Gita Wisdom by Joshua Greene

Author:Joshua Greene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Insight Editions LLC
Published: 2011-03-23T04:00:00+00:00

Brahma– India’s creation narrative says that at the birth of the universe the first being to appear is called Brahma. There are unlimited universes and a Brahma in each universe. All these Brahmas are exalted souls charged with the responsibility of completing creation, i.e., populating the planets and establishing cosmic order. Krishna refers to Brahma in the Gita (2.16), stating that even such an exalted being is eventually subject to death in this material world.

Brahman– This word should not be confused with brahmin, which refers to a male or female member of India’s priest class; or with Brahma, the first created being. Brahman is the energy of which all creation is constituted. Brahman is the foundation of both the temporary material and eternal transcendent worlds. Everything that exists is made of brahman, either in its original pure state of complete consciousness or in its temporary state covered by illusion (maya), which is called matter. A famous Sanskrit aphorism (in the Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad) states aham brahmasmi: “I am brahman,” meaning that we living beings are also constituted of brahman energy. The Gita nonetheless distinguishes between the individual finite brahman souls who can forget their eternal nature and the unlimited Supreme Brahman or Krishna who never forgets. The Gita declares (14.27) that Krishna is the basis of brahman.

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