THE ONE TRUE REVELATION

THE ONE TRUE REVELATION

(The Vedas)

Worldly parents and teachers give knowledge to children for their welfare. God, our Divine Father and Mother revealed the Eternal Truths through the Vedas for the well-being of all people from the very beginning of creation. On account of His Omnipresence and Omnipotence, God does not stand in need of paper, pen or ink. He does not stand in need of uttering words with the organs of speech like human beings. The organs of speech, such as the mouth, tongue, etc. are needed in pronouncing words, necessary for speaking to another person, but not when you are speaking to yourself.

The remarkable words of Plato a famous Greek Philosopher:-

“We will wait for one, be he a God or an inspired man to instruct us in religious duties and to take away the darkness from our eyes.” [i]

In Phaedo, it is said again:-

“We must seize upon the best human views in navigating the dangerous sea of life, if there is no safer or less perilous way, no stouter vessel or Divine Revelation for making this voyage.” [ii]

Socrates the best among the wise men of Greece said the same thing in a different way:-

“You may resign yourself to sleep and give yourself up to despair, unless God in His Goodness, shall vouchsafe to send you instruction.” [iii]

A distinguished Scientist, Dr. Flemming, pointed out the necessity of Revelation in the course of a “Science and Religion” lecture in November 1914 in London.

“If we are to obtain more solid assurance, it cannot come to the mind of man groping feebly in the dim light of un-assisted reason, but only a communication made directly from this Supreme Mind to the finite mind of man.” [iv]

God is Just and His revelation must be revealed for all of mankind. Any other revelation in sacred books of different faiths that is professed to be revealed or inspired, must definitely fulfill at least the three following conditions:~

(1) Revelation must take place in the very beginning of human creation. Since most of us accept God as the Father of all beings then we must consider Him to be impartial and His Revealed Knowledge is for the common good of all his children. Therefore, for the unaided intellect it is impossible to grasp the eternal Truths of God without His revelation in the beginning of the human creation.

“God gives His Divine Knowledge to mankind from his first appearance on earth.” [v]

The Omniscient God, being impartial, can only make His revelation in the beginning of the human creation. This is the unanimous view of all the seers and sages of India and later some Western scholars. It was revealed in the Sanskrit language, the origin of all languages of the world.

It was the divine language and all other languages, especially of the Indo-European stock, came out of the Vedic language. Sanskrit was taken to other places, especially to the North-Western direction, from Persia (Iran) to distant places in modern Europe and with it went ethics, social laws and all sciences.

(2) There should be conformity with the law of nature and no contradictions. Having read the Bible, the Koran, the Hindu Puranas and other religious texts without any partiality I have found not only enormous amount of contradictions, but also definite obscenities and vulgarities. In Christianity there are many instances to show how the teachings of the Old Testament is different from the New Testament. For the Supreme Father to keep changing His words over and over is an absolute contradiction to His Omniscient attribute.

Since history is historical there is no need for an inspiration to write it in the first place. Secondly, if an inspiration is required to write a history, we cannot conceive that God inspired the authors in such a strange manner that they gave contradictory accounts of the same events in so many places. The same argument holds good with regard to Zend Avesta, the Holy Koran and other Scriptures of various sects where the life and teachings of their founders are given. The Vedas being eternal are free from any such historical references.

The third chief tests of Revelation is that it should not be opposed to Science and Reason. There are many things in the Bible and the other religions that are opposed to reason and science. This is why many great scientists like Galelio and Bruno and eminent philosophers such as Hipatia were persecuted by the Christian Church for preaching Scientific principles like the revolution of the earth around the sun and plurality of worlds.

“After religious teachers accomplish the refining process indicated they will surely recognize with joy that true religion has been ennobled and made more profound by scientific knowledge.” [vi]

Here are four typical results of a Scientific investigation, which at length all must accept. On Religion and Science in Birmingham it was stated:-

“Now before I speak of the possibility of the conflict between Religion and Science, I wish to make it quite clear that many beliefs associated with religious faith in the past must be abandoned. They have had to meet direct challenge of Science and I believe it is true to say that in every such direct battle, science has been the victor. Let me give definite instances:-

First, the earth is not the fixed center of the Universe; it is merely the moving satellite of a sun which resembles other suns.

Secondly man was specially created.

