Veda03- Who really composed the Vedas?

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We were talking about the Vedas which are considered to be the repositories of knowledge. 

 

If there is some repository of knowledge, the obvious inference is that it was composed by someone or by a group of people. But the adherents of the Vedas claim that the Vedas are apaurushEya – which means that they were not composed by anyone.

Veda02- Vedas - Unsolved puzzle of ancient India!

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One of interesting observations of ancient Indian Grammarians was that all the words in any language have a verb as their root. That means any word, no matter it is a noun or adjective or otherwise, has a verb from which it originated. There is no language, if there is no action.

How to meditate?

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When you probably are looking forward to the approaching World Yoga day, I have my own small contribution to Yoga.

Veda01- A Mantra to save your life

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I know, it may sound like a cruel joke to talk about any such thing when thousands of innocent lives are going due to the current Corona pandemic. 

 

No, I am not out to sell any such magic remedy. I am afraid, there is none. I am only reminded of how human beings resort to anything whatsoever, when faced with calamities that seem to threaten their lives and there is no solution in sight.

NewBook- How to improve concentration?

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One comes across an interesting story in the Buddhist Tipitakas. Once Buddha was passing through a dense forest all alone. It was getting dark. People advised Buddha not to take such a risk since that forest was known to be inhabited by a cruel robber who almost killed any passersby. He even chopped off the fingers of his victims and wore a garland of them! People called him Angulimala – one who wears a garland of fingers. 

 

Buddha was fearless and he ignored their advice and kept walking into the forest.