Questions tagged [creation]
For the question that deals with creation or manifestation of Universe.
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Why doesn't Shiva worship anybody where as Vishnu worships him in all his incarnations?
There is a difference between Bhagwata Purana and Shiva Purana:
Bhagwata Purana states that Vishnu is more supreme than Shiva, and from Vishnu, Brahma and by Brahma, Shiva was born. But if that is so,...
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How the universe was created?
I always think what was the start.
How it started?
Who was the creator?
Who created god?
Who created the creator?
Where did the solid material, to create planets, came from?
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Are there other Brahmas and universes?
Lord Brahma is said to be the creator of Earth but what about other planets? Who created them?
I have heard that for every planet there is a creator like Brahma.
I have also seen an incident in Shri ...
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What is the need of creation?
Questions How was the Universe created? and What is the source of creation according to Upanishads? talk about many aspects of creation. But my questions are:
What is the need of creation? Why Brahma ...
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Where does Rig Veda states about Cyclical Nature of Creation?
It is a common belief in Hinduism that the nature of creation is cyclic. Continuous creation and destruction happens in certain intervals of time. Most of such ideas are found in Puranas and also in ...
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Why there are numerous contradictions about origin of universe and other creations in Hinduism?
Rig Veda 10.90 says Earth, Sky, heaven, and other creatures were created from Purusha's body.
Yajur Veda 14.28 says something different.
With one they praised; creatures were produced…With five ...
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Why did Shiva and Adishakti have to separate to create the universe?
Many Puranas reference the separation of Shiva and Adishakti in order to create the universe. Adishakti then took many forms (Sati, Parvati, etc.) and each time married Shiva, so they can be united ...
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Why was earth created and why did we come to Earth?
Why did our supreme lord create Earth and why did we come to Earth? From where did all this start?
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Is Vishwamitra also a creator of a new Universe like Brahma?
I have heard that Vishwamitra began creating different things. He created Sun, Moon, Stars, oceans, Rivers etc. As the result of his creations, every natural thing became double in number. one that ...
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Why has God created material system/universe?
Was He not satisfied with His Transcendental worlds?
Why He manifested (tranformed into gross and subtle components) His illusionary material potency "maya", somewhat a punishment based system of ...
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Does Hinduism also have the Creation Story?
Some major religions like Christianity, Islam and Judaism have the Creation Story, which describes how God created the universe, the earth and then the first man and woman, who are regarded as the ...
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Did Brahman split into multiple souls?
Here's a verse from Chandogya Upanishad , chapter six.
"It (Being or Brahman) thought: ‘May I be many; may I grow forth."
My question is, when Brahman, the supreme cosmic spirit , wished to ...
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What is the theory of creation of the universe as per agama/tantra section of Hinduism
Can anyone tell with reference? Would be helpful .
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How do Rakshasas look? Physical appearance of Rakshasas?
What are the various physical appearances of Rakshasas?
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Why does the Universe exist?
If I am Brahman as Shankara states:
I am other than name, form and action.
My nature is ever free!
I am Self, the supreme unconditioned Brahman.
I am pure Awareness, always non-dual.
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Where from human came first?
I asked a Pundit about how the universe is created and where from human came first. While he was describing as mentioned in Vedas, he said that human are created from different parts of the body of ...
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What is the source of creation according to Upanishads?
There are many Upanishads. I just want to know:
What is the source of creation according to Upanishads?
What is exactly written on the scriptures?
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Why did God manifest himself?
In the unmanifested state, there is no maya which means the soul was already in pure state. So why did God decide to manifest himself, why he created different universes? Under Maya, the same ...
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How were women created by the Cosmic Man?
How were woman created by the Brahma or Cosmic man ?
Women must have been created separately from men .
What is the story of their creation ?
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Why God (Viraat Purush) created Devatas to enjoy and Humans to suffer?
I always have this question in mind when I read Bhagawad-Gita. In the 11th chapter of Gita when Krishna shows Vishwaroopa, this means everything originated from Him. But why this difference that ...
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Where is Hiranyagarbha?
The keshetra of the Anandaful , Beautiful Golden Womb - Golden Egg known as Hiranyagarbha the seed of all is located where ? Is it
Beyond Nirguna Brahman or is it within Sarguna Brahman?
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Hiranyagarbha and Nirguna Brahman
Hiranyagarbha is the home of all creation, Brahman , Nirguna Brahman and Sarguna Brahman are all within and without Hiranyagarbha. Is Hiranyagarbha the home of Satcitananda?
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lokavat tu lila kaivalyam [Brh. Su. - 2.1.33] - The creation is merely a sport of Brahman
lokavat tu lila kaivalyam [Brahma Sutras - 2.1.33]
The creation is merely a sport of Brahman.
So does it look like God created us for fun?
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Why Shiva created the universe for Kshetrajñahah?
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It has been ascertained that the earth and other objects are the created ones (they are basically products) and ascertained that the creator of all these products is Isvara. Since that ...
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From where was the Earth raised - water or space?
Srimad Ramayana mentions about the creation of Earth as follows:
सर्वम् सलिलम् एव आसीत् पृथिवी यत्र निर्मिता |
ततः समभवद् ब्रह्मा स्वयम्भूर् दैवतैः सह || २-११०-३
All was water only in the ...
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What is the association between earth and the fire element?
In vedic times, Boomi is known as 'Prithvi' and was mother to 'Agni'. [Wikipedia]
Also, some texts refer that Boomi is also mother to planet Mars (Angaraka) who is fiery in nature. [Wikipedia]
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What are the herbs that arose three ages before the gods?
