Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 There appear to be two different scriptural views regarding Brahma-ji's role in creation. One view holds that there is a Brahma associated with each of the infinite number of universes, the beginning and end of a universe coinciding with the finite life span of its Brahma, namely 100 Brahma-years. It is as though a special, very highly evolved jeeva is appointed by Ishwara as the Brahma-ji "in charge" of each universe; in this view Ishwara is eternal, but Brahma-ji is not. A second, and more common, view is that Brahma-ji is part of the Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva trinity representing Ishwara and as such eternal. Perhaps someone in the Advaitin list can clarify this aspect of our scriptures and possibly even reconcile the two points of view. I have followed the former view, noting that Brahma-ji administers the universe as per Ishwara's Will alone. In the next posting, we discuss the role of Ishwara's Will in creation, controlling everything from the proverbial "Brahma-ji to a blade of grass". Hari Om! - Raju Chidambaram Namaste Chidambaramji! The way I understand is that Brahma is an appointed position. According to Puranas, Hanuman is regarded as the Brahma for the next creation. As you have ststed, the most evolved soul gets the nod for the position of Brahma. Even Brahma has to come back to karmabhumi to work towards liberation as indicated in the Gita sloka 8-16; "A brahmabhuvanAt lokAh punarAvartinah arjuna mAm upetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate " ; the translation is O Arjuna! All worlds uo to Brahmaloka are subject to return; having attained me there is no rebirth. Regards, K. Ramakrishna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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