Brahma and Abraham: Part I - Divine Covenants of Common Origin

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Abraham and Brahma: Part IDivine Covenants of Common Origin

This research will confirm that Abraham (of Muslim and Judeo-Christian faiths) was influenced by the

Vedic understanding of Brahma (as Creator, Supreme Soul of the Universe, Sacred Knowledge or High

Priest) and visa-versa. Abraham was a contemporary of the Vedic culture, perhaps he was even a recent

ancestor or elder of influence and/or Abraham may have been modeling his life after the spirituality of

this era of history broadly influenced by the wisdom of the East. Likewise the Vedic authors may have

been aware of Abraham as a primary model of their own faith and/or one who has followed their

spirituality in the manner of a saint. The purpose of drawing out the relationship between Brahma and

Abraham is not to make a new claim on the origins of certain religious beliefs. The research will offer the

Hindu a saintly example in Abraham of Vedic principles of Brahma and the Muslim, Judea-Christian

believers an understanding of the spiritual background and inner prayer life of Abraham through his

contemporary reflection in Vedic texts and commentaries (Vedas, Upanishads, et al). The reader from

any background will come to gain insight into the spiritual history of the world and how reformers, saints

and prophets always looked out for the poor in their efforts to relate with the Divine.

IntroductionIs Abraham Brahma? Is Brahma Abraham?

Have you ever noticed that Abraham and his wife Sarah of the monotheistic Judeo-Christian and Moslem

religions are nearly identical in name to Brahma and his wife Saraswati of the Hindu religion?


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Gerhardt W. von Reutem,Abraham Sacrificing Isaac, Germany, 1849.

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Nurpur (likely),Brahma on Swan/Goose/Hamsa), India, 18th Century.

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Regarding the link between Abraham and Brahma, Steven Rosen writes:

The similarities between the names of Abraham and Brahma have not gone unnoticed. Abraham is said to

be the father of the Jews, and Brahma, as the first created being, is often seen as the father of mankind.

Abrahams name is derived from the two Semitic words ab meaning father and raam/raham meaning ofthe exalted. We might also note that the name of Brahmas consort Sarasvati seems to resonate withthat of Abrahams wife, Sarah [ each ones identity as a wife and/or sister]. Also, in India, the SarasvatiRiver includes a tributary known as the Ghaggar. According to Jewish tradition, Hagar was Sarahsmaidservant. Both Brahmins and Jews see themselves as the chosen people of God. The Hebrews

began their sojourn through history as a kingdom of priests (Exodus 19:6). Likewise, Brahmins are also acommunity of priests.

Rosens quote was found inEssential Hinduism,p. 12 on:http://thenutgarden.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/wisdom-of-the-east/#comment-46.

Donald M. Craig points to ancient sources regarding a history of Abraham from India:

Flavius Josephus (in the)Antiquities of the Jews quotes Aristotle (384 b.c.e.322 b.c.e.) as sayingthat Jews are derived from the Indian philosophers and are known as the Calani. Clearchus of Soli was a

student in Aristotles school. In his book,De Somno, he elaborates on the story of how Aristotle discoveredthis information, but the basic concept remained the same.

Megasthenes was a traveler who became an ambassador of Seleucus I of Syria to the court of Chandragupta

Maurya, the first unifier India, before the latters death in 288 b.c.e. According to Godfrey Higgins, in thefirst volume of his massiveAnacalypsis, Megasthenes wrote that the Jews were an Indian tribe or sect

calledKalani. Except for the spelling he agreed with Aristotle and Clearchus.

Higgins also claims that Ur of the Chaldees, the home of Abraham mentioned in the Bible, was actually Urof the Chaldeans. Chaldean, he continues, is actually Kaul-Deva or the Holy Kauls, a Brahmanicalcaste of India. The Kauls or Kaulas are today considered to be a Tantric tradition.

He writes that the tribe of the Brahmin Abraham was expelled from or left India and settled in Goshen in

Egypt. Finally, he states, The Arabian historians contend that Brahma and Abraham, their ancestor, are thesame person [emphasis added].

www.ModernMagick.com; dmkraig.net

The antiquity of Josephus may offer credence to the possibility that Abrahams homeland andancestral line coincided with that of early India. However, Josephus is a controversial source,

since he defected to the Romans when Vespasian besieged Jerusalem (see WikipediaJosephus). The Hebrew Bible adds another possibility regarding the relationship between Indiaand Israel:

To the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, while he was still alive, and he sent them away from his

son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.

Genesis 25:6
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Perhaps to highlight this relationship in comparison the son of King David, the Hebrew Bible

later reads:

Solomons wisdom surpassed the wisdom of the children of the East.1 Kings 5:10

The Hebrew storytellers were not downplaying Eastern wisdom in their praise of Solomon, butrather attempting to express just how wise the wisest person in the world must have been. That

is, to be the wisest person in the world, one would have to surpass the wisdom of the East. TheZohar (with Genesis 25:6 as above) affirms how the Hebrew scholars and rabbis viewed Eastern

wisdom:

Rabbi Abba said, .the children of the East were wise having inherited a legacy of wisdom fromAbraham, who bestowed it upon the sons of the concubines, as is written: To the sons of his concubines

Abraham gave gifts, while he was still alive, and he sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the

land of the east[Genesis 25:6]. Afterword they were drawn by that wisdom in various directions.

from wordpress.com, The Nut Garden: Zohar 1:99b

By various directions, does Rabbi Abba mean philosophical or geographical directions? Perhaps the answer lies not in an either/or emphasis, but rather both possibilities. And that is thepoint: both Abraham and Brahma have an opportunity to expand upon the wisdom given in the

past, since these historical characters are indeed one and the same, though viewed from different

cultural/historical perspectives (Abraham is ancestral Father to more than one nation: Gen 16.8-

16; Gen 17.5). Another possibility exists (or coexists) where Abraham inherited wisdom fromthe East.

Abraham/Sarah and Brahma/Saraswati are not the only overlapping figures between Hindu andHebrew traditions. Ajit Vadakayil points out that there is also Adam/Eve and Adhama/

Havyavati, along with Noah and Nyuha or Manu (Blogspot.com). As well, the Hebrew religionis one among a group of traditions (including Islam and Christianity) that believe that Abraham

is their father. As well, since Brahma has will-born sons, Brahmanaspati (Lord of the BrahmanPriests) and Brihaspati (Lord of the Burden Carriers), their relationship with Abraham cannot be

answered so simply as the introductory title is asking. That is, the good qualities exemplified inAbraham are immortally deified in Brahma, while Brahmas wish born sons live out thesequalities on earth, much like Abraham. Therefore, the qualities of the wish born sons of Brahma,

such as, Brahmanaspati/Brihaspati or the sons of Angiras, reflect remarkably with those of

Abraham.

The Ten Common Themes between Brahma (with his wish born sons) and Abraham

To be clear, this research does not intend to rewrite the history of Judaism or Hinduism, nor tojudge if one religion borrowed a historical figure from another. The purpose is to develop a

greater understanding of Abraham by way of his identity as Brahma and/or Brahma by way of

his identity as Abraham. This possibility would be advantageous to both the Hebrew and Hindu

readers. Keeping this advantage in mind, consider the following chart reviewing the similaritiesof Abraham and Brahma from the Hebrew Bible and the sacred Hindu texts:


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1.) Divine Eternal Lineage(also see Supplements and Vocabulary: Brahma; Note: Brahma in the RigVeda (RV), Sama Veda (SV), Atharva Veda (AV), Upanishads (-U); Abraham in the Hebrew Bible and

Christian New Testament)

Sacred Hindu Hebrew

Brahma Text or History Abraham Bible

Brahma as Father of All RV7.97b Abraham as Father of manyand Creator of Universe BG14.1-4; AV18.1.47. nations . Gen 17:5

with 14 Constellations on AV19.22.21. Abrahams descendants numberright side of Milky Way AV20.90.1. as the stars of the sky, 14(Celestial Cow/Dolphin) and CU3.2.4-5. generation from Abraham to

14 on the left. Bore all Gods CU8.15.1. King David; 14 from David to

(Celestial Beings/Enlightened MunU1.1.1-2. the Babylonian exile and 14

Ones) out of his body. His from Babylon to Jesus. Matt1:17son, Daksha, was born from A grandson of Abraham is called

his right thumb. Brahma and Benjamin (lit. Son of the Right

Sarasvati dwelt 100 years Hand) Abraham was 100 when

together and then bore their Sarah, at 90, bore Isaac. Gen 21.5first son.

