Some people with a poor fund of knowledge reject the Vedas, considering
them to be an outdated text left by some primitive men of the stone
age. However, the knowledge of even the scholarly historians about world
history is limited to only a few thousand years: naturally therefore,
their opinions about the ancient Vedas are of no value. The fact is
that the Vedas constitute a complete wisdom handed over by God Himself
at the dawn of ,hn rrpntion of the universe The Vedas are perfect: they
are called apaiirusheya, indicating that they are not man-made. They are
not meant for casual study like a novel or for idle armchair
speculation; their injunctions arc meant to be heard and practiced in
our daily lives so as to save ourselves from the continuous onslaught
of material miseries and to achieve the eternal world.
People generally believe that modern science has brought a sophisticated brand of knowledge that makes
the Vedas obsolete. But nothing could be further from the truth;
neither are the Vedas obsolete nor is the modern scientific knowledge
new as can be seen from the following incident from the Mahabharata.
When Arjuna saved Maya danava from the burning Khandava forest, the
danava offered to give Arjuna yantra-vidya (knowledge of machines and
industry) in gratitude. But Krishna stopped him ,saying that the
introduction of machine technology would cause the entire human society
to be spoiled and that this technology was to be reserved for the dark
age of Kali.
Thus gross technology was not unknown at any
time, but in the Vedic society it was known to be low class and
destructive and was therefore never introduced.Moreover, modern science
teaches only jada vidya, knowledge about dead matter (earth, water,
fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and ego). It does not help one to
get out of the sufferings of birth, death, old age and disease. The
Vedas. on the other hand. Prescribe practical methods of spiritual
practice for every age. including the present age of Kali. They are not
bound by time, Place or circumstance. Advancement in science and
technology has no bearing on the Vedic knowledge, as the Vedas are meant
to deliver a suffering man from the ocean of nescience in the past, in
the present and in the future. Anyone, at any point of time, can hear
the Vedic knowledge, practice it, purify his life and return to the
kingdom of God. It is therefore the duty of every sane human being to
take advantage of the knowledge of the Vedas and achieve perfection.
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