Concept

梵

ब्रह्मन्Brahman

verses
5,559
books
35
chapters
1,960

What the texts say

In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Brahman is the Supreme Reality, alone in the beginning, from which the cosmos manifested. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10 In the Taittiriya Upanishad, Varuna teaches his son Bhrigu to know Brahman as that from which all beings arise and into which they return. Taittiriya Upanishad 3.1.1 The Kena Upanishad calls it the silent Reality beyond words, by whose power all speech arises. Kena Upanishad 1.4 The Katha Upanishad names the syllable Om as the Imperishable Brahman. Katha Upanishad 1.2.16 The Mundaka Upanishad says one who realizes Brahman becomes one with it, passes beyond grief and sin, and attains immortality. Mundaka Upanishad 3.2.9

Where to read

Every verse that names 梵, book by book.

    • 1.1.2

      凡以梵之种种描述所称颂者,皆为其所征服。那众多的世界群落,无论是显现还是未显现的,皆由迦内什所造。

    • 1.3.13

      说完这些,那罗延离开了那里,进入宇宙之境,他弹奏着维纳琴(Veena)歌唱,是一位专心于梵(Brahman)的瑜伽士。

    • 1.4.19

      他以各种言辞赞颂大梵化身的群主——那无相亦有相的、居于心中的障碍之王。

  1. Upanishads

    509 verses · 132 chapters

    Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Chhandogya Upanishad, Katharudra Upanishad

    All 509 verses in the Upanishads
    • 3

      其内在之线即是梵(Brahman)。右侧为湿婆相(Śaiva),左侧为毗湿奴相(Vaiṣṇava)。其“口”为辩才天女萨拉斯瓦蒂(Sarasvatī);其“尾”为伽雅特丽(Gāyatrī)。其孔窍为明知(Vidyā)。其结为原质(Prakṛti)。元音为白色;触音字母(sparśa)为黄色;其余字母为红色。

    • r2

      于是,桑克里提确实向阿底提亚问道:'主啊,请教授我梵之知识。'阿底提亚对他说:'桑克里提啊,请听,我将宣说那极难获得的真理之知识,仅凭了知它,你便可在活着时获得解脱。'

    • 6

      它既非应当思惟之物,亦非不应思惟之物;既非可思之境,亦非仅仅可思之境。于是,离一切偏执与成见的梵(Brahman)得以证得。

    • 1.1.20

      苏多曰:我顶礼于本初之人、自在之主;众所祈呼、众所赞颂者;于“ṛta”之真实、于一音之梵;于永恒之理,既显亦隐。

    • 1.36.17

      “婆罗门啊,我乃阿毗曼纽之子、帕利克希特王。我所射中的鹿已失去踪影——你可曾见到?”

    • 1.56.28

      学者若于节庆之时在此令婆罗门(brāhmaṇa)诵读此书,便能涤除罪垢,得生天界,进而趋入梵(Brahman)之境。

    • 1.32.1

      【大梵咒】众人哪,你们当知:此乃大梵(mahád brahma);他将宣说大梵。于地上、亦于天上,并无与之相等者——凭此,诸草木得以呼吸而生。

    • 2.1.1

      维那(Vena)看见那至高的住处,那至高而隐秘的洞窟;在那里,万有归于一相。此普利什尼(Pṛśni)在分娩之际挤出乳汁;新生的群队——寻得天光者——趋近而歌咏赞颂。

    • 2.18.1

      你是灭敌之力;你是令怨敌衰亡者。赐我驱逐怨敌之能——娑婆诃(svāhā)。

Key chapters

The chapters where 梵 matters most.

  1. The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow

    Brahma Purana 238 · 2 verses

    The goal-state (brahmabhāva) and the realized identity toward…

  2. Puruṣa-Prakṛti Analysis in Advaita Śaiva Doctrine

    Shiva Purana 6.1.17 · 2 verses

    Supreme non-dual reality

  3. Bhū-parigraha-vidhāna: Procedure for Acquiring and Ritually Securing Land

    Agni Purana 2.39

  4. Rules for Ritual Bathing · Snapanotsava-vidhi

    Agni Purana 3.69

Key episodes

  1. The Yaksha and Uma Haimavati

    Kena Upanishad 3-4

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