Guest guest Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 I hear Hindus talk about the main gods Braham, Vishnu, Shiva but I see they talking about God and the kingdom of God. I thought it was Braham and nirvana. Nirvana is something to do with space, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 the literal meaning of nirvana (i think) is "devoid of forest" - meaning the obstacles of the material removed - i.e. liberation. there are a few schools of thought on the matter of liberation and brahman - just do a search on this forum and you;ll see the extent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pankaja_Dasa Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Brahma-Creation Shiva-Destruction Vishnu-Maintainence Brahma is born of Vishnu Navel. Shiva is born of Brahma forehead. They work together to main this creation. Brahman is that which is beyond the sences or sence perception. That is God, and God in His personality is still beyond this. So we have Brahman [impersonal Brahamjyoti] and Bhagavan [supreme Brahman]. The Rays [brahmajyoti] is goal of Jnana-yogis. [Merge]. Just below this is the Stage which is called Nirvana [buddists want this]. Beyond Brahmajyoti [hey!] is Krsnaloka. THis is the Goal of Bhakti-yogis. Right under all this is the heavenly planets the goal of Karma-yogis. I hope that is clear enough. Now and again Krishna incarnates in this World. The main incarnation was 500 Years ago as you know. [Gauranga Mahaprabhu] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Where did you learn that Shiva is born from Brahma's forhead? and that brahma sprouts from vishnu's navel? The fact is that Shiv is born from Garbhodakshayi vishnu and brahma from barbhodakshayi's naval and Kshirodakshayi vishnu from garbhodakshayi's heart region. Garbhodakshayi himself is born from the mahatatva which is from pradhan purush who is from Maha vishnu who is from, Brahm who is from Parbrahm Vasudev in Golok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pankaja_Dasa Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 In Bhagavatam pradhana create aggragate material ingriedients. I didn't really understand what you said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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