How To Use Brahma In A Sentence
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Brahma gyan or realisation of truth alone will bring about a reformation, helping to establish lasting peace.
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The only Asiatic breed of significance today, the Brahma, which originated in India, has three varieties.
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In some quarters there has been some recrudescence of the _Shakti_ cultus, with its often obscene and horrible rites, and the unnatural depravity which was so marked a feature in the case of the band of young Brahmans who conspired to murder Mr. Jackson at Nasik represents a form of erotomania which is certainly much more common amongst Hindu political fanatics than amongst Hindus in general.
Indian Unrest
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I offer repeated obeisances unto Lord Krishna, who is the protector and well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas.
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Brahma, 'for the Srutis say that' Brahmavid Brahmaiva bhavati. '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
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You can see Indian and Chinese activists discuss government plans to dam the Yarlong Tsangpo (or Brahmaputra) on the Tibetan Plateau and in Northeast India.
Peter Bosshard: Global Grassroots Network Emerges From "Rivers for Life" Meeting in Mexico
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The main religious philosophy schools in the history of Indian thought, including Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jainism and Lokayata, all have put forward their own distinctive ethical viewpoints.
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_ -- The Brahmans of the Carnatic, or the Canarese country.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
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Brahma Chellaney of the Center for Policy Research believes Indians have become accustomed to terrorism.
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The Brahmins in India possessed for a long time the theocratical power; that is to say, they held the sovereign authority in the name of Brahma, the son of God; and even in their present humble condition they still believe their character indelible.
A Philosophical Dictionary
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India's Brahmaputra river, known in China as the Yarlung Tsangpo, is a lifeline that provides irrigation and hydroelectric power for several Indian states and Bangladesh.
Indian Satellites Confirm China Not Diverting River
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In case your Hinduism is a little rusty, the Brahmans are the priest caste in traditional Hindu society.
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The next morning the Brahmani took the paper, and while she was going along the road to the darbar reading it, the king's son met her, and asked what she was reading, whereupon she replied that she held in her hands a paper containing certain bits of advice, for which she wanted a lac of rupees.
Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know
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-- The _chakwâ_, male, and _chakwî_, female, is the ruddy goose or sheldrake, known to Europeans as the Brâhmanî duck, _Anas casarca_ or _Casarca rutila_.
Tales of the Punjab
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However, Brahmagupta in 628 presented formulae for solving a dozen problems involving cyclic quadrilaterals that were not solved in the West before the Renaissance.
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The Bhagavata Purana says that men and women have lived on earth for a vast period of time called the Day of Brahma, which is composed of a thousand yuga cycles.
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The conclusion meanwhile is that, since Brahman does not fall within the sphere of the other means of knowledge, and is the topic of Scripture only, the text 'from whence these creatures,' &c., _does_ give authoritative information as to a Brahman possessing the characteristic qualities so often enumerated.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
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Her attendants and courtiers, with the aid of local tribals, scoured the foothills of Brahmagiri where they found the eternal Varaha spring.
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Non-Brahman women wear a shorter sari, without the tuck.
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How different from the scene in the last century when Subrahmanya Bharati sang of the enchantment of Puduvai, lit by dawn gold streaming across the blue sea, resonant with Vedic chants, steeped in elegant Tamil culture!
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This spirit soul must enter into the spiritual sky to merge into the Brahman effulgence.
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The _lagan_ or paper fixing the date of the wedding is written by a Brahman, who seats himself at some distance from the sweeper's house and composes the letter.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
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'limitation of abode,' and the 'minuteness' ascribed to Brahman, are merely for the purpose of meditation.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
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Thus we have evidence of the existence in pre-Buddhist India of rites and beliefs — the latter chiefly of the kind called animistic — disowned for the most part by the Buddhists and only tolerated by the Brahmans.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1
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It follows from this that one's self, atman, is also Brahman: hence the famous expression atman is Brahman.
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Sanskrit is _S_ruti, which means hearing; and this title distinguishes the Vedic hymns and, at a later time, the Brâhma_n_as also, from all other works, which, however sacred, and authoritative to the Hindu mind, are admitted to have been composed by human authors.
