Vedic Creationism in Hindu Scriptures [Part-2]

Hello Everyone !!!

 Recreations-Creations of Brahma :

 #) Sitting on top of the Lotus, which was spread throughout the Universe, Brahma contemplated on how to create all planets. He then entered in the whorl of the Lotus and divided it into 3 divisions and then into 14 divisions.   [SB 3.10.7-9]

 #) The seeds of all planets in the Universe were impregnated in the Lotus. The material world and the living entities were already generated in the seedling forms and Brahma was to disseminate the seedlings all over the Universe.  [SB 3.10.7]

 #) The creations of 5 nascent engagements :-- [SB 3.12.2-57] 
1. Self deception
2. The sense of death
3. Anger after frustration
4. Sense of false ownership
5. Forgetfulness of one's real identity

#) The creation of the 4 Kumaras :--
1. Sanaka
2. Sananda
3. Sanatana
4. Sanat Kumara

The 5 Miseries of Material Life :

1. Ignorance
2. Distraction
3. No concentration
4. Misdirected love
5. Impurity

The 3 Destinations according to the 3 Gunas : (Gita 14.14-15)

1. Goodness-- Heaven
2. Passion--     Earth
3. Ignorance-- Hell

The 4 Kinds of Annihilation :

 1. At every moment time invisibly transforms the bodies of all created beings and all other manifestations of matter. This process of transformation causes the living entity to undergo constant annihilation of birth and death.

2. 1,000 cycles of the 4 Yugas constitute 1 day of Lord Brahma. During His night, Brahma sleeps and the 3 planetary systems (Swarga loka, Bhuvar loka, Bhu loka) meet destruction. This is called occasional annihilation.

3. When Brahma's life span of 100 Brahma Years is finished, there occurs total material annihilation. At that time, the entire Universal Egg is destroyed.

4. When a person achieves knowledge of his relationship with God, he is then liberated from material nature. This is the final annihilation.

Asakti (Attachments) :

  • Direct-- 5 types
  • Indirect-- 7 types
The 3 Types of Men in Tantra :

 1. Pashu (animal)
2. Vira    (hero, human level)
3. Divya (Deity level)

Vedic Curiosities :

  • Big lizards (dinosaurs?)-- Srimad Bhagvatam (SB) 8.10.10.12
  • Elephants of 10 directions-- SB 5.20.39; 7.8.32; 8.8.5
  • The 4-tusked elephants 
  • Flying mountains-- SB 2.7.1; 6.12.26; 8.11.34
  • Syena mega eagles-- SB 5.23.3
  • Timingila mega whales-- SB 8.7.18; 8.10.10.12; 10.1.5.7
  • Zombies ??-- SB 8.10.40


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