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10:55, 17 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Mimamsa-Karmamarga:Sankhya (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami According to Sankhya, the Atman is Purusa and is the basis of all, though, at the same time detached from everything. In its view Maya which keeps everything going is Prakriti. The cosmos is contained in 24 "tattvas" ["thatnesses" or principles or categories] of which Prakrti is one- Prakrti is indeed the first of these and it has the name of"pradhana". From it arises the second tattva of "mahat" which is the i...")
10:51, 17 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Mimamsa-Karmamarga:Sankara and Non-Vedic Systems (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami The Acarya views the last stage or asrama in a man's life as the years during which he renounces Vedic works and devotes himself to meditation and metaphysical inquiry. But, unlike the Buddha, he does not want Vedic karma to be given up in the earlier stages. According to him, only after a man cleanses his consciousness through years of Vedic rituals is he to become exclusively devoted Atmic inquiry. First accept...")
10:49, 17 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Mimamsa-Karmamarga:Nyaya and Mimamsa:Buddhism and Indian Society (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami In my opinion at no time in our history did Buddhism in the fullest sense of that religion have a large following in India. Today a number of Hindus, who are members of the Theosophical Society, celebrate our festivals like other Hindus and conduct marriages in the Hindu way. There are many devotees of Sri Ramakrsna Parmahamsa practising our traditional customs. Sri C. Ramanujacariyar, "Anna" (Sri N. Subramanya A...")
10:44, 17 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Mimamsa-Karmamarga:Nyaya and Mimamsa: They brought about the Decline of Buddhism (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Many believe that Buddhism ceased to have a large following in India because it came under the attack of Sankara. This is not true. There are very few passages in the Acarya's commentaries critical of that religion, a religion that was opposed to the Vedas. Far more forcefully has he criticised the doctrines of Sankhya and Mimamsa that respect the Vedic tradition. He demolishes their view that Isvara is not the c...")
10:29, 17 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Mimamsa-Karmamarga:No Concept of God in Mimamsa (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Why should the Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada have sought a debate with Mandanamisra, the mimamsaka? (A mimamsaka is an adherent of Purvamimamsa. We Uttaramimamsakas are called "Vedantins". ) The Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada it was who revivified the Vedic religion and re-established it on a firm footing. Why, then, should such a preceptor have been critical of Mimamsa which is an Upanga of the very Vedas we prompted? B...")
10:21, 17 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs moved page TalkMimamsa-Karmamarga:Explication of Vedic Laws to Talk:Mimamsa-Karmamarga:Explication of Vedic Laws
10:19, 17 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page TalkMimamsa-Karmamarga:Explication of Vedic Laws (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Of the fourteen branches of learning (caturdasa-vidya), after the four Vedas and the Sadanga, we have the four Upangas of the vedas remaining. "Upa+anga"="Upanga. "The prefix "upa" is added to suggest what is auxiliary to a subject.”Sabhanayaka" means speaker; "upasabhanayaka" means deputy speaker. In the same way we have, after the six Angas (Sadanga), the four Upangas. These are Mimamsa, Nyaya, the Puranas an...")
10:01, 17 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs moved page Talk:KALPA:Hand of the Vedapurusa to Talk:Kalpa:Hand of the Vedapurusa
04:59, 17 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:KALPA:Hand of the Vedapurusa (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami The sixth limb or Anga of the Vedapurusa is Kalpa, his hand. The hand is called "kara" since it does work (or since we work with it). In Telugu it is called “sey ". Kalpa is the sastra that involves you in "work". A man learns to chant the Vedas, studies Siksa, Vyakarana, Chandas, Nirukta and Jyotisa. What does he do next? He has to apply these sastras to the rites he is enjoined to perform. He has to wash away...")
04:51, 17 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Jyotisha:Empirical Proof (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami A ray of light pouring through an opening in the roof of a building falls on a particular spot. Normally, we shall not be able to tell where the same ray of light will fall next year. But a prediction can be made with the help of Jyotisa. This is how it was done in the olden days. A pearl attached to a thread was hung from the roof. If a man was able to indicate correctly in advance where its shadow would fall on...")