Gods come out of Brahmas RV1.40.5,7. God makes Abraham fruitfulBody. One who is named RV3.25.5b. and kings come out from him. Gen 17:6Brahmanaspati is also named Abram becomes Abraham. Gen 17:5

Brihaspati. RV2.23.1-2 Abrahams covenant with GodBrahma and Vishnu argued is signed by circumcision. Gen 17:10-11as to who was the Creator.

Shiva appeared in a flaming

Lingam. They decided to make

it the sacrificial symbol of fertility.

Creation hymn and meditation AU1.1-4; 3; 4; 5

RV3.23.2. thou alone art Father of all sacred prayerRV3.23.17. For Tvastar, he who knows each sacred song, brought thee (Brihaspati/Brahmanaspati) to life,

preeminent over all the things that be. (Note: Tvastar is evoked not only as first born creator of the

universe, akin the Brahma, but also as garbha-pati, lord of the womb. Abrahams wife, Sarah, was barrenuntil she bore him a son, Isaac, when she was 90 and Abraham 100 (Gen21.5). Legend has it that Brahma

and Sarasvati dwelt together 100 years before they bore a son. Proving to be a true lord of the womb,Abraham prayed for Abimalech and his wife who were healed of their barrenness, which offers reason for

Brahmanaspati as Lord of Medicine in the Vedas.)

RV3.23.19. O Brahmanaspati, be thou controller of this our hymn and prosper thou our children.

RV3.25.2b. His children and his children's children grow in strength, whomever Brahma aspati takes forhis friend.

RV7.97.2b That he, the Bounteous God, may find us sinless, who giveth from a distance like a father.Sama Veda 7.4.7. Vasistha, his sons slain, desired, 'May I win offspring, and defeat the

Sauddsas.' (Vasistha is one of the Seven Great Sages, Saptarishis, and Wish Born Son, Manasputra, of

Brahma. The virtuous qualities of Abraham are eternally amplified as the Creator Brahma and mortally

exemplified in Brahmas wish born or will born children.)Atharva Veda 4.1. (mystical/doctrinal hymn)1Eastward at first the prayer was generated: Vena disclosedbright flashes from the summit,/ Disclosed his deepest, nearest revelations, womb of the non- existent and

existent.

2Let this Queen come in front, her Father's daughter, found in the worlds for earliest generation.

For him they set this radiant vault in motion. Let them prepare warm milk for him who first would drink.


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3He who was born as his all-knowing kinsman declareth all the deities' generations.

He from the midst of prayer his prayer hath taken. On high, below, spread forth his godlike nature.

4For he, true to the law of Earth and Heaven, established both the mighty worlds securely.

Mighty when born, he propped apart the mighty, the sky, our earthly home, and air's mid-region.

5He from the depth hath been reborn forever, Brihaspati the world's sole Lord and Ruler.

From light was born the Day with all its luster: through this let sages live endowed with splendor.

6The sage and poet verily advanceth the statute of that mighty God primeval.

He was born here with many more beside him: they slumbered when the foremost side was opened.

7The man who seeks the friend of Gods, Atharvan the father, and Brihaspati, with worship,

Crying to him, Be thou all things' creator! the wise God, self-dependent, never injures.

AV18.1.47. Mtali prospers there with Kavyas, Yama with Angiras' sons, Brihaspati with singers.Exalters of the Gods, by Gods exalted, aid us those Fathers in our invocations?

The moving of the stars of the Celestial Cow (the Milky Way) represents the passing of the

generations of humanity. The 100 Brahma years, toward the birth of the first man of the Divine

Covenant, represent an ancestral promise that lasts until the end of the world by way of divinerelationship and fruitfulness. The Covenant of Abraham is confirmed by the miraculous sign of

a son born on his 100th

year and Sarahs 90th. This covenant relationship is the single vow to

Breath In and Breath Out from generation to generation between God and Humanity.

2.) The Priestly Offering of the SonSacred Hindu Hebrew


Brahmas son (or grandson), Abraham almost offers hisDaksha, is killed at the offering son Isaac, who is saved by

sacrifice before all the gods, a sacrificial Ram making Gen 22:1-13

and at the pleading of his Abraham a chief example

father, Brihaspati (born from RV3.23.1. of selflessness in sacrifice.Brahmas body), Daksha

is resurrected with the headof a Ram.Nachiketas is offered by his father

Vagasravasa (Gautama) who was

offering gifts (daksina) to Yama,Underworld god of death. KatU1-3.

Brahmas son Manus offspringwitness the sacrifice. CU4.17.9-10.; CU8.14.1; 8.15.1.

Brahma as Chief of the priestlysacrifice is the personification

of Brahman. AV19.72.1.; RV1.18.7-11

The Priesthood of Brihaspati AV20.90.1.mingled with Indra, Angiand the traveling sage (Vratya). AV15.10.Brahmas hidden offering AV19.42.1-2Brahmas cleansing rite ofpassage with Angi. AV19.43.1.

Brahmanaspati is invoke to

awaken the gods with sacrifice


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to aid the sacrificer and offspring. AV19.63.1.

Brahmas son, Daksha, excluded Shiva from the sacrifice before all the gods, so Daksha lost his head.Brihaspati (born from Brahmas body) pleads for Daksha at the mourning of his wife, Sita, who placedherself on the sacrificial fire. Shiva restores Daksha to life with the head of a Ram.

RigVeda3.23.1 O Brahmanaspati: hear us with help; sit down in place of sacrifice (in place of Isaac, whose

father, Abraham requires help, since he is in the pit of human suffering building his sons sacrificial altar)RV3.24.1 Be pleased with our offering Brihaspati, fulfill our hearts desire. (Only a miracle can satisfythe longing in the heart and soul for the Eternal Divine relationship).

RV1.40.4; RV3.23.1-3

RV2.190.1-2 Brihaspati was at the Matarisvan, meaning Growing in the Mother, a name for the sacrificialfire of Angi or wind of Vayu. Brihaspati is praised as leader of the sacrificial songs according to the

appropriate seasons and festivals. Abram faced the loss of his wife to the Pharaoh and Abimalech, even

though the promise of the covenant would grow in her one day.RV3.24.12-13. Come to us, Brahmanaspati and Indra, to our oblation like yoked steeds to fodder.

13 The sacrificial flames most swiftly hear the call: the priest of the assembly gaineth wealth for hymns.

Hating the stern, remitting at his will the debt, strong in the shock of fight is Brahma aspati. (the stem ofSoma was shaped like a man and considered an image of the Perfect Human Sacrifice, therefore, the

pressing of the Soma to obtain the sacrificial juice was likened to hating the man in order to become

cleansed and pure and perfect, akin to Abraham attempting to offer Isaac).RV3.62.4 Be pleased! with our oblations, thou loved of all Gods, B haspati: Give wealth to him who bringsthee gifts.

5 At sacrifices, with your hymns worship the pure Bhaspati-I pray for power which none may bend6 The Bull of men, whom none deceive, the wearer of each shape at will, Bhaspati Most Excellent.RV4.49. 1. DEAR is this offering in your mouth, O Indra and B haspati: Famed is the laud, the gladdeningdraught (Soma juice has gladdening hallucinogenic properties which was the miracle necessary to unitethe empty heart with the Eternal Divine food of the Soma sacrifice).

2 This lovely Soma is effused, O Indra and Bhaspati, For you, to drink it and rejoice.3 As Soma-drinkers to our house come, Indra and Bhaspati-and Indra-to drink Soma juice.4 Vouchsafe us riches hundredfold, O Indra, and Bhaspati, With store of horses, thousand fold.5 O Indra. and Bhaspati, we call you when the meath is shed, With songs, to drink the Soma juice.6 Drink, Indra and Bhaspati, the Soma in the giver's house: Delight yourselves abiding there.RV4.50.8b. To him the people with free will pay homage-the King with whom the Brahman hath

precedence.RV10.182. Bhaspati.1. Brhaspati lead us safely over troubles and turn his evil thought against the sinner;

Repel the curse, and drive away ill-feeling, and give the sacrificer peace and comfort! (Abraham was

comforted by the angel who prevented his sons death by pointing to the Ram caught in the Soma-likebush).

2 May Narasa aid us at Prayja: blest be our Anuyja at invokings.May he repel the curse, and chase ill-feeling, and give the sacrificer peace and comfort.

3 May he whose head is flaming burn the demons, haters of prayer, so that the arrow slay them.

May he repel the curse and chase ill-feeling, and give the sacrificer peace and comfort.

