#Ancient Culture ( Samskaram ) of Bharatham-2.6 : Swami Krishnananda
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#OPINION : 24/01/2020 : 2034.
##Chapter 2: The Evolution of Culture (SAMSKARAM)-6.
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#Vice President Venkaiah Naidu addressing the gathering at the inauguration of World Conference on Vedas, in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: PIB)
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#The mystery behind the very consciousness of it being necessary to be righteous, and the mystery of the heavens, are said to be the greatest mysteries.
##The contemplation on these mysteries makes one a philosopher above the psychologist, the physicist or the sociologist.
*The physicist studies the components of matter; the sociologist studies human behaviour in society; the psychologist studies the functions of the mind. But why do they function in that manner?
*Why should physical matter behave in the manner it behaves?
*Why do people in society conduct themselves in the manner in which they behave?
*And why are you thinking in the manner you think?
*There is a way in which you think. All people think in some fundamental manner, but why should you think in that manner?
*Can there not be any other way of thinking?
*The question “why?” is the subject of philosophical studies, and “how?” is supposed to be the function of science. Science studies the how of things, and philosophy goes into the why of things.
#Science cannot tell you why the electrons move in that particular manner around a nucleus.
*They tell you how they move, but why should they behave in that manner?
*They gyrate in a manner of their own. Why should people behave in the manner they behave?
*Why should people ask for the things they ask for?
##Psychology and physics have their own limitations. Psychology is limited to subjective phenomena; physics is limited to objective phenomena. Philosophy is supposed to be a science and an art which will endeavour to lift you up above the limitations of both psychology and physics, as well as sociology.
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#The Veda Samhitas consist of records of these stalwarts of yore who lived in India several centuries back. ‘Samhita’ means a collection of hymns. Basically they are prayers offered to the gods in the heavens. Any kind of prayer is a hymn.
##The Vedas are classified into certain books known as the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda. The earliest history of mankind is found in the Rigveda Samhita, the great collection of hymns and prayers written in ecstatic metrical poetry.
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#These great Masters seem to have been great poets also. They did not just scribble down in a slipshod manner whatever they thought. It is a wonder that such metrical poems could be composed by those ancients who are said to have lived in this country some thousands of years ago. The metre of the Samhitas is a wonder. A metre is a set formula according to which words are arranged in rhythm and in a given manner.
#This Rigveda Samhita particularly is a great wonder to linguists and historians. Even the number of the letters of the Samhita has been counted. About ten thousand hymns are in the Rigveda Samhita, and the total number of words in the whole book is counted, and that number has not varied right from the ancient times of its origin till today. In those days there was no writing on paper. Knowledge was communicated from the mouth of the Guru to the ear of the disciple. The whole Veda was committed to memory. For centuries the Veda Samhita was preserved through memory only, and not by printed book or written script.
##So you can imagine such a huge tome being kept in memory for centuries. Even today in India we have some Vedic masters, though their number is diminishing gradually almost to extinction. Especially in southern India we have got some pundits who can recite the entire Veda by heart. They may be half a dozen, but still they are there.
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#What Vedas Say About The Holiness And Sacredness Of Cow
JAY HIND
JAY BHARATHAM
VANDHE MATHARAM
BHARAT MATHA KI JAY.
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#OPINION : 24/01/2020 : 2034.
##Chapter 2: The Evolution of Culture (SAMSKARAM)-6.
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##The contemplation on these mysteries makes one a philosopher above the psychologist, the physicist or the sociologist.
*The physicist studies the components of matter; the sociologist studies human behaviour in society; the psychologist studies the functions of the mind. But why do they function in that manner?
*Why should physical matter behave in the manner it behaves?
*Why do people in society conduct themselves in the manner in which they behave?
*And why are you thinking in the manner you think?
*There is a way in which you think. All people think in some fundamental manner, but why should you think in that manner?
*Can there not be any other way of thinking?
*The question “why?” is the subject of philosophical studies, and “how?” is supposed to be the function of science. Science studies the how of things, and philosophy goes into the why of things.
#Science cannot tell you why the electrons move in that particular manner around a nucleus.
*They tell you how they move, but why should they behave in that manner?
*They gyrate in a manner of their own. Why should people behave in the manner they behave?
*Why should people ask for the things they ask for?
##Psychology and physics have their own limitations. Psychology is limited to subjective phenomena; physics is limited to objective phenomena. Philosophy is supposed to be a science and an art which will endeavour to lift you up above the limitations of both psychology and physics, as well as sociology.
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2.
#The Veda Samhitas consist of records of these stalwarts of yore who lived in India several centuries back. ‘Samhita’ means a collection of hymns. Basically they are prayers offered to the gods in the heavens. Any kind of prayer is a hymn.
##The Vedas are classified into certain books known as the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda. The earliest history of mankind is found in the Rigveda Samhita, the great collection of hymns and prayers written in ecstatic metrical poetry.
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3.
#These great Masters seem to have been great poets also. They did not just scribble down in a slipshod manner whatever they thought. It is a wonder that such metrical poems could be composed by those ancients who are said to have lived in this country some thousands of years ago. The metre of the Samhitas is a wonder. A metre is a set formula according to which words are arranged in rhythm and in a given manner.
#This Rigveda Samhita particularly is a great wonder to linguists and historians. Even the number of the letters of the Samhita has been counted. About ten thousand hymns are in the Rigveda Samhita, and the total number of words in the whole book is counted, and that number has not varied right from the ancient times of its origin till today. In those days there was no writing on paper. Knowledge was communicated from the mouth of the Guru to the ear of the disciple. The whole Veda was committed to memory. For centuries the Veda Samhita was preserved through memory only, and not by printed book or written script.
##So you can imagine such a huge tome being kept in memory for centuries. Even today in India we have some Vedic masters, though their number is diminishing gradually almost to extinction. Especially in southern India we have got some pundits who can recite the entire Veda by heart. They may be half a dozen, but still they are there.
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JAY BHARATHAM
VANDHE MATHARAM
BHARAT MATHA KI JAY.
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