04:47, 17 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Jyotisha:Not Blind Belief…. (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami "Hindu sastras are all nonsensical, “exclaim critics of our religion. "They say that north of the earth is the Meru Mountain, that our one year is one day for the Devas residing there, and that the sun revolves round it. They believe that, besides the ocean of salt, there are oceans of sugarcane juice and milk, in fact several kinds of oceans. They describe the earth with its five continents as consisting of se...")
04:39, 17 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Jyotisha:Modern Discoveries in Ancient Works (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami There are a few scientific discoveries that are not found mentioned in Varahamihira's Brhat-Samhita. How do heavenly bodies remain in the skies? How is it that they do not fall? Everybody thinks that it was Newton who found the answer to such questions. The very first stanza in the Suryasiddhanta, which is a very ancient treatise, states that it is the force of attraction that keeps the earth from falling....")
04:40, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Jyotisha:Omens, Signs (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Where can you discover water? Where does ground water occur? Or where do streams flow inside the earth? By what signs on the surface do you make out the presence of water underground? How are perfumes manufactured? What are the right measurements for a house? These questions are discussed in the samhita-skandha of Jyotisa. Also omens and signs. "Sakuna" is one thing, "nimitta" quite another. "Sakuna" literally...")
04:38, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Jyotisha:The Grahas and Human Life (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami The conditions of man correspond to the changes in the position of the nine grahas. A human being does not enjoy happiness all the time nor does he always suffer hardships-- that is he experiences a mixture of happiness and sorrow. While he may be pushed up to a high position today, he may be thrust down to the depths tomorrow. It is not man alone that is subject to changes of fortune. Establishments too have the...")
04:36, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Jyotisha:Planets, Stars (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami How do the planets differ from the stars? The planets revolve round the sun; the stars do not belong to the sun's "mandala" [they are not part of the solar system]. If you hold a diamond in your hand and keep shaking it about, it will glitter. The stars glitter in the same way and twinkle, but the planets do not twinkle. The sun and the stars are self-luminous. The stars dazzle like polished diamonds. The plan...")
04:34, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Jyotisha:Ancient Mathematical Treatises (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Jyotisa, as we have seen, consists of three sections. There was a scholarly man in the Matha who was particularly learned in this science. We wished to honour him with a title and decided upon "TriskandhaBhaskara". "Skandha" literally means a big branch springing from the trunk of a tree. The three skandhas of Jyotisas are: siddhanta, hora and samhita. The siddhanta-skandha deals with arithmetic, trigonometry,...")
04:31, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Jyotisha:Astronomy and Astrology (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Astronomy examines the position of the planets and other heavenly bodies. It does not concern itself with how they affect the life of the world or the individual. It is not its function to find out how far the celestial bodies are beneficial to us or how they may be made favourable to us. Such functions belong to astrology. Jyotisa includes both astronomy and astrology. Telling us about the results of performi...")
04:25, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Jyotisha:Eye of the Vedapurusa (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Of the fourteen branches of learning basic to our Vedic religion, I have so far dealt with siksa, Vyakarana, Chandas and Nirukta. These four form part of Sadanga (the six limbs of the Vedas). I will now speak about Jyotisa, it being the first of the remaining two of the Sadanga. Jyotisa, which is the science of the celestial bodies and the eye of the Vedapurusa, consists of three "skandhas" or sections. So it is...")
04:23, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Nirukta: Ear of the Vedapurusa (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Nirukta serves the purpose of a Vedic dictionary, or "kosa". A dictionary is also called a "nighantu", which term is used in Tamil also. Nirukta, which deals with the origin of words, their roots, that is with etymology, is the ear of the Vedapurusa. It explains the meaning of rare words in the Vedas and how or why they are used in a particular context. Many have contributed to Nirukta, the work of Yaksa being th...")
04:16, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Vyakarana:Linguistic Studies and Religion (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Use this Use Hindu Dharma Acharya's Call Voice of Sankara Personal Experiences Sri Adi Sankara Namo Namah Dasoupadesam Naamavali / Pushpaanjali Tamil Telugu Siksa, Vyakarna and the subjects I have yet to deal with -Chandas and Nirukta-are Vedangas-(limbs of the vedas) connected with language. After I said that I would deal with matters basic to our religion, I have been speaking about linguistic studies and gr...")
