This image made me think.
This image made me think. Though it maybe making fun of a particular religion, aren't we also doing the same when it comes to rituals?
When it comes to anything we follow we hardly employ reasoning.
You know the chanting of a mantra is quite important. Slight changes in tone, tempo or enunciation can dramatically...
You know the chanting of a mantra is quite important. Slight changes in tone, tempo or enunciation can dramatically change a mantra. It is important to chant as specifically stated in the Vedic texts and traditions of India.
It's up to each of us to be sincere and show integrity.
ReplyDeleteRead the frog hymn of Rig Veda.
ReplyDeleteTruly great sarcasm against Vedic "mutterers" in Veda itself!!!
KIRON KRISHNANcan you share please
ReplyDeleteOk.
ReplyDeleteThere were some mistakes in what I typed, sorry about that. Have corrected them.
ReplyDeleteI feel this is the case in all religions. Like we believe the puranaas. Swamy dayanada saraswathi says that puranaas are written in the recent times probably A 1000 years ago and named them as if written by Vyasa maharshi. Swamy makes fun of puranaas in his book "sathyaartha Prakaasha "
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ReplyDeleteI am glad that there is at least one who understands what are Puranas.
Yes, I go with Dayananda saraswati in this respect. In fact, any unbiased scholar like him can easily distinguish between Puranas and Vedas... Its only these modern "Hindu" fuelled scholars who try to merge all the things together, and confuse the poor ignorant people.
GopalaKrishna pv Does Swamy dayananda provide any evidence for his claim? Here is some evidence from śruti contradicting it:
ReplyDeletercah samani chandamsi puranam yajusa saha
ucchistaj-jajnire sarve divi deva divi-sritah
"The Rg, Sama, Yajur and Atharva became manifest from the Lord, along with the Puranas and all the Devas residing in the heavens." (Atharva Veda 11.7.24)
sa brhatim disam anu vyacalat tam itihasas ca puranam ca gathas ca itihasasya ca sa vai puranasya ca gathanam ca narasamsinam ca priyam dhama bhavati ya evam veda
"He approached the brhati meter, and thus the Itihasas, Puranas, Gathas and Narasamsis became favorable to him. One who knows this verily becomes the beloved abode of the Itihasas, Puranas, Gathas and Narasamsis." (Atharva Veda 15.6.10–12)
evam ime sarva veda nirmitah sa-kalpah sa-rahasyah sa-brahmanah sopanisatkah setihasah sanvakhyatah sa-puranan
"In this way, all the Vedas were manifested along with the Kalpas, Rahasyas, Brahmanas, Upanisads, Itihasas, Anvakhyatas and the Puranas." (Gopatha Brahmana, purva 2.10)
nama va rg-vedo yajur-vedah sama-veda atharvanas caturtha itihasa-puranah pancamo vedanam vedah
"Indeed, Rg, Yajur, Sama and Atharva are the names of the four Vedas. The Itihasas and Puranas are the fifth Veda." (Kauthumiya Chandogya Upanisad 7.1.4)
asya mahato bhutasya nihsvasitam etad yad rg-vedo yajur-vedah sama
vedo’tharvangirasa itihasah puranam ityadina
"O Maitreya, the Rg, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas as well as the Itihasas and the Puranas all manifest from the breathing of the Lord." (Madhyandina-sruti, Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad 2.4.10)