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@SanjeevSanskrit Great insights! Like this argument. I agree Vedas, being apaurusheya & nitya, canโt contain historyโtimeless principles, not events. Names like Indra, Saraswati, or Kashyapa are placeholders, symbolic principles, not historical figures, recurring in each creation with new souls.
After detailed review of all Veda Samhitas, my stand is as follows:
1. Vedas do not contain history.
2. Words in Vedas are conceptual, not proper nouns.
3. Later people named places and persons after Vedic terms.
4. There is no sound basis to claim sequencing of the four Vedas. They look co-emergent.
5. Vedic Sanskrit breaks the foundations of the pseudo science called modern linguistics. The language is far more conceptual, layered and preserved than any known language. A hum-bum-dum origin of language cannot explain how such a complex system emerged and later all other languages merely simplify it.
6. Any language capable of high abstraction can be derived from Vedic models. This includes Hindi, English , German, French, Greek, Latin. Veda is the parent.
7. Aryan Invasion, Proto language and such theories are colonial ego constructs to avoid accepting Vedic civilization as source. No primary evidence whatsoever.
8. Vedas are the oldest coherent texts, meticulously preserved. Everything else is conjecture.
9. Unbiased position today is simple: Veda Samhitas are the source layer of language and culture. They do not record history and we do not have a dating for their codification.
10. Vedas are the most powerful cognitive engineering text known. Every word, prefix, suffix, order carries compressed, multidimensional themes. There is no parallel.
Conclusion: our approach to Vedas, to Hindu civilization, and therefore to world civilization needs a drastic relook. Veda is the source, not a derivative. ๐ฑ
This is a good science backed research paper to read for those constantly complaining about India. You will have cognitive decline in your old age! Beware.
At least think of something positive when you have something to complain about, to even it out.
There are so many positives about India, and they are happening everyday to be ppreciated, even if you don't want to acknowledge it publicly for political reasons.
MEDITATION IN HINDUISM VERSUS CONVERSION BASED BELIEFS
Dhyana/meditation is a key practice in Sanatana Dharma leading us to Samadhi. Not found in conversion based religions based on belief. Meditation require we question all beliefs until we know the Knower.
We urgently need two Nobel Prizes: one for Trump for "stopping" numerous wars, another for the Nobel Committee for preventing Trump from further destabilizing the world.
Gurugram | Donโt walk your dog if you canโt control it. And if you must, at least muzzle it in public places. Thatโs the bare minimum anyone expects from a responsible dog owner.
Sadly, โresponsible dog ownerโ has become a rare breed these days. Most are just entitled, arrogant types who refuse to follow basic rules, and when confronted, they hide behind the animal and brand anyone who points out their irresponsibility as a โdog hater."
The first Yogi was Shiva.
Yoga is mentioned all throughout the Vedic scriptures.
The author of the Yoga Sutras is Hindu sage Patanjali.
There is no such thing as Christian yoga. There is no such thing as Muslim yoga. There is no such thing as new age yoga. Yoga is Dharmic. You cannot separate yoga from Sanatana Dharma.
There is no mention of Yoga in the Quran. There is no mention of Yoga in the Bible. But Yoga is mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita.
Yoga is our heritage and we should be proud of that. Yoga, Gita, and Ayurveda are for all but they are Dharmic. People saying that yoga doesn't belong to any religion is the reason why some Christians have created Christian yoga, and some people have made beer yoga and dog yoga. Yoga and Sanatana Dharma are one!
If people can call the Caste system "The Hindu caste system" then I'm going to start calling Yoga as "Hindu Yoga." If the leftists, the west, and the media can associate anything bad in India with Hinduism, then I will associate anything good with Hinduism.
Happy International Hindu Yoga Day!
How did India nurture a modern liberal democracy when every other postcolonial state failed? In my new book "Dharma Democracy" I attribute it to the structure of Hindu civil society. https://t.co/AJZeVS020D
India achieved what it set out to do after #PahalgamAttack with minimal use of its defense. Few days ago, I saw a cyber attacker posting massive data of adversaries. Time to use our top indefatigable #spamforce of #axisbank, #hdfcbank etc. to bring the enemy to it knees.