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Brahmagupta attempted to give the rules for arithmetic involving zero and negative numbers in the seventh century.
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And since Brahman is common to all things, never dividing them, Brahman has to exist in non-dual or, we would say today, non-binary form.
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All these ranked, however, not as divinely-inspired knowledge, or things "heard from God" (_sruti_), like the Vedas and Brahmanas, but only as sacred traditions -- _smriti_, literally "The things _remembered_.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01
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Most of the cattle was what we commonly call Zebu or Brahma, some small groups of, those known as criollos, and some scant thousands of Holsteins, and a few head of Brown Swiss.
CASTRO ADDRESSES ANIMAL SCIENCE CONGRESS
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This is confirmed in the Brahma-samhita 5.32: angani yasya sakalendriya-vrittimanti.
Vedic creationists in the U.S. - The Panda's Thumb
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And although the enjoyer is not really an effect of Brahman, since the unmodified creator himself, in so far as he enters into the effect, is called the enjoyer (according to the passage, 'Having created he entered into it,' Taitt.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
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I haven't enough space left to discuss Subrahmanyam's career: if he's visitable on a website, browsing through his list of publications might cost you a hundred hours of internet connection.
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Monk, also known by the ancient Indian Brahmanism, the medieval Catholic ascetics, etc.
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Brahmaputra Grand Hotel, Tibet . Deputy Manager of Guest Services Center.
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Knowing all this, the Babu asked the Brahman point-blank to perform a false samadhi, that is to say, to feign an inspiration and to announce to the sorrowing mother that her late son's will had acted consciously in all the circumstances; that he brought about his end in the body of the flying fox, that he was tired of that grade of transmigration, that he longed for death in order to attain a higher position in the animal kingdom, that he is happy, and that he is deeply indebted to the sahib who broke his neck and so freed him from his abject embodiment.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
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Gifted with an incredible voice, and a great sense and ability to sing, Bhanu has sung a number of devotional songs written by saints such as Kabir, Brahmanand and Guru
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The Brahmaputra River, one of the great rivers of the world, pours down from Tibet, in a steep declivity, into Assam, down toward Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal.
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The Reverend's writings on the Brahma viharas are greatly inspired by the radiant Compassion of Kuan Yin.
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The Bhagavata Purana says that men and women have lived on earth for a vast period of time called the Day of Brahma, which is composed of a thousand yuga cycles.
Matthew Yglesias » The Gaza Tunnels
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The description is a true one; the term Brahmanism represents what is common to the Hindu castes and sects; it is their greatest common measure, as it were.
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments
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Langkazi area lies in the south side of Indian river Brahmaputra suture zone , the north margin of Himalayan flat bar and south margin of Zhada Zhongba flat bar.
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It has been suggested that a central authority should construct huge reservoirs on the Ganga and Brahmaputra and link these two mighty rivers with canals, thereby diverting surplus waters south-eastwards into the Mahanadi.
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It is unique in the sense that it has a triple linga representing Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh.
Hari Hareshwar, Paradise Calling
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The fertile Brahmaputra valley allowed the people on its banks fertile arable land in ample quantity.
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Not many years ago great offence was given by an eminent writer who remarked that the time had come when the history of Christianity should be treated in a truly historical spirit, in the same spirit in which we treat the history of other religions, such as Brahmanism,
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion
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None of them, however, was able to touch Daru-brahman for as soon as they started, their chisels broke and fell to pieces.
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In particular, the Hindu astronomer Brahmagupta worked out the rules for addition, subtraction and multiplication by zero.
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The yama that follows in the true path of yoga is brahmacharya.
The Path Of True Yoga
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Shiva is the destroyer of the world, following Brahma the creator and Vishnu the preserver, after which Brahma again creates the world and so on.
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Whether or not the ordaining bhikshus incur a minor infraction, after the new bhikshunis have kept their vows purely for ten years, they can participate in a dual sangha and also confer shikshamana and brahmacharya ordinations.
