What does Brahma mean?

1, Indian society is full of rich religious atmosphere, and priests are regarded as gods and called "Brahmins". "Brahman" originated from "Brahman", which originally meant "prayer" or "added things". The language of prayer has the power of spells. With the increase of spells, good people can be blessed and bad people can be punished. Therefore, priests who perform prayers are called "Brahmins".

2. In fact, after Brahmanism was introduced into China, it was not a flash in the pan before Sui Dynasty. Brahmanism's music, painting, sculpture, medicine, astronomy, numerology, divination and incantation have exerted a great and lasting influence on China culture. Although these are often confused with the cultural influence of Buddhism, they can still be distinguished. For example, the multi-handed and multi-armed statues in grottoes or temples all originated from Brahmanism, although they later appeared in the name of Buddhism. As for the Brahmanism classics that we see in the Annals of Sui Shu, it is even clearer. Hundreds of years later, in the history of the Song Dynasty, we can still find the existence and spread of books such as "Brahman Monk's Dress" and "Xianmao Fang", which proves that Brahmanism still stubbornly maintains some of its characteristics.

3. Brahmanism entered China with Buddhism, but Taoism had not yet arisen. Brahmanism has deeply influenced the teachings of Taoism, and the Taoist scriptures are full of discourses about Brahmins. The formation of Sanqing is also closely related to the three main gods of Brahmanism, and the Taoist ceremony also has obvious Brahmanism color. The Classic of Lingbao Endless Man was "constructed" by Ge at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which has an important influence in the history of Taoism and ranks first among Taoist collections. There are obvious external factors in Du Fu's Ren Jing, which were attributed to the influence of Buddhism by predecessors, but this is not accurate. The foreign elements in Du Fu's books mainly come from Brahma, such as Brahma as the main god, the evolution picture of the universe experiencing doom, the Buddha robbing people in the early Yuan Dynasty, etc., all of which are directly derived from Brahmanism or derived from it. Among them, the words of praise to heaven, such as Brahma argot, are translations of Brahma classics, but they have been condensed and rewritten.