quotations about Brahma
Brahma's Eyes look forth divining
From the welkin's brow,
Full bright eyes--the same are shining
In the sacred cow.
JOHN STUART BLACKIE
"Trimurti", Songs of Religion and Life
I am a sinner and you are a sinner, but someday the sinner will be Brahma again, will someday attain Nirvana, will someday become a Buddha. Now this 'someday' is illusion; it is only a comparison.
HERMANN HESSE
attributed, Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
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"
The Hebrew patriarch Abraham shows similarity to Brahma, something first observed by 16th century scholars. Although he is equal to Vishnu and Shiva in power and stature, Brahma is the least worshipped member of the triad, even though he's the easiest one to please. Why? He is said to have lost his following because of a single act of wantonness.
SWAMI ACHUTHANANDA
The Ascent of Vishnu and the Fall of Brahma
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"
It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
attributed, Quote Fancy
Brahma is visualized as a priest, Vishnu as a king and Shiva as an ascetic. Of the three, Brahma is not worshipped. The reasons for this are twofold: one metaphysical and the other historical. From the metaphysical point of view, Brahma represents jiva-atma, the soul seeking answers, hence unworthy of worship. Vishnu and Shiva represent param-atma, the soul that has found the answer. Having found the answer, Vishnu continues to participate in the world while Shiva withdraws from all things worldly. Vishnu's eyes are therefore always open while Shiva's eyes are always shut. Historically, Brahma represents the earlier Age of Rituals when Hindu society gave more importance to the mechanical execution of Yagna. In the Age of Worship, yagna faded into the background and with it Brahma.
DEVDUTT PATTANAIK
Myth=Mithya
The world is created from and by Brahma as the web from the spider, sparks from fire.
LIONEL DAVID BARNETT
Brahma-Knowledge