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  Uttara Mimasa (Jnana Mimamsa) or Vedanta (continued) By A lover of Ancient wisdom   The great Sage Badarayana initiated the efforts to simplify the Upanishadic philosophy. Badarayana is also known as Veda Vyasa. He was the first scholar to take up the challenging task of systemising the immensely vast philosophical doctrines of the Upanishads. The result of his efforts was one of the most illustrious works on Vedanta. Badarayana’s work is known as Brahma-Sutra or Vedanta-Sutra . It is also referred to as Uttar-Mimamsa-Sutra . The Brahma-Sutra has 555 sutras (axioms). Most of them are aphoristic and almost unintelligible at first sight. Hence, a number of commentaries were written to interpret them. Among these the commentaries of Shankaracharya, Ramnujacharya and Madhavacharya are regarded authentic and are held in very high esteem. They are regarded as the greatest scholars of Indian philosophy. They are not only the principal commentators of Brahma-Sutra (Ve...

  Arrangement of the Vedic Corpus in brief by A lover of Ancient wisdom ·        The Samhitas are the most ancient part of the Vedas, consisting of hymns of praise to many manifestations of the Supreme. ·        The Brahmanas are the commentaries on the hymns of the four Vedas. ·        The Aranyakas constitute philosophy underlying the ritual sacrifices prescribed in the Vedas. ·        The Upanishads consist of the mystical and philosophical teachings of Vedic corpus; the Soul of the Vedas, called Vedanta. Upa-Vedas Upa-Vedas are applied knowledge. Each Upa-Veda is associated with one of the four Vedas. There are four Upa-Vedas:   ·       Dhanurveda : Warfare, associated with Rig Veda ·       Sthapatyaveda: Associated with Yajur Veda: Designing homes, buildings, cities, villages in harmony wi...

  The Teachings of the Vedas By A Lover Of Ancient Wisdom Vedas being a compilation ( Samhita ) of the Revelation of a long line of great Seers and Sages over many ages who apprehended the very soul of things in their totality, it is the ultimate knowledge and wisdom attainable by man. They treat of the ultimate Absolute CAUSE – which is ever UNKNOWABLE, because infinite, boundless and Eternal, before which even the gods have to bow in ignorance; the origin of the Universe from and in that Absolute CAUSELESS CAUSE, its evolution, development, and final re absorption in the UNKNOWN; this appearance and disappearance of the universe in the BOUNDLESS SPACE, like regular ebb and flow of the tide of the ocean, is governed by Cyclic and Karmic Law. Evolution of the of the universe in its triple aspects of Spiritual, Intellectual and Physical is the Macrocosmic; and the evolution of all beings, and Man, the Microcosm, also in their threefold being as spiritual, mental or intellec...

  Veda by A lover of Ancient Knowledge The etymological root of the word Veda is vid, “to know,” or “divine knowledge.” They are the most ancient as well as the most sacred of the Sanskrit works. While orientalists, judging by exoteric garment of the few copies of the Vedas that are extant ascribe to it no more than a millennium and half or two BCE. The Esoteric tradition , however, has it that the vast corpus had been first taught orally for thousands of years and then compiled on the shores of the Lake Manasa-Sarovara (phonetically manasarovara ) beyond the Himalayas, in Tibet. Vedas were compiled in their final form by Veda-Vyasa, according to tradition, about 3100 years BCE when the Sage flourished. Therefore Vedas must be, at least, as old as this date. Its antiquity is proven sufficiently by the fact that they are written in such an ancient form of Sanskrit, which is different from Sanskrit now in use, and very few can understand it. Vedas are not a single work. Th...