of "Orientation" —as in finding our way in and around a forest and knowing where our cousins and Uncles homes are to be found. ..................................................................................................................... Quote: <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #666666 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 3ex; BORDER-TOP: #666666 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3ex; BORDER-LEFT: #666666 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #666666 1px solid" bgColor=#e0e0e0>. Anyway, my question is, why do all the different Puranas have different stores of creation? What does this mean? Thanks for any help you can give. Regards, ganesh_bhakta </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </B> Bhaktajan's point in posting the above: The reason for various seemingly contradictory statements in the Vedas, and also, in seemingly contradictory statements in the Puranas about pastimes of persons mentioned in different puranas etc is: The events happened in vastly different epochs and vastly different places —attended by a few most famous personalities and also attended by mutitudes of Sadhus, rishis and celestial near-do-wells —therefore the re-counting of Vedic events of antiquity contain points-of-view from sources that witnessed the same events from different vantage points. Also, the Demigods are prone to mistakes, bad-manners, momentary lapses of judgment, lust pursuits etc —so eventhough their behavior is exemplary it contains all the variety of Celestial Soap-Operas [novellas] that spring from the Human-condition [Demigod-condition]. Remember, Daksha, Durvasa and what to speak of Big-Big Asuras who made mistakes when they could have enjoyed the good life into their dotage years. Why would Indra not recognize the advent of Vishnu's origin incarnate, ffice:smarttags" /> Because of supreme conceit. But the Devas are not self-hating soul killers —they live a polished life of opulence with their duties to perform for the good of all sentient beings and also for the maintenance of the physical structure of the cosmos. Getting oriented, Bhaktajan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
