Hindu article-Vedas play crucial role

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Vedas play crucial role

 

 

CHENNAI, MAY 13. Given the opportunity most people

would like to raise questions about the deeper meaning

of existence. Anyone interested in spiritual

advancement will seek to know the purpose of life.

Youngsters, in particular, are wont to ask questions

such as ``Why should I? Why should one do a particular

thing in a specific manner only?'' Often such queries

are expressions of a logical consistency in seeking to

know the ultimate truth.

 

In a discourse, Swami Paramananda Bharathi said that

human beings should all not just eat, sleep but lead a

purposeful life. The craving for material things ought

to be reversed. Instead, one should strive towards

liberation. The starting point is to know what to do

with one's life. One may ask about the reason for

creation? An oft-repeated question is ``How do we know

God created everything?" God is responsible for

creating all that for which we are not responsible.

The Vedas are the greatest science and contain all the

answers that a seeker needs. The Vedas play the two

most crucial roles that are necessary for humanity —

what we should know and what we should do. Despite

their vastness and depth, the Vedas are without

contradictions of any kind whatsoever. If we follow

the injunctions enshrined in them, life will be

beautiful. It is not always easy to do so, though. For

example, Ravana was well-versed in the Vedas and a

pious man too, yet given to untold cruelty which goes

against the tenets of the teachings. Demons have

dogged mankind from time immemorial and the earliest

examples are ogres who actively sought to disrupt

yagnas. Then there is the strain of apathy which

infects those who do not fall into either of these

categories. Scholars say that a feeling of ennui

affected people even thousands of years ago, at the

time of the Mahabharatha. However, religion is a

matter of opinion, and often after a period of impasse

a surging pride acts as a force of rejuvenation of

matters spiritual. According to a scholar, the Vedas

have survived for millennia because the Saptha Rishis

remember them through each creation. They are genetic

to our land, and will continue to wield the correct

influence on the seekers.

 

What are the ways in which one can lead a meaningful

life? It is enough if one were to start small, like

learning short verses and reciting them with diligence

and faith. For, God's grace and man's effort are the

two wheels which work in tandem in one's spiritual

journey.

 

copy right: The Hindu-daily

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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