GLORY OF VEDAS

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The Glory of the Vedas from Hindu DharmaThe Vedas are eternal and the

source of all creations and their greatness isto be known in many

different ways. As I have already stated, their soundproduces in our

nadis as well as in the atmosphere vibrations that aresalutary not

only to our own Self but to the entire world. Here we mustunderstand

"lokaksema" or our welfare of the world to mean the good ofmankind as

well as of all other creatures. This concern for all creationthat

finds expression in the Vedas is not shared by any other

religion."Sanno astu dvipadesancatuspade"-- this occurs in a mantra :

the Vedas prayfor the good of all creatures including bipeds,

quadrupeds etc. Even grass,shrubs, trees, mountains and the rivers

are not excluded from their benignpurview. The happy state of all

these sentient creatures and inert objectsis brought about through

the special quality of the Vedas.The noble character of their sound

apart, the Vedas are also notable for thelofty truths that find

expression in the mantras. The tenets of thesescriptures have aroused

the wonder of the people of other lands, of otherfaiths. They are

moved by the poetic beauty of the hymns, the subtle mannerin which

principles of social life are dealt with them, the metaphysicaltruths

embedded and expounded in them, and the moral instruction as well

asscientific truths contained in them.Not all mantras that create

benign vibrations are necessarily meaningful. Inthis context we have

the example of the music. The alapana of a raga(theelaboration of a

musical mode)is "pure" sound, that is it has no words, butit is still

is capable of producing emotions like joy, sorrow, etc. Duringthe

researches conducted by a university team, it was discovered that

thevibrations created by the instrumental music quickened the growth

of theplants and resulted in a higher yield. Here is a proof that the

sound hasthe power of creation. Also to be noted is the fact that the

instrumentalmusic played to the plant does not obviously have any

verbal contact--- thisestablishes that the sound has its own

power.The remarkable thing about the Vedas is that they are of

immeasurable valueas much for their sound as for their verbal

content. while the sound has itscreative power, the words are notable

for the exalted character of themeaning they convey.There are Tamil

hymns of a very high order. To read them is to be moved bythem; they

touch our hearts with their intense devotion. But we haverecourse

only to a few of them for repeated incantation to expel a poison orto

cure a disease. The authors of these hymns like Nakkirar,

Arunagirinadharand Sambandamurti have composed poems that are more

moving and beautiful.But the sound of the hymns chosen for repeated

incantation are potent likemantras. Among our Acarya's works are the

Saundaryalahari and theSivanandalahari. the recitation of each stanza

of the Saundaryalahari bringsin a specific benefit. The same is not

said about the Sivanandalahari. Thereason is the special mantrik

power(of the sound) of the former.There are mantras that are

specially valuable for their sound but areotherwise meaningless.

Similarly there are works pregnant with meaning butwith no mantrik

power. The glory of the Vedas is that they are a collectionof mantras

that are at once notable as much for the energising character oftheir

sound as for the lofty truths they proclaim. a medicine,

thoughbitter, does the body good, while some types of food, though

delicious, doharm. Are we not delighted to have something like

kusmanda-lehya which issweet to taste and is as the same time

nourishing to the body? Similarly,the Vedas serve a twofold purpose:

while they have the mantrik power to doimmense good to each one of us

and too the world, they also containteachings embodying great

metaphysical truths.It must here be emphasised that on the doctrinal

level the Vedas deal bothwith worldly life and the inner life of the

Self. They teach how to conductourselves in such a manner as to

create Atmic well-being. And their concernis not with the liberation

of the individual alone; they speak about theideals of social life

and about the duties of the public. How the Brahminought to lead his

life and how the king must rule his subjects and whatideals women are

to follow: an answer to these-stated in the form of laws-isto be found

in these scriptures. The Vedas indeed constitute the apex of

ourlaw-books.   KAMAKOTI.ORG

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, Bhattathiry <mpmahesh@a...>

wrote:

> The Glory of the Vedas from Hindu Dharma

> The Vedas are eternal and the source of all creations and their

greatness is

 

Namaste,

 

What is this cut and paste for? ONS...Tony.

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Dear unknown friend in GD

thank you for your work!

As you might know Ramana Maharshi said

"all the wisdom of many thousand books of the vedanta and hindu

culture of thousands of years is found in the one and only name of

our ALMIGHTY in the jewish bible

I AM WHO I AM

besides this name everything else is only a notice for those who have not yet realized the truth

I do appreciate your ongoing work of helping to transmit the wisdom of Vedanta

Thank you so much!