RV10.183 The Sacrificer, Etc.

1. I saw thee meditating in thy spirit what sprang from Fervour and hath thence developed.

Bestowing offspring here, bestowing riches, spread in thine offspring, thou who cravest children (The

Creator Brahma unites with the human willing to pursue with fervor in the sacrifice of meditationaccessible to all in every walk of life. Abrahams life involved producing offspring numbering the sands ofthe sea and providing a great amount livestock and gifts to all his children. In this covenant accessible to

all who pray or meditate, a confirmation of the Divine Presence by way of a miracle is required. Thus, the

Hindu proverb of the Divine pleading with humanity to request the most amazing wonder to witness the

confirmation of this covenantal relationship with Divine Love).

2 I saw thee pondering in thine heart, and praying that in due time thy body might be fruitful.

Come as a youthful woman, rise to meet me: spread in thine offspring, thou who cravest children (The

Divine knew the heart of Sarah, barren until 90 and provided the miracle of offspring).


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3 In plants and herbs, in all existent beings I have deposited the germ of increase.

All progeny on earth have I engendered, and sons in women who will be hereafter.

SamaVeda 2.1.5.5. O Brahmanaspati, make thou Kakshivan Ausija a loud Chanter of flowing Soma juice!

(see also SV6.3.10.1-3)

SV7.4.1.The Explanation of the Soma Sacrifice: Prapathaka IV: Brhaspati desired, 'May the gods have faith

in me, and may I become their Purohita (family priest).' He saw this (rite) of twenty-four nights (there were

also 24 priests assigned to the Hebrew Temple); he grasped it, and sacrificed with it. Then the gods had

faith in him, and he became their Purohita. In those who knowing thus perform the twenty four night (rite)

men have faith, and they become their Purohitas.SV7.4.12. Let the ram (animal that saved Isaac) aid thee with cooked food, the dark-necked with goats, the

cotton-tree with increase, the Parna-tree with the holy power (Brahman), the fig-tree with the sacrifice, the

banyan with the beakers, the Udumbara with strength, the Gayatri with the metres, the Trivrt with the

Stomas. Ye are helpers; let the helpers help thee. Deal among dear things, best among things to be sought,

treasure lord of treasures, thee we hail, O my radiant one.

Sama Veda 7.4.18. c Who moveth alone? Who too is born again? What is a remedy for the cold? What is

the great enveloper?

d The sun moveth alone. The moon is born again. Fire is the remedy for the cold. Earth is the great

enveloper.

e I ask thee of the furthest end of the earth. I ask thee of the navel of the world. I ask thee of the seed of the

strong horse. I ask thee of speech's highest realm.

f They call the altar-ground the furthest end of the earth. They call the sacrifice the navel of the world.They call Soma the seed of the strong horse. (They call) the Brahman the highest realm of speech

(Interestingly, Easter Island, the most remote location on Earth, was originally called Te Pito te Henua, the

Naval of the Earth. See Rongorongo and the Indus Script for a confirmation of common origin between the

Indus Script and the Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Script on opposite sides of the Earth).

Atharva Veda 15.10.1.So let the King, to whose house the Vrtya who possesses this knowledge comes as aguest.

2Honour him as superior to himself. So he Both not act against the interests of his princely rank or his

kingdom.

3From him, verily, sprang Priesthood and Royalty. They said, Into whom shall we enter?

4Let Priesthood enter into Brihaspati, and Royalty into Indra, was the answer.

5Hence Priesthood entered into Brihaspati and Royalty into Indra.

6Now this Earth is Brihaspati, and Heaven is Indra.

7Now this Agni is Priesthood, and yonder Sun is Royalty.8Priesthood comes to him, and he becomes endowed with priestly luster.

9Who knows that Earth is Brihaspati and Agni Priesthood.

10Great power comes to him and he becomes endowed with great power.

11Who knows that ditya is Royalty and that Heaven is IndraAV19.42.1.Brahma is Hotar (priest), sacrifice: with Brahma are the stakes (sacrificial posts) set up. From

Brahma was the Adhvaryu (officiating priest) born, from Brahma hidden offering (like a ram hidden and

caught in a bush).

2Brahma is fatness-dropping scoops: with Brahma was the altar reared.

Brahma is worship, lengthened rite, the Rishis who pay sacrifice, the victim's Immolators. Hail!

AV19.43.1.Whither men versed in Brahma go, with fervour and the cleansing rite,

Thither let Agni lead me, let Agni give me intelligence, All hail to Agni!

2Whither etc. Thither let Vyu lead me, let Vyu vouchsafe me vital breath. All hail to Vyu!

3Whither, etc. Thither let Srya lead me, let Srya vouchsafe me power of sight. All hail to Srya4Whither, etc. Thither let Chandra lead me, let Chandra vouchsafe me intellect. All hail to Chandra!5Whither, etc. Thither let Soma lead me, let Soma vouchsafe me vital sap. All hail to Soma!

6Whither, etc. Thither let Indra lead me, let Indra bestow upon me power. All hail to Indra!

7Whither, etc. Thither, let Waters lead me, let the Waters give me deathless life. All hail to Waters!

8Whither, etc. Thither let Brahma lead me, let Brahma give Brahma unto me. All hail to Brahma!

AV19.72.1. Within the chest whence we before extracted the bunch of grass, this do we now deposit.

Wrought is the sacrifice by power of Brahma. Through this assist me here, ye God, with Fervor (a bunch of

grass is symbolic of the Sacred Cow who eats grass kindly (not tearing up the roots like the sheep and

horse) and bestows milk and butter continually without dying. Therefore the grass offering is symbolic of


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Divine immortality, generosity and forgiveness, since the atoning sacrificial food (the grass) of the Sacred

Cow causes no harm to humanity and grows freely forever on the plains.

The earthly priests offering to the heavenly recipient requires a complete and perfect sacrifice ofthe priest, since the priest was born on earth by the intervention of heaven. An animal (a ram)cut and/or plant (a tree) pressed for the Soma drink is given as a replacement for the man by

divine intervention. It appears that heaven expects and enables the sacrifice to last forever evenif all one has to sacrifice is mere grass, or as meditation reminds, the first Breathing In at birthand the final Breathing Out at death.

3.) The Wife and SisterSacred Hindu Hebrew


Brahmas wife and sister is Sarah wifeSarasvati. Her beauty is so SV7.96.2. Sarah sister Gen 20:12

great that Brahma grew 4 faces AV19.17. Sarah is beautiful Gen 12:14

to view her from the every KenU3 and Abraham is called bydirection. The River Sarasvati PraU1.6. God to look North, East, West

has a tributary named Ghaggar. and South to the promised

Brahmas sister Tara is husband land, the 4 directions. Gen 13:14of Brhaspati (born of Brahmas Sarahs maidservant is Hagar.body or earthly aspect of Brahma). Abrahams fatheris Terah. Gen 11:31Soma, God of the Immortal Drink In the Dead Sea Scrolls, theOf the Gods, takes Tara away and Genesis Apocryphon tells of

She is returned to Brhaspati by Lamechs concern over theBrahma. She has a child named beauty of Noah, believing

Budha. Brhaspati worries the he must be a child of the

child is son of the Celestial Being Angels.Soma and he is. AV20.125.4-5. After the Canaanite king,

Brahma is Lord of medicine and Abimalech takes Sarah as hisHealing RV1.18.2 concubine, his people become

For the abduction and restoration diseased and barren. Abraham

of a Brahmans wife prayer see: AV5.17. heals Abimalech and his wifefrom being barren. Gen 20:17and the Genesis Apocryphon

Sarasvati is Goddess of Speech, Abram harkens to the voice

Vac AV5.10.8c; RV1.40.3; CU7.2.1-2. of Sarai/Sarah Gen 16:2; Gen 21:6,12

Vac as Speech communes with

Brahman and the 7 Rsisas the Big Dipper BU2.2.3.Brahmas wish born sons,Brihaspati and Brahmanaspati

Lords of Speech in Upanishads BU1.3.20-21; CU1.2.11.;1.3.5-6

Sarasvati is called upon with allthe attributes of Brahma: bright,

wealthy, prayerful with sacrifice SV2.2.4.5.


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and heroine of offspring RV1.164.49; BU6.4.27-28

The Genesis Apocryphon of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Bibles book of Genesis. Benjamin isransomed by his brothers from Egypt with the hidden cup Joseph placed in the offering of grain; this

confirms the sacrificial transfer from human flesh to animal flesh and finally to the flesh of the vine (grain)

in the Divine Drink (like Soma) just as Melchizedeks offering of bread and wine.

