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The Vedas are eternal truth revealed to the Rishis of Bharat. The word Rishi means a seer. The word is derived from Dris  - to see. The Rishi is the ''Mantra-Drashta,'' a seer of Mantra or thought. The thought was not his own. The Rishis saw the truths or heard them. Therefore, '''the Vedas are what are heard''' ([[Shruti (श्रुति)|Sruti]])<ref name=":0">Swami Sivananda, All About Hinduism.</ref>.

The Vedas are eternal truth revealed to the Rishis of Bharat. The word Rishi means a seer. The word is derived from Dris  - to see. The Rishi is the ''Mantra-Drashta,'' a seer of Mantra or thought. The thought was not his own. The Rishis saw the truths or heard them. Therefore, '''the Vedas are what are heard''' ([[Shruti (श्रुति)|Sruti]])<ref name=":0">Swami Sivananda, All About Hinduism.</ref>.

The Rishi did not write. He did not create the Vedas out of his mind. He was the seer of thought which already existed. He was only the spiritual discoverer of the thought. He is not the inventor of the Veda.<ref name=":0" /> The Rishis disseminated the knowledge. The Vedic Rishis were great realised persons who had direct intuitive perception of Brahman or the Truth.<ref name=":0" />

The Rishi did not write. He did not create the Vedas out of his mind. He was the seer of thought which already existed. He was only the adhyatmik discoverer of the thought. He is not the inventor of the Veda.<ref name=":0" /> The Rishis disseminated the knowledge. The Vedic Rishis were great realised persons who had direct intuitive perception of Brahman or the Truth.<ref name=":0" />

The Vedas have been preserved intact through a beginning-less period by being handed down from teacher to pupil with scrupulous care. This belief is based on the circumstances that tradition has throughout been silent regarding authorship of the Vedas, while in case of every other ancient work, a mention is made of some author or the other.<ref>Hiriyanna, M., Outlines of Bharat's Philosophy, Page 312</ref>

The Vedas have been preserved intact through a beginning-less period by being handed down from teacher to pupil with scrupulous care. This belief is based on the circumstances that tradition has throughout been silent regarding authorship of the Vedas, while in case of every other ancient work, a mention is made of some author or the other.<ref>Hiriyanna, M., Outlines of Bharat's Philosophy, Page 312</ref>

== Difference with Abrahamic Religions ==

== Difference with Abrahamic Religions ==

The Vedas represent the spiritual experiences of the Rishis. The Rishi is only a medium or an agent to transmit to people the intuitional experiences which he received. The Abrahamic religions 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. They are themselves the authority as they are eternal.<ref name=":0" />

The Vedas represent the adhyatmik experiences of the Rishis. The Rishi is only a medium or an agent to transmit to people the intuitional experiences which he received. The Abrahamic religions 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. They are themselves the authority as they are eternal.<ref name=":0" />

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