What are the Vedas?
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- Опубліковано 21 лис 2020
- The earliest and most sacred scriptures of Hinduism - The Vedas - is some of the oldest surviving religious literature in the world, and simultaneously some of the best preserved. In this video, we talk about these fascinating texts as the first part in a new series on religion in India.
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Sources/Further Reading:
Flood, Gavin (2003). "The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism". Blackwell publishing.
Jacobsen, Knut A. (2003). "Hinduismen: Historia, tradition, mångfald". Kultur och Natur.
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I am a person born into Hinduism. I left religion and became agnostic, no one in my family was killed for my idea. I love that Hindus have freedom of thought and expression and we do not bully people to convert to Hinduism. This itself makes me happy about hinduism even though I myself don't follow many Hindu customs.
Well you are still be hindu but from a different branch
Shruthi Reddy - "you left religion" but hindu/dharmic tradition is NOT the same as religion.
The word religion comes from the latin word (religaire) meaning to be bound (by a book). It aptly fits the blind faith Abrahamic religions. Point is none of the Abrahamic religions were built around any well validated metaphysics. It led to blind belief in a book, needless middlemen/prophets, angels, non existent heaven/hell, fantasy stories (propagated as history) and half baked responsibilities towards people and nature due to lack of understanding of karma or cause and effect created due to violation of balance of natural law or dharma, reincarnation (birth/death duality cycle) and moksha (microcosm to macrocosm.
What is dharma?
Dharma has the Sanskrit root dhri, which means “that which upholds” or “that without which nothing can stand” or “that which maintains the stability and harmony of the universe.” Dharma encompasses the natural, innate behavior of things, duty, law, ethics, virtue, etc. Every entity in the cosmos has its particular dharma - from the electron, which has the dharma to move in a certain manner, to the clouds, galaxies, plants, insects, and of course, man. Man’s understanding of the dharma of inanimate things is what we now call physics. Violation of dharma creates karma or cause and effect and reincarnation.
What is hindu/dharmic tradition?
Hindu tradition was built around the well validated Dharmic/Vedic metaphysics Sankhya and represented in the form of temples, deities, rituals, symbols, festivals, mantras, YOGA/TANTRA, pilgrimage centers, mutts, puranas/ithihasas (Ramayana and Mahabharatha) with allegorical stories which represent laws of nature, shastras (dance, music, science, Upanishads) to follow dharma, reduce KARMA and put an end reincarnation (birth/death duality cycle) so that everyone gets Moksha (microcosm to macrocosm).
Duality cycles of nature are mediated by the conscious, immanent (athma), transcendent and omnipresent Shiva. Duality cycles of nature are sustained by Dharma (so the hindu/dharmic tradition)
@@indianmilitary >>> It led to blind belief in a book. Are you aware of the first abrahamic stories, creation story, adam and eve, qabil&habil etc, those stories were the ones who paved the way to the faith, it certainly didnt made people go blindly after that religion. You are spewing degradatory rhetoric cause you have aversion or maybe even hate i cant tell yet. Monotheist religions are based on justice, as any kind of injustice creates misfortune and evil, resentment and other evils. Monotheist religions have as a result far better developed philosophy of evil but also of good, thats why civs based on monotheism were always more mature and dynamic.
@@indianmilitary Bruh, do you even have any knowledge of Abrahamic religions ? Stop barking nonsense if you doing know what you’re talking about.
Abrahamic philosophy and theology is far superior to Dharmic.
Indian philosophy has many good features but many criticisms as well.
The centuries of Jewish, Christian and Islamic philosophy far exceeds many Hindu ideas
@@lightscameras4166 “far superior” according to whom?
This is literally most respectful channel I’ve come accross. No non sense, no jokes, just facts and education. I luv it
Yeah man I hate jokes too
@@Atrenix Yhea dude humor has ruined our society
this channel could do with a joke or two in each video
He should have included human corpses being thrown into the Ganges "holy" river. That's Hinduism, too.