Thirdly, no priest by ritual or formula can attain spiritual properties to inanimate matter

Fourthly, if by miracles, we mean large scale breaches in the uniformity of nature, such miracles do not occur in human experience. “ [vii]

As the Divine Laws of Nature dictates that all things created are most perfect or in their purest form (one true religion) in the beginning then the process of decay (many false faiths) begins until it is no more there. The question one might ask is ~ What benefit is the one universal truth to the world in this dark age? Nevertheless, while it is impossible to have symmetry universally, it is attainable individually. We can notice all the adversities e.g., diseases, crimes, wars, immoral living, pollution, global warming, natural disasters and false beliefs, that are widespread in the world today. This trend tells us that the worst (Hell) is yet to come, and how bad it is going to be is anyone’s guess.

THE GLORY OF THE VEDAS

Animals, birds, and insects, were rather in a privileged position, compared to humans, since for their code of conduct and for the purposes of communication, they relied on their instincts. Man in this respect was different from other creatures. He had the freedom of will. But unlike animals had to be taught. He possessed intellect, discretion and wisdom. And therefore he was responsible for his actions; he could be virtuous or vicious. To him the Lord gave what came to be known as the Word, also known as the Vedas.

We experience various kinds of mental processes daily. The formation of words are continually going on in our mind. Many different varieties of sound are audible that are not produced by the use of the organ of speech. This is most noticeable when the ears are plugged. In the same way, without the organs of speech by virtue of His Omnipresence and Omniscience, God instructed human souls. Then they taught it to others through speech.

There is a necessity for sending children to schools, colleges and universities. Otherwise none can learn anything of importance. It boils down to one important fact that all mankind had to be taught. An experiment was performed by Akbar the Great of India. He is said to have confined thirty babies with guards and nurses, and no one else could teach or even speak to them. At twelve years of age, all the children were brought before the Emperor and a vast assembly of linguists. To their astonishment none of the children could speak any language. This was genuine proof that mankind had to be taught. The human brought up by animals would have spoken their language and not his own.

Among all men, the Vedas were made known to four of the purest in heart, Agni, Vayu, Aditya and Angirasa. They taught it to Brahma and he to other great sages, who were Yogis, imbued with piety, and with the desire to understand the meanings of certain mantras and whose minds possessed the power of perfect concentration. These Yogis entered the superior condition in the contemplation of the Deity. Brahma made known to them the meanings of the desired Vedic mantras. Thus they were seers who taught the mantras to the people, and not the author.

He revealed all kinds of knowledge, in the four Vedas:-

I. Rig Veda was revealed to Agni.

II. Yajur Veda was revealed to Vayu.

III. Sam Veda was revealed to Angira

IV. Atharva Veda was revealed to Aditya.

The four Vedas with over 100,000 verses are considered the trunk of the tree. The Rishis were the authors of eleven hundred and twenty-seven expositions (branches of the tree) in dozens of texts contained sub-Vedas known as the UpaVedas and Vedangas which expound profound sciences:-

V. Ayurveda - studies the anatomy, physiology, hygiene, sanitary science, surgery, etc.

VI. Dhanur Veda - teaches archery and other Military Science for self-defense from within and outside.

VII. Gandharva Veda - teaches the science and art of music

VIII. Sthapatya Veda - teaches engineering, architecture and all branches of mathematics in general.

All these subjects are considered spiritual studies and are inherent parts of the Vedas. The Vedangas contains grammar, (etemology) prosody, astronomy and lexicography which according to the Indian Cultural conceptions are also parts and subjects of the Vedic religious studies. There are many other philosophical branches like the eleven Upanishads (Isha, Kena, Taitreya, Chhandogya, Shwetar, Mundak, etc), the six Shastras or Darshanas and the four Brahmanas. Also, the Manu Smriti deals with the physical, political and social sciences of Government all according to Vedic principles.

The most advanced scientific world would have wasted much time, energy and money in solving tough mathematical problems with utmost difficulty. The large number of tedious and cumbersome steps can now be easily and readily resolved in a few simple steps which can be conscientiously described as mere mental arithmetic. One only needs the help of the ultra easy Vedic Sutras or Mathematical aphorisms contained in the Appendix portion of the Atharva Veda.

The hidden enigma of philosophy and science contained in the Vedas cannot be grasped by the ordinary man in just the simple way of reading. It requires the studies to begin at a young age (8) for a period of twenty eight years and then about eight or more years of concentrated contemplation in forest-solitude. Only then can one recover the long lost keys which alone could unlock the portals of Vedic Science and philosophy.

It is through the Omnisciency of God which synchronizes with natural laws that the Vedas has grown to so many branches. As intellect became static of abstruse science these philosophical treatise were needed in different ages. Therefore, the Rishis (altruistic teachers) came to expound the Vedic philosophy in simpler ways to meet the declining perception and conception of human understanding. The rational call "back to to the Vedas" by Swami Dayanand, the last of all Rishis, would be ideally right for the functional intellect to begin the Right Path.

