--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is Krishna "above" Brahma(n) in Maharishi's book?
More to your point, I don't think you can use the term above or below (without confusion) to describe the essential Unity of all the Hindu pantheon, essentially they are all manifestations of the one God and in essence are all the same.... It might be easier to look at it as, when the one Creator is functioning in this or that capacity he/she is referred to as this God or Goddess. The name is only relevant to function not spiritual status vis-a-vis consciousness. I don't think MMY ever refers to Brahma or Krishna as above or below relative to consciousness.