RV2.30.8. Sarasvati, protect us: with the Maruts (Indras companion warriors armed in gold) allied thouboldly conquerest our foemenRV2.41.16 Best Mother, best of Rivers, best of Goddesses, Sarasvat, We are, as twere, of no repute anddear Mother, give thou us renown. 17 In thee, Sarasvat, divine, all generations have their stay. Be, gladwith unahotra's sons: O Goddess grant us progeny. 18 Enriched with sacrifice, accept Sarasvat, theseprayers of ours, Thoughts which Gtsamadas beloved of Gods bring, Holy One, to thee. 19 Ye who blesssacrifice, go forth, for verily we choose you both, And Agni who conveys our gifts. 20 This our effectual

sacrifice, reaching the sky, shall Heaven and Earth Present unto the Gods to-day. 21 In both your laps, ye

guileless Ones, the Holy Gods shall sit them down To-day to drink the Soma here.

RV10.184.1. May Viu form and mould the womb, may Tvaar duly shape the forms, Prajpati infuse thestream, and Dhtar lay the germ for thee. 2 O Sinvl, set the germ, set thou the germ, Sarasvat: May theTwain Gods bestow the germ, the Avins crowned with lotuses. 3 That which the Avins Twain rub forthwith the attrition-sticks of gold,That germ of thine we invocate, that in the tenth month thou mayst bear.

RV2.32.6. O broad-tressed Sinvl, thou who art the Sister of the Gods, Accept the offered sacrifice, and,Goddess, grant us progeny. 7 With lovely fingers, lovely arms, prolific Mother of many sonsPresent thesacred gifts to her, to Sinvl Queen of men. 8 Her, Sinvl, her, Gung, her, Rk, her, Sarasvat, Indrto mine aid I call, and Varun for my weal.RV7.97.8a Both Heaven and Earth, divine, the Deity's Parents, have made Bhaspati increase in grandeur.(See Supplement 1 for Rig Veda Hymns to the River Sarasvati)

RV1.40.3 note: may Suntra (pleasant of speech) the goddess come

RV7.97.5b. Let us invoke Bhaspati, the foeless, the clear-voiced God, the Holy One of householdsSama Veda 2.2.5.4. That thou much-lauded! many-named! mayst, with this thought, that longs for milk,

Come to each Soma sacrifice.

5. May bright Sarasvati, endowed with plenteous wealth and spoil, enriched with prayer, desire the

sacrifice.SV6.3.9.1. Yea, she most dear amid dear streams-seven-sistered, loved with foundest love. Sarasvati, hath

earned our praise.

Atharva Veda 18.1.41.The pious call Sarasvati, they worship Sarasvati while sacrifice proceedeth.The virtuous call Sarasvati to hear them. Sarasvati send bliss to him who giveth!

42Sarasvati is called on by the Fathers who come right forward to our solemn worship.

Seated upon this sacred grass rejoice you. Give thou us strengthening food that brings no sickness.

43Sarasvati, who comest with the Fathers, joying in hymns, O Goddess, and oblations,

Give plenteous wealth to this the sacrificer, a portion, worth a thousand, of refreshment.

44May they ascend, the lowest, highest, midmost, the Fathers, who deserve a share of Soma.

May they who have attained to life, the Fathers, righteous and gentle, aid us when we call them.

45I have attained the gracious-minded Fathers, I have gained son and progeny from Vishnu.

They who enjoy pressed juices with oblation, seated on sacred grass, come oftenest hither.

46Now be this homage offered to the Fathers, to those who passed of old and those who followed,

Those who have rested in the earthly region and those who dwell among the happy races.

47Mtali prospers there with Kavyas, Yama with Angiras' sons, Brihaspati with singers.

Exalters of the Gods, by Gods exalted, aid us those Fathers in our invocations?...60Come, seat thee on this bed of grass. O Yama, accordant with Angirases and Fathers.

Let texts recited by the sages bring thee. O. King, let this oblation make thee joyful.

61He hath gone hence and risen on high mounting heaven's ridges by that path

Whereon the sons of Angiras, the conquerors of earth, went up.

Sarasvati is born out of the body of Brahma, much like Eve by Adams rib. Such brother andsister become husband and wife. The morals of reality are not contradicted in the mystical,spiritual and mythical landscape. Brahma producing Sarasvati from his side conveys that it is


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not a competition between men and women, but a covenant. The man, Abraham, is even asked

to harken the voice of the woman, Sarah. Sarahs voice regards a request for justice and peace,for her and her son Isaac. Sarasvati becomes the Guardian of Speech, for the voice of justice andpeace for her children to live by the divine sacrifice to be heard for all time. Brhaspati and Tara

are aspects of Brahma and Sarasvati who want their child Daksha to resurrect with the Rams

head of Enlightenment, renamed the Budha. This Hindu lore provides a bridge of communionbetween the Hindu and Buddhist spiritualities. The Ram means sacrifice, therefore Budha isoffered completely as a newborn child of Soma. Together the family of Brhaspati, Tara and

Budha offer drink from the pressed man-shaped stem of the Soma plant from the mountains.

Perhaps it was the very plant that caught the ram by the horns to spare the life of Isaac, anotherSpiritual Bridge from Hinduism and Buddhism to Hebrew faiths.

When Sarah is restored to her husband and Abraham raises the curse of barrenness off of

Abimalech, this king understood that fruitfulness does not occur in the taking, but rather ingiving life by receiving a miraculous birth. To the Hindu all Divine manifestations have male

and female aspects. This birthing from the side reminds us of this test of a true spiritual devotion

to view from paradise the beauty and the offering of woman as an essential sign of the Divinelife. She is so essential that she carries with herself the miraculous sign of offspring, the Divine

mandate of transferring enlightened wisdom by her speech (Sarasvati as Vac) and the

nourishment required for the spiritual covenant to carry on to the end of time, even to the

Immortal.

4.) Patron of TravelersSacred Hindu Hebrew


Brahma is lord of paths and friend of Abraham journeys from Ur totravelers RV2.190.6. Canaan and Egypt Gen 11-14

Priestly hymn for Brihaspati regardstraveling sage (Vratya) as high guestof the King to enlighten the kingdom AV15.10

Brihaspati guides the contestants of

a race AV20.16.2b

RV3.23.6-7. Thou art our keeper, wise, preparer of our pathsturn thou (evil men) from our pathwayRV3.26.4a. Whoso hath honoured him with offerings rich in oil, him Brahma aspati leads forward on hisway,

RV7.97.8b Glorify him, O friends, who merits glory: may he give prayer fair way and easy passage.

In the Genesis Apocryphon of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Abraham takes a journey around the entire

Middle-East along the bodies of water of the Mediterranean, the Euphrates, the Red Sea, the Seaof Reeds and back to the Oak of Mamre.

And I, Abram, departed to travel about and see the land.' I began my journey at the river Gihon and traveled

along the coast of the sea until I came to the Mountain of the Bull [Taurus]. Then I traveled from the coast

of the Great Salt Sea and journeyed towards the east by the Mountain of the Bull, across the breadth of the

land, until I came to the river Euphrates. I journeyed along the Euphrates until I came to the Red Sea in the

east, and I traveled along the coast of the Red Sea until I came to the tongue of the Sea of Reeds [the

modern Red Sea] which flows out from the Red Sea. Then I pursued my way in the south until I came to
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the river Gihon, and returning, I came to my house in peace and found all things prosperous there. I went to

dwell at the Oaks of Mamre, which is at Hebron, northeast of Hebron; and I built an altar there, and laid on

it a sacrifice and an oblation to the Most High God. I ate and drank there, I and all the men of my

household, and I sent for Mamre, Ornam, and Eshkol, the three Amoritebrothers, my friends, and they ate

and drank with me.

from the Genesis Apocryphon of the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Hindu call this great circular journey the Yatra or Pradaksina (Daksina is the gift given tothe Brahma priest performing the Soma Sacrifice. Daksha is the child of Brahma who is

resurrected with the head of a Ram at the Sacrifice of the Gods). One of the greatest Hindu

Pradaksina offerings occurs at Govardhana Hill (go meaning cows and vardhana meaningnourishment). The termgo also means the senses and helps identify the sacrificing of the cow in

Hindu spirituality as an offering up of the human senses or the human being. At the same time a

nourishing of the senses occurs at these offerings intended to help the practitioners journeyfrom their everyday experiences on earth into the very Temple of Divine Life in heaven by wayof drinking Soma or washing in a river or even by simply meditating the journey of

enlightenment from earth to heaven and back. That is why Krishna defeats Indra on Govardhana

Hill and saves the people from the Indras Deluge. The Deluge represents the purification of theearth required for peace between humanity and the Divine. Krishna raises the hill with all thefarmers saved, yet the earth is still purified. So the farmers do not have to sacrifice their costly

cows, but can offer the fruits of their labors even by way of an offering of barley cake, a washing

in a river, a prayer or meditation making the covenant of Divine Life accessible to all.

