Brahman

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Brahman - The Infinite Supreme Cosmic Being

 

The Rishis of ancient India called the Entity that did not change,

behind all the things of the changing world as ' Brahman '. ( This

term is different from the Varna System term 'Brahmin') Everything

unfolds from The Brahman and goes back to Brahman

 

Concepts of Brahman

In the heart of all things, of whatever there is in the Universe,

dwells the Lord; in the flash of the lightning or the wink of the

eyes, the power is that of Brahman

The Imperishable is Real ; Everything comes from the depths of the

Imperishable; and again reach the depths of the Imperishable

Self-luminous is that Being, formless, dwells within and without

He is unborn, pure, without breath, without mind

From Him are born breath, mind, the organs of the senses, ether, air,

fire, water, earth, space, time & He combines them all

He is the innermost Self of all, ever present in the hearts of all;

He is beyond the ken of the senses, beyond the mind

He is Greater than the Greatest; He is Immortal.

In Him everything lives, moves and breathes.

He is the Supreme Goal of Life

 

Song of Silence

That which cannot be expressed in words but by which the tongue

speaks - know That to be Brahman. Brahman is not the being who is

worshipped of men

That which is not comprehended by the mind but by which the mind

comprehends - know That to be the Brahman

That which is not seen by the eye but by which the eye sees - know

That to be Brahman

That which is not heard by the ear but by which the ear hears - know

That to be the Brahman

That which is not drawn by the breath but by which the breath is

drawn - know That to be the Brahman Brahman is not the being who is

worshipped of men ' His Name IS Silence '

 

Thoughts on Brahman

 

The Changeless Reality

Filled with Brahman are the things we see

Filled with Brahman are the things we see not

From out of Brahman floweth all that is

From Brahman comes all - yet he is still the same

Different Thoughts on Brahman

 

Ramanuja's Duality concept -

 

The Universe and Brahman are not the same or identical.

 

Sankara's Advaita concept -

 

There is only Brahman.

The Self is described as not this, not that.

It is incomprehensible, undecaying, unattached, unbound.

 

As rivers flow into the sea and in so doing lose name and form, even

so the wise man, freed from name and form, attains the Supreme Being,

the Self-Luminous, the Infinite Brahman.

 

 

Madhava's Vishista-Advaita concept -

Each of the above conceptions represent's a typical stage of the

sage's mystical experiences on his way up or on his way down When one

attains Samadhi ( transcendental consciousness ) then only comes to

him the knowledge of the Brahman. Then only does he attain the vision

of Brahman. In that ecstatic realization all thoughts cease. One

becomes perfectly silent. There is no power of speech left by which

to express Brahman.

 

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