--- In [email protected], cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not my intention to be nasty, but I don't think it's > a trivial matter if you confuse for instance "brahma"(Brahman, > the Absolute) with "brahmaa" (the Creator). The reason Swami Yogananda uses Brahm, with the silent a or short a, is to denote the underlying Creative Intelligence of the Universe as opposed to its personalized use as the Holy Triad, (Brahmaa, Vishnu, Shiva), so that is the distinction...your argument would be with Swami Yogananda, not me.
MMY also uses Brahm to connote the Purusha, however you must remember that God is both manifest AND Unmanifest, so MMY is referring to both, because God IS both! MMY also has used the word Brahman....so now he's using TWO words! Two different meanings. Brahman-Unmanifest, Absolute, beyond Creation. Brahm-Manifest Creative Intelligence, omnipresent in Creation. Brahmaa-Only one part of the trinity, the whole trinity being Brahm. This is the distinction FYI, whether or not it is accurate or not I don't know, you be the judge.