It was the Gihon River that Abraham started and finished his journey. This is one of the four

rivers flowing out of the Garden of Eden. Therefore, our meditation begins and ends in paradise.It is as easy as Jacob falling asleep with nothing more to offer but a rock used for a pillow.

Paradise came down to him in his sleep and rose back up to paradise with angels using a ladder.

Gihon means to Spring Forth, which is the promise given to Abraham in the last line of the

Genesis Apocryphon regarding the miraculous birth of Isaac:

And he (the Lord) said to him, " one who shall spring from your body shall inherit from you."

from the Genesis Apocryphon

Abraham celebrated the end of his journey at the Oaks of Mamre. Just as he was generous with

offerings and feast to the three Heavenly Beings, Abraham made a feast for Mamre, Omam,

Eshkol, who were the local Canaanites who worshipped their Supreme Being, El. Abraham

made an altar to El and gave offering their at Mamre according to the Canaanite custom. Why isAbraham so tolerant of others spirituality, when God singled him out? Often it is found a

hesitation, ignorance and even fear of other faiths, but not with Abraham. Abrahams spiritual

journey begins in Paradise where there is no fear. He travels around the world without fear andsees the earth and its inhabitants through the eyes of the Divine in all its goodness. When hereturns from his journey he is not about to collapse into a self-righteous individualistic and

judgmental religious campaign. Rather, his love is gushing forth like the river Gihon because he

has kept his focus and meditation purely on Paradise. El is to become one of the primary namesof the God of the Hebrew and peace between the Canaanites even lead to a sharing in the

building of Solomons Temple.
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Therefore, Abrahams ability to embrace the world on his sacred journey not only encircles theearth, but reaches to the ends of time as well. Brahmas children are not the only ones to practicethe Pradaksina like Abraham. One profound example is the Islamic Hajj, the journey ofAbraham restored by Mohammad, which culminates in the circular journey around AbrahamsTemple in Mecca.

5.) Lord of the LightSacred Hindu Hebrew


Brihaspati gives the daily light of RV2.190.3 Abraham is from the Ur, Gen 11:31

wisdom meaning City of LightBrahma increases the Brahmansluster KatU5.8.; KauU1.6.; AV19.71.1.

Brihaspati dwelling in light AV20.90.1.

Becoming Sukra (Bright, pure, seed,Venus) Brihaspati created MU7.9.

See Lotus Sutra 8: the ApparitionalCity, where Brahmas abode lightsup at the birth of a Buddha.

RV3.23.2. light of sun compared to Brihaspati as Father of all prayer.

RV6.73.1. 1. SERVED with oblations, first-born, mountain-render, Agiras' son, Bhaspati, the Holy,With twice-firm path, dwelling in light, our Father, roars loudly, as a bull, to Earth and Heaven.

Brihaspati (will born son of Brahma; that is, aspect of Brahma) dwells in the light much like

Abraham had in the City of Light, Ur. There is a path away from the City of Light that leads into

the darkness of the unknown. Digging in the darkness Brihaspati finds the celestial cows buried

in the Underworld. As the bastion of light, Brihaspati releases enlightenment to humanitysymbolized by the rising of the Sun and the turning over of the Milky Way. The Milky Way

cows in the Underworld represent the ancestors. As a result, the sacrifices and wisdom of the

ancestors who lived in the Golden Age of the Enlightened Ones, is accessible to all people whenthe sacred cows are released (see 10 Champion of the Underworld below). The release of the

sacred cows involves a receiving of the milk or Soma (the Golden One) of the ancestral sacrifice.

A continuation of that sacrifice is encouraged by the single vow requested, in breathing in andbreathing out the life given to the children of Brahma/Abraham. How does one follow in the

footsteps of Brahma and/or Abraham? Follow the light from the City of Light in the Golden Age

of the Enlightened Ones, from Paradise to earth and back. This is the essential journey of the

human heart to bring light to the world in a ever new dawn of enlightenment.

6.) The Generous and BountifulSacred Hindu Hebrew


Give gifts to the priest Abraham gives a tithe to

for fame that will never decay RV1.40.4 Melchizedek Gen 14:20

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bread and wine Gen 14:18

Serve Brahmanaspati, with gifts Abraham offers heifer, goat,

and sacrifices, the Father and lamb, dove and pigeon Gen 15:9Steer of all the Gods RV4.50.6

Brahmas offerings of cattle, KenU3 Abraham offers the 3 divine

horses, holy food and bountiful beings water, feet washing,refreshments. RV20.88. RV1.40.1. shade, cakes, dressed calf,Brahma is Lord of prosperity and curds and milk, and he

cattle. RV1.18.2 waits on them. Gen 18:1-8

Brihaspati wins food for the Abraham is wealthy in cattle,priest to eat from the offering gold, flocks, herds and tents Gen 13:2-5

by the holy power of the gods. Abraham is generous with

Brahma is that holy power and that wealth.

Brihaspati is equated with him. SV5.6.2.Brihaspati, with Soma and other

are invoked for prosperity in

vital breath, the senses, food, etc. AV19.58.Brahmanaspati increases priest

with life, breath, off-spring, cattle,

and fame. AV19.63.1.

Brahma increases priest with life,breath, children, cattle, fame,

wealth and Brahmans luster AV19.71.1.Brihaspati with Indra of greatwealth, drinking Soma, seated

on the wide grass to delight in

pleasant food. AV20.13.1-2.

Brihaspati gives fullness of life,cattle, horses, men and heroes AV20.16.12.

Brihaspati with Indra as Lordsof wealth AV20.87.7 AV20.17.12.

RV1.40.4 note: give a gift to the priest Brahmanaspati

RV3.24.9. He brings together and he parts, the great High PriestRV3.24.12. Brahmanaspati and Indra called two Maghavans, meaning bountiful gift givers from whom alltruth proceeds.RV1.40.7a Who shall approach the pious?

RV2.190.8. Brihaspati give us kine and horsesfood in full abundance.RV3.23.7. Brihaspati: give us fair access to this banquet of the Gods.

RV3.24.9-10. When, gracious for the hymn he brings forth food and wealth (as) the glowing Sun

untroubled sends forth fervent heat. excelling all besides are the kind of gifts of liberal Brihaspati.RV3.25.2b. and spread his wealth by kine wise by himself is be. RV4.50. 1,3. Him who with might hath propped earth's ends, who sitteth in threefold seat, B haspati, withthunder, Him of the pleasant tongue have ancient sages, deep-thinking, holy singers, set before them.Bhaspati, from thy remotest distance have they sat down who love the law eternal.RV4.50.8. In his own house he dwells in peace and comfort: to him forever holy food flows richly.

RV7.97.7. For he is pure, with hundred wings, refulgent, with sword of gold, impetuous, winning sunlight.

Sublime Bhaspati, easy of access granteth his friends most bountiful refreshment.RV2.190.5. Brihaspati the Bounteous


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RV3.23.9-10. Through thee, kind prosperer, O Brahmanaspati, may we obtain the wealth of Men which all

desire. our rich and liberal ally may we, Brahaspati, gain highest power of life. still may we prosper,singing goodly hymns of praise.

RV3.24.15-16. O Brahmaaspati, may we be evermore masters of wealth well-guided, full of vitalstrength.and prosper thou our children.V4.50.6b,10-11a. Bhaspati, may we be lords of riches, with noble progeny and store of heroes. Indra,Bhaspati, rainers of treasure rejoicing at this sacrifice drink the Soma. Let the abundant drops sink deepwithin you: vouchsafe us riches with full store of heroes. Bhaspati and Indra, make us prosper may this beyour benevolence to us-ward. Assist our holy thoughts, wake up our spirit: weaken the hatred of our foe

and rivals.

RV7.97.9-10 (a litany from other hymns) This, Brahmaaspati, is your laudation prayer hath been made tothunderwielding Indra. Favour our songs, wake up our thought and spirit: destroy the godless and our

foemen's malice. 10 Ye Twain are Lords of wealth in earth and heaven, thou, O Bhaspati, and thou, OIndra.

