Veda Are the Vedas Literal or to be Interpreted? 14 Apr 201714 Apr 2017 Amongst those who consider the Vedas something worth knowing, there are usually two opposing opinions about how they should be understood. One camp says, "Don't take them literally, they are…
Veda Vedas, Bible, Koran… 14 Feb 201714 Feb 2017 Q: How can we know that the Vedas are really the recorded experiences of the supreme being and not just an ancient document of strong philosphy that humans came up with?…
Veda Basic Structure of Vedic Text 13 Feb 2017 Every Veda has four parts: 1) It’s core - the “saṁhita” part It’s explanatory appendixices: 2) explanations - the “brāhmaṇa” parts 3) essentializations - the “āraṇyaka” parts 4) philosophy -…
Veda Even if it’s Flawless, We’re Not. 3 Feb 20173 Feb 2017 QUESTION: Even if we accept the Vedas as a flawess source of transcendent knowledge, there still is the flaw of misinterpreting this source, because we have to use our own flawed…
Tattva-sandarbha Is the Bhāgavatam Vedic? 12 Dec 2016 The Veda itself is called śruti for two reasons. (1) It was heard (śruti), not "authored." This is why it is called apauruṣeya (unauthored). Accurate perception of reality ("knowledge" / Veda) exists intrinsically with reality itself,…
Uncategorized OK, Really, What are the Vedas? 25 Jul 201625 Jul 2016 The Veda is the beginningless information self-manifest by reality itself. It was to the first entity, Brahmā, that Viṣṇu first revealed full access to it. Brahmā then verbalized it to…
Brahman… The Real Subject of Gayatri 5 Jul 20165 Jul 2016 What is a "Gāyatrī"? The Veda is mostly poetry, meant to be sung. Chandaḥ — the metrics of poetic rhythm — is therefore one of the six essential…
Pṛthu When Things Just Don’t Go Right… Leaders Blame You 24 Jun 20152 Aug 2015 ŚB 4.13.25 ~ 34 Aṅga was indeed a great philosopher-king, but when he undertook an elaborate horse sacrifice, the gods would not attend no matter how the learned priests tried…
Uncategorized Do the Vedas Evolve over Time? 20 Jun 201520 Jun 2015 In modern academic scholarship, almost every interpretation of anything relating to the classical and ancient history of India is based on the assumption that the culture - encapsulated in their…