Rig Veda Book 10 Hymn 97 is dedicated to the herbs and I am sharing a part of it here:
HERBS that sprang up in time of old, three ages earlier than the Gods,—
Of these, whose hue is brown, ...
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Where does Vishwamitra's parallel creation of constellations of stars and galaxies exist?
From my answer to a previous question, it was pointed out that Vishwamitra himself attempted to create a parallel world in addition to Brahma's, in which to transport Trisanku in his mortal body.
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How long have humans been on Earth?
What is a good approximation for how long humankind has been on Earth (as homo sapiens), according to Hinduism/Vedic scripture? I have read some texts on how we came to be, but have not encountered ...
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What is relationship between Akasha (space) and Shabda (sound) according to Veda?
According to the Vedic account of creation in the Upanishads, the Mahabhutas or great elements proceed from most subtle to most gross: Akasha -> Vayu -> Agni -> Apah -> Prithvi. Meaning, Space -> Air/...
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Is there any text that describes creation stories in chronological order?
It creates lot of confusion when incarnation has the same name. For example, Laxmi was daugther of Khyati and also emerged from Samudra manthana; Daksha was son of Brahma and later became son of ...
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Can Jivatma take the position of Lord Rudra?
Lord Rudra is Human destructive aspect of Supreme Shiva or Sada Shiva.
According to Vaishnav philosophy Lord Vishnu as Maha Vishnu lays in the Causal ocean and breathes out the number of universes. ...
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Where do Vedas state Universe being a projection in space-time?
Vedas state about Cyclic nature of time as discussed in answer here. But are there any statement in Vedas which state about Universe being projected as space-time ?
As a sidenote, Adi Shankaracharya ...
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What is the necessity for a karmic loop?
My understanding is that prarabdha karma affects the current janma, and the current janma's positive and negative karma cumulatively gets added to that prarabdha and the cycle continues ad infinitum, ...
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Beyond the manifestation of Time
I recently came to the conclusion that there might exist something beyond time.
The way I argued was that according to Hindu Cosmology the universe is created and annihilated several times.
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Why are there contrasting creation stories in Hinduism?
I have so far read two contrasting creation stories in Hindu mythology. One was in the book Shakti Mantras by Thomas Ashley-Farrand, where Sri Brahma, seated on a lotus, grew out of Sri Narayana's ...
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A question about kāla [closed]
kāla is a sanskrit Homonym word with two completely different meanings, one being time (concept of time) another one being anything related to black color, black, dark, darkness.
I was recently ...
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what are the smallest and the largest unit of measurement of time used in vedic calculation and universe creation?
What are the smallest and the largest unit of measurement of time used in vedic calculation and universe creation and what are other time units used and list of all conversation from smallest to ...
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Why did Brahma create Universe? [duplicate]
We all know that Brahma is the creator of Universe and this is why Universe is also called as Bramhand(universe). But why has he created Bramhand? What was the purpose behind?
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How was the Moon created according to Veda/Puranas/Upanishads?
There are many questions and answers about creation of the Universe on the stackexchange. However, I am interested in finding out how and when the Moon was created. Please share also the relevant ...
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as per different sects/philosophies, what was the order of creation/projection for ex: say- nirguna brahman-> aum-> ishwara -> maya-> ..... ->manu [closed]
Each sect have their own beleives about creation/projection.
Can we separately list as per each major/minor philosophies, what was the order of creation/projection of say: "nirguna brahman, aum, ...
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Status of world during first time lord came to create souls? [duplicate]
If souls are situated in material bodies(Bhramana,Kstriya,Vasiya,Sudra,Animals,Rakshas,Asuras,etc) ,then in the beginning of the universe the souls will have their first birth and will have no karma ...
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Which scripture says Shiva first created Brahma-Vishnu and delegated rest of the creation to them? [duplicate]
I watched a serial that narrates how Shiva created Vishnu and Brahma to create and save Earth and all the souls. I have not read this in any of the scriptures but could someone point me to the source ...
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What is the purpose of life? [duplicate]
This question may be childish or even rubbish but I have had this doubt for a long time.
According to my religion, Hinduism (Sanathana Dharma), God has created all from grass to all forms of life. ...
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When does universe merge back into the Supreme Brahman?
From my understanding there are multiple universes which are created and destroyed continuously. Every universe arises from within the Supreme Brahman. Within each of these universes we have Gods like ...
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Why do Atma and Parmatma split if they are one after all?
As per Advaita philosophy, the ultimate goal of an Atma is to merge into its source, the Parmatma just like drops of water merge into the ocean but my question is how and why do Atma and Parmatma ...
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In Which Upanishad Can I Find The Story of the Creation of the Universe by Brahman?
I only know a very basic narrative of the Brahman mythology - Brahman splits itself into Trimurti (Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu) and Trimurti give rise to countless other forms and consciousness.
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If purusha, prakriti and parmeshwar are eternal, did god not create them?
Once a Christian asked me this question that the Vedic deities did not create anything, because Hindu scriptures say that purusha(soul) and prakriti (matter) are eternal like god.
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Does Moksha Dharma Parva contain this alleged quotation from it?
In an answer to the question
How were the Trimurthi born?
The following material is quoted:
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As Krishna says in the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata, "The ancestors of civilization, and entities ...
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Where does the primal desire come from which animates Pradhana?
In reading an overview of Hindu Cosmology, I see info about Pradhana:
Pradhana, which has no consciousness or will to act on its own, is initially agitated by a primal desire to create. The different ...
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