A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages ��� Part One: Background
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This existence of the Lord before the creation is confirmed by the srutis: vasudevo va idam agra asit na brahma na ca sankarah, eko vai narayana asin na brahma nesanah.
Vedic creationists in the U.S. - The Panda's Thumb
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The Brahma Sūtras (also called the Vedānta Sūtras), composed by Bādarāyaṇa (also known as Vyāsa) in the fifth century C.E., is regarded as a systematization of the teachings of the Upaniṣads.
Deepak Sarma: Should Hindus Study Hinduism?
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This same table was reproduced in the work of Brahmagupta and detailed method for constructing a table of sines for any angle were give by Bhaskara in 1150.
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The Samhitas and Brahmanas affirm that God is immanent and transcendent and prescribe ritual worship, mantra and devotional hymns to establish communication with the spiritual worlds.
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You cannot separate Hinduism from Buddhism, for without it Hinduism could not have assumed its medieval shape and some forms of Buddhism, such as Lamaism, countenance Brahmanic deities and ceremonies, while in Java and Camboja the two religions were avowedly combined and declared to be the same.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1
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The name Brahm is the masculine Sanskrit form corresponding to the neuter Brahman or Brahma - the Absolute on which the whole universe is based.
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Then a learned Brahmana, Saunaka by name versed in self-knowledge and skilled in the Sankhya system of yoga, addressed the king, saying, 'Causes of grief by thousands, and causes of fear by hundreds, day after day, overwhelm the ignorant but not the wise.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
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One or two sentences in the original will reveal at a glance the origin of the phraseology: _brahma_ (being) _v [= a] ekam idam-agra
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow
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First, god or Brahman is unknown and unknowable; second, humans are accountable for their actions.
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Knowledge is in the Upanishads frequently opposed to avîdyâ, by which latter term we have to understand ignorance as to Brahman, absence of philosophic knowledge; and, again, in several places we find the knowledge of the sacrificial part of the Veda with its supplementary disciplines contrasted as inferior with the knowledge of the Self; to which latter distinction the Mu/nd/aka Up. (I, 4) applies the terms aparâ and parâ vîdyâ.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
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Hiouen-Tsang in the seventh century, at which last period they appear to have been the prevailing sect in India, and to have increased in favor until in the twelfth century the Rajpoots, who had become converts to Jainism, were schismatized into Brahmanism and deprived the naked philosophers of their prestige.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876
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Four Brahman and four Angus sires were rotated among breeding pastures in both forage systems each year.
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The Brahmaputra, also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia.
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In an essay, he declared: ‘Brahmanism is an acquirement, a state of being rather than a creed.’
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To be the first foreigner to complete the dauntingly long and dangerous journey along the entire Brahmaputra river is quite an accolade.
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A greedy Brahman might be reborn in the merchant class whereas a spiritual trader could return as a Brahman.
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Bowing unto the gods, and especially unto the Brahmanas, I then smilingly addressed Rama stationed for battle, saying, -- Although thou hast shown little regard for me, yet I have fully honoured thy preceptorship!
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
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Brahman is satyasa/m/kalpa, and so on; for if not, the passages in which those qualities are asserted would become purportless (15).
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
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In Gayasira is a banian, which is called by the Brahmanas the _Eternal_ banian, for the food that is offered there to the Pitris becometh eternal, O exalted one!
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1
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And Arjuna the accomplisher of inconceivable feats, having won Draupadi by his success in the amphitheatre, was saluted with reverence by all the Brahmanas.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
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Brahman that is the source of everything as mentioned in the Vedanta sutras is not jiva is very clear from Lord Siva's prayer.
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And at the command of Yudhishthira, the strong-armed Arjuna, taking up the Gandiva as also his inexhaustible quivers, and accoutred in mail and gauntlets and finger-protectors made of the skin of the guana, and having poured oblations into the fire and made the Brahmanas to utter benedictions after gifts, set out (from Kamyaka) with the objects of beholding Indra.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
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The chiefs of the district, Bráhmans and others, had already met in the choultry; and no other cause being brought forward, they proceeded immediately to that of the four Bráhmans, who advanced into the middle of the court, and stated that a sharp contest having arisen among them, they were come to have it decided with fairness and impartiality.
