In hindu vedic religion there is only one supreme god which exist at two different levels of reality. The first manifestation of god is the hand that rocks the cradle. Vedas as peruns vedas santees in russia ramanis blog. Through the great messengers and teachings of the past, this ongoing revelation. Wellobserving other schools, hinduism can also be atheistic, deistic, or even nihilistic. For one thing, since god is the uncreated creator, then he must exist necessarily. Peruns vedas santees are meant only as vedas in narrow sense books of knowledge or peruns wisdom books, consisting of nine books, dictated by our first ancestor, the god perun, to our far ancestors while their third arrival to the earth on the spaceship waitman, in 38 004 b. It is the oldest book in any indoeuropean language and contains the earliest form of all sanskrit. Faith in the vedas has been lost due to its nature of animal sacrifice including cows for sins yes hindus cows were already sacrificed by your one and only holy scripture. There is a big difference between our religion, the vedic mata, and other faiths. Each veda has been subclassified into four major text types the.
Hindus believe that the vedas texts are of divine origin and the term sruti what is heard refers to this. Hinduism does not just have one sacred book but several scriptures. About the only real issue is whether or not a belief system recognizes the vedas as sacred. The book, studies the scriptures dear to adherents of hinduism, buddhism, judaism, christianity and islam, besides other religions and beliefs, and tries to understand the one and only one divine. Vedas are considered the most sacred of all the hindu scriptures. Mar 01, 2006 the book is divided into 4 sections, each describing one veda. Indra, the god of lightning and storms, and agni, the god of fi. Vedas, upanishads, the epic sagas of ramayan and mahabhart are the part of indian literary heritage. Religions like christianity and islam speak of one god. Hindus, according to vedas you should worship only one god. The book is divided into 4 sections, each describing one veda.
It is also the one considered most sacred by the hindus. The vedas word of sanskrit origin, translating to knowledge, as the records point out to be originated in the indian subcontinent and its origin dates back to 1600 bc. Eminent historian francis gautier posted on his face book profile that unlike other religions, hinduism refuses to sanction the monopoly of one. Amongst the various upanishads one of the upanishads is named as allo upanishad in which god is referred to as allah several times. Hinduism is the worlds third most popular religion, with around 900 million followers. The philosophical maxims of vedic literature have stood the test of time, and the vedas form the highest religious authority for all aspects. The scriptures and law books smritis do provide guidelines and suggest methods of worship but whether to follow them or not is purely an individual choice. Dont know where you find that the vedas say god is bodyless or have no images. God is mentioned as ila allah is the following places. The four vedas origin and brief description of 4 vedas. The rishi is only a medium or an agent to transmit to people the intuitional experiences that he received. They were meant to be mantras incantations in praise of various aryan gods, it being the age when the aryans were finding their feet in india. Jun 17, 20 vedas reveals one god but hinduism filled with 33crores of gods vedas reveals god as spirit atman or brahman and no form whereas hinduism worship god in the form of various nonvedic idols of.
Holy vedas declare that god alone is the unchallenged lord of the whole creation. The sections have very lucid, readable, modern english summary translations of the original text. Hinduism is a religion muslims can never understand. The vedas too proclaim that there is but one god and that even an ordinary mortal is to be identified with him. Indeed, the vedas compare him to other living entities of the universe and say that he is the protector of dharma, he puts you in different bodies based on your karma. Hindu dharma, a book containing translation of speeches.
In trying to understand that there is only one god and what the nature of that god is and what the nature of his scriptures must be then we must go back to dr naik. Madhva says that in the beginning there was only one god and that was narayana or vishnu and refused. For others, there is this book, a golden treasury of the holy vedas, selected and translated by one of the authorities on sanskrit and hinduism. God is only one proved by hindu holy books common concept of god in hinduism.