Figuratively, this channel is also very respectful.
I really appreciate Hinduism because it has a lot of truth about many things. It is a deeply spiritual religion.
Germanic Pagan here. Respect to my Indo-European Hindu brothers, may Indra keep you ⚔
Indra from Rig Veda and Thor from Norse Pagen religion are almost the same deity .
Thor Fought with midgaurd serpent and Indra slayed Vitra ( a gaint snake or dragon ) .
Both Thor and Indra have large belly , a golden moustache , and they both love a kind of alcoholic Drink .
(Indra loves soma , a psychedelic wine mentioned in the Rig Veda ) .
Both are guardian deity associated with Rain and Thunder and War .
Thor has a hammer , Indra has a Vajra ( a thunderbolt ) .
Both are heavily powerful ,Short tempered Beast warriors .
from a believing eyes,
they both are regional manifestation of same aspect of supreme Divinity
@@abed9267 Heracles who wrestled the dragon with his might club, Perun who slew the dragon with his thunderous axe. They are Perkwonos, but which manifestation one decides to follow is based on how they seek their ancestral wisdom and faith. May all humans come together to worship whatever gods they choose... be it Thor, the Norse animation, or be it Indra, the Vedic animation. May their might be among us
@@dracodistortion9447 odin was rigvedic sage , known as kavi usana / or kavi usan ( poet usan ) , he in late Vedic scriptures known as sukracharya,or asuracharya (fatherhood of asur race ,aesir race )
@@dracodistortion9447 tho norse culture say he odin lost his one eye or sacrifice for knowledge , but hinduism he lost one eye out of jealously with visnu (another vedic deity) I don't know much story about how he lost his eye tho , but he is called leader of asur race and one eyed which mean he definitely odin ( aesir all father )
@@greaterbharat4175 i think odin is dyaus pita from vedas. Which means father of sky.
In greek zeus is similar to indra but to dyaus pita as well. As the actual name of zeus is zeus pater which means sky father also name is similar dyaus pita- zeus pater and also after romans conquered greece they changed their god name to Jupiter which is very similar in how we speak zeus pater you can try. Now in norse thor is comparable to indra and odin all father as dyaus pita. Its just my opinion as both are father of gods. We all more connected than we think
*_Beautifully explained. I like how the comment section doesn't have hate comments. Everyone wants to learn with open mind. Nice to see this._*
Unless you dig the into responses of comments. Its quite a battlefield.
Your comment is more important than the rest, thanks for putting it in bold.
@@LongmirTeron Why would anyone hate one of the world's oldest form of linguistics? The Vedas are not just religious scriptures, they are part of WORLD LITERATURE. It is part of humanity that's how old it is atleast for the people in the field of linguistics.
Exactly
@@Albetroz1415 Oh, trust that there's trolls everywhere and I mean EVERYWHERE.
Though a Christian I have always had a deep interest, love & affinity for Hinduism. Love your videos they are very important in creating understanding between the different faiths.
Though I'm a Christian and I think you are a heretic
Probably cause Hinduism is part of indo Aryan history.
@@Larrypint Not all Christians are of *Indo-European (Aryan pertains to Hindus. Arya is Sanskrit for 'Noble' which was conferred only to the tribes in the South Asian subcontinent that followed Hinduism and the dharmic path. Nothing to do with race, as many different tribes of different ethnicities were described as Arya in The Rigveda) descent. I'm Indian and have no affinity for Christianity (no disrespect at all. I just don't feel any sort of deep feeling for it either way) so I doubt common ancestry has anything to do with Dave's affinity.
Bro hinduism is come from buddhism. They just have claims of theirs when ask for proof they run away. Whatever exist of theirs were made by shyamuki Buddhas follower, later those people stole it from them and made buddha also an avatar of thier mythic god.
@@tantrum17 本当に言った 🙏❤️
I read the Uppanishads. Truely timeless and very emotionally fulfilling.
Can you tell me where you read them? I would love to read them but I don't know which translations are reliable. Thanks
@the one who judges the book by its cover I do not think we should propagate this kind of thinking. I learnt sanskrit and also learnt the vedas and upanishads. But generally, vedas and upanishads are only taught as memorisation and for chanting. Me and my brother, we looked into the upanishads, read old bhashyas and translations as well. It is super interesting and I recommend that anyone start their journey into them with a sense of reverence and respect that we are taught to give to any form of knowledge and wisdom.
@Nope, no translation can be perfect. Start with RK mutt/ missions books go through translations Shankaracharya's Bhashyas (commentaries) and Max Muller's works. Just remember that personal biases and upbringing will obviously impact the translation. Read as many as possible. Happy journey is this amazing process. Oh! you could also listen to some audible series available, but just remember that everyone understands it differently and that is fine.
@the one who judges the book by its cover I feel what we call Hinduism is the analogous to philosophy today. There are many thoughts, some apparently contradictory. The is a verse which says 'ekam sat viprah bahuda vadanti' truth is singular, the wise call it by different names. There are many more such sentences. There have been debates between shankara and mandana Mishra etc. It is a process or a journey rather than a destination probably.
Check out nasadiya suktam, it was mentioned in the Allahabad ayodhya verdict as well, it leaves a question mark asking 'who knows'. I don't think there is anything like the correct branch, or maybe I don't know it yet. There is a lot of simile and metaphor etc, so just allow for that as well. Also in Sanskrit word are generally derived from attributes, there could be a word which means 'that which holds water' it maybe present in translations as a pot or a cloud or lake etc. It could be that confusing to translate. Just a heads up
@@nope2560 I read "The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal" which is an un-abridged version, with no commentary. It is a very easy read.
@@janakakumara3836 thanks. Will read it
As a college professor, I applaud and appreciate your introduction on this presentation, and your careful statements about the complexity of classification and characterization of world faiths and their respective practices and beliefs. That gives an authoritative stance and tone to your (always) excellent work here.
I've never seen so many Jains on the street. Everyone seems to be wearing a mask.
@Paul Stuckless Hahaha nice joke brother😂😂. Can't wait to tell my jain friends.
More interestingly, they are worn for the very same reason: To avoid harm to other living beings.
Was my first thought when the pandemic broke out.
@@shujaatalisayyad5532 not a joke brother, but years ahead in their thinking
fake account
Basically Hinduism is an evolving religion whose evolution is comparable to how open source software projects work. I love the idea.
That explains why so many South Asians write articles, and make videos, about linux topics :)
Lmao, no it's not.
@Siddhant Mishra >> Subpar Abrahamic thinking
No, unlike you, however, I've actually read the Smritis and shastras and shrutis. Hinduism is not Linux. It has fixed laws.
@Siddhant Mishra No, a structured hierarchy was present even within the vedic age. You people think Hinduism is like a programming language that can be altered lol.
Read the purusha sukta in the rig veda and the chandogya upanishad. It very explicitly talks about a structured hierarchy.
@Siddhant Mishra Hinduism is dharmic and each individual has to follow a strict code of ethics named dharma. Altering of dharma can only be done by the divine. Not by man. Even the Bhagavad-Gita says that my guy.
Hinduism is more like a culture of the people who live in India
Nope.
I am hindu from Bangladesh.
My Sanskrit teacher is from Guyana..
Hinduism is not equal to india..
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Yeah but Bangladesh was used to be a part of India until muslim majority population demenaded for a separate country
@@Peace-zs9dfI'm from nepal and a hindu with nepali culture 🤷🏻
Few hindu scriptures
1. VEDAS - 1. Rig veda 2. Sama veda 3. Yajur veda Black and White, 4. Atharva veda
2. Brahmanas - 1. Aitareya, 2. Kausitaki, 3. Sankhayana, 4. Taittiriya, 5. Katha, 6. Satapatha, 7. Paficaviméa, 8. Sadvimsa, 9. Jaiminiya, 10. Sama vidhanam, 11. Chandogya, 12. Gopatha
3. Aranyakas - 1. Aitareya, 2. Kausitaki, 3. Sankhayana, 4. Taittiriya, 5. Katha, 6. Brhadaranyaka, 7. Talavakra
4. Major Upanisads
1. Aitareya, 2. Kausitaki, 3. Taittiriya, 4. Katha, 5. Maitri, 6. Brhadaranyaka, 7. Svetasvatara, 8. la, 9. Chandogya, 10. Kena, 11. Mundaka, 12. Mandukya, 13. Prasna.
5. Minor Upanisad
1. Adhyatma Up. 2. Advaya taraka Up. 3. Aksa malika Up. 4. Aksi Up. 5. Amrta bindu Up. 6. Annapurna Up. 7. Atharva sikha Up. 8. Atharvasirasa Up. 9. Atrna Up. 10. Atma bodha Up. 11. Avadhita Up. 12. Avyakta Up. 13. Bahvricha Up. 14. Bhasma jabala Up. 15. Bhavana Up. 16. Bhiksuka Up. 17. Brahma Up. 18. Brahma vidya Up. 19. Brihad jabala Up. 20. Daksina miurti Up. 21. Dattatreya Up. 21. Devi Up. 23. Dhyana bindu Up. 24. Ekaksara Up. 25. Ganapati Up. 26. Garbha Up. 27. Garuda Up. 28. Gopala tapiniya Up. 29. Gopala pirva tapini Up. 30. Harhsa Up. 31. Hayagriva Up. 32. ISavasya Up. 33. Jabala Up. 34. Jabali Up. 35. Kaivalya Up. 36. Kalagni-rudra Up. 37. Kali santarana Up. 38. Katha Up. 39. Katha rudra Up. 40. Ksurika Up. 41. Maha Up. 42. Maha narayana Up. 43. Maha vakya Up. 44. Maitrayani Up. 45. Maitreyi Up. 46. Mandala-brahmana Up. 47. Mandakya Up. 48. Mantrika Up. 49. Mudgala Up. 50. Muktika Up. 51. Nada bindu Up. 52. Narada parivrajaka Up. 53. Niralamba Up. 54. Nirvana Up. 55. Nrsimha uttara tapini Up. 56. Nrsimha pirva tapini Up. 57. Paingala Up. 58. Pafica brahma Up. 59. Para brahma Up. 60. Paramaharnsa Up. 61. Paramahamsa parivrajaka Up. 62. PaSupata-brahmana Up. 63. Pranagnihotra up. 64. Rama rahasya Up. 65. Rama plrva tapiniyaUp. 66. Rama tapiniya Up. 67. Rudraksa jabala Up. 68. Sandilya Up. 69. Sanyasa Up. 70. Sarabha Up. 72. Sarasvati rahasya Up. 73. Saririka Up. 74. Sarva sara Up. 75. Satyayaniya Up. 76. Saubhagya laksmi Up. 77. Sita Up. 78. Skanda Up. 79. Subala Up. 80. Suka rahasya Up. 81. Surya Up. 82. Tarasara Up. 83. Tejo bindu Up. 84. Tri Sikhi brahmana Up. 85. Tripura tapini Up. 86. Tripura Up. 87. Turtyatita avadhuta Up. 88. Tripada vibhuti maha narayana Up. 89. Varaha Up. 90. Vasudeva Up. 91. Vajrasucika Up. 92. Yajnavalkya Up. 93. Yoga cudamani Up. 94. Yoga kundalini Up. 95. Yoga sikha Up. 96. Yoga tattva Up.
6. Upa Vedas - 1