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Articles: Education/Training | The essence of Vedas
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A seeker of truth read; study the revelations of many masters to satisfy the thirst of knowledge. Like a honey bee, he may fly from one beautiful flower to the other. He may call upon garden of roses to another of lotus wherever his mind is attracted. However, the final standard of reference or authority should be Vedas. As ages passed, the followers of Vedas forgot the pure and pious sense of surrender embodied in the practice of Yajnyas. No doubt the Yajnya is all giver( Kamadhenu). But they looked it as an instrument for fulfilling their worldly desires. Further more they started offering animal flesh and other pollutants in fire. This in return polluted the atmosphere instead of spreading aromatic and pure air. It was crime practiced in the name of dharma. When things were out of control, Avatara Lord Buddha descended on the planet and advocated the message of love, peace and non-violence to the mankind. He propagated pure non-violent Yajnyas and respected Vedas. Contemporary to Lord Buddha was Bhagvan Mahavir. He conquered the war with his sense organs, thus was known as great warrior(Mahavira) and the conqueror(Jina). Healso attacked vehemently the violence practiced under the garb of religion. He laid stress on non-violence and practice of tapa. In the area of Jerusalem where the flesh offerings became rampant, the divine messenger appeared in Bethelem. He was called as Jesus, the Christ. Jesus spoke of TEN Commandments and His message was pure love. He ordered “ Love thy neighbour as thy self”. The Prophet Mohammed attackendd idol worship. These messengers, avataras and prophets were the Divine incarnation. To fulfill the divine plan, they descended on this planet. Buddha himself was not a Bhuddist nor Mahavira a jain. Jesus was not Christian nor prophet Mohammed a Muslim. They did not come to establish a new sect or religion and divide the people. They are advocates of the Eternal Principles which are common to the fundamentals spirituality, i.e. Satya dharma.
Essence of Vedas- Five Fold Path :-
The knowledge of the Vedas is vast and unfathomable like an ocean. Through ages various traditions have expounded Vedas following different interpretations giving rise to various schools of thought. For common man it is better presented as Five Fold Path. It is the essence of Vedas and is the fundamental principles of Satya dharma of Vedas. Five Fold Path consists of five principles. All five principles put together make one single unit and these are not to be dissociated from each other. It is the ideal way of life in which one strives to practice all these disciplines at one time. This path is the royal path of liberation. The five principles are
1) Yajnya
2) Daan
3) Tapa
4) Karma
5) Swadhyaya
Yajnya:- Practice Yagnya with devotion, with body, speech and mind in unison. This is a process of purification of atmosphere with the agency of fire. Yajnya involves offering of specific organic substances into the fire accompanied by chanting of mantra vibrations and nurturing the feeling of total surrender to the will of Almighty.
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