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Brahman (Brahm) is limitless, eternal all pervasive energy that is in everything and powers everything and it has no beginning and no end. It is the source of this universe, the Ultimate Truth. 

Brahma: Per Hinduism, everything in the universe follows the wheel of time (kaal chakra): cycle of birth-death-rebirth. Even the universe follows this wheel of time/kaal chakra and is created- preserved – dissolved and then created again. Brahma is the God of creation, responsible for manifesting the new srishti (creation, universe) after its dissolution/recycling by Shiva.

Brahmin: Brahmis are those (human beings) who have ‘sattva’ guna (harmony, knowledge and contentment) pre-dominant in them. According to Gautama DharmaSustra, a Brahmin should possess eight virtues: truthfulness, teaching the virtuous, following the rules of rituals, studying the Vedas, gentleness and nonviolence, self control and kindness and others. Brahmin’s dharma in society is to interpret and share the knowledge of Hinduism across generations. One does not become Brahmin by birth but by gunas (qualities) and karma (action).


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