04:13, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Vyakarana:Sanskrit - The Universal Language (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Sanskrit is the language of all mankind; it is an international language and also the language of the gods. The gods are called "girvanas"; so Sanskrit is called "Gairvani". While the emperor of Tamil poetry, Kambar, describes it as the "devabhasa", the Sanskrit poet Dandin calls it “daivi vak"(divine speech) in his Kavyadarsa: “Samskrtam nama daivi vak. " Sanskrit has no syllable that indistinct or unclea...")
04:11, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Vyakarana:Sanskrit and Tamil Grammar (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Just as "illakanam", the Tamil word for grammar, is derived from the Sanskrit "laksana", so too a number of other words that have to do with grammar in that language are of Sanskrit origin. For instance, there are two terms used in Tamil grammar, pakuti (pahuti) and vikuti (vihuti). To illustrate in the word "Ramanukku" (for Raman ), "Raman " is pakuti and "ku" is "vikuti". Both terms pakuti and vikuti are derive...")
04:10, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Vyakarana:Works on Grammar (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami In the stanza [in the previous chapter] we saw that the poet calls Siva "Candravatamsa". It means the god who has the moon for a head ornament. "Candrasekhara" and "Indusekhara" mean the same. Remarkably enough, "Indusekhara" occurs in the titles of two grammatical works. One is Sabdendusekharam, and the other pariposendusekharam. A student who has read grammar up to Sabdendusekharam is considered master of the s...")
04:03, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Vyakarana:Grammar and Siva (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Siva temples have a mandapa (pavilion or hall) called “vyakaranadanamandapa". In Tamil it has come to be called “vakkanikkum mandapam". There are such halls in many temples in the Chola territory of Tamilnadu. One such is in Tiruvorriyur near Madras. Why should there be a mandapa for grammar in Siva temples? What is Siva's connection with language? Is not Siva in his form of Daksinamurti all silence? ''Nrt...")
03:57, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Vyakarana:Mouth of the Vedapurusa (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Vyakarana or grammar is the "mukha" of the Vedapurusa, his mouth. The Tamil word for grammar is "illakanam". Grammar deals with the "laksanas" of a language. "Laksmana(n)" is "llukkumanan" in Tamil. In the same way, "laksana(m)" becomes "illakanam" in that language. There are a number of works on Sanskrit grammar. The most widely used and important is the one by the great sage Panini. There is a gloss - a vart...")
03:54, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Scripts:Other Notable Aspects of Siksa (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami The general rule is that the sound of the Vedas ought not to be changed, that there should be no tonal alterations. But there are rules permitting slight modifications based on the differences between the recensions - and these rules are according to the Siksa sastra. Slight tonal changes are also allowed. In some hymns of the Rgveda the "a-kara" and "e-kara" are drawn out further than in the other Vedas. In some...")
03:53, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Scripts:Names of Months (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami From our inquiry into the derivation of the Tamil margazhi from Margasirsi, you must have formed an idea of how the genius of one language differs from that of another. You may note this from how the original Sanskrit names of other months have changed in Tamil. Usually, as observed before, the name of a month is derived from the asterism under which the full moon falls in that month. Citra-purnima is a sacred da...")
03:30, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Scripts:Impact of Siksa Sastra (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami In the foregoing we noticed that certain Vedic syllables had a special association with certain regions and that these were absorbed in the languages spoken there. We also learned from this that the Vedas flourished in all countries. There was never a period in Tamil Nadu, the land we know intimately when Vedic dharma was not practised there. The name "Tamizh" itself has the "zha" characteristic of the Talavak...")
03:28, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Scripts:Vedic Vocalisation and the Regional (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Languages If we relate certain characteristics of the different languages of India to how Vedic chanting differs syllabically from region to region, we will discover the important fact that the genius of each of these tongues and the differences between them are based on how the Vedas are chanted in these regions. I make here certain observations based on my own philological researches. The letters da, ra, la...")
03:09, 15 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Scripts:Versions with Slight Differences (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami I have spoken about the importance of maintaining the purity of Vedic syllables. All over India, from the Himalaya to Ramesvaram and throughout the ages, the Vedas have been taught entirely in the oral tradition, without any printed books and without one part of the country being in touch with another. And yet 99 percent of the texts followed everywhere are the same to the letter. So it means there is a differ...")