The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies
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The appeal of wandering mendicant religious teachers like the Buddha lay partly in the contrast between their message and that of the Brahmans.
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The knock at the door interrupted his thoughts and a waiter entered with a tray bearing a glass and a bottle of Brahma.
ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
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It is even sometimes considered holy food: -- "The zamindar of Idar, who is named Naron Das, lives with such austerity that his only food is grain which has passed through oxen and has been separated from their dung; and this kind of aliment the Brahmans consider pure in the highest degree.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
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He also pointed out the curious fact that all the drainage from Mount Everest, north, south, east and west, eventually finds its way south, that from the north and east passing through the main Himalayan chain, to the Ganges river, and so to the Bay of Bengal, even though the Brahmaputra river is only about 100 miles to the north.
The Mount Everest Expedition
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A greedy Brahman might be reborn in the merchant class whereas a spiritual trader could return as a Brahman.
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The Buddhists and Brahmanists teach that the man's individuality is not secured until he has passed through and become disembarrassed of the last of these groups, the final vestige of earthly taint.
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I return to the shrine and edge towards the Brahma statue, the sweet incense smoke creating a haze around it.
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Kantha Rao said he gradually got over his fear of snakes and would get at least a couple of them home from snake charmers every ‘Subrahmanya Shashti’ to pay obeisance to them.
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If Beijing follows through on tentative plans to divert the Brahmaputra, it could provoke its rival, India, in the very region where the two countries fought a war in 1962.
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A fundamental message of the film is that we are all connected, just as the Vedas teach that through atman we are all part of the universal soul of Brahman.
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The sky is broodingly grey over the humid downs of the Barkly Tableland as a mob of well-fed white Brahman cows and calves quietly shift across the green expanse.
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Brahma creates, Vishnu preserves, Shiva destroys, and the ground is clear for Brahma to create once more.
AMERICAN GODS
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Will it be again blamed when there would be severe environmental disaster after watercourse of river Brahmaputra will be diverted to irrigate Indian barren land?
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Brahma-loka (9) also made a flight of silver steps appear on the right side, (where he was seen) attending with a white chowry in his hand.
A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline
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The highest Self is called by these different terms in order to teach threefoldness of devout meditation; viz. meditation on Brahman in itself as the cause of the entire world; on Brahman as having for its body the totality of enjoying (individual) souls; and on Brahman as having for its body the objects and means of enjoyment.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
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Another arithmetical result presented by Brahmagupta is his algorithm for computing square roots.
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Immediately he remembered Brahma, and he prayed to him, ‘I want to use that benediction, that special benediction.’
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Then a learned Brahmana, Saunaka by name versed in self-knowledge and skilled in the _Sankhya_ system of yoga, addressed the king, saying, 'Causes of grief by thousands, and causes of fear by hundreds, day after day, overwhelm the ignorant but not the wise.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1
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Given that he was building on the knowledge and understanding of Brahmagupta it is not surprising that Bhaskaracharya understood about zero and negative numbers.
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Beyond that, there are devas, nagas, higher categories of devas such as Brahma or Shiva, and so on.
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A seeker of true Divinity will attain salvation when he realizes the Truth, the all-pervasive Brahman.
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In some of these traditions, the experiences are allegedly of a supersensory reality, such as God or Brahman (or, in a few Buddhist traditions, Nirvana, as a reality (See Takeuchi, 1983, pp. 8-9).
Mysticism
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Freed from sin and his energy increased by Self-restraint, one acquireth even Brahma through it.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
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The faiths represented were Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Judaism and the Brahma Kumaris.
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It states however that they should not be performed by the first three castes, which is perhaps a way of saying that though they may be performed by non-Aryans under Brahmanic auspices they form no part of the Aryan religion.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2
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The Minukku Vesham of the Brahmana, who laments the tragic deaths of his children before Arjuna, is one of the masterpiece roles of the sexagenarian actor.