Next, a complete understanding of the Vedas requires man to know grammar of Sanskrit (Ashtadhyayi and Mahabhashya), then lexicology (Nighantu). The next study requires the studies of (etymology) prosody and astronomy (Nirukta), the eleven Upnishads (expositions)and the six subsidiary limbs of Vedic philosophy (Mimansa, Vaisheshika, Nyaya, Yoga, Sankhya and Vedanta). Finally, the highest philosophical treatise is the Brahmanas (Aitareya, Shatapatha, Sama and Gopatha) which leads the aspirant to the study of the Vedas.

This explains why the scientific brains of modern times, had their present inclinations rooted in previous birth. By the same method, reasoning becomes second nature to an individual, who at adult age, must be prepared to spend many years in contemplating truth from untruth. This direction gradually leads the soul out of bondage (credulity) unto the Vedic path and finally towards emancipation.

The Vedas are the fountain-head and illimitable store-house of all knowledge. They contain all the knowledge needed by mankind relating not only to the so-called spiritual matter but also to those usually described as purely secular, temporal or worldly. They are also the means required by humanity for the achievement of an all around, complete and perfect success in all conceivable directions. There can be no adjectival or restrictive, traducement calculated to limit that knowledge in any sphere, any direction or any respect whatsoever.

It is written in “Vedic Gods-as figures of Biology.”

“Our present anatomical knowledge of the nervous system tallies so accurately with the literal description of the world given in the Rigveda that a question arises in the mind whether the Vedas are really religious books or whether they are books on anatomy and physiology of the nervous system without the thorough knowledge of which, psychological deductions and philosophical speculations cannot be correctly made.” [viii]

Many Vedic scholars of this and past centuries have given their opinion of the past Vedic times where the Vedic Aryans had made extra ordinary progress in sciences of Geology, Astronomy and Chemistry, Physiology, Psychology, and Theology. Though the works embodying the scientific knowledge of those times are entirely lost, there are indications in present Vedic works, that these sciences were widely known in those days.

The Vedic Aryans also know that the study of certain portions of the Vedas leads to a conclusion. That certain scientific researches had been carried to such perfection even America, and other advanced Western nations have not yet attained the constant source of scientific discoveries. The inexhaustible literary wealth of the Veda has only partially been opened which leaves many things not yet known to mankind.

Many Western and some Indian Scholars are of the general notion that the Vedic mantras were composed by the Rishis (the old Oriental sages), that bore their names. This is absurd since the seers realized the secrets of the Vedic hymns by austerities and deep meditation, and propagated them to those who did not understand or were not inspired.

Professor MaxMuller in principle of Vedic terminology said:-

“But there is a charm in the primitive strains discoverable in no other class of poetry. Every word retains something of its radical meaning, every epithet tells, every thought, in spite of the most intricate and abrupt expressions, is if one disentangles it, true, complete.” [ix]

The question one might want to ask at this point is - What evidence is there to prove that the Veda is of Divine origin?

The Vedic book of Divine Revelation in which God is described as Holy, Omniscient, Pure in nature, character and attributes, Just and Merciful. Nothing is said that is opposed to the laws of nature, reason, the evidence of direct cognizance, the teachings of the highly learned altruistic teachers (sages) of humanity and the intuition of pure souls. The laws, nature, and properties of matter and the soul are propounded as they are to be inferred from the order of nature as fixed by God.

Whenever a creation took place, the Vedas also became manifest, and when the universe was dissolved into its primary atoms, they disappeared into the Supreme, like unto the germ of a plant disappearing into its seed. There was no science and art of which the rudiments of ethics, morals and science were not to be found in the Vedas.

Since we all can agree that ethics and morals are God’s revelation to mankind, we can go one step further in realizing that mankind would have been doomed had it not been for the knowledge of science. Make no mistake about it; this was no accident as it was God’s revelation. The Vedas alone fulfils all the above conditions and no other books of any other religion which are all permeated with untenable assertions, has done so.

The Vedas were revealed in Sanskrit, which belongs to no country, and yet is the mother of all other languages. Had God revealed the Veda in the language of some particular country, He would have been partial to that country, because it would have been easy for the people of that country to learn and teach the Veda to foreigners.

Just as God has ordained the material creation, such as the earth, which is also the source of all useful arts, for the equal good of all, so should the language of the Divine revelation be accessible to all countries and nations. Thus His revelation of the Veda in Sanskrit does not make God partial to any nation. There are many Western scholars who have later come to recognize the Sanskrit language as the richest of all languages of the world.

