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Bhagiratha, legendary king
of the Ikshvaku dynasty, brought the River Ganges to Earth from the Heavens.
Ganga warned him if she descended from the Sky to the Earth, the force
of her fall would be difficult to sustain.
Ganga required
penance for a thousand
years to obtain favor from the sable blue throated god,
Shiva.
Shiva granted the boon, which led
to descent of the goddess Ganga
in the form of the river Ganges, to the earth, filling the sea, drunk up by
Jahnu.
For his efforts, the head stream of the Ganga is called
Bhagirathi, till it meets Alaknanda River at Devprayag. |
Dharma models the "higher truth" or
ultimate reality.
'Dharma'
literally translates as 'that which
upholds or supports'; generally translated into
English as 'law'.
Dharma is the
Eastern version of Gnosticism.
Dharma, Gnosticism, is
knowing reality with certainty.
Adherence to dharma means living
within the natural moral order
which reveals a path of
proper social conduct upheld by the
natural laws of the universe set
in place and sustained by Shiva,
Creator and Destroyer.
Dharma
shares much in common with Taoism.
The various Indian religions (Hinduism,
Buddhism,
Jainism,
Sikhism) have accorded dharma a
central focus.
Each
thought system emphasizes dharma in teachings.
Living in accordance
with dharma hastens progression toward
Dharma Yukam, Moksha or
Nirvana.
Dharma may refer to
doctrines of the
founders, such as those of
Siddhartha Gautama
and Mahavira.
In traditional Hindu society with its caste
structure, dharma constituted the religious and
moral doctrine of the rights and duties of
each individual.
Antonym of dharma is adharma -
unnatural or
immoral.
In the very beginning human beings were
gods but they so abused their divinity that Brahma,
the Supreme God, decided to take
it away from them and hide
their divinity where it
could never be found for their own good.
Where to hide their
divinity is the question ?
Brahma calls a
council of gods to
help him decide.
"Let's bury it deep in the earth," said the gods.
Brahma answers, "No, humans will dig into the earth."
The gods suggest, "Let's sink
it in the deepest ocean."
Brahma replies, "No,
they will learn deep sea
diving."
The gods say, "Hide it on the highest mountain
peak."
Brahma responded, "No, they will
eventually climb every mountain and
once again take up their divinity."
The gods quit, "We do not know
where to hide it!"
Brahma thought for a time, "Here is what we will do:
We will hide their divinity
deep in the center of their own being, for
humans will never think to
look for it there."
The gods agreed
this was the perfect hiding
place.
Since that time humans have been scrambling all over earth,
digging, diving, climbing, and exploring - searching for something already
within themselves.
Consciousness is the
Nature of Brahma.
"Brahma"
is:
Satyam - "the
noumenon; but not
the empirical
one"
Jñãnam - "knowledge not split into subject and
object"
Anantam - "boundless or
infinite"
Everything else, is
a physical manifestation
- māyā.
Brahma is free from any kind of
differentiation.
Brahma does not have any sajatiya (homogeneous)
differentiation because there is no second Brahma.
Brahma does not have
any vijatiya (heterogeneous)
differentiation as
there is only Brahma in the noumenon.
Brahma does not have any svagata
(internal) differences, because Brahma is itself homogeneous.
Brahma is
indescribable - neti neti, "not this, not that" as
Brahma cannot be properly
described as this or that.
"Go beyond the stream, Brahma, go with
all your soul.
Cross the stream
of Samsara, you will reach Nirvana.
Beyond
meditation and
contemplation a
Brahma has reached the other
shore he attains the Supreme Vision.
By day the sun shines, and
by night shines the moon.
Buddha shines by
day and by night.
In
the brightness of his glory shines the man awake.
He who is free from the bondage of
men and also from the bondage of the
gods: who is free from all
things in creation - her I call a
Brahma.
She who knows the river of her past lives and
is free from life that ends
in death, who knows the joys of
heaven and the sorrows of hell,
for he is a seer whose vision is
pure - he I call a
Brahma." - Dhammapada |
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