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If one, who is a Kshatriya or Vaisya, lives in the practice of those duties that are assigned to the Brahmana, after the manner of a Brahmana he becomes (in his next life) a Brahmana.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
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Sauti said, 'This history (first) recited by Krishna-Dwaipayana, is called a Purana by the Brahmanas.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva
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Tamil Brahman women wear a sari that is eighteen cubits long.
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Sir Alfred Lyall's employment of the term _Brahmanism_ rather than _Hinduism_, is in keeping with his description of Hinduism, which he defines as the congeries of diverse local beliefs and practices that are held together by the employment of brahmans as priests.
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments
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At the close of the last calpa there was a general destruction, caused by the sleep of Brahma, whence his creatures, in different worlds, were drowned in a vast ocean ....
Atlantis : the antediluvian world
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The convictions that samsara is nirvana and that atman is Brahman are two distinctive religious conclusions born of such insight.
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But the literature, Pali and Sanskrit, Buddhist and Brahmanical, shows that non-monarchical forms of government were omnipresent.
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a Boston brahman
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In Bhagavad-gita 14.3 also, the same principle is confirmed: mama yonir mahad-brahma tasmin garbham dadhamy aham.
Vedic creationists in the U.S. - The Panda's Thumb
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Brahma, the topmost material entity, has a life span equal to the life of the universe.
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Now, here the very same Brahman which, in the mantra, had been introduced as the subject of the discussion, is called the tail, the support; while the five involucra, extending from the involucrum of food up to the involucrum of bliss, are merely introduced for the purpose of setting forth the knowledge of Brahman.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
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The Vedic period is followed by what is usually termed Brahmanism, the religion that is inculcated in the rituals called Br [= a] hmana and its later development in the Upanishads.
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow
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Brahmans serving in the army sometimes take the title Singh, which is more properly assumed by Râjpûts or Sikhs.
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official
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Now, The Death of Vishnu is part of a trilogy that will also comprise The Life of Shiva and The Birth of Brahma.
A conversation between Manil Suri and Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Hours.
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Brahmanism: This is the sum of Dharma duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you.
Timothy D. Slekar: Do Not Judge, Do Not Condemn
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After all, the brahmacharya vow is not an actual vow; it is the part of the ordination ceremony in which the bhikshuni sangha questions the candidate regarding the major and minor obstacles to receiving ordination.
A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages ��� Part One: Background
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Beyond that, there are devas, nagas, higher categories of devas such as Brahma or Shiva, and so on.
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This very long list of positive qualities that support dharma, and, in turn, a spiritual life and spiritual evolution, have been efficiently boiled down by Hindu seekers far wiser than I, to three foundational values: truth (satya), non-hurting (ahimsa), and self-control or self-restraint (brahmacharya).
Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: The Dharma Of An Apology
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According to Vinaya sources, if the first bhikshuni ordination is conferred like this, even when not preceded by preliminary shikshamana and brahmacharya ordinations, the bhikshuni ordination is still valid.
A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages ��� Part One: Background
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She performed and made the audience familiar with the ‘pungloi joboi’ or the rhythm of the dance, besides the ‘tanchep,’ which included four beats with a stress and the ‘Brahma taal,’ 28 beats with 10 stresses.
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And by "trivial", I mean, like, say, how many calories I ate that day (easy, because I never give into the "baser" urges, such as the urge to overindulge in food, given my yoga-dictated practice of "brahmacharya", loosely translated from Sanskrit as "self-restraint" and often associated with the restraint of sexual urges).
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Those passages, on the other hand, whose decided tendency it is to represent Brahman as transcending all qualities, as one undifferenced mass of impersonal intelligence, Râmânuja is unable to accept frankly and fairly, and has to misinterpret them more or less to make them fall in with his system.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
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That omnipresence which is possessed 'by that,' i.e. by Brahman, and which is known 'from declarations of extent,' and so on, i.e. from texts which declare Brahman to be all-pervading, is also known from texts such as 'higher than that there is nothing.'
