Re: Veda - When It Was One
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Originally Posted by
yajvan
That is, the ved did not start out as 4volumes ( some would argue 3). It is one contiguous fullness of knowledge that always resides, that never parishes, hence it is akṣara - imperishable, unalterable.
How can this be? how can this knowledge have always been? Consider it this way as a simple example.
It is recorded that William Gilbert was first to discover electricity and magnetism ( some say this was done earlier, yet for this example lets stay with Mr. Gilbert).
Now one can ask did Mr. Gilbert invent/create electricity? I think we can agree he did not. He uncovered this law of nature - how nature behaves. That fact of the matter is, electricity had been around dormant for billions of years. Just like every idea or invention, it resides in nature, in consciousness just awaiting to manifest.
Like that the ved has been around forever , and before that forever. Why so? Because it is fundamental knowledge which governs the universe. The ṛṣi's ( some call kavi¹) via their pure cognizing abilities were able to view/hear the ved in their pristine levels of awareness.
Some call this ṛtambharā tatra prajñā - Supreme Truth (ṛtambharā) inner wisdom (prajñā) that rises, and prevails in that place (tatra).
That is, a level of consciousness that only sees the truth. The wise also call this full of unalloyed Truth.
praṇām
1. kavi - gifted with insight , intelligent , knowing , enlightened , wise ; also a name for a poet.
यतसà¥à¤¤à¥à¤µà¤‚ शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṠśivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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