“Human life would not be sufficient to make oneself acquainted with any considerable part of Indian or Hindu literature.” [x]

“The number of Sanskrit works of which MSS are still in existence amount to ten thousand. That is more, I believe, than the whole classical literature of Greece and Italy put together.” [xi]

“The Sanskrit Literature in quantity exceeds that of Greece and Rome put together.” [xii]

“No reasonable person will deny to the Hindus of former times the praise of very extensive learning. The variety of subject upon which they wrote prove that almost every science was cultivated among them. The manner also which they treated these subjects proves that the Hindu learned men yielded the Palm of learning to scarcely any other of the ancients. The more their philosophical works and law books are studied, the more will the enquirer be convinced of the depth of wisdom possessed by their authors.” [xiii]

“It was an astounding discovery that Hindustan possessed, in spite of the changes of realms and changes of times a language of unrivaled richness and variety; a language, the parent of all those dialects that Europe has fondly called classical - the source alike of Greek flexibility and Roman strength."

"A philosophy, compared with which in point of age, the lessons of Pythagoras are but of yesterday, and in point of daring speculation Plato’s boldest efforts were tame and common conception; and systems of science whose antiquity baffled all power of astronomical calculation.”

“This literature with all its colossal proportion, which can scarcely be described without the semblance of bombast and exaggeration claimed of course a place for itself - it stood alone and it was able to stand alone. To acquire the mastery of this language is almost the labor of a life; its literature seems exhaustless."

"The utmost stretch of imagination can scarcely comprehend its boundless mythology. It philosophy has touched upon every metaphysical difficulty; its legislation is as varied as the castes for which it was designed.” [xiv]

“The literature of India makes us acquainted with a great nation of past ages, which grasped every branch of knowledge, and which will always occupy a distinguished place in the history of civilization of mankind.” [xv]

“Although there is hardly any department of learning which has not received new light and new life from the ancient literature of India, yet nowhere is the light that comes to us from India so important, novel and so rich as in the study of religion” [xvi]

“The grammar of Panini stands supreme among the grammars of the world, alike for its precision of statement and for its thorough analysis of the roots of the language and of the formative principles of words. By applying and algebrical terminology, it attains a sharp succinctness unrivaled in variety, but at times enigmatical."

"It arranges in logical harmony the whole phenomena which the Sanskrit language presents, and stands forth as one of the most splendid achievements of human invention and industry. So elaborate is the structure that doubts have arisen whether its innumerable rules of formation and phonetic change, its polysyllable derivatives, its ten conjugations with its multiform aorists and long array of tenses could ever have been the spoken language of a people.” [xvii]

Silently, the most beneficial scientific achievements of the West are alluded to the Sanskrit language.

“The grammar of Panini is one of the most remarkable literary works that the world has ever seen, and no other country can produce and grammatical system at all comparable either for originality of plan or analytical subtlety. His Sutras are a perfect miracle of condensation.” [xviii]

One of the best philologists in his times said:-

“The consonantal division of the alphabet of the Sanskrit language was a more wonderful feat of human genius than any the world has yet seen. Even now the Europeans are far behind the Hindus in this respect.”[xix]

It is a Western deception of the Christian world to deny the Ancient Sanskrit language its due compliments.

“We Europeans, 2,500 years later, and in a scientific age, still employ an alphabet which is not only inadequate to represent all the sounds of our language, but even preserve the random order which vowels and consonants are jumbled up as they were in the Greek adaptation of the primitive Semitic arrangement of 3,000 years ago.” [xx]

Dr. Flemming also said that the Vedas were revealed in the beginning of creation and are the consonant conviction of all the sages and seers of India. The Races were not the composers of the Mantras, but the persons who proclaimed them to others. Then again the Vedas being ageless, there can be no historical references in them.

The meaning of the word “Veda” is knowledge. It is derived from the root "Vid" which means to know. The Vedas contain our individual, domestic, social, national and international duties which are mentioned quite clearly for our perfect guidance. It is meant for the harmonious development and direction of all mankind.

As our parents give knowledge to us for our welfare, so God, Who is our Divine Parent, revealed the Eternal Truths through the Vedas for the well-being of all of us. The hearts of the sages were pure and receptive and God inspired them with knowledge. As God is Omnipresent and Omnipotent, He has no form, so He inwardly prompt the hearts of the sages in order to instill in them perfect knowledge.

The Vedas are the source of all true disciplines, that is, justice, morality, righteousness and good conduct, and for those who want to acquire the correct knowledge of cosmic order, the Vedas are the highest authorities. They are the infallible guide to the welfare of all beings who seek the true knowledge. They carry the highest authority in their writings and being the Word of the Eternal God, the Vedas are Eternal.

