Swami Sivananda, an Advaita scholar, reiterates the same views in his commentary synthesising Vedanta views on the Brahma Sutras, a Vedantic text.

In his commentary on Chapter 3 of the Brahma Sutras, Sivananda notes that karma is insentient and short-lived, and ceases to exist as soon as a deed is executed.

* Bādarāyaņa ( c. 200 BCE ), author of Brahma Sutras, expounding Advaita Vedanta.

The law of noncontradiction is found in ancient Indian logic as a meta-rule in the Shrauta Sutras, the grammar of Pāṇini, and the Brahma Sutras attributed to Vyasa.

The standard texts of Vedanta philosophy, to which Shankara also belonged, were the Upanishads and the Brahma Sutras.

Further use of apophatic theology is found in the Brahma Sutras, which state:

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In the literary traditions of the Upanishads, Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, conscience is the label given to attributes composing knowledge about virtues and vices but also good and evil, that a soul acquires from the completion of acts and consequent accretion of karma over many lifetimes.

The guru instructed Shankara to write a commentary on the Brahma Sutras and propagate the Advaita philosophy.

Sōtō Zen, like all of Zen, relies on the Prajnaparamita Sutras, as well as general Mahayana Buddhist sutras, such as the Lotus Sutra, the Brahma Net Sutra and the Lankavatara Sutra.

The key source texts for all schools of Vedānta are the Prasthanatrayi — the canonical texts consisting of the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras.

500 to 100 BCE ) organized knowledge into Sutra treatises, including the Vedanga and the religious or philosophical Brahma Sutras, Yoga Sutras, Nyaya Sutras.

Adi Shankara says in his Introduction to his commentary on the Brahma Sutras, " Owing to an absence of discrimination, there continues a natural human behaviour in the form of ' I am this ' or ' This is mine '; this is avidya.

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Sharma, ` The Brahma Sutras and Their Principal Commentaries ', 3 vols., Munshiram Manoharlal, 1986.

Tanka is attributed with having written commentaries on Chandogya Upanishad and Brahma Sutras.

Ramanuja continues along the line of thought of his predecessors while expounding the knowledge expressed in the Upanishads, Brahma Sutras and Bhagavad Gita.

Vyasa was not only believed to have been born on this day, but also to have started writing the Brahma Sutras on ashadha sudha padyami which ends on this day, hence their recitations as a dedication to him, are organised on this day, which is also known as Vyasa Purnima.

In the 12-13th century, Madhvacharya wrote commentaries on Brahma Sutras, which describe the supremacy of Lord Vishnu or Narayana.

Thus he laid out the foundation for Tatvavaada or Dvaita tradition of Vedanta refuting all the previous commentaries on Brahma Sutras.

But, it is explicitly stated in Buddhist sutras that the worship of an Ishvara ( an ancient South Asian term for a creator god, most likely not referring to the Abrahamic God who may not have been known in South Asia during the Buddha's lifetime, but given the context meaning either Shiva, Kali or Brahma ) is unnecessary to the attainment of Nirvana, as the Buddha believed worshipers are still trapped in an endless cycle of rebirth ( Samsara ).

** Vishvakarman in Vedic mythology, responsible for the creation of the universe ( while in later Puranic period, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are for creation, maintenance and destruction, respectively )

Brahma works with the materials provided by Vishnu to actually create what are believed to be planets in Puranic terminology, and he supervises the population of them.

Buddha even tells how the views concerning ' creator gods ' originate in the world-through junior Brahma-gods ( with a more limited life-span ) who, on their passing away, get reborn as a human, and through practicing meditation are able to remember their previous life as a junior god to a Brahma god.

"“ I am the Great Brahma, the Supreme, the Mighty, the All-seeing, the Ruler, the Lord of all, the Controller, the Creator, the Chief of all, appointing to each his place, the Ancient of days, the Father of all that are and are to be .”.

Sister Shivani of ' Awakening with Brahma Kumaris ' ( www. bkwsu. com ) explains that anger created by a negative emotion ( irritation, frustration, insult, hatred or rage ) could be forbidden by gradually forming a belief system that you are a peaceful soul and that nothing can disturb your peace until you consent.

Many are dedicated to Shiva and Parvati, Vishnu and Lakshmi and Brahma and Saraswati

Whatever forms are born, O Arjuna, in any womb whatsoever, the great Brahma ( Nature ) is their womb and I am the seed-giving father.

bhu, bhuvas, svar, mahas, janas, tapas, and satya ( the world that is ruled by Brahma ); and the lower ones ( the " seven underworlds " or paatalas ) are atala, vitala, sutala, rasaataala, talatala, mahaatala, paatala.

Brahma is considered the ruler of the highest of the heavens ( the world called Sathya ), so in one sense, Brahma is not beyond the fourteen worlds as Shiva and Vishnu are.

These two along with Brahma are considered the Trimurti — the three aspects of the universal supreme God.

They are called the creatures of Prajapati, of Brahma, of Kasyapa, of the Munis, of Arishta, or of Vāc.

The seven Swargas are: Bhuvas, Swas ( governed by Indra ), Tharus, Thaarus, Savithaa, Prapithaa, Maha ( governed by Brahma ).

Thus spoke Brahma to him “ O Angirasa, you are my third “ manasa putra ” ( the one born out of divine intellect ).

For example: Purusavatara is the first avatara ; Gunavataras are represented by the Trimurti ( Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva ) who each preside over one of the gunas ( rajas, sattva, and tamas ); Lilavataras are the well-known ones, and include Avesavataras ( beings into whom part of God Himself has entered ) and saktyamsavesa ( into whom only parts of His power enter ); Kalpa -, Manvantara -, and Yuga-avataras descend during different cosmic ages.

He had many sons, including Datta, Durvasa and Soma who are the incarnations of the Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra respectively.

To this day, there are very few temples devoted to Lord Brahma ( the notable exception being the Brahma Temple at Pushkar ).

There are two kinds of Brahmaloka-first are Vaikunthaloka ( Brahmalokaḥ — the spiritual planets )-eternal planets, and second being the Brahmaloka, the abode of Brahma, also called Satyaloka.

The most powerful deities, such as Yama, Brahma, Shiva, and Agni, are now dead or sworn enemies of Heaven.

While Brahma / Kali is exultant, Ganesha realizes that the days of Heaven are numbered, and he must look out for himself.