Mean though he be, give wealth to him who lauds you. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.

Atharva Veda 19.58. 1Still equal be the flow of butter ever causing the Year to prosper with oblation.

Still be our hearing, sight, and breath uninjured: let us lose nothing of our life and vigour.

2Let lively breath invite us: we call vital breath to visit us. Earth and air's middle realm have gathered,

Soma, Brihaspati and Dhartar gathered vigour.5bTo this our sacrifice, wrought by Visvakarman, may the Gods come gracious and kindly-hearted.

6Let the Gods' Priests and those who merit worship, to whom oblation as their share is offered,Come to this holy service with their Consorts, and all Gods revel in the food we bring them.

AV19.63.1. Rise up, O Brhmanaspati; awake the Gods with sacrifice. Strengthen the Sacrificer: aid life,breath, and off-spring, cattle, fame.

AV19.71.1. Let my libations, giving boons, adoring, further the Twice-born's song that honours Soma.

Go ye to Brahma's world having enriched me with life and breath, with children and with cattle, with fame

and wealth, and with a Brhman's lustre.AV20.13.1Lords of great wealth, Brihaspati and Indra, rejoicing at this sacrifice drink Soma.

Let the abundant drops sink deep within you: vouchsafe us riches with full store of heroes.

2Let your swift-gliding coursers bear you hitherward with their fleet pinions. Come ye forward with your

arms.

Sit on the grass; a wide seat hath been made for you: delight yourselves, O Maruts, in the pleasant food.

AV20.88.1Him who with might hath propped earth's ends, who sitteth in threefold seat, Brihaspati, withthunder, Him of the pleasant tongue have ancient sages, deep thinking, holy singers, set before them.2Wild in their course, in well-marked wise rejoicing were they. Brihaspati, who pressed around us

Preserve, Brihaspati, the stall uninjured, this company's raining ever-moving birth-place.

3Brihaspati, from thy remotest distance have they sat down who love the law eternal.

For thee were dug wells springing from the mountain, which murmuring round about pour streams of

sweetness.

4Brihaspati, when first he had his being from mighty splendour in supremest heaven.

Strong, with his sevenfold mouth, with noise of thunder, with his seven rays blew and dispersed the

darkness.

5With the loud-shouting band who sang his praises, with thunder, he destroyed malignant Vala.

Brihaspati thundering drave forth the cattle, the lowing cows who make oblations ready.

6Serve we with sacrifices, gifts, and homage even thus the Steer of all the Gods, the Father.

Brihaspati, may we be lords of riches, with noble progeny and, store of heroes.

Abraham is aware that having a divine covenant leads to an unlimited source of resources. Theresult is an overwhelming generosity. Such a person will be surrounded by friendship. The

greatest gift of Brihaspati (will born son and aspect of Brahma) is the release of the cows of the

Underworld giving humanity the bounty of a sacrifice that never dies (see 10 Champion of the

Underworld below). That is, the cow offers milk, like the Soma offering, allowing the cow, thepriest and the people to be nourished. No one has to die. This generosity is requested from the

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the home. In a covenant like Abrahams, Brahma or God is an eternally generous Father, everpresent and always pleased in giving and receiving of gifts, meals and life accessible to all.

7.) A Mighty DefenderSacred Hindu Hebrew


Brahma is Lord of warfare RV1.18.3-5 Abraham defeats 4 Kings whoAV20.90.3. kidnapped his nephew, Lot Gen 14:8-15

Prayer for protection against

wicked men to Brahmanaspati AV6.6.1-3Hymn for Protection in Battle AV19.13.

Brihaspati like a fort of refuge AV19.17.10.

Brihaspati won the captives

(cows: sign of spirits of thedead) down from the mountains AV20.16.3.

Brihaspati protects us fromoffenders in all directions AV20.17.11.

RV1.40.2,8; RV3.24.11;RV.25.1-4;RV4.50.9-11.

RV2.190.5-6,8. Brihaspati punishes the spiteful

RV3.23.4-17 Brihaspati: may we humiliate the strong ill-doers wrath (he) hath overthrownenemieswho would injure us. who slays the spoiler and upholds the mighty Law.RV3.24.9 extolled is he, in battle Brahmanaspati.RV3.24.14 The wrath of Brahmanaspati according to his will had full effect when he would do a mighty

deed.

RV3.25.1-2a. HE lighting up the flame shall conquer enemies: strong shall he be who offers prayer and

brings his gift. whomever Brahmaaspati takes for his friend. With heroes he shall overcome his herofoes

RV3.26.1-4 Prepare oblation so that thou mayst have success. we crave the favouring help ofBrahmaaspati.RV3.30.9b-11. Bhaspati, with arms thou slayest foemen O King, give up the spoiler to destruction. (if Brhaspati is to be equated with Indra) I craving joy address with hymn and homage your heavenlyhost, the company of Maruts, That we may gain wealth with full store of heroes, each day more famous,

and with troops of children.

RV4.50.9b. The Gods uphold that King with their protection who helps the Brahman when he seeks his

favour.

RV6.73.2. Bhaspati, who made for such a people wide room and verge when Gods were invocated,Slaying his enemies, breaks down their castles, quelling his foes and conquering those who hate him.

3 Bhaspati in warhath won rich treasures, hath won, this God, the great stalls filled with cattle.Striving to win waters and light, resistless, Bhaspati with lightning smites the foeman.Sama Veda 9.3.2.1. Brihaspati, fly with thy chariot hither, slayer of demons, driving off our foemen!

Be thou protector of our cars, destroyer, victor in battle, breaker-up of armies!SV2.4.13. The gods were afraid of the warrior on his birth. While still within (the womb) they fettered him

with a bond. The warrior thus is born fettered; if he were born not fettered he would continually slay his

foes. If one desire of a warrior, 'May he be born not fettered, may he continually slay his foes', one should

offer for him the offering for Indra and Brhaspati, for the warrior is connected with Indra, Brhaspati is the

holy power (Brahman); verily by the holy power (Brahman) he frees him from the bond that fetters him.

The sacrificial present is a golden bond; verily manifestly he frees him from the bond that fetters him.

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AV8.8.19. Fly, conquered, in alarm, ye foes, run driven by the spell away! Let not one man escape of those

when routed by Brihaspati.

AV19.13.8. Brihaspati, fly with thy chariot hither, slayer of demons, driving off our foemen.

Be thou protector of our bodies, crushing our enemies, destroying those who hate us.

9Indra guide these! Brihaspati, the Guerdon, and Soma, and the Sacrifice precede them!

AV19.17.10.Brihaspati, joined by the Visvedevas, protect me from the region of the zenith! To him, I go,

in him I rest; this fort I seek for refuge.

May he protect me, may he be my guardian. I give my soulAll hail!into his keeping.

Abraham trusted in a Brahma-like God, knowing the battle belongs to the Lord. Even if he was

afraid, he did not hesitate and so trusted fully in God his Shield and Strength. His head was

always in paradise viewing circumstances on the earth from the Divine perspective. Where therewas no life, Abraham brought life, he dug wells; where there was humans acting unkindly to the

poor, Abraham rescued them and did not even plunder his enemy; where Gods own justice wasraining down on Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham tempered the wrath like the Deluge forming

rivers off of Sivas hair.

8.) Righteous PlundererSacred Hindu Hebrew


Brahma is Lord of boon of war RV1.40.2-3 Abraham retrieves war boon

Offerings of boons are sent to and refuses it, trusting God

Brahmas world AV19.71.1. alone as shield and reward Gen 14:16, 22

RV1.40.2-3 note: the 5 fold gift of Brahmanaspati (likened to Abraham retrieving the spoils of five kings).

Manu3. 67. With the sacred fire, kindled at the wedding, a householder shall perform according to the law

the domestic ceremonies and the five (great) sacrifices, and (with that) he shall daily cook his food.

68. A householder has five slaughter-houses (as it were, viz.) the hearth, the grinding-stone, the broom, the

pestle and mortar, the water-vessel, by using which he is bound (with the fetters of sin).69. In order to successively expiate (the offences committed by means) of all these (five) the great sages

have prescribed for householders the daily (performance of the five) great sacrifices.

70. Teaching (and studying) is the sacrifice (offered) to Brahman, the (offerings of water and food called)

Tarpana the sacrifice to the manes, the burnt oblation the sacrifice offered to the gods, the Bali offering that

offered to the Bhutas, and the hospitable reception of guests the offering to men. (See five gifts of

Abraham, Gen21.12 and/or 14.20; 18.1-8; 22.1-13; 21.14; Gen25.6)

RV3.23.13. The mover mid the spoil, the winner of all wealthRV3.23.15. That Son of Law that treasure wonderful bestow on us.