06:56, 11 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs moved page Talk:Medical versus Hindu Perspectives on Death to Talk:Medical versus Taittirīyopaniṣad - Perspectives on Death
05:03, 11 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Scripts:Importance of Enunciation and Intonation (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami You must not go wrong either in the enunciation or intonation of a mantra. If you do, not only will you not gain the expected benefits from it, the result might well be contrary to what is intended. So the mantras must be chanted with the utmost care. There is a story told in the '''''Taittiriya Samhita (2.4.12)''''' - ''Tvasta wanted to take revenge on Indra for some reason and conducted a sacrifice to beget a...")
04:59, 11 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Scripts:Aksamala (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami "Rudraksa" means the eye of Rudra or Siva. "Rudraksa-mala" is a "garland" (rosary) made up of such "eyes". "Aksa" means eye. In Tamil the rudraksa is called "tirukkanmani" [the sacred pupil of the eye] What is the meaning of "aksamala" or "sphatika-aksamala"? Here the word "aksa" is not taken to mean the eye but the letters of the alphabet from "a" to "ksa". In the Sanskrit alphabet "a" comes first and "ksa" co...")
04:57, 11 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Languages and Scripts: Indian and Foreign (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami A special feature of our language is that each syllable of every word is pronounced distinctly. Take the English word "world". The sound of the first syllable has no clear form; it is neither "we" nor "wo". Then the letter "r" is slurred over. There are many such indistinct words in foreign tongues. They come under the category of "avyakta-sabda" (indistinct sounds). In our country all languages are "spasta"(clea...")
04:53, 11 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Siksa:A Language that has all Phonemes (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami From the foregoing it is clear that Sanskrit has the "f" sound. In fact there is no sound vocalised by humans that is not present in that language. "Zha" is not, as is usually imagined, unique to Tamil. It exists in the Vedic language which is the source of Sanskrit. The "da" in the Yajurveda has to be pronounced as "zha" in the corresponding passages in the Samaveda. In the Rgveda also in some places the "da" ha...")
04:51, 11 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Siksa:Scripts (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami The evolution of the script of any language must be based on symbols or signs denoting various "units" of its speech (phonemes). Most European languages, including English, are written in the Roman script. There is a script called Brahmi, and the Asokan edicts are in it. In fact, it is from Brahmi that the scripts of most Indian languages have evolved, and these include not only the Devanagari script in which San...")
02:56, 8 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Siksa:Pronunciation (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Siksa deals with "uccarna", "svara", "matra", "bala", "sama" and "santana". The sound of each mantra is determined with the utmost accuracy. How different sounds have their source in different parts of the body and how they are vocalised, all such details which are of scientific and practical importance are dealt with in this Anga. If it says, "Join your lips in this way and such and such a sound will be produced...")
02:53, 8 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Siksa:Root Language - Sanskrit (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami In speaking about the Vedas I stated that the sound of a word was more important that its meaning. That reminds me. In the Vedic language called "Chandas" and in Sanskrit which is based on it, there are words the very sound of which denotes their meaning. Take the word "danta". You know that it means a tooth. We have to use our teeth to produce the sound of the word "danta" - the tongue has to make an impact on t...")
02:51, 8 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Siksa:Yoga and Speech (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami When you play the harmonium, the nagasvaram or the flute, the sound is produced by the air discharged in various measures through different outlets. Our throat has a similar system to produce sound. It is not that the throat alone is involved in this process. How do we speak and sing? Speaking or singing is an exercise that has its source below the navel in the "muladhara" or "root-base' of the spinal column. Fro...")
02:49, 8 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Siksa: Nose of the Vedapurusa (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Siksa comes first among the six limbs of the Vedas, the nose of the Vedapurusa. The function of the nose here is not to be taken only as that of perceiving smells. It has also the function of breathing; in fact it is one of the organs of breathing. Siksa serves as the life-breath of the Vedic mantras. Where is the life of a Vedic mantra centred? Each syllable of a hymn is to be enunciated strictly according to...")
