Why Knowledge of Vedas?

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The Vedas are the ‘ãpta vachana’. The Vedas have come

from Bhagavãn. What does ‘Vedas’ mean? ‘arivu’

(knowledge)! A person’s capability (‘arivu’) to sing

is known only on his singing and not prior to it.

Someone possesses the ability to discourse; another

possesses scientific knowledge and so on. Every person

has some ‘arivu’ or the other. It is in them but known

by us only when exhibited. If there is one who has all

the ‘arivu’ (knowledge), in totality, it is none other

than the Vedas. And where is this ‘arivu’? In

Bhagavãn! Vedas means ‘arivu’/‘jnãna’! The Mahan’s

jnãna is known as the Vedas. ‘Arivu’ cannot stand

apart from the person. Can we say that we would accept

only the music and not the person from whom it comes?

‘Shakti’ (Power) co-exists in a ‘Shakitmãn’.

Similarly, the Vedas is part of Bhagavãn and not apart

from Him. It cannot exist without Him. It is not

different from Bhagavãn. A deed carried out by us

should have ‘pramãna’ (confirmation) in the Shastras.

Otherwise, no ‘phala’ is obtained by carrying out such

deeds. Mahans will never accept anything that has not

been spoken by the Vedas. If you are performing

Nãmasankirtan, it should have a ‘pramãna’ in the

Shastras. If you wear ‘gopi chandana’ on your

forehead, there should be a ‘pramãna’ for this in the

Shastras. The deeds of certain religions do not have

any ‘pramãna’ in the Shastras. Therefore, these deeds

will not lead a person to the higher state. A religion

born out of the ‘yukti’ (intellect) of a man might

prescribe certain rites raised out of his own

imagination. The followers of such religions may

consider the words of their Guru (the founder of their

religion) as verily the right one. But, Mahans do not

accept this. It may say by lying in the hot sun you

are cleansed of your karmas and ‘pãpãs’ (sins). It may

create awe in the minds of onlookers but such acts do

not erase out the karmas. This is because the Shastras

do not advocate such deeds.

Our ancestors were great intellects as against our

view that they were uncivilized! They have advised on

all aspects of life right from hygiene - we should

bathe daily, should not eat from other’s plate, should

not unnecessarily touch others, sweep and mop the

house daily, draw kolam at the door, advised against

marriage between close relatives, etc. - is any of

these in contradiction to modern science? Visitors

were not permitted to touch newborn babes – doctors

advise the same to avoid infection, as the infants do

not have resistance power. On return from a house of

death, we are advised to bathe - science also speaks

of infection from a house of death. It is only said

for the average man to understand. For example, in

Bhopal the place where a ‘homam’ was performed was not

affected by the leakage of poisonous gas. But, this

does not mean that the ‘homam’ was performed with this

end in mind. Our ancestors have thus given us enough

instructions on all aspects viz. learning, art,

behaviour, etc. Likewise, while we have the Vedas that

codifies the conduct of our lives there is no need to

invent a new code of conduct through establishment of

new religions.” No tapas is required to carry out a

work that is linked to ‘prakriti’ (worldly life).

Tapas is required for spreading any spiritual

activity. No tapas is required to spread religious

fundamentalism or atheism as they are not opposed to

but go along with ‘swabhãva’ (nature of man). But, in

the execution of a spiritual activity (that is

opposing to man’s involvement in worldly life) schemes

alone will not suffice. Schemes along with tapas are

required. And tapas is whatever spiritual path one

follows – nãma japa, ãtma vichãra, etc. In Nãma japa

it should be a Maha Mantra. If one performs japa of

Kubera mantra, that bestows worldly comforts, one

cannot carry out any great spiritual mission in the

world. Only the one who does ‘upãsana’ (worship) of a

God who is ‘Brahma swaroopa’ can achieve great

spiritual feats. There are mantras for curing

diseases, cure of a scorpion sting etc. But, by doing

crores of japa (‘ãvarti’) of such mantras one cannot

say that he would foster the Vedas (‘Veda

samrakshana’)! ‘Kãmyãrta mantra’ (worldly ends) can

bring in only worldly ‘phala’ (fruit).”

 

People say that they are in dhyana. But, what is the

fact? In Dhyana all your senses should subside in the

‘manas’. As long as you hear the sound from outside,

feel any movement around you, it is not dhyana. You

are only applying effort to do dhyana. You cannot say

that you are in dhyana. Let us say that your mother

has instructed you to make tea. You have just placed

the kettle on the stove. A friend steps in and asks

you, “What are you doing?” You reply, “Preparing tea”.

Only the first step in tea preparation has been taken.

Yet, you claim to be in the process. Similarly, you

have just exerted some effort to do dhyana but when

asked you say that you are doing dhyana! Thus, the

state between doing dhyana and remaining without it,

is the state of effort towards reaching the state of

dhyana. As long as our mind is in world related

activities, we do not know anything about dhyana. We

may visit temples on the instruction of our parents.

We may pray to the Lord to help us do well in studies,

etc. as taught by our parents. We may also know about

Sankara having established Advaita. But, we do not

have any higher knowledge. Others may label us as

‘good’ as we visit the temple daily! We may wear the

religious mark on our forehead, etc. All these are

very ordinary matters. These have absolutely no place

where real bhakti is concerned!”

 

An ordinary man does not practice any dhyana. This is

the position of an ordinary man. Before coming to this

Satsanga how was a person’s ‘manas’ (mind)? He was not

even bothered to know its state! He did not even think

on such lines as, “Do I have a ‘manas’? How does it

work?” This is the state of a common man who does no

dhyana. When one begins to do dhyana, he begins to

watch his ‘manas’. The first thing that is realized on

interrogation is the restlessness of the ‘manas’

(‘mano vega’). He realizes his incapability when he is

unable to bring the ‘manas’ under control. He is then

in an inner struggle taking all kinds of vows! But,

his ‘indriyas’ pull him against keeping up his

‘sankalpa’ (vow). Who would win? The ‘indriyas’ win in

the case of a person who has no ‘mano bhala’ (strong

mind). He should not give up but continue to fight

with the hope that he will win one day. We find a lot

of people suffering from mental disorders. This shows

Bhagavãn’s Mercy in our case. We should, therefore,not

waste even a moment of our life and turn it towards

Bhagavat matter. We know the level of our bhakti! If,

for this negligible amount of bhakti,Bhagavãn has

poured so much ‘anugraha’ (blessings) on us then what

to speak of His ‘anugraha’ if we were to be a better

person? Death can catch us at any moment.

 

 

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