Manu 3.70.

Notice during the life of Abraham the five-fold gifts, teaching was offered to Abraham by hiswife, where the Lord said, Hearken to thevoice of Sarah Genesis 21.12, and Brahmasoffering as High Priest would be akin to Abrahams offering to Melchizedek, Gen14.20; theoffering to the three Divine Beings Gen18.1-8; the offering of the Ram in place of Isaac,

Gen22.1-13; the offering to Hagar of wheat and water, Gen21.14; the offerings to his children

sent off to the East, Gen25.6). The correlation between Brahma and Abraham in the five-foldsacrifice in the later book of Manu is telling of a longstanding shared tradition in India beyond

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the Hindu or visa-versa, but rather a question of the value of the spirituality. It is valuable

enough to share, much like the five-fold offerings themselves. It is not a question of where this

Brahma/Abraham spirituality came from, but rather that it is bearing fruit among not only theHindu and Buddhists, but the Muslims, Hebrews and Christians as well. It is about celebrating a

common treasure, since, like a vast flowing river, it is an eternal covenant or vow there is no

need to hoard it.

9.) Intercessor for the PoorSacred Hindu Hebrew


Brahma mediates between heaven Abraham intercedes for

and earth. RV2.190.4 Sodom and Gomorrah Gen 18:20-32

Brahma is Friend RV1.18.6 Abrahams seed is friendBrihaspati is friend of marriages AV20.16.2b. of God Is 41:8

RV2.190.6; RV.25.1-5.RV3.23.1. The King supreme of prayers, O Brahmanaspati: hear us with helpRV3.23.4. Thou leadest with good guidance and preserves menRV3.23.8. protector of our bodies we invoke, thee, savior, as the comforter who loves us.

The generosity of the Divine (Brahma for the Hindu; El for the Hebrew) is eternal. Abraham, in

all humility and trust, knew this about his God. Therefore, why not intercede for those who are

damned before the Seat of Divine Justice. Why not ask Brahma or El to step down from thethrone and be a friend. If the sacrifice of breathing in and breathing out, of giving and receiving

lifes bounty is eternal, then there are no restrictions and by way of mercy are accessible to all.

10.) Champion of the UnderworldSacred Hindu Hebrew


Brahma digs into the underworld RV4.50.3b Abraham dug wells, oneto retrieve the sacred cows, slays AV20.91. he made covenant with

demons and finds again the light Abimalech with sheep and

bringing peace between heaven oxen to bring peace between

and earth. The rivers of the RV3.23.3 their nations. Gen 21:25-34underworld are unleashed on earth. Abraham purchased a cave

In another account, Brahma and for the burial of his family.

Sarasvatis first son is Manu, the Abrahams father TerahNoah figure of the Hindu Flood. is the 10th generation fromHe from the depth hath been reborn relation to Noah.forever, Brihaspati the world's sole

Lord and Ruler. AV4.1.5.

RV3.23.18. The mountain, for thy glory, cleft itself apart when, A giras! thou openedst the stall of kine.Thou, O Bhaspati, with Indra for ally didst hurl down water-floods which gloom had compassed round.


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RV3.24.2 He who with might bowed down the things that should be bowed, and in his fury rent the holds

of ambara: Who overthrew what shook not, Brahmaaspati,he made his way within the mountain storedwith wealth.

3 That was a great deed for the Godliest of the Gods: strong things were loosened and the firmly fixed gave

way.

He drave the kine forth and cleft Vala through by prayer, dispelled the darkness and displayed the light of

heaven.

5 Ancient will be those creatures, whatsoeer they be; with moons, with autumns, doors unclose themselvesto you.

Effortless they pass on to perfect this and that, appointed works which Brahmaaspati ordained.6 They who with much endeavour searching round obtained the Pais noblest treasure hidden in thecave,Those sages, having marked the falsehoods, turned them back whence they had come, and sought again to

enter in.

7 The pious ones when they had seen the falsehoods turned them back, the sages stood again upon the lofty

ways.

Cast down with both their arms upon the rock they left the kindled fire, and said, No enemy is he.

8 With his swift bow, strung truly, Brahmaaspati reaches the mark whateer it be that he desires.Excellent are the arrows wherewithal he shoots, keen-eyed to look on men and springing from his ear.

14b. The kine he drave forth and distributed to heaven, even as a copious flood with strength flows sundry

ways.RV3.25.3-5. 3 He, mighty like a raving river's billowy flood, as a bull conquers oxen, overcomes with

strength.

Like Agni's blazing rush he may not be restrained, whomever Brahmaaspati takes for his friend.4 For him the floods of heaven flow never failing down: first with the heroes he goes forth to war for kine.

He slays in unabated vigour with great might, whomever Brahmaaspati takes for his friend.5 All roaring rivers pour their waters down for him, and many a flawless shelter hath been granted him.

Blest with the happiness of Gods he prospers well, whomever Brahmaaspati takes for his friend.RV4.50. 4 Bhaspati, when first he had his being from mighty splendour in supremest heaven,Strong, with his sevenfold mouth, with noise of thunder, with his seven rays, blew and dispersed the

darkness.

5 With the loud-shouting band who sang his praises, with thunder, he destroyed obstructive Vala.

Bhaspati thundering drave forth the cattle, the lowing cows who make oblations ready.

(See Supplement for hymns of Brahma rescuing cows from the underworld).AV20.90.1Served with oblations, first-born, mountain-render, Angiras' Son, Brihaspati the holy.

With twice-firm path, dwelling in light, our Father, roars loudly, as a bull, to earth and heaven.

2Brihaspati who made for such a people wide room and verge when Gods were invocated

Slaying his foe he breaketh down their cattle, quelling his enemies and those who hate him.

3Brihaspati in war hath won rich treasures, hath won, this God, the great stalls filled with cattle.

Striving to win waters and light, resistless, Brihaspati with lightning smites the foeman.

According to Brahma, this digging of wells on earth, is a heavenly project. The sacred cowsflowing milk represents these eternal springs for their nourishing, purifying and ever movingqualities. Like Soma, the sacred offering of the Celestial Cow flowing in the Milky Way, the

stars of its belly are the ancestors flowing as the deluge waters falling from the heavenly river,

Sarasvati (Indus, Ganges, etc.). The earthly meeting between Abraham and Abimalechconcerning the digging of wells and bringing up of water calls for a peace offering of sheep andoxen. The covenant between God and Abraham overflows into a relationship with all other

peoples (and the animals, plants and land). When the water bursts forth with the cows of the

Underworld (equated with the rising of the stars of the Milky Way at night), the first human

being to be recreated in Hindu lore is the son of Brahma and Sarasvati named Manu (the Hinduversion of Adam and Noah stories combined).


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To equate Manu with Isaac focuses the Hindu flood on the celestial purification sacrifice applied

from generation to generation. To equate Isaac with Manu points the salvific Ram caught in the

tree on the mount toward the purification of the earth.

Brahma and his will born son or sacrificial aspect, Brahmanaspati (Brihaspati), have met

somehow with Abraham at a certain crossroads in spiritual history. The commonalities betweenRig Veda worship of Brahma and Sarasvati are strikingly similar to the experiences of Abrahamand Sarah in the Hebrew Bible. Abraham was at least a model for the true Brahman in the heart

of the people of early India. The development of Judaism appeared to be captivated by a true

Brahman listening to the heart of his DivinePati, or Lord who made a covenant that filled theworld with his will born children.

The Relationship of the Ten Brahma/Abraham Themes to World Religions

The ten themes from the life of Abraham (see above charts) are listed below in order ofimportance in the Vedas based on their relationship to Brahma (or his will born son

Brahmanaspati, also called Brihaspati):

High Veda Occurrence Moderate Veda Occurrence Light Veda OccurrencePriestly Offering (A, J, B, M, K) Wife and Sister Intercedes for Poor (A, J, B, M, K)

Generous and Bountiful (K) Eternal Lineage (A) Lord of the Light (B)Mighty Defender (M) Righteous Plunderer Patron of Travelers (M)

Champion of Underworld (J)A: Abraham; J: Jesus; B: Buddha; M: Mohammad; K: Krishna.

