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murugan
07 July 2011, 04:00 AM
Why is Lord Brahma not worshiped much like other Hindu Gods?

Mana
07 July 2011, 07:05 AM
Namasté murugan

As we have evolved as a species so has our very perception of the nature of Gods. To better explain this I should refer you to the writings of Swami Vivekananda.
(http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/vol_2_frame.htm)
(http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/jnana-yoga/maya_and_the_evolution_of_the_conception_of_god.htm)

MAYA AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPTION OF GOD (http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/jnana-yoga/maya_and_the_evolution_of_the_conception_of_god.htm)


(http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/jnana-yoga/maya_and_the_evolution_of_the_conception_of_god.htm)

(Delivered in London, 20th October 1896)
(http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/jnana-yoga/maya_and_the_evolution_of_the_conception_of_god.htm)
(http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/vol_2_frame.htm)


Om Shanti

WTyler
07 July 2011, 01:13 PM
When speaking of this in the legendary sense--in the sense of stories regarding interactions between the gods, there are many stories.

A lot of these stories revolve around a curse. Some say that Brahma was cursed by a rishi for marrying his own daughter. Since Brahma was the father of creation--all would be his sons or daughters.

Another would be the legendary race to the top of a Shiva Lingham (Or in some cases the top of Shiva's head as he grew enormous in size). The race was between Vishnu and Brahma--Brahma cheated while Vishnu played fair. It is said that Shiva cursed Brahma that he would only be worshipped in one place.

However, more simply, once something is created..that is just form. Once a creation is created--is the creator still needed?

What makes the form beautiful is the spirit and divinity with in it. Some may call this divinity Vishnu, Shiva, Goddess, Krishna and so forth.

The lack of Brahma worship is a subtle way of telling devotees to look beyond form, to look beyond creation, and instead look for the supreme. Form can change and be destroyed where the eternal spirit can never cease.

murugan
28 July 2011, 10:31 PM
Namasté murugan

As we have evolved as a species so has our very perception of the nature of Gods. To better explain this I should refer you to the writings of Swami Vivekananda.
(http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/vol_2_frame.htm)
(http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/jnana-yoga/maya_and_the_evolution_of_the_conception_of_god.htm)

MAYA AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPTION OF GOD (http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/jnana-yoga/maya_and_the_evolution_of_the_conception_of_god.htm)


(http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/jnana-yoga/maya_and_the_evolution_of_the_conception_of_god.htm)

(Delivered in London, 20th October 1896)
(http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/jnana-yoga/maya_and_the_evolution_of_the_conception_of_god.htm)
(http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_2/vol_2_frame.htm)


Om Shanti

Thanks for the link Mana:)

shian
30 August 2011, 09:30 PM
Maybe many peoples only know about Hinayana Buddhism who is absolutely refuse idea about God.

But dont forget the one word God has many different meanings.

And dont forget many sect in Hinduism even have different explanation about God. (not only Hindu, also Abrahamic religion in different sect they have different explanation about God, so we can said all of religion all of sect have different explanation)

So about Lord Brahma, we see in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism

1. Have many Brahma (Vaishnava etc also believe many universe have many Brahma)

2. In Mahayana and Vajrayana text also have many Brahma, but one Brahma is Maha-brahma in Sutra of 12 Devas , have explained that Maha-brahma is manifestation of ancient Buddha , and with His power He help beings from another universe to born in His Heaven and then to the world.

3. So in Buddhism , Maha-brahma is one deity who is worshiped. Buddhist scripture also have many text who explain the sadhana and mandala of Maha-brahma. (also many mantra of Brahma)

4. Maha-brahma is get respect from Buddhist like we respect our Parents, because with His mind power He help us to birth in this universe. Then Buddhist respect Maha-brahma like Buddha , because in Sutra of 12 Devas, Buddha has said dont contemn 12 Devas because they are owe to them (even one breath of oxygen) , then a Buddhist sadhaka must see them have Great Dharmakaya !

Buddhist also respect Maha-brahma because He have begs the Buddha to teach Dhamma to the world. Without Him , Buddhist in d world will never hear even one name of Buddha !


Many Buddhist believe that Maha-brahma is the God who worshiped by all of Abrahamic religion.

So , i see Buddhist is like another Hindu sect who have their own explanation about God. But Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism text is still rare, so many people in the world only knowing Buddhism by Hinayana teachings , or maybe know about Mahayana and Vajrayana but in the part teachings of Hinayana method , not throught to deep teachings. (Because Vajrayana dont refuse teachings of Hinayana, but see the teachings of Hinayana as first step to learn Buddhism. Only a part of first step)

Kismet
31 August 2011, 08:47 PM
Why is Lord Brahma not worshiped much like other Hindu Gods?

I consider it a cardinal error to worship the "Creator" in the sense of one who is actively, and directly, involved in the making of the material universe.

This may not answer your question with complete adequacy, but given that I infer this much from Sanatana Dharma, I think it says a lot.

How can a purely spiritual being will into effect a being lesser than it? This does not make logical sense. Furthermore, how can something material, which is categorically different than spirit and prone to all kinds of vices and defects, ever be chalked up to, above all, God's own credit?

God does not create. Jivas create. Marginal energy (us) creates, not the self-sufficient and self-contained Godhead in His eternal spiritual abode that is already perfect.

God does, I believe, "emanate" the universe, just as a head grows hair. But this occurs not because God has a sense of material consciousness in the "doing" of this act (like Brahma or the Demiurge). Rather, all God's varied and infinite opulences should be manifested, - or else the infinite is not the infinite - and that includes marginal and material energy (once more, us and the world we live in). In other words, God overflows Himself.

The infinite is the infinite not just because It is the highest, but also that it contains the highest and all else (including the lowest). This is what non-duality means. It is also what grace means, and what love means. Not just that, but mercy and generosity, too.