[Advaita-l] All deities are Brahman - Agni Purana

[sreenivasa murthy]

 Dear Sri Subramanian,
Mantra 7-25-1 of Chandoya upanishad states : ahamEvEdagM sarvam ||Mantra 7-25-2 of Chandoya upanishad states : AtmaivEdagM sarvam ||
Thefollowing Sruti mantras  declare ;

SatyaM  jnAnaM anantam  brahma || TaittarIya 2-1

sarvagM hyEtadbrahma  ayamAtmA  brahma || ManDukya Mantra 2

brahmaivEdagM viSvaM  variShTham || muMDaka 

ahamEvEdagam  sarvam || Chandogya 7-25-1

AtmaivEdagaM  sarvam  || Chandogya 7-25-2

Atmata EvEdagM sarvam || Chandogya 7-26-1

prapaMcOpaSamam  Sivam   advaitam  caturtham manyantE

       sa  AtmA sa  VijnEyaH || Mandukya mantra 7

 

>From the above quoted mantras it follows that

Aham which is myself and which is HERE and NOW
is Atman, Brahman. And also I am anantam and advaitam.
Not only the dieties are Brahman But also the whole manifestationwhich includes you and me is also Brahman only and nothing else.
Do you agree with the conclusions drawn from the teachings of Sruti?
With respectful Pranamas,Sreenivasa Murthy.

    On Saturday, 3 June, 2023 at 02:01:42 pm IST, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
 
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यज्ञेशं यज्ञपुरुषं केचिदिच्छन्ति तत्परं ।
केचिद्विष्णुं हरं केचित् केचिद् ब्रह्माणमीश्वरं ।। ३८२.१८ ।।
इन्द्रादिनामभिः केचित् सूर्य्यं सोमञ्च कालकम् ।
ब्रह्मादिस्तम्भपर्यन्तं जगद्विष्णुं वदन्ति च ।। ३८२.१९ ।।
स विष्णुः परमं ब्रह्म यतो नावर्त्तते पुनः ।

Some people call Brahman as Vishnu, Hara and Brahmaa. Names of Indra, etc.
gods are also the same as Brahman. Sun, moon, all are Brahman. From Brahman
to the smallest insect, the whole world is Vishnu. On the other hand, those
who have realized that Brahman Vishnu as the pervasive Chaitanyam are the
libertaed ones.
Some of the Sruti Smriti verses quoted by Shankara in the Brahma Sutra
Bhasya correspond to this Agni puranic teaching:
‘इन्द्रं मित्रं वरुणमग्निमाहुः’ (ऋ. १ । १९४ । ४६) इति श्रुतेः ; ‘एष
ब्रह्मैष इन्द्र एष प्रजापतिरेते सर्वे देवाः’ (ऐ. उ. ३ । १ । ३) इति च
श्रुतेः ; स्मृतेश्च — ‘एतमेके वदन्त्यग्निं मनुमन्ये प्रजापतिम्’ (मनु. १२ ।
१२३) इति,
All the deities like Indra, Agni, Varuna, Surya, and Prajapati are that
Brahman.

Om Tat Sat
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