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Brahma History: According to the bible of the Brahma religion
there are three gods each possessing differing moral principles,
greatness, and miracles. The three gods are directly responsible
for human welfare; they are collectively called "Tree Murati"
and consists of Vishnu, Siva, and  Brahma.
Brahma is believed to be the Creator of all things of the world.
He is the "Sayampoo" meaning one who originates himself.
He is cool-tempered and possess the highest moral principles.
He is full of kindness, mercy, sympathy, and impartiality. These
four precepts comprise the "Conscientious Behaviour"
corresponding to Buddhist teaching which instructs Buddhist
of the four Dharma. Besides creating the world, Brahma also
creates heaven and human beings.
The origin of Brahma
is a rather complicated story because each legend has its own
version. Some say that Brahma originated inside a golden egg;
some say that He originated inside a lotus sprouting up from
Vishnu's navel while the latter was sleeping on the back of
the Naga King at Kasean Ocean; some say that Brahma is the split-up
person of Vishnu at the time he was to create the world. Brahma
has a red torso; is four-headed or four-faced. However, according
to one Hindu book initially Brahma has five faces but He once
enraged Siva by making an insulting speech. Siva, using miracle,
opened his third eye (Siva has three eyes; Whenever his third
eye opens, an event of great magnitude is bound to happen) and
started at the first head of Brahma and thus flamed it to tiny
particles. That is why Brahma has only four faces. Brahma has
four hands (some say eight); one hand carries a walking stick,
one carries two spoons, another carries a pot, and the last
one carries a bible. A bead string hangs from His neck. He is
armed with a bow called Paraweeta and has a hansa (a while horse
in the version of the Lama sect story) as the beast of burden.
The abode of Brahma is called Brohmbharuenatha situated that
the Brahma abode is higher than heaven and Brahma is divided
into many types viz Material Brahma and Non-material Brahma.
The Material Brahma has 16 levels. The 16 levels Brahma has
only men and no women. The Brahma himself sits forever still.
The Non-material
Brahma is even higher. It has no matter but has only mind. There
are all together 4 levels. Those who are to be born to be Brahma
must have practised basic meditation from Primary Chaan till
Panjama Chaan. Who is to live in which Brahma level depends
on his/her Chaan practised in each activity.
The Brahma wife is
Sarasawadee who has created by Brahma himself. Brahma has good
disposition: cool-tempered and gives blessing to whoever asks
for it. He is full of the four Dharma viz kindness, mercy, sympathy,
and impartiality and extends his benevolence to all animals.
At the time the Lord Buddha rose to heaven to preach his mother
who lived in the second level heaven, it was Indra and Brahma
wife is held by brahmins as the goddess of the intellect and
technical matters. She is the mother of Phravet and invented
the Thevanakree alphabets. Sarasawadeeis a beautiful woman with
soft-white torso. She has four hands: on her right she carries
a bouquet for worshipping Brahma in one hand and a palm-leaved
bible in another, on her left is a pearl necklace called Sivamala
in one hand and a harp in another. She is usually enthroned
on a lotus dais or a peacock back and sometimes uses the hansa
as her beast of burden.
Brahma together with
Sarasawadee helped create everything on this earth and Sarasawadee
was the creator of the Thevanakree alphabets and Sanskrit language.
She also loves and supports the Arts and Sciences. |
to the Erawan
Hotel, which has now made way for the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel.
The forces of the typical Thai spirit house didn't seem effective
enough during the building of the hotel, so spiritual persons
advised that it should be replaced with the four-headed image
of Brahma or Phra Phrom in Thai. There have been no further
hitches since then, and the shrine has became famous for bringing
good fortune. The name Erawan comes from Brahma's thirty-three
headed elephant.