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
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A unique eleventh-century image of four-faced Brahma seated as acharya for the wedding of Siva and Uma comes from the Asia Society Gallery in New York.
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A fisherman lifts his net from the waters of the Brahmaputra River.
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The Brahmanas are rituals and prayers to guide the priests in their duties.
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In this great wheel of Brahman, the life and foundation of all, the soul wanders like a swan, thinking himself and the Inspirer to be separate.
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Release would consist in a mere return into the substance of Brahman, -- analogous to the refunding into Brahman of the material elements, and that would mean that the injunction and performance of acts leading to such Release would be purportless.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
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Common to the Magi and their Zoroastrian successors (as well as the similar traditions of the Indian Brahmans) was the admittedly intoxicating botanical sacrament called haoma/soma.
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Brahman! O my child! Cease from practising further penances.
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It states that the individual soul and insentient matter are distinct from Brahman, but Brahman is the basis of their existence and reality.
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He was born into the Brahman caste which meant he was from the highest ranking caste of Hindu priests.
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The auspicious date of the wedding is fixed by the Brahman and intimation is given to the boy's family through the _lagan_ or formal invitation, which is sent on a paper coloured yellow with powdered rice and turmeric.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
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We cannot forget that, persecuted by conquer-ing Brahmans, and expelled from India, it found, at last, a shelter in Ceylon where it still flourishes like the legendary aloe, which is said to blossom once in its lifetime and then to die, as the root is killed by the exuberance of blossom, and the seeds cannot produce anything but weeds.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
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The convictions that samsara is nirvana and that atman is Brahman are two distinctive religious conclusions born of such insight.
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Bhishma is entombed in a perpetual brahmacharya ashrama, the first of the four stages in a human being's life.
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-- To the rule laid down in the preceding adhikara/n/a the so-called pratîkopâsanas, i.e. those meditations in which Brahman is viewed under a symbol or outward manifestation (as, for instance, mano brahmety upâsîta) constitute an exception, i.e. the devotee is not to consider the pratîka as constituting his own Self.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
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From that, he inferred that if such a bhikshu sangha then proceeded to confer bhikshuni ordination, which must follow on the same day as the brahmacharya one, doing so would also not bring upon the bhikshus a minor infraction.
A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages ��� Part One: Background
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Instead of the hymns of the Vedas to Brahma, embrace the righteous conduct of Dharma, and renounce sinful actions.
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At the top were the Brahmans, priests of the sacrificial religion and intellectuals.
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Being, I will tell thee in brief about that seat which persons conversant with the Vedas declare to be indestructible, which is entered by ascetics freed from all longings, and in expectation of which (people) practise the vows of Brahmacharins.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
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The Brahmaputra, in the last lap of its journey to the Bay of Bengal, bifurcates into a number of channels in the district.
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The Sanskrit pandits hired to translate and sanction this new interpretation of customary laws created a curious Anglo-Brahmanical hybrid.
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A greedy Brahman might be reborn in the merchant class whereas a spiritual trader could return as a Brahman.
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The current kalpa, called the Varaha kalpa, is the first day of Brahma's 51st year.
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Naipaul might not have escaped his family: a struggling clan of Indians with more Brahmanism in their aspirations than in their actual background, transported by the British from India to Trinidad.
Cruel and Unusual
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He took a lifelong vow of brahmacharya celibacy.
Times, Sunday Times
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originally all brahmans were priests
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When these things were brought, she mixed the myrobalan, finely pounded, with salt, and desired the nurse to give it with the sesamum oil to the young brahman, and tell him to go and bathe and anoint himself; and he having received these things, went to bathe.
Hindoo Tales Or, the Adventures of Ten Princes
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'part' to mean a _piece_ (khanda); for Brahman does not admit of being divided into pieces, and moreover, the difficulties connected with the former interpretation would present themselves here also.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
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Those persons that are devoted to Narayana with their whole souls and are desireless succeed in attaining to the region of that highest of deities, identical with Brahma, pure in complexion, possessed of the effulgence of the moon and endued with immutability.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
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Shiva, rather than Brahma, is the animus behind Fight Club.