The Vedic knowledge is three-fold in characters, relates to communion, that relating to activity or energy in action of all kinds and that relating to intellectual and scientific enlightenment and perception. These three are so closely intertwined that whatever action or deed was the result of the guidance of a chastened and enlightened intellect, the same was justice and reverse of that injustice.

The son of Shah Jahan and elder brother of Aurangzeb) wrote in his Persian translation of the Upanishads.

“After gradual research; I have come to the conclusion that long before all heavenly books, God had revealed to the Hindus, through the Rishis of yore, of whom Brahma was the Chief, His four books of knowledge, the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda and the Atharva Veda.” [xxi]

A great Parsi Scholar writes in the Philosophy of Zoroastrianism and comparative study of Religions.

“The Veda is a book of knowledge and wisdom comprising the Book of Nature, the Book of Religion, the Book of prayers, the Book of morals and so on. The word “Veda” means wit, wisdom, knowledge and truly the Veda is condensed wit, wisdom and knowledge. The Vedas teach nothing but mono-theism of the purest kind.” [xxii]

As a coordinator of the Physical Evolution Theory he strongly refuted the social and moral evolution theory:-

“In the earliest records which have come down to us from the past, we find ample indications that accepted standard of morality and the conduct resulting from these were in no degree inferior to those which prevail today, though in some respects, they were different from ours."

"The wonderful collection of hymns known as the Vedas is a vast system of religious teachings as pure and lofty as those of the finest portions of the Hebrew Scriptures. Its authors were fully our equals in their conception of the universe and the Deity expressed in the finest poetic language. In it the (Veda) we find many of the essential teachings of the most advanced religious thinkers.” [xxiii]

“We must admit that the mind which conceived and expressed in appropriate language, such ideas as are everywhere present in those Vedic hymns, could not have been inferior to those of the best of our religious teachers and poets. To our Milton, Shakespeare, and Tennyson.” [xxiv]

The social Evolution Theory lost all grounds when one of the originators of the Physical Evolution Theory rightly asserted that:-

“Veda admittedly, the oldest book in the library of mankind contains the “essential teachings of the most advanced religious thinkers and is a vast system of religious teachings which are pure and lofty.” [xxv]

This is in fact, is the best testimony to the Vedic Revelation Theory.

A philosopher of Sweden, a Nobel prize winner, giving a few extracts from the Vedas and allied literature wrote:-

“Let us agree that this system of Ethics of I have been unable to give more than the slightest survey, while the first ever known to man, is also the loftiest which he has ever practiced.”[xxvi]

“As for the primitive tradition, it is true that these affirmations and precepts are the most unlooked for, the loftiest, the most admirable and most plausible that mankind has hitherto known.” [xxvii]

This cuts at the very roots of the Social Evolution Theory. If the ethical and moral teachings of the Vedas, which are admittedly the oldest books in the library of mankind and the most admirable and the most plausible that mankind has hitherto known, then how can the Social Evolution theory hold good.

Mr. Alexander Shifman Research scholar of Tolstoy Museum in Moscow wrote in his article entitled “Leo Tolstoy and the Indian Epics” published in several papers during Tolstoy centenary celebrations in 1963.

“Leo Tolstoy was deeply interested in ancient Indian literature and its great epics. The themes of the Vedas were the first to attract his attention. Appreciating the profundity of the Vedas, Tolstoy gave a particular attention to those cantos which deal with the problem of ethics, a subject in which interested him deeply."

"He subscribed to the idea of human love which pervades the Vedas, with their humanism and praise of peaceful labor. Tolstoy the artist was moreover delighted with the poetic treasures and artistic imagery which distinguish those outstanding Indian Epics.”

"He (Tolstoy) ranked the Vedas and their later interpretations ~ the Upanishads ~ with those perfected works of world art which have never failed to appeal to all nationalities in all epochs and which therefore represent true art.” [xxviii]

Tolstoy not only read the Vedas, but also spread their teachings in Russia. He included many of the sayings of the Vedas and Upanishads (Vedic expositions) in his collections “Range of Reading”, "Thoughts of wise men” and others. It would have been an ideal time to introduce this great learning with the birth of Marxism where all dogmas were outlawed. The intellects were freer of perversion and could have been easily found acceptance by a great many young Russians.

A Christian Missionary strongly refuting the Evolution Theory wrote:

“We have pushed our enquiries as far back in time as the records would permit and we have found that the religious and speculative thought of the people was far purer, simpler and more rational at the farthest point we reached, than at the nearest and the latest in the Vedic Age."

