veda part four

SYNOPSIS OF FOUR VEDAS

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1. The full concept of Dharma has not been signified fully in the English word ‘Religion’. That which generates tolerance and purity in a man is called Dharma.

2. Man has enumerated ten tenets of Religion which are as follows.

Knowledge of scriptures, purity of the body, mind and word, control over sense, intellect, patience, mercy, truthfulness, absence of anger not coveting the possession of others are broadly the ten attributes of Dharma.

3. Only one Dharma mankind has truly speaking. It has been handed down by the Devine creator Himself. At the time of committing a sin the feeling of fear, apprehension and shame which are felt are owing to the inspiration of the supreme self dwelling inside the heart. The feeling of happiness, pleasure and joy which came at the time of performing a virtuous act is also by his decree.

The ten tenets of religion constitute the sovereign and eternal virtues of men. They have been handed down to mankind from the beginning of civilization.

4. The humanity has only one Dharma –a set of righteous duties. Various creeds or sects are there in the society. Creeds and their numbers are still increasing. In reality humanity has only Dharma.

5. Creeds are many even though Dharma is one, Mankind is united by Dharma where as there are differences among caste & creed and they count get close to one another.

The Divine Being has himself formulated Dharma. Where as the mentors of the creeds are human beings.

The virtues in life are bought out by the practice of Dharma. Penance, meditation discipline etc. are the essential tenets of Dharma.

On the other hand, the sectarians lay more stress on their individual beliefs, customs, life story by their preacher, prophet and incarnation.

6. Sanatana Dharma of ancient times is known as what is called Hinduism today. Even-new means Sanatana. For all ages and all times that is valid. It is the only human religion. May perversions entered into it in course of time. The source of Sanatana Dharma is Vedas only. We find the concept of one unique there in. It is omnipresent, formless Supreme Being who has several names though He is one and only one.

Puranas were composed in Praise of these deities like Siva, Vishnu, Mahes, Laxmi, Saraswati etc. Many sectarians were born out of these deities. The present Hinduism is a conglomeration of various sects. The metaphysical concepts and Vedic mode of worship are getting misinterpreted and diluted.

7. The word Hindu is not found in the Vedas. In Upanishads & Vedangas also it is not seen. The word Hinduism is not found in Ramayana & Mahabharata or Bhagavat Mahapuran etc.

The presence of this word Hindu or Hinduism is not found mention in any Puran of Hindus. Also this is not a Sanskrit word.

Hindu is a Persian word. A way of living has been interpreted as Hinduism now a day. During foreign rule this word has been coined.

8. Even if it is assumed that the word Hindu is derived from Sindhu, yet it would not point to the glorious associates of the word Arya.

The residents of both the banks of Sindhu should be Hindus if people living on the banks of river sindhu are called Hindus.” In persian writings in a single sentence both the words are sometimes seen. Yet it would not point to the glorious associations of the word aryas even if it is assumed that no word Hindu is derived from Sindhu.”

9. Arya is a Sanskrit word. The man who is truthful modest, dutiful, virtuous, Philanthropic and industrious only can be called Arya. This does not denote a clean or community. Irrespective of the place and the time of his origin, a man processing these attributes is an Arya only. In a man, it denotes noble qualities.
As per Vashisthe smriti, a man who is virtuous, keeps away from his sin and dutiful is an Arya.

10. As per Veda. Aryan came from a different planet by air to Sapta sindhu many many thousand years ago when Sapta sindhu was surrounded by three seas and seven rivers comprising of present Afganistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Haryana and some parts of India including Rajasthan. The details are there in Vedas.

European historians have spread baseless stories regarding this without opening the pages of Vedas which has been followed by some Indian historians also blindly.

11. For Tirth or pilgrimage different people have different ideas or nations.

Taking bath in a river is not pilgrimage or Tirth. These rivers came to be termed as places of pilgrimage as the ancient Rishis generally used to live on the banks of these rivers. For consol and consolations, seekers used to visit them there in ancient times.

Through some noble actions man escapes sorrow and worldly miseries. These noble actions constitute Tirth only which are good conduct. Prayers to God, keeping good company truthful actions, virtuous deed like studying and observing celibacy etc. is pilgrimage.

12. Bathing in the river Ganga or Jamuna cannot remove evil from a man or a woman. If that had been the case, people living on the banks of these rivers directly would have gone to Heaven.

Keeping company of the virtuous, Penance, introspection, Prayers etc. constitutes the real Tirth.

13. Regarding heaven & hell there is different conceptions in the mind of different people.

The place which generates suffering is hell and the place where one attains joy & happiness is called heaven. In sectarian scriptures, the topographical description of heaven and hell are not in accordance with the Vedic scriptures.

Heaven is located in neither the sky nor the hell also.

14. One of the six vedangas is Astronomy. Astrology, Horoscope etc. are not included in the astronomy. There is no sanction of Vedas for this.

In astronomy we refer to movement of stars and planet and their mathematics.

15. The Vedic thinking supports the doctrine of action and the consequent result there of. Veda neither supports regression nor evolution.

To good consequences good action leads where as bad action leads to bad consequences.

16. Culture is a mental unfolding where as civilization is material program. Culture is an inner state of mind where as civilization is external condition.

Computer, internet, telephone, radio etc. denote civilization.

Honesty-truth, falsehood, love, hatred, dishonesty are indicative of inner nature whether it is developed or under developed.

Vedas are the sacred texts that provide knowledge and they teach paths to salvation.

Rig ved is identified with the path of knowledge the yajur Veda with the path of action and the sama Veda with the path of devotion.

Culture other Vedas, the Atharvaveda, in addition to prayers contains charms & spells and used to be recited to counteract evil influences during the course of a sacrifice.