[vedic-culture] Duplicate Posting/Vedic Culture is Living Culture

[Guest guest]

Some people suggest that in order for the Vedic view of history and science to

be accepted, we must remove religion and politics from the equation. However,

this view lacks logic and credibility due to the fact that Vedic culture is a

living culture. If one ignores the religion or politics of ancient Egypt,

Sumeria, Mexico etc. during research of these ancient cultures, it would be

extremely difficult, if not impossible, to arrive at an accurate understanding

of these cultures. Politics and Religion are symptoms of an active, thriving

culture. They decide the day to day turn of events and are what history is made

of. Because India's Vedic culture is an existing phenomenon, the idea of

separating the political and religious aspects of the culture, in order to

promote accurate research of the culture, shows a complete lack of logic. When

we talk about other ancient cultures, such as Egypts, we are talking about a

culture and civilization that is basically no longer existing. In such a case,

it makes sense to present the culture in a detatched way, and present ancient

Egyptian's politics or religion, as past historical events, with little or no

bearing on present day reality. However this method, when applied to Vedic

historical research, completely fails in presenting the correct understanding of

the ancient Vedic record. This is one reason why Western academia has failed so

miserably in its attempts at presenting India's history. The same rules that

scholars use to study extinct cultures can not and should not be applied to the

study of living cultures. This truth is self evident as soon as anyone with a

little background in Vedic studies is exposed to the current mainstream views on

India's Vedic culture. These views are so blatantly biased and incorrect, that

it becomes impossible to accept any of their theories, on any culture. In other

words, if they are wrong about a present day living culture, then one can only

imagine how far off the mark they are about long extinct cultures and

civilizations. Namaste

 

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