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Spiritualism, Ritualism & Geetha
Swami Vivekananda – is the most revered modern Indian for his intellectuality who stunned the audience in the world congress of parliament of religions in Chicago in the year 1893 by simply commencing his speech with “Dear Sisters & Brothers” instead of the usual ladies & gentlemen while starting the address. This simple act said everything the Veda stands for through that first sentence. Vivekananda visualized Veda as bifurcated into two main parts –viz- Spiritualism & Ritualism.
Adopting the spiritualism of Veda but dropping the ritualism out of it, as he found it to be of no importance – Gauthama Siddartha fathered Buddhism.
The greatest treatise on the core tenets of Veda – the essence of everything that is needed for spiritualism – is epitomized and enunciated in “Bhagavath Geetha by Sri Krishna” – which for Hindus – is the equivalent of – Bible for Christians & Koran for Muslims.
Sri Krishna defined the Human – essentially as the “Aathman” (Soul or Spirit) – a micro fragment of “Paramaathman” (God) who is eternal and indestructible – omnipotent, omnipresent & omniscient.
Vedas – Further explained
This post is in continuation to my previous post https://msrayyangar.com/2010/04/07/the-essence-of-vedas/
Veda was (is) the cumulative & collective wisdom born out of human intellect – transmitted by early sages & seers down the line as Sruthi (Hymns) & Smruthi (Upanishads) from generation to generation for ages. Presumably about 5000 years ago –the greatest Indian sage & seer “Brahmarshi Veda Vyasa” chose to formally present and dedicate it to all humanity as 4 principal Vedas in written form – consisting of 1131 Shaakhas (Branches) –ie- 21 in Rigveda; 101 in Yajurveda; 1000 in Samaveda and 9 in Atharvaveda. This was meant to meet all the changing spiritual & material needs of humans in accordance with changing and contemporary times. Today – only 10 Shaakhas (Branches) out of 1131 Shaakhas are available which have been fortunately preserved – the rest are presumably lost irretrievably. Read the rest of this entry
The essence of Vedas
Veda literally means “Truth” or “Knowledge” or “Awareness”. Sanskrit is the language in which Veda was scripted. Sanskrit – means culturally evolved. Veda is the spiritual & social foundation of Indian ethos – and Sanskrit is the mother of all Indian languages. Veda was not originally a book authored by a single individual, as was often misinterpreted or misunderstood by many western scholars. Vedas were the cumulative compilations by different exalted sages & seers at different times in the history. Read the rest of this entry
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