"The conclusion therefore is inevitable viz. that the development of religious thought in India has been uniformly downward and not upward, deterioration and not evolution. We are justified therefore in concluding that the higher and purer conceptions of the Vedic Aryans were the results of a Primitive Divine Revelation.” [xxix]

“The Vedas stand alone on their solitary splendor, standing as beacons of Divine Light for onward march of humanity.” [xxx]

This is a very significant admission from a Christian Missionary.

A French Scholar, declared before the International Literary Association in Paris in 1884.

“The Rig Veda is the most sublime conception of the great high ways of humanity.” [xxxi]

“Thoreau (American sage) on the Vedas ~ “What extracts from the Vedas I have read fall on me like the light of a higher and purer luminary which describes a loftier course through a purer stratum-free form particulars, simple, universal. The Vedas contain a sensible account of God.” [xxxii]

It is this Universal Character of the Vedic Teachings which has the most sensible and rational account or conception of God, that distinguishes Vedas from the other Scriptures. The Vedas is eternal and after every creation the same sublime revelation is made over and over again. When revelation is deemed historical like in the Bible and Koran, it cannot be eternal.

“To love, to think, to do, are in the Vedic conception, no transitory futilities touched with melancholy, but stimulations of the cosmic activity charged with the joy of the Eternal. Shadows they are, dancing shadows cast by the Light of Lights.”

“But they cast by the light, not by darkness and in the Light, that vision of the Eternal, shining through the temporal, humanity can find and ideal which would replace a periodical sanctimoniousness by a perpetual sense of the sanctity of all life.”

“On that (Vedic) ideal alone, with its inclusiveness which absorbs and annihilates the causes of antagonisms, its sympathy which wins hatred away form itself is it possible to rear a new earth in the image and idleness of the Eternal Heavens.” [xxxiii]

“If a Bible of India were compiled, eternal treasures of old wisdom and poetry would enrich the times of to-day. Among those compositions, some of them living words before writing was introduced, the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita would rise above the rest like Himalayas of the spirit of man.” [xxxiv]

Many more references can be added, but these will convince readers that the glory of the Vedas, the only revelation revealed by God to man, has been sung not only by the Sages and seers of India, but by many impartial scholars of all countries.

The distinguishing features of the teachings of the Vedas which were closely followed by many impartial western scholars are:-

(1) The normal and moral Vedic principle teaches harmony between knowledge and action, and considers the combination of both, essential for the attainment of emancipation.

(2) It advocates harmony between renunciation and enjoyment, enjoining upon us the middle path expressed in the most precise terms like:

“Enjoy things of this world with the spirit of renunciation in you. Don’t be greedy. Whose wealth is all this? It is all God’s. We take nothing with us. Regard yourselves only as trustees and not owners of the wealth.” [xxxv]

Some Hindu sects (Charvaka, etc.) and atheists preach the materialistic principle of “Eat, drink and be merry for there is no tomorrow”.

Buddhism, Neo-Vedanta and Christianity lay stress on renunciation saying as Jesus said:

“It is easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God” [xxxvi]

There are many wealthy people who are righteous. Had it not been for these people the poor would have been poorer. They are a tower of force and upliftment for the economies of all the nations in the world. It is imprudent to say that the good of their wealth is of no contribution to their souls. The Vedic religion teaches the middle path which includes both rich and poor.

(3) The Vedas advocate the claims of reconciliation between individualism and Socialism, laying stress on the combination of both individual all-round progress and Social Welfare, as the right path. Social welfare is for those in need to achieve their goal for individual progress. Both giving and receiving must be done in true faith. Any imbalance on any side will create a void in the system. This reminds us of the power of the two important forces (negative and positive) neither can survive on its own. Abuse in any of the two categories can signal the downfall of any nation.

(4) The Vedas lay stress upon harmony between Faith and Reason by enjoining upon us the cultivation of both, praying for the development of both and by conducting ourselves in such away that both these faculties may go hand in hand.

“May the Omnipresent and Omnipotent God endow us with faith and Pure Reason at the same time.” [xxxvii]

To grasp and uphold the truth we are asked by the Vedas not to cultivate blind belief. Today all the religions of the world are imbued with irrational teachings and to argue against these religious matters is considered to be blasphemy. Many have lost their lives for exercising their reasoning power against the dogmas of Christianity and Islam. These believers never want to know how, it is always why.