02:46, 8 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:The Vedas:Sadanga (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami Among the basic texts of Hinduism, the six Angas or limbs of the Vedas are next in importance to the Vedas themselves. The Vedapurusa has six limbs or parts- mouth, nose, eye, ear, hand, foot. These are called "Sadanga". The Tamil term "cadangu" denoting any ceremony is derived from this word. The Tamil Tevaram refers to Sadanga in this line, "Vedamo(du) aru angam ayinan. " In the past all moral and religious...")
02:44, 8 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:The Vedas:Greatness of the Vedas (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami The glory of the Vedas knows no bounds and it is manifested in the affairs of the world in a manner that defies comparison. Of all the sacred places on earth Kasi comes foremost. When we speak in praise of other hallowed centres, we say that they are equal to Kasi in holiness. From this we know the importance of that city. In the south there is a pilgrim centre which has come to be called "Daksina Kasi (Southe...")
02:41, 8 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:The Vedas:My Duty (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami My duty is to impress upon you again and again that it is your responsiblity to keep the Vedic tradition alive. Whether or not you listen to me, whether or not I am capable of making you do what I want you to do, so long as there is strength in me, I will keep telling you tirelessly: "This is your work. This is your dharma. “It is for the sake of the Vedas that the Acarya established this Matha. So, no matter h...")
02:37, 8 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:The Vedas:Veda Bhasya (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami The sound of the Vedas must be kept alive. For this purpose, it would be enough if Brahmins memorised the mantras and chanted them every day. The power of the sound, the power of the mantras vocalised, is sufficient to bring good to mankind. I said, you will remember, that chanting the Vedas with faith, even though without knowing their meaning, is “viryavattaram". The statement, however, does not fully reflect...")
17:29, 7 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:The Vedas:Duty of Brahmins (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami If any purpose has been served by listening to me all the while, it is up to you [Brahmins] to take whatever steps you think fit to promote Vedic learning. Every day you must perform “Brahmayajna" which is one of the five great sacrifices ( mahayajnas). The term "Brahma" in “Brahmayajna" means the Vedas. The power of the mantras must be preserved in us as an eternal reality. It must burn bright like a lamp th...")
17:27, 7 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:The Vedas:Sakhas now Studied (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami People in the distant past had remarkable abilities and possessed great yogic and intellectual power. So theym could gain mastery of many Vedic recensions. As for the great sages it wsas a matter of the Vedas revealing themselves to them in a flash. Others with their unusual abilities were able to master not only the Vedas but other branches of learning. The Vedas in their infinitude being like the expanse of an...")
17:24, 7 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:The Vedas: Brahmins and Non-Brahmins (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami What about non- Brahmins? Is it not necessary for them too to become pure within? Even if they do not have to perform Vedic rituals or chant mantras, they too have to become cleansed inwardly by doing their alloted work. Whatever his caste or jati, if a man performs his hereditary work in a spirit of dedication to Isvara he will become liberated. This is stated clearly in the Gita: ''"Svakaramana tam abhyarcya si...")
17:22, 7 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Vedic Sakhas (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami When the Vedas are said to have no end, how can one talk of there being an "end to the Vedas (Vedanta)"? The mesage of the Vedas, the truths proclaimed by them, the teachings with respect to self-realisation occur in the concluding part (Upanisads) of each of the Vedas, that is Vedanta. Why should the Vedas, which are infinite have been divided into so many sakhas or recensions? A man must be imparted all that...")
17:21, 7 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Essence of the Upanisadic Teaching (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami What is the essence of the Upanisadic teaching? How do we realise the ideal state mentioned in the Upanisads [the oneing of the individual self and the Overself]? The phenomenal universe, in the view of modern science, is embraced by the concepts of time and space [It exists in the time-space frame]. The Upanisads declare that only by being freed from time and space factors can we grasp the ultimate truth that...")
16:55, 7 April 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:What do the Vedas Teach Us (Created page with "By Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami The Vedas speak of a variety of matters. So how are we to accept the view that their most important teaching is the concept of Self-realisation expounded in the Upanisads constituting the Vedanta? They mention a number of sacrifices like agnihotra, somayaga, sattra and isti and other rituals in addition. Why should it not be maintained that it is these that form their chief purpose? What are the rites to be pe...")