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| − | The Vedas are eternal truth revealed 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>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. | + | 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 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 | + | The Vedas are eternal. They are without beginning and end. An ignorant man may say how a book can be without beginning or end. By the Vedas, no books are meant. Vedas are the words of Brahman. The Vedas are not the utterances of persons. They are not compositions of any human mind. They were never written, never created. They are eternal and impersonal. |
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| + | == 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" /> | ||
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Revision as of 23:46, 2 November 2017
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 (Sruti)[1].
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.[1] The Rishis disseminated the knowledge. The Vedic Rishis were great realised persons who had direct intuitive perception of Brahman or the Truth.[1]
The Vedas are eternal. They are without beginning and end. An ignorant man may say how a book can be without beginning or end. By the Vedas, no books are meant. Vedas are the words of Brahman. The Vedas are not the utterances of persons. They are not compositions of any human mind. They were never written, never created. They are eternal and impersonal.
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.[1]