#Ancient Culture ( Samskaram ) of Bharatham-4.1 : Swami Krishnananda.

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#OPINION : 09/05/2020 : 2153.

SRI GAUDAPADACHARYA PARAMA GURU OF SRI ADI SANKARACHARYA

#Chapter- 4.The Fourfold Aim of Existence and How to Achieve It.

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#We bestowed sufficient thought on the foundations of Indian culture, which are the Vedas. By observing also that the Vedas are not merely a scripture of religion in the sense of an aspiration for a god above the world, we had occasion to go into the different aspects of the meaning of the Veda Samhitas. 

##They are inclusive of at least five aspects of life. It is religion, of course, because the mantras of the Vedas are addressed to gods or divinities above the physical world. But the Veda mantras are also connected with this world, not merely with the other world. 

###They are not merely connected with "Adhidaiva," or divinities in heaven, but are also connected with "Adhibhuta," the actual physical world in which we live. 

###The mantras of the Vedas are also connected with the soul of the human being. They are "Adhyatma," and in that sense they are also psychology and spirituality. 

###They are also "Adhiyajna"  because they give us information about the method of conducting ourselves in actual performance and action in the world. 

*The way in which we have to conduct ourselves in relation to other people in the world, in relation to the physical world outside us, in relation to the Creator Himself, in relation to our own selves, in relation to everything, for the matter of that, is called dharma or law. 

#This also is laid down in the Veda Samhitas. So they are also "Adhi dharma."

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#The meaning of the Vedas is, therefore, so profound and inclusive that the Vedas cannot be studied merely from one point of view, from the linguistic or grammatical point of view, which is generally the way in which modern scholars study them. 

#The meaning of the Veda is fivefold, a hundredfold, a millionfold. That is to say, it is inclusive of every phase of life. 

##Therefore, it is considered as the foundation of the culture of the people of this country. To say, therefore, that the culture of India is only religious is to say very little. 

###Sufficient thought is bestowed by the culture of India on all aspects of life, which is highlighted by the inclusion of these phases "Adhidaiva, Adhyatma, Adhibhuta, Adhiyajna and Adhidharma."

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#Vast are the Vedas, and difficult is their meaning. In order to make the Vedas a little easier to understand, we noted that the Smritis came up. 

##Smritis are codes of ethics and law. They are eighteen in number, and three of them are considered as very important : "Manusmriti, Yajnavalkya Smriti and Parashara Smriti."

##Manu Smriti is very strict in its ordinances. 

"A little easier regulation is laid down by Yajnavalkya Smriti, and Parashara Smriti is considered as the only one that is suitable for Kali Yuga, this age where the will of people is weak and the mind is not so strong as it was in the earlier ages of Krita, Treta and Dvapara."

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To be continued ...

SWAMI KRISHNANANDA
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JAI HIND
JAI BHARATHAM
VANDHE MATHARAM
BHARAT MATHA KI JAI.

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