Learning from Vedas - Backup

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Originally shared by RamBhakt Hanuman The #Vedas are the #holy #books of the #Hindus , much revered for being the fount of all #knowledge . This video gives a brief introduction to these mystic texts . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcrZr6aNHfw

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ83joYJYmWTgaF8DkmxG7i1scmhYhXjh There are 8 video's in the "Basics" section of Indian culture - the link above. This section is very generic but informative There are 6 more videos in the "Beyond Basics" section of Indian culture - the link below. This section is on our Vedas and Shasra https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ83joYJYmWQWtst7f1NEG7hdoyJyPbGy All lectures are by Shatavadhani Dr. R.Ganesh, a very well learned person on Veda, Vedanta, Sahitya and also Science. He was one of the guest faculty during my M.Phil (Shastra) days. Enormous breath and depth in Sanskrit and shastras. Without cluttering and also with clarity he gives a gist of Bharatiya Sanskriti in these 14 videos. #sanskrit   #sanskriti   #vedas   #yoga   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ83joYJYmWTgaF8DkmxG7i1scmhYhXjh

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/finding-links-between-sastras-and-science/article6862159.ece Earlier I have posted my Acharyavarya's talk on Veda. Now I am happy to post his son's interview Sriman. Dr. K. Ramasubramaniyan (Prof., IIT Mumbai). He is a Vedic sholar and also an astrophysicist and a mathametican - that too Indian traditional one #sanskrit   #shastra   #vedas   #mathematics   http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/finding-links-between-sastras-and-science/article6862159.ece

Purana - Pura (old) api (also) Navam (new) - 3 things are witnessed by Acharyas with respect to Purana 1. Recensions (versions) 2. Interpolations (some sloka or parts are added) 3. Continuously updated - Bhavishyat Purana was even updated till 1000 years back Purana like Bhagavata, Vishnu, Agni, Vayu, Shiva, Skaanda are very old and Purana like Bhavishyat are new. These are based on the updations and not on when they were started. Staring time of Purana can't be established as Purana is very old and also new. It is not Itihasa [iti - like this, iha - here (or ha - indeed), aasa - happened] means history. This is the reason why Purana is not taken as a Pramana (evidence) in our shastra /jnana parampara. What are the Pramana(s): Veda or Shruti  - All Aastika shastra traditions accept shruti pramana.  In the past one is considered as Aastika only if that person accepts Vedas as Pramana. Now Aastika means a God believer - this is actually wrong notion. 1. Pratyaksha (Sensory perception...

शासनात् त्राणात् शास्त्रम् । That which controls us from pitfalls, through educating us about the universal rules and as a result protects us is shastra - this is Vyakarana definition of shastra. The tattva definition of shastra is चतुर्वर्गफलप्रदायकं शास्त्रम् उच्यते - that which gives us the fruit of chaturvarga. Chaturvarga means Dharma-Artha-Kaama-Moksha. Shastra gives us regulated methods of fulfilling our Kaama (desires) through Artha (Means) with Dharma (Meta Rules based on Universal Order) as the foundation and ultimately attain Moksha or Yoga (Liberation) not just through one but multiple paths. How to use a particular path for Moksha is the subject of Shastra. One can choose a path that is most suitable based on one's disposition. The path of Karma, Saankhya, Music, Performing arts, and even Vaak (speech) etc. can be used for this. Shastra gives a methodical step by step path from Dharma first and to finally Yoga or Moksha ultimately. Paatanjala Ashtanga yoga of Bhagavan ...

What is called as Pantheism in philosophy became popular in Europe during the 17th Century C.E during the Renaissance and after serious studies of Vedanta by Europeans. This theory is taken further by Einstein and subsequently by the Quantum Physics people - as Bio-entanglement physics. This particular thing is originally is the Vedas. The Veda maha vakyam "sarvam khalvidam brahma" - सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्मम । In the Ishavaasyopanishad also the first Mantra starts as "Ishavaasyamidam sarvam..." ईशावास्यमिदं सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत् । This is an important and advanced state in spirituality. This state can't be explained as the Yogi sees everything is connected with each other and ultimately all together as one - like a vishvaroopadarshan. This is actually the other side of Monism - particularly witnessable in the physical universe. In Organized Religions are against this universal truth and willfully lead people away from this. Our ideas of multiple gods, Vegetar...

Mantra drshTaa:- Is it possible to see the words. Yes. Babies see colors when they hear some sounds. Autistic people can see colors and shapes when they hear sound as well as hear sounds when they see patterns. Oscilloscopes can convert sounds to visual patterns. At some level, energy level of both light and sound has similar qualities. There is in reality a very small spectrum which is only visible or audible by us in this energy soup - rest all are incomprehensible. The moment we use our sensory organ then it can be constituted as we are trying to interpret a portion of that energy - but what can be interpreted by our sensory organs is actually very limited. Even though we, dogs, bats, bees and owls live in the same world - the world that we see is different that of a dog or a bat or a bee etc. So where are the limitations? - not in our sensory organs - but in our false understanding that with these limited sensory organs we can comprehend the ultimate. Sensory organs' purpose is...

Some concepts that we need to understand before we embark on the study of Vedas. Vivakshaa:- speaker's intention. Normally in communications we try to understand the speaker's intention - this gets communicated through verbal as well as non-verbal means. Thus through the non-verbal part - tone, gesture, body movements, etc. we could understand the verbal part. This is possible if both the listener and the speaker are present in the same time or place or else there is a video recording of the communication. Now if the speaker has no other intention other than just the communication of a natural /supernatural phenomenon - meaning there is nothing extra, not even a tiny bit of interpretation by the speaker, then the message itself is the truth. (Imagine watching a cricket match without any commentary and that too the video comes only from the stump vision camera, no replay etc.). The Vedic Rishis have just recorded what they have seen in their deep meditation. There is no Vivaksha...

http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/she-baba/2009/04/23/the-loneliest-job-in-the-world/ Please read the news item in your leisure time and contemplate... as to what we can do to preserve this tradition - the very purpose of this community in Google+ #vedas   #hinduism   #dharma   http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/she-baba/2009/04/23/the-loneliest-job-in-the-world/#.VGQgYN1NHo4.linkedin

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