1. Four years the Jewish boy abode in temple Jagannath.2. One day he sat among the priests and said to them, Pray, tell me all about your views of castes; why do you say that all men are not equal in the sight of God?3. A master of their laws stood forth and said, The Holy One whom we call Brahm, made men to suit himself, and men should not complain.4. In the beginning days of human life Brahm spoke, and four men stood before his face.5. Now, from the mouth of Parabrahm the first man came; and he was white, was like the Brahm himself; a brahman he was called.6. And he was high and lifted up; above all want he stood; he had no need of toil.7. And he was called the priest of Brahm, the holy one to act for Brahm in all affairs of earth.8. The second man was red, and from the hand of Parabrahm he came; and he was called shatriya.9. And he was made to be the king, the ruler and the warrior, whose highest ordained duty was protection of the priest.10. And from the inner parts of Parabrahm the third man came; and he was called a visya.11. He was a yellow man, and his it was to till the soil, and keep the flocks and herds.12. And from the feet of Parabrahm the fourth man came; and he was black; and he was called the sudras, one of low estate.13. The sudras is the servant of the race of men; he has no rights that others need respect; he may not hear the Vedas read, and it means death to him to look into the face of priest, or king, and naught but death can free him from his state of servitude.14. And Jesus said, Then Parabrahm is not a God of justice and of right; for with his own strong hand he has exulted one and brought another low.15. And Jesus said no more to them, but looking up to heaven he said,16. My Father-God, who was, and is, and evermore shall be; who holds within thy hands the scales of justice and of right;17. Who in the boundlessness of love has made all men to equal be.
Man's God to-day, to-morrow is not God.17. The nations of the earth see God from different points of view, and so he does not seem the same to every one.18. Man names the part of God he sees, and this to him is all of God; and every nation sees a part of God, and every nation has a name for God.19. You Brahmans call him Parabrahm; in Egypt he is Thoth; and Zeus is his name in Greece; Jehovah is his Hebrew name; but everywhere he is the causeless Cause, the rootless Root from which all things have grown.20. When men become afraid of God, and take him for a foe, they dress up other men in fancy garbs and call them priests.21. And charge them to restrain the wrath of God by prayers; and when they fail to win his favour by their prayers, to buy him off with sacrifice of animal, or bird.22. When man sees God as one with him, as Father-God, he needs no middle man, no priest to intercede;23. He goes straight up to him and says, My Father-God!
Although they believe there's one God—Brahman—that God is infinite and expresses in infinite ways, tangible in our lives.
They're worshiping an aspect of the true deity, Brahman; it's all archetypes of Brahman.
Soon a young Brahman appeared at the King’s palace and demanded audience.
Initially a Brahman ceremony, it later evolved into theatrical art.
And he further said: This place of darkness is the Brahman heaven; that place of darkness is the Budhist heaven!
This fragmentary literature is still preserved to this day, and comprises the remains of the Zarathustrian (Zoroaster) religion, out of which the Brahmans and Buddhists make their religions.
It is the same with a Buddhist, a Brahman, and a Mohammedan.
Much of the ceremony still exists in the secret code of the Brahman priesthood.
This is the Zarathustrian law; the holy light of earth and heaven; the Brahman religion.
31 In the ancient order conferred on the high priests and priestesses, the words were: "Neither doth flesh enter my mouth, nor drink save water, nor seeds nor grains that grow in the field, nor roots that grow in the ground, nor anything that is part of an animal or came from an animal: but such only as fruits that grow in the air, and nuts high growing; nor eat I anything any day after Hi'dang (High Noon), nor lie I down at night, but sit upright, that my head may be clear and full of prophecy." The greater part of these restrictions are observed to this day by some of the Brahman priests, although they have forsaken the entire spirit of this ancient religion, and become, themselves, despotic and bigoted, and self-righteous, forfeiting the very things the order establishes.32 In all preceding cycles, the four chief, enforced religions of the time were allotted to the evil corners of the chamber.
To this day the Brahman of India "churns" his sacred fire out of a board by boring into it with a stick; the Romans renewed their sacred fire in the same way; and in Sweden even now a "need-fire is kindled in this manner when cholera or other pestilence is about." (Tylor's "Anthropology," p.
In India a Brahman is not allowed to marry a wife whose clan-name (her "cow-stall," as they say) is the same as his own; nor may a Chinaman take a wife of his own surname.
Ramana's teachings belong to the tradition of Brahmavidya, which translates to "the science of the absolute" or "knowledge of Brahman." Teaching Brahmavidya can be challenging, especially for those who are not ready for it.
I am purely Brahman, beyond all qualities.
The Jiva represents the ego or persona, while Brahman is the underlying reality.
From the non-dualist perspective, only Brahman exists.
Maya (illusion) clouds the realization of Brahman by creating the false sense of separation, which leads to the belief in a personal identity.
Ramana repeatedly emphasized that only Brahman exists.
The speaker mentions the famous Sanskrit phrase Brahma Satyam Jagat Mithya, meaning "Brahman alone is real; the world is an appearance." Everything perceived through the senses, including the ego, is an illusion.
Ramana's focus was on the Self (Atman), which he described as undifferentiated consciousness, identical to Brahman.
Only Brahman exists."
By doing so, they can reconnect with the oneness of Brahman, which is beyond both free will and destiny.
Rituals and Ceremonies: He describes rituals performed by sangomas (traditional healers), such as mating on the back of a Brahman bull to unite heaven and earth, and various other ceremonies that were part of the spiritual fabric of ancient African societies.
This is a Brahman bull.13:19On the back of this bull, rituals were performed as recently as 1941.