#Ancient Culture ( Samskaram ) of Bharatham-4.11. : Swami Krishnananda.
---------------------------------------------------------------- # OPINION : Monday, November 09, 2020. 7:34. AM. - 2299.. #Chapter- 4.The Fourfold Aim of Existence and How to Achieve It-11. ------------------------------------------------------- You have also to pay your gratitude to the rishis who handed over through a succession of Gurus and disciples the knowledge which you have gained. The study of the Veda, the study of the Upanishads or any scripture has been made possible to us because of the hierarchy of the knowledge that has come down to us through a lineage of Guru and disciple from rishis who are the originators of these scriptures. Therefore, the study of the scriptures is a daily ritual of the grihastha, by which he discharges the debt to the rishis. It is called brahma yajna. -------------------------------- The ancestors who are no more here, who have gone to the other world, also expect a recompense from us for all the good they have done to us...