Michael from Tuscany

have a happy channukkah

the holy days of LIGHT

in the jewish religion

may the light of LOVE burn in your heart that you never feel loneliness any more

yours sincerly and with respect

Michael

>Bhattathiry

> >To:

> GLORY OF

VEDAS >Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:36:00 +0530 > >The Glory of the

Vedas from Hindu Dharma >The Vedas are eternal and the source of all

creations and their greatness is >to be known in many different ways.

As I have already stated, their sound >produces in our nadis as well

as in the atmosphere vibrations that are >salutary not only to our

own Self but to the entire world. Here we must >understand

"lokaksema" or our welfare of the world to mean the good of >mankind

as well as of all other creatures. This concern for all creation

>that finds expression in the Vedas is not shared by any other

religion. >"Sanno astu dvipadesancatuspade"-- this occurs in a mantra

: the Vedas pray >for the good of all creatures including bipeds,

quadrupeds etc. Even grass, >shrubs, trees, mountains and the rivers

are not excluded from their benign >purview. The happy state of all

these sentient creatures and inert objects >is brought about through

the special quality of the Vedas. > >The noble character of their

sound apart, the Vedas are also notable for the >lofty truths that

find expression in the mantras. The tenets of these >scriptures have

aroused the wonder of the people of other lands, of other >faiths.

They are moved by the poetic beauty of the hymns, the subtle manner

>in which principles of social life are dealt with them, the

metaphysical >truths embedded and expounded in them, and the moral

instruction as well as >scientific truths contained in them. > >Not

all mantras that create benign vibrations are necessarily meaningful.

In >this context we have the example of the music. The alapana of a

raga(the >elaboration of a musical mode)is "pure" sound, that is it

has no words, but >it is still is capable of producing emotions like

joy, sorrow, etc. During >the researches conducted by a university

team, it was discovered that the >vibrations created by the

instrumental music quickened the growth of the >plants and resulted

in a higher yield. Here is a proof that the sound has >the power of

creation. Also to be noted is the fact that the instrumental >music

played to the plant does not obviously have any verbal contact---

this >establishes that the sound has its own power. > >The remarkable

thing about the Vedas is that they are of immeasurable value >as much

for their sound as for their verbal content. while the sound has its

>creative power, the words are notable for the exalted character of

the >meaning they convey. > >There are Tamil hymns of a very high

order. To read them is to be moved by >them; they touch our hearts

with their intense devotion. But we have >recourse only to a few of

them for repeated incantation to expel a poison or >to cure a

disease. The authors of these hymns like Nakkirar, Arunagirinadhar

>and Sambandamurti have composed poems that are more moving and

beautiful. >But the sound of the hymns chosen for repeated

incantation are potent like >mantras. Among our Acarya's works are

the Saundaryalahari and the >Sivanandalahari. the recitation of each

stanza of the Saundaryalahari brings >in a specific benefit. The same

is not said about the Sivanandalahari. The >reason is the special

mantrik power(of the sound) of the former. > >There are mantras that

are specially valuable for their sound but are >otherwise

meaningless. Similarly there are works pregnant with meaning but

>with no mantrik power. The glory of the Vedas is that they are a

collection >of mantras that are at once notable as much for the

energising character of >their sound as for the lofty truths they

proclaim. a medicine, though >bitter, does the body good, while some

types of food, though delicious, do >harm. Are we not delighted to

have something like kusmanda-lehya which is >sweet to taste and is as

the same time nourishing to the body? Similarly, >the Vedas serve a

twofold purpose: while they have the mantrik power to do >immense

good to each one of us and too the world, they also contain

>teachings embodying great metaphysical truths. > >It must here be

emphasised that on the doctrinal level the Vedas deal both >with

worldly life and the inner life of the Self. They teach how to

conduct >ourselves in such a manner as to create Atmic well-being.

And their concern >is not with the liberation of the individual

alone; they speak about the >ideals of social life and about the

duties of the public. How the Brahmin >ought to lead his life and how

the king must rule his subjects and what >ideals women are to follow:

an answer to these-stated in the form of laws-is >to be found in

these scriptures. The Vedas indeed constitute the apex of our

>law-books. KAMAKOTI.ORG STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get

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