Here begins the next chapter in the progressive revelation of gods presence and will for humanity. Jan 30, 2020 the vedas are classified into four volumes. If you read vedas and you read corrupted version ofmanusmriti you will realise that there are very evident differences between the two as you see vedas strictly believe there is only one god and idol worship is not allowed while corrupted version ofmanusmriti mentions several gods again and again. The vedas, vedas in india, four veda, rig veda, sama veda. The one god book only one god the new message from god. The vedas are a collection of religious texts that form the foundation of hindu theology. Hindus actually only believe in one god, brahman, the eternal origin who is the. The one imperishable and ancient being was no more a god of remote heights, secret teachings and elite classes, but a popular and personal god of infinite power, love and compassion, eager to help his aspiring devotees in numerous forms and willing to perform miracles if necessary. There is no original sanskrit, only english translation, and that too a summary or excerpt since the orginal vedas are very long. The concept of god in hinduism 1 common concept of god in hinduism. Sacred books of the east, volume 1 the upanishads part i page 93. But this recognition was attained only after a considerable lapse of time, and after the period of the rigveda.
The bible doesnt directly tell us the reason that god exists, but it does say that god is infinite, eternal, and sovereign. Santies perun vedas book of wisdom of perun is one of the most ancient slavicaryan sacred legends, saved by sageskeepers of ancient russian yngliistical church hereinafter referred to as aryc. But it contains the finest essence of the vedas and the lucid language and the articulate translation mesmerizes your soul, deeply touching it with its sublime countenance. There is no original sanskrit, only english translation, and that too a summary or. The element of nature worship is a marked feature in most of the hymns, with are.
In vedas it is mentioned that there is only one god who is body less. The concept of god in hinduism varies in its diverse traditions. Several different versions of the sama veda and the atharva veda are known, and many different versions of the yajur veda have been found in different parts of south asia. There are four vedas, known as the rig veda, the yajur veda, the sama veda and the atharva veda. Many years ago, the vedas were referred to as trayi or three. Vedas cater to various people in different stations of life. But these gods become false as soon as one turns the pages of the vedas and learns the vedic concept of god. Jun 23, 2012 wellobserving other schools, hinduism can also be atheistic, deistic, or even nihilistic.
Book xx, consisting entirely of hymns in praise of indra, all taken from the rigveda, was undoubtedly added to give the atharvas connection with the sacrificial ceremonial and thus to insure its recognition as a canonical book. Charles coleman acknowledges in his book theophany of the hindus, the oneness of god as revealed in holy vedas as under. References to one indivisible and mysterious god are found in the rigveda itself. The rigveda states in book 1, hymn 164 and verse 46. All the deities which hindus worship are different forms of one god. Thus, approximately 500 hymns are addressed to two gods alone. That one exists on its own, and the existence of cause cannot be said to be an existence since there is time. In this book an attempt has been made to bring together representative hymns which encompass all the aspects enshrined in the vedas. The contents of the vedas are ancient, the written books are not. With such diversity included under the title hindu, one may wonder what makes them hindu in the first place.
Oct 21, 1994 the root is vid, to know the vedas are thus texts that provide knowledge. Vedas doesnt prohibit hindus from anything youve mentioned. I found western writers quoting that swami dayanand and aryasamaj learned the very idea of monotheism i. The golden book of holy vedas primarily explains rig veda. Protect the holy cow say vedas complete book ved mandir. The rishi is only a medium or an agent to transmit to people the intuitional experiences which he received. God is only one proved by hindu holy books hindu dharma forums.
So we have different books which are all just a summarysubdivision of vedas. The first path requires performance of selfless actions, the second one pursuit of selfknowledge, the third one renunciation of desires and worldly life, and the fourth one devotion to god and absorbing the mind in the contemplation of god. The samhitas date to roughly 17001100 bce, and the circumvedic texts, as well as the redaction of the samhitas, date to c. Only he is worthy to be worshipped and fit to be adored. The legend says that vritra kept all the waters trapped in his mountain lair, and indra was the one who slew the demon in order to release the waters. Jan 30, 2008 god is only one proved by hindu holy books common concept of god in hinduism. However, learned hindus, who are well versed in their scriptures, insist that a hindu should believe in and worship only one god thus the major difference between the hindu and. Information on hinduism for kids primary homework help. Hinduismthe vedas wikibooks, open books for an open world. The concept of yajna or sacrifice is not present in other systems of worship. The atharvaveda praises god in book 20, hymn 58 and verse 3. In vedas it is mentioned that there is only one god who is.
