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Re: WHAT IS BRAHMAN? [Re: vinaire] #13260 - 03/12/02 02:33 AM Edit Reply Quote

Hi Vinaire, That is partly true. Satish is mostly split up in sat and iisha. But just as in jagat and isha, the 't' would have become a 'd'. So the more logical is that it is from satii and iisha. Now satii is the female word for sat from the root as=to be. Sati means literally a female being. As Sati she's connected with Shiva. Now that part is also in the second member of my name: Isha=master, lord. Together my name means in a Dvandva: Sati and Shiva. In a Tatpurusha it means Shiva (husband) of Sati. Thus both principles of creation are present in my personal name. The Trinity are presentations on the abstract level of the creation. Brahm� (pullinga) represents the creation aspect. of Brahman (napumsaka linga). The neutral Brahman is in the Vaishnava way of thinking replaced by any name of Vishnu, in the Shaiva way of thinking by any name of Shiva, and by the Sh�kta way of thinking by any name of Shakti. (The Br�hma way is to my knowledge not really important anymore). Every way of thinking has to my understanding the same scheme but differently looked upon: Some are more concerned with the personal/emotional level, others with the more abstract/intellectual. No system is superior to the other. All are part of our Bh�ratii way of thinking, a precious gift to the world, that was always highly appreciated by true seekers. That way of thinking shouldn't separate but integrate and unite: Bhinnat� me Ekat�.