Vedic definition of atheism

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>I think Prabhupada said that anyone who doesn't believe into existence of

>spirit soul is an atheist. It's probably from BG.

 

That's a very interesting definition. It's very different from the

etymological meaning om "atheist," but still perfect, because if you reject

the soul you reject the Vedas. I can see on the Vedabase, that Prabhupada

also says that if you don't believe in the soul you can't understand God -

which makes you an atheist.

 

Here is a nice quote from Prabhupada:

 

"According to the Vedic line of thought, anyone who does not accept the

authority of Vedas, he is called atheist." [720917SB.LA]