May 09, 2014 vedas describe only one god at all places. All the other religions of the world claim their authority as being delivered by special messengers of god to certain persons, but the vedas do not owe their authority to any one. The vedas are considered the earliest literary record of indoaryan civilization. The vedas are ancient texts that are sacred in india and renowned the.
Jul 08, 2017 the book, studies the scriptures dear to adherents of hinduism, buddhism, judaism, christianity and islam, besides other religions and beliefs, and tries to understand the one and only one divine. The vedas describe indra as the god who wields the thunderbolt, and his most celebrated story was the killing of the demonserpent vritra. There are no gods except one god, who is the lord of lords. Buy the holy vedas book online at low prices in india the. Only one version of the rigveda is known to have survived into the modern era. Vedas reveals one god but hinduism filled with 33crores of gods vedas reveals god as spirit atman or brahman and no form whereas hinduism worship god in the form of various nonvedic idols of. There is only one god who creates, nurses, destroys the universe and again creates. The lord of the entire universe is one and one only. The almighty, infinite, eternal, incomprehensible, selfexistent being, he who sees everything though never seen is brahm, the one unknown, true being, the creator, the preserver and destroyer of the universe. Santies, in the original, could be called a book only figuratively, because santies are plates, made of noble, nonrusting metal, on which are.
The vedic period reaches its peak only after the composition of the mantra texts, with. They also says that the vedas support polytheism means worship of multiple god. The vedas are considered the earliest literary record of indoaryan civilization and the most sacred books of india. The advice is he alone should be praised and worshipped. Indra, the god of lightning and storms, and agni, the god of fire. A narrower definition of monotheism is the belief in the existence of only one god that created the world, is allpowerful and intervenes in the world. The book of sanatana dharma is vedas, but it is too vast and complex to summarize into one book that can be published in a printing press. Vedas do not want the person to not only worship the one and only god, omkar, om, highest state of consciousness and nonelse, but the vedas do not want you to put people on pedestals and create people like prophets and angels that some how god needs. They were a strictly oral tradition for most of their existence so there was no book call the vedas 3,000 years ago that you could check out at a prehistoric library. A narrower definition of monotheism is the belief in the existence of only one god that created the world, is allpowerful and intervenes in the world a distinction may be made between exclusive monotheism, and both inclusive monotheism and pluriform panentheistic monotheism which, while recognising various distinct gods, postulate.
The vedas speak of a supreme being of light that will come and remove the sins of the world. It was a female sage who first found the unity of god, and laid down this doctrine in one of the first hy mns of the vedas. In its widest sense the term designates not only the sacred texts, but also the voluminous theological and philosophical literature attached thereto, the brahmanas, aranyakas, upanishads, and sutras see brahminism. The vedas are the sacred heritage not only of india but of all mankind. The one god is a book of revelation that provides a new understanding of the nature and reality of god and gods plan and purpose in the world and in the greater community of life in the universe. The fourth line corresponds to the vedic concept of a single cause. Our god is both personal and absolute, the absolute is male, the personal, female.
We established that he is an academic, he is a scientist, he has great memory because he has byhearted the vedas. The sanskrit word veda means knowledge, more particularly sacred book. Similarly, all four vedas say about god that god is an omnipresent, omniscient, formless, beyond imagination and beyond calculation. Vedas reveals one god but hinduism filled with 33crores of g. The book of mantra the rig veda is a collection of brilliant songs or hymns and is a main source of information in detail on the social, religious, political and economic background of the rigvedic civilization. With this as our starting point, i think we can make sense of the fact that there is only one god. Its a hardcovered book though wrongly classified as a paperback. They are the original scriptures of hindu teachings, containing spiritual knowledge encompassing all aspects of life. The holy vedas goodreads meet your next favorite book. In this book, selected vedic hymns have been classified into six sections consisting of the hymns on creation, devotion, revelation, action, splendour, and positive sciences. The vedas are a collection of sacred hymns and prayers. Dec 14, 2007 god is mentioned as ila allah is the following places. There is only one who ought to be adored by the people.
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