“The Vedas taught us to stitch or knit together our hearts, the center of faith and love, to the center of reason, our brains.” [xxxviii]

(5) Religion must be in perfect harmony with Science. The Veda is not the origin of only religion, morality and ethics, but also of Sciences. In his famous book “Superiority of the Vedic Religion”, Mr. W. D. Brown states:-

“It (Vedic Religion) recognizes but One God. It is a Thoroughly acientific religion where religion and Science meet hand in hand.” [xxxix]

Theology is based upon science and religion. It is stated in “Biographical Essays.”

“To Swami Dayananda, everything contained in the Vedas was not only perfect truth, but he went one step further and by their interpretation, succeeded in persuading others that everything worth knowing, even the most recent inventions of modern science were alluded to in the Vedas. Steam engines, Electricity, Telegraphy and Wireless Marconogram were shown to have been at least in the germs of the poets of the Vedas.” [xl]

In simple communication Vedicism means everything worth adopting to make life sublime, useful and purposeful. Also it is understood to be that mode of life which leads to prosperity in this life and the lives to come (through incarnation). Vedic principle is a code of conduct based on the tenets of the Vedas as the ethics variously described as truth, non-violence, non-covetousness, celibacy and non-possession or renunciation.

Truth, austerity, charity or patience, self-control, honesty, cleanliness, intellect and knowledge are also the many rules of ethical principles which appeared to be very simple, natural and universal today. But they were revealed to mankind by the Vedas at the beginning or at the earliest period of human history.

Every shade of opinion, every mode of thought, every school of Philosophy has found its expression in the philosophical writings of the Vedas and received its full development.

“The problem of thought and being, of mind and matter and soul apart from both, of the origin of evil, of the summum bonum of life of necessity and free will and of the relations of the creator to the created and the intellectual problems such as the compatibility of evil with the goodness of God and the unequal distribution of happiness and misery of this life are thoroughly dealt with in the Vedas. Wisdom exhausted the possible solution of these difficulties and of most of the other problems which since perplexed Greeks, Romans, Mediaeval Schoolmen and modern man of Science.” [xli]

The Vedas whose authority was authenticated by many Western scholars were also sung by many prominent individuals whose present following cannot today be denied. For instance Guru Nanak who started the religion of Sikhism and other Sikh Gurus wrote:-

“The Vedas were revealed under the orders of God, so that human beings could distinguish between sins and merits.” [xlii] “

Sama Veda, Rigveda, Yajurveda and Atharva Veda have been revealed by God. No one can evaluate their importance. They are inestimable and eternal.” [xliii]

Jain Acharya Kumudendu said of the Vedas.

“The Rig Veda is eternal and the Word of the Omniscient in the Beginning. Various languages have been derived from it. The message of the Omniscient Supreme being is one and the same for the speakers of all languages.” [xliv]

Buddha who is erroneously considered to be an atheist or opposed to the Vedas stated:-

“He who attains true knowledge of Dharma or righteousness through the Vedas, attains a steady position. He does not waver.” [xlv]

This shows that Buddha had very high regards for the Vedas and regarded it as the source of righteousness. It is amazing how this great believer can be ever called an atheist.

Lavian Arabian Poet (170 B.C) sang the glory of the Vedas in the following Arabian Verses:-

“O Blessed land of Hind (India) thou art worth of reverence, for in thee has God revealed True knowledge of Himself. What a pure light do these four revealed books afford to our mind’s eyes like the charming and cool lustre of the dawn.

"These four, God revealed unto his prophets (Rishis) in Hind. And He thus teaches all races of mankind that inhabit the earth. Observe (in your lives) the knowledge I (God) have revealed in the Vedas, for surely God has revealed them. Those treasures are the Sama and Yajur which God has preached, O my brothers, revere these, for they tell us the good news of salvation.”

“The two next, of these four, Rig and Atharva teach us lessons of Universal brotherhood. These two (Vedas) are the beacons that warn us to turn towards the Goal (Universal brotherhood)” [xlvi]

The Gita (teachings of Krishna) which is one of the most popular books and which has been translated in almost all the important languages of the world, on account of it s popularity, also sings the glory of the Vedas, regarding them as the revealed by God.

Lord Krishna tells Arjuna in the Gita:

“All beings are evolved from food, production of food is dependent on rain, rain ensues from Yajna (sacrifice) and sacrifice is rooted in action. Know that good action has its origin in the Vedas and the Vedas proceed from the Indestructible God, hence the All-pervading Infinite is always present in the sacrifice.” [xlvii]

Christopher Isherwood’s Metrical translation of these verses may aptly be quoted here also,

“Food quickens the Life-sperm, Food grows from the rain fall

Called down out of heaven By sacrifice offered:

Sacrifice speaks Through the act of the ritual.