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Leave the priestling in his folly sinning through a Brahman's greed,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse
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Manu has declared that those Brahmanas who are thieves, outcasts, eunuchs, or atheists are unworthy to partake of oblations offered to gods and ancestors.
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And since each “year” equals 360 earth years, one yuga cycle equals 4.32 million years while a thousand yuga cycles total 4.32 billion years, summing up the Day of Brahma.
Matthew Yglesias » The Gaza Tunnels
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And that Scripture _is_ founded on something defective is known at the very time of hearing Scripture, for the reflection (which follows on hearing) consists in repeated attempts to cognise the oneness of Brahman -- a cognition which is destructive of all the plurality apprehended through the first hearing of the Veda.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
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Pilgrims in white scatter rose petals at the foot of four-faced, silver-eyed statues of Brahma, while old people sun themselves in the courtyard, banging clappers and ringing bells.
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As a fairly serious student of Buddhism (the Buddha was from India just like the Hindu priest, and Buddhism has its origins in Brahmanism) I am at least as appalled as you are.
Christian Right Activists Disrupt Hindu Chaplain In The Senate
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The usual mustering scene shows tawny grass and anthills and a mob of red Brahmans moving slowly along, but over the page are stockmen with baseball caps and heavy shades.
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And at the command of Yudhishthira, the strong-armed Arjuna, taking up the _Gandiva_ as also his inexhaustible quivers, and accoutred in mail and gauntlets and finger-protectors made of the skin of the guana, and having poured oblations into the fire and made the Brahmanas to utter benedictions after gifts, set out (from _Kamyaka_) with the objects of beholding Indra.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1
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And it was admittedly not an excogitation of the Brahmanical mind itself.
Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891
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While traditionally this age is a prescription for study, discipline and strict celibacy, brahmacharya in a broader context, and well beyond youth, means self-control or self-restraint in our dealings with the many distractions of our daily lives, be they physical, emotional or mental.
Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: Hindu Niyamas: Ancient Resolutions for New Years
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In Gayasira is a banian, which is called by the Brahmanas the Eternal banian, for the food that is offered there to the Pitris becometh eternal, O exalted one!
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
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Bangladesh, one of the most populous spots on earth, is virtually the delta of the Brahmaputra and Ganga river systems, where numerous streams and rivers debouch to the Bay of Bengal.
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For a condiment is a thing which, while itself being eaten, causes other things to be eaten; the meaning of the passage, therefore, is that while death itself is consumed, being a condiment as it were, there is at the same time eaten whatever is flavoured or made palatable by death, and that is the entire world of beings in which the Brahmans and Kshattriyas hold the foremost place.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
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Along with the Vedas, Upanishads, and the Brahma Sutras, the Gita is adored as the most important scripture of ancient India.
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The flood plains of the Brahmaputra are a refuge for tigers, leopards, sloth bears, elephants and 75% of the world's population of great Indian one-horned rhinos.
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Brahma is the impersonal, all-pervading force of the universe, and the ultimate goal is for man to be reunited with this God in nirvana.
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'Without cause' implies increate or as identical with eternal Brahman.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
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It was more than a legitimisation of sovereignty by Brahmanical ritual; it was an assertion of supreme sovereignty.
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(Part 3 will be posted in the next few weeks) [1] Interestingly, the nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal, and impersonal by different philosophical schools; hence my statement at the very beginning of this essay that Hinduism is less a monolithic religion than a system of varied beliefs and practices based around similar world views and understandings of the universe.
Unknowing Mind
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Only the island of Bali preserved, alongside its own traditions, the Brahman heritage of those ancient times.
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To censure when censured and assail the assailer, are grave transgressions in the case of a Brahmana.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
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The branches of the tree overhang the meditating figure of the person seeking ‘brahma-vidya’ or the Knowledge of God, on whom all creation depends for its life.
