quotations about Brahma
Upon the silver mountain, South by East,
Sits Brahma fed upon the sacred bean;
He loves those men whose nails are still increased,
Who all their lives keep ugly, foul and lean;
'Tis of his grace that not a bird or beast
Adorned with claws like mine was ever seen;
The suns and stars are Brahma's thoughts divine
Even as these trees I seem to see are mine.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
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"An Oriental Apologue"
The term Brahma is very loosely used in the religious literature of the Hindus. In a philosophical sense it signifies that eternal and absolute Reality which is the ground and the cause of the universe.
SURESH K. SHARMA
Cultural and Religious Heritage of India
Rebirth then takes place in the celestial palace of the first realm of concentration, and the first to be born there has a large body and the notion of being the creator of that world. He is known as the ancestor of that world, the great Brahma, who is principal. Those who are subsequently born are smaller in size; and since they think they were born based upon Brahma's wish, they become members of his retinue.
PEMA LUNGTOK GYATSO
An Ambrosia Ocean of Sublime Explanations
Brahma! Supremest Being!
By whom the worlds are made,
Where we are blind to all-seeing,
Stable, where we are fleeing,
Of Life and Death afraid,
Instruct us, for mankind,
What is the body, Brahma? O Brahma, what the mind?
RICHARD HENRY STODDARD
"Brahma's Answer"
But, as often as the heart
Breaks--wild and wavering--from control, so oft
Let him re-curb it, let him rein it back
To the soul's governance; for perfect bliss
Grows only in the bosom tranquillized,
The spirit passionless, purged from offence,
Vowed to the Infinite. He who thus vows
His soul to the Supreme Soul, quitting sin,
Passes unhindered to the endless bliss
Of unity with Brahma.
EDWIN ARNOLD
The Song Celestial
Allah, Buddha, Yahweh, Jesus, Brahma
People get ready there's a train it's coming
Many different legends, just one story
All aboard the train
THE KENNEDYS
"Stand"
Brahma has four heads and it is believed that from these heads came the four Vedas (the most ancient religious texts for Hindus). Some also believe that the caste system, or four varnas, came from different part of Brahma's body. He has four arms and is usually depicted with a beard.
BBC
"Brahma"
The world is created from and by Brahma as the web from the spider, sparks from fire.
LIONEL DAVID BARNETT
Brahma-Knowledge