This is the ritual Thought by the Sacred Scriptures that spring

From the lips of the Changeless; Know therefore that Brahman The All-pervading

Is dwelling for ever Within this ritual.” [xlviii]

The six Systems (Shastras) of Philosophy further authenticated the authority of the Vedas as revealed by God. Gautama (Nyaya), Kanada (Vaisheshik), Kapila (Sankhya), Patanjali (Yoga), Veda Vyasa (Vedanta) and Jaimini (Meemansa) all confirmed unanimously that the only revelation by God is in the beginning of the human creation. No sane individual can accuse these logicians and great philosophers, of superstition and blind belief. Therefore, their unanimous verdict on the Revelation of the Vedas with strong and incontrovertible arguments must carry great recognition.

The Vedas was not lost in its entirety from civilization for the past five thousand years but it has needed a man of superior conviction and courage to revive it to its pristine purity and glory. Maharishi (Great sage) Dayanand Saraswati was such a reformer. He boldly made his mark a little over a century ago with his message:-

“I have not come to preach any new dogma or religion, nor to establish a new religious order, nor to be proclaimed a new Messiah or pontiff. I have only brought before my people the light of Vedic Wisdom which had been hidden during the centuries of India’s thraldom.” [xlix]

This heralded the continuation of a religion old in its concepts, and precepts, elements and contents, but still meaningful in accordance with the essence of the ages. Perplexing and intriguing as it may seem, no one can realize the Omnipresent and Omniscient God without being acquainted with the authentic biography of the only known emancipated soul of the last century, Swami Dayanand Saraswati.

The Vedas subordinates everything to piety and uprightness and requires all acts to be done in strict conformity with the law of nature or law of God. It advocates a social structure based on spiritual values, pacifism, vegetarianism and a single World Government. It has a great message for the upliftment of the whole of humanity in every corner of the globe. Every shade of opinion, every mode of thought, every school of Philosophy must find its expression in the philosophical writings of the Vedas to receive full development in peace and harmony, and progress and prosperity.

The Vedic philosophy is provided with all sorts of implements to increase one’s knowledge and all are free for anyone to use. Efforts have to be made to find this knowledge. He who opens the book of nature finds a treasure of information for there is no secret whatsoever which God wants to withhold from man. He who makes a strenuous effort and works hard in the pursuit of knowledge gets a full share of the treasure of knowledge.

This approach does not oppose or discourage science or philosophy. Those who are desirous of heaven should endeavor to convert this world into a heaven by means of non-violent, truthful and well-thought out plans. Then they will have no anxiety about their going to heaven or elsewhere after death. Even before they die they would be in heaven, and when they die, their heaven would be ensured.

The Vedic knowledge brings humility and integrity to the follower and leaves no room for enmity or hatred. True and meaningful prayers remove hatred and jealousy. God is telling His devotee to concentrate on oneself and leave the foes to his own judgment. The fact is there can be no heaven when hatred and jealousy always occupy the mind.

“O lord we thank thee for Thy rule benign Thy kind protection and thy blessings sweet And those who are the dreaded foes of mine I lay them humbly at Thy gracious feet.” [l]

Naturally, the agreement is that heaven is a place of perpetual happiness and extreme bliss. Obviously there can be no work, no discomforts like too hot or too cold, no hunger or thirst, no sleep, no diseases, no running or walking, no anger, no one is fat or skinny, no disabilities, no smoking, no alcohol, no sex (procreation), no sports, no pets, no movies, etc. Therefore, how is one supposed to be happy for all eternity?

This philosophy though inherent in the Vedas and the Upanishads became forgotten and suffered distortion by being badly interpreted. But if every man accepts the interpretation of the Great Reformer the results will be as follows:-

I. No one would regard this world as an abode of adversities.

II. No one would lay the fault of his miseries at the door of God.

IV. Every man would look upon selfishness as the cause of his ruin.

V. No one could afford to be idle.

VI. No one would be a devotee to a mere name or idol.

VII. He would not regard science and philosophy as atheistic or sinful.

VIII. He would regard other souls also as his own kith and kin.

IX. He would injure none.

X. He would not regard the world as a gambling house and would not depend upon fate.

XI. He would try to prolong his life and the life of others.

XII. He would follow the laws of nature implicitly.

LIII. He would have affirmed faith in the existence of God.

XIV. He would not regard himself as a toy of God.

XV. He would depend upon his own self.

XVI. If he suffered pain he would understand the reason why he suffered and would not grieve.

The right path (see illustration 4) has transcended us through the dazzling wonders of this magnificent creation by the knowledge of revelation. This realization must further shed light on our purpose in all of this, which will further advance the aspirant to The True Path.