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Brahmana, as thou practisest with assiduousness those divine, ancient, and eternal virtues which are so difficult of attainment even by pure-minded persons, thou appearest (to me) like a divine being.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
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One or two sentences in the original will reveal at a glance the origin of the phraseology: _brahma_ (being) _v [= a] ekam idam-agra
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow
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The knock at the door interrupted his thoughts and a waiter entered with a tray bearing a glass and a bottle of Brahma.
ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
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Brahmanas may always obtain herefrom the fruits of sacrifices.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
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According to Christian theology, the saint is "deified," - not because Atman is Brahman, but because God has assimilated the purified human spirit in to the divine substance by an act of grace.
The Perennial Philosophy
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In India, Brahmanism, which is still supreme, was established at so early a period that its origin is lost in the remotest antiquity.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6
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Brahmajnana, Yoga and Dharma are the three essentialities of Hinduism; wherever it travels and find harbourage and resting place, these three must spread.
Yoga by Sri Aurobindo
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‘Hinduism ‘can best be defined as a set of ideas and practices of the upper, so-called twice-born castes that are based on the interpretation of the ancient Vedas and auxiliary textual traditions by Brahman priests.’
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That man who makes unto a Brahmana a gift of earth which has been tilled, or sown with seeds or which contains standing crops, or a mansion well-equipped with every necessary, succeeds in becoming (in next life) the accomplisher of the wishes of everybody.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
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With the exception of the Brahmans and the untouchables the middle level was extremely heterogeneous and often unidentifiable within the four-fold varna.
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The faiths represented were Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Judaism and the Brahma Kumaris.
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This stage in life was known as the brahmacharya ashrama.
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At the top were the Brahmans, priests of the sacrificial religion and intellectuals.
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The construction, as explained by the commentator, is Brahma tejomayam sukram; yasya sukrasya sarvam idam tasyapi Brahma rasah.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
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Only the island of Bali preserved, alongside its own traditions, the Brahman heritage of those ancient times.
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That exalted monarch then entered his own palace, worshipped by exalted Brahmanas conversant with the Vedas, eulogised by chanters of panegyrical hymns and congratulated by the citizens.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
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The Brahmanas are rituals and prayers to guide the priests in their duties.
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Brahmans, who shave their heads, leaving only one long central lock, and wear turbans of blinding red, decorated in front with a sort of golden horn of plenty; Bangas, wearing three-cornered helmets with a kind of cockscomb on the top; Kachhis, with Roman helmets; Bhillis, from the borders of Rajastan, whose chins are wrapped three times in the ends of their pyramidal turbans, so that the innocent tourist never fails to think that they constantly suffer from toothache; Bengalis and Calcutta
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
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Nor can it rightly be objected that instruction is purportless if not connected with something either to be striven after or shunned; for from the mere comprehension of Brahman's Self, which is not something either to be avoided or endeavoured after, there results cessation of all pain, and thereby the attainment of man's highest aim.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
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Brahmas are gentle giants with feathered legs and feet.
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The Mekong, the Yangtze, in Burma the Salween, in India the Ganges, the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra, in Pakistan the Indus--all these great rivers are at risk because the glaciers that feed them are receding.
Rebecca Novick: Global Warming: The Un-tellable Story
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If it be said (that Brahman is not meant) on account of characteristic marks of the individual soul and the chief vital air; we say no, on account of the threefoldness of meditation; on account of
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
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Comparing Aurobindo to worshippers of Saguna Brahman is a gross mistake....according to him the supreme is above both saguna and nirguna brahman..even Swami Vivekananda never remarked that the nirguna was highest, and nothing could be beyond it, his only contention like other advaitics was nirguna is higher than saguna azygos #61059 - 01/18/06 10:54 AM Advaita Philosophy Advaita Discussion
Sri Aurobindo is quite "liberal"
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This move is bound to jeopardise the flow of the Brahmaputra, the lifeline of the Assam valley, causing devastating floods during the rainy season.
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While chaos and economic collapse continues to engulf the Indian subcontinent (moreso from the Chinese damming of the headwaters of the Indus, Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers in their insatiable thirst for energy than from any direct external conflict), our lives west of the
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Monk, also known by the ancient Indian Brahmanism, the medieval Catholic ascetics, etc.
