--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <no_re...@...> the > cycles of existence. When Brahma is realised, there is no creation, > maintainence, or dissolution, there is only bliss, satwa, prana, and > ojas. The rest is the flow of love. > > That's just my take on it. > > OffWorld >
Well, 'brahma' is the *neuter* nominative/accusative singular of the word usually written as 'brahman' amongst English or whatever text, as in ayam aatmaa brahma ahaM brahmaasmi (brahma + asmi) sarvaM khalvidam (khalu + idam) brahma Or in the Brahma-suutra: athaato (atha + ataH) brahma-jijñaasaa janmaadyasya (janma+aadi; asya) yataH (birth etc. of this [world] from which (i.e. brahma)) OTOH, 'brahmaa', with a long final 'a' is the nominative (but *not* accusative; in Sanskrit and perhaps even many other IE-languages, neuter nouns are those whose nominative and accusative are identical in form) singular of the "same" word (brahman), as in diirghatamaa maamateyo jujurvaan dashame yuge | apaam arthaM yatiinaaM *brahmaa* bhavati saarathiH || ...blaah, blaah, blaah, ad infinitum... ; )