Since Abraham (20th

Century b.c.e.) was likely an elder contemporary of the authors of theVedas (19

thCentury b.c.e.), they appear to have been influenced by his example. The focus of

this influence may have remained true to the Vedic oral traditions being accessed by these

authors. The Vedic oral tradition was likely reflective of the written Vedas prior to the era ofAbraham. Therefore, Abraham was also likely influenced by Vedic forms of spirituality.

Abrahams influence may also have presented an era of reform for the Vedic authors as otherspiritual leaders offered reform to early sacrificial rites (see next paragraph). Given the parallels

between Abraham and Brahma presented in the 10 themes above it stands to reason thatAbraham was upheld somewhat by these Vedic authors as a saint, prophet, deified ancestor or

son of God (Brahmas will born son Brahmanaspati/Brihaspati).

The emphasis of these early authors of Hindu writing remains the desire to feed the ancestors,

particularly with the Soma sacrifice (Priestly Offering), toward immortality with gods in the

afterlife. The lavishing meal of the Soma sacrifice (Generous and Bountiful) empowered the

mortals and the gods to defeat underworld enemies and join Brahmanaspati (Mighty Defenderand Champion of the Underworld) in releasing from the sacred cows of the Underworld. Given

that the cows offer milk and eat grass without destroying the roots, they were considered

generous and bountiful signs and witnesses of the souls immortality.

The spirituality of today benefits from a broader understanding of the history of our ancestral

heroes and foundation of our religious beliefs. In essence, Abraham and Brahma take us from


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our separate paths down a long road of history to a dwelling like Ur, City of Lights, where the

shadows, fears, doubts and mistakes fade into a newer fuller circle of Enlightenment.

Vocabulary:

Angiras:descendants of Angi (Fire God) who protect the sacrificial fires and the Brahmin

priests who perform the sacrificial rites. The father of Brahmanaspati (Brihaspati).

Brahma: Creator and Destroyer aspect of the Hindu Trimurti, consisting of Brahma, Vishnu and

Shiva. By Brahmas desire Angirasa begot seven sons and seven daughters. Of the seven sons,two corresponding to Brahma in the Rig Veda are named Brihat Brahma and Brahmanaspati(Brihaspati). Brahma is husband and father of Sarasvati (considered as an aspect of the Brahmasall-encompassing Supreme Being, male and female, yet surpassing gender designations); Brahma

had seven sons born by his divine will from his body (considered as aspects of the BrahmasImmortality symbolized by producing offspring). One of those sons was Brahmanaspati,meaning the Lord or Father of sacred prayer; also named Brhaspati, meaning Lord of

nourishment, support, of carrying of burdens. Brahma, through his bodily aspect, Brhaspati

Tvastar, is named garbha-pati, lord of the womb who prospers our children, a bounteous Godwho gives from a distance like a father. The research above lends credit to a relationshipbetween Brahma and Abraham, yet while Abraham relates to a human being in Hebrew tradition,

Hindu tradition relates Brahma under many definitions including a mortal; the Immortal High

Priest; Divine; the primary virtue(s) of the priestly class (Brahman) of Hindu worship andsacrifice; sacred hymn; AUM-the most sacred utterance; the Supreme Soul of the Universe;

sacred knowledge, text, hymn or prayer.

Brahman: the priestly class of Hindu worship and sacrifice. The lordof the Brahman isBrahmanaspati (Brihaspati). There were four priests (each with their three or six servants)

present at ayajna, Hindu sacrifice: the hotri (hu) invoker of the gods in the Rig Veda; the

Adhvaryu official of the sacrificial preparation and rites found in the Yajur Veda; the Udgatrichanter of the Sama Veda; and theBrahma overseer and director of the entire sacrifice proficient

in all the Vedas.

Brahmanaspati Lord of the holy mystic power called brahman (Brihaspati lit. Lord of

Prayer): Guru (Teacher) of the gods and religious devotion personified. He is called the

Purohita, or Household Priest to the Gods, and as such offers their prayers and sacrifices in

heaven and on earth and under the earth. He is god of wisdom in words, writing and law. His

planet is Jupiter, and he carries a lotus, the plant that opens with the sun, representing

enlightenment. He also carries a stick for offerings. There are several hymns to Brahmanaspati

and Brihaspati in the Rig Veda, where it occurs that their names interchange. As Lord of the

Devas, he challenges Shukracharya and his Asuras as they tug the rope opposite one another at

the base of Mount Mandara in the Churning of the Ocean. Brahmanaspati was of golden hue,

perhaps akin to Sagara, King of the Sun People (the Aryans). Indra and Brahmanaspati appear to

work together in RV 2.24 and 10.67. However, Brahmanaspati alone performs the same task of

freeing the sacred cows in RV10.68 and 10.72, perhaps to highlight the sacrificial function of

Brahmanaspati as deified High Priest of Heaven and Earth.


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Aryan (arya, in Sanskrit means noble): the primary attribute of the Devas, the gods, or those

enlightened as if by the rays of the Sun. Aryan is not to be misunderstood as a race from Europe

that supposedly took over India long ago. Such a theory was used and abused by Colonialists

and Nazis in the past Centuries by way of misreading into Indian history a placement of ancient

Europeans over the sacred sky clan of Indian mythology. Further study of the context of the

name Aryan in terms of its Indian origin is in order(see Wikipedias article and talk on Aryan).It is taken here to mean Sky Nobility, Devas or Enlightened Ones, yet there are numerous names

in the Vedas that bring this meaning across as well, such as, devas, atman, brahman, etc. As to

the relationship between ancient Europe and India, a mutual transfer of knowledge likely

occurred through trading and travelling sages, such as Abraham, up to the transfer of culture

from the West by the campaign of Alexandar the Great (4th

Century b.c.e.) and from the East by

way of the Indian Buddhist missionaries of King Asoka (3rd

Century b.c.e). The purpose of

bringing this word, Aryan, to light is to help the reader understand how language, religion and

culture can be used as a weapon or as a means of light and peace between peoples. Abraham

was clearly a noble (arya) person in our history. He traveled, traded, and worshiped his wayaround the Middle-east. His influence reaches far beyond the regions of his travels, much like

the influence of certain customs, symbols and language that span across many cultures. The

question is, can we develop an understanding of Abraham, his customs, symbols and language,

and draw upon his nobility toward light and peace between peoples?

Churning of the Ocean: Where the Devas and Asuras tug against each other in the Churning of

the Ocean. Amrita (lit. Immortality), akin to Soma, is produced and rises out of the grey

poisonous ocean as the gods and demons turn Mount Mandara with their rope.

Soma: the offering and drink of the Gods provided by the lord of sacrifices, Brahmanaspati. It is

made from the juice that flows from the crushing of the soma plant. The stem used in the

crushing was in the shape of a man and symbolized the sparing of the life of the High Priest(Brahmanaspati/Brahma) who is represented as the Soma deity. The sacrifice was intended to

align the earth and the lived experience of the human on the earth (who gathers sacred branches,

raised cattle, performs sacred rites, etc.) with the immortal and spiritual experience of the gods.

Soma is one and the same as Haoma from early Mesopotamia, who appeared to Zoroaster as a

beautiful man at pressing time. He teaches him how to press the plant of Haoma, the Golden-

Green-One. The gifts of High Priest Haoma include:

speed and strength for warriors, excellent and righteous sons to those giving births,

spiritual power and knowledge to those who apply themselves to the study of the nasks (ofthe volumes of sacred Avestan literature).

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Sarasvati: saras, lit. flowing water or lotus growing water; the name of a river in the ancient

Indus Valley, one of the tributaries of the Sarasvati was the Ghaggar River, similar to Sarahsmaid servant Hagar; Deified wife and sister of Brahma and goddess of speech (Vak).

Budha: lit. to penetrate the bottom or depths; to fathom; to observe, reason, revive; to be

enlightened. The son of Sarasvati and Brahma.

Vak: Vedic goddess of speech. An aspect of Sarasvati.

Daksa: son of Brahma and Sarasvati after 100 years of dwelling together.

Indra: a leading god of the Rig Veda. God of rain and storms. In myth he is attributed withdrinking Soma, releasing the rivers, and smashing the Vala stone or cave freeing the sacred

cows, symbolizing Ushas, the dawn. As god of war, he crushes Dasyus stone fort and is calledupon in the Battle of the Ten Kings by friend and foe. In the Vedas, his place in the mythology

and spirituality of sacrifice appears similar to Brahmanaspati. Indra and Brahmanaspati appearto work together in RV 2.24 and 10.67.

Angi: the deity invoked most often in the Rig Veda. He is deity of fire and sacrifice. .

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