Dr. S. Srinivas The Vedas contain the divine wisdom and knowledge of things directly seen by the Rishis or seers of hoary antiquity by intuition and are called Shrutis, i.e. what is directly heard or experienced by intuition. Hence Vedas are called Apaurusheya, i.e., not composed by any human beings.1 The Vedas are the earliest […]
Reincarnation in the Vedas
By Yogi Baba Prem Yogacharya, Veda Visharada It has become common to hear from followers of Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma) and scholars that reincarnation is not found in the Vedas; regrettably this is often due to a great deal of misinformation as well as an emerging literalist mentality that is attempting to sweep the global community. While it […]
Where Do Vedas Originate From?
This article was in reply to a question asked by a seeker, regarding the origins of the Vedas. (CHAKRA) Person XYZ asked: “Are Vedas God’s creation?” Now let us analyze this in detail by looking at each word. ‘VEDAS’… What does one mean by Veda? The word ‘Ved comes from the root ‘vid’, which means […]
Waking vs Dreaming – Dissertation on the Illusoriness of the World
By Vishnu Prakash (CHAKRA) This is extracted from second chapter [Vaitathya prakaraNa] of Shri GauDapAda’s kArikA converted into a question answer format. Point of discussion: Analysis of Waking and Dreaming states. Q: How do you say that waking state is similar to dream state? A: You can’t accept the similarity because you have never compared them. As […]
The Bhagavad Geeta and Its Perennial Message
(CHAKRA) The Bhagavad Geeta is one of the highly revered and most read scriptures in the Hindu community with great consecration. It is the essence of all the Vedas in concise where the Lord Krishna delivered this hymn in the battle field to Arjuna when he peevishly declined to fight the battle in the Kurukshetra. […]
Aryan Invasion Theory, Vedas and Dravidian Discourse
By Gurushankar Swaminathan Aryan Invasion Theory, which today having been rechristened as Indo – Aryan migration theory (given that the original position is no longer tenable) is the largest myth that was ever propagated by historians with vested interests that still retain vestiges to their Western paymasters. In this post the scope is restricted to […]
Theism and Vedas
By Gurushankar Swaminathan What is Theism? In traditional sense, it is the belief in atleast one God. Monotheism is defined as the belief in only one god and polytheism is defined as belief in many gods. The abrahamic faiths like Islam follow monotheism where Allah is the supreme god and none except him. The faith follows […]
Ultimate Reality and Monotheism
By Prashant Saxena Monotheism as the world knows from the west means belief in one God. The one God in the western faiths is isolated from the nature, created the world, judges the mankind from their behavior the directions for which are given in the western holy books with a set of DO-s and DONT-s. […]
Idol Worshipping, Western Terminologies and the Modern view
By Prashant Saxena Idol (also called Murthy) of Radha and Krishna situated in a Hindu Temple India is the only country in the world where other faiths evolved on the top of the existing one i.e Hinduism. Buddhism, Jainism etc evolved and western faiths like Islam and Christianity were accepted by the people of India. […]
The Vedic God: An Evolutionary Journey
By Gurushankar Swaminathan The sections of the Vedas that deal with the various facets of the Supreme Consciousness is an articulation of the entire experience that the Vedic seers underwent, in their quest to realize that one supreme reality. What we are going to see below (in the Vedic hymns) is a symbolic and mystical […]