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Introduction
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This website is an attempt to introduce a spiritual
aspirant to ‘Vaidika Sanatana Dharma’ i.e. The Eternal Religion of the
four Vedas. The four Vedas are Rigveda (the book of prayers), Samaveda
(the book of psalms), Yajurveda (the book of worship) and Atharvaveda
(the book of Rishi Atharvan). These holy texts, that were revealed to
the Holy Rishis in the dawn of creation, contain some of the most
profound teachings that are able to enlighten our being and destroy the
great demon, Vritra, or Ignorance. These four Holy Scriptures form the foundation and the
substratum of Hinduism, one of the oldest of the major world religions,
today practiced and followed by over 720 million Hindus worldwide.
These
four Holy Scriptures were revealed in the very beginning of Human
Creation by the Supreme Soul to the Holy
Prophets, called "Rishi" (lit. Seer, a wise man), for the well being of the forthcoming generations.
These Rishis had performed great penance, austerity and contemplation on
Divine Light to purify and enlighten their hearts so that the Divine
Rays of Supreme Divine Wisdom could reflect in their enlightened hearts.
Their motto was, to discover a path that leads towards
Self-enlightenment that can "Deliver us from the untruth to the
Divine Truth; from darkness to Light; from mortality into
immortality." This path was called Devayana, the path of the Divine
Souls.
In these four Vedas,
the Supreme Truth, which is described by the trinity – the Supreme Reality/Existence (Sat), the Supreme Consciousness (Cit) and the
Supreme Bliss (Ananda), has been worshipped in the form of Divine Light.
All manifestations of external physical light are worshipped as a
Natural Symbol and as the first semi-visible creation of the Supreme
Creator (Savitaa) who is also called Vishnu (lit. the Omnipresent) and Purusha
(lit. the one residing in all physical bodies). Agni (fire), Savita (the
Sun), Soma (moon), Rudra (thunderbolt) are the different manifestations
of that One Light. However, even other elements that sustain our life
and existence are also worshipped by the Vedas, considering them a
manifestation of that Supreme Divinity. Therefore, various elements,
such as Prithivi (mother earth), Aapah Devih (the water goddesses) and
Vayu (wind), have also been worshiped. But it is that one Supreme Truth,
which presents itself to a devotee through these manifestations.
The beauty of the Vedic teachings is that they are not addressed to a
particular race, cast, religion or country. They are addressed to the
human. They are universal in their approach. Their sole purpose is the
wellbeing of the entire humanity. Spiritual prosperity along with
material prosperity, peace along with power, divine bliss along with happiness, friendliness
within worldly relations, material
prosperity along with compassion, and unity with all along with salvation
within this life, these are the essence of its teachings. The Vedas
teach us to live a life in such a way that we become beneficial to the
society, not a burden; that we love, not hate; that we love each other,
not fight; that we have compassion, not repulsion; that we live in a
heaven, not that we die for a heaven.
Whenever we discuss "Dharma" (religion), we should always
bear in mind that according to Vedism the greatest criterion of religion
is "Ahimsa", non-violence or Love. That implies that any religious rule
or commandment not in accordance of the Highest Principle "Ahimsa"
looses its essence and is no more a "Dharma". The Mahabharata verifies
this on several occasions, "Ahimsa is the greatest Dharma (religion),
Ahimsa is the greatest austerity, Ahimsa is the greatest truth, from
which Dharma comes into existence".
The Rigveda states very clearly, "A violent person can never become wealthy
(endowed with divine and material wealth, i.e. divine knowledge, divine
virtues and physical abundance)" (Rigveda
7-32-21).
Indeed, this website attempts to list some of the most beautiful quotations from these
Holy Scriptures classified according to some very interesting topics to
provide the reader with a very basic introduction to the concepts, views
and philosophy of these Holy Scriptures, and thus of Hinduism.
Here is a
message for you from Shri Siddhartha Krishna which will give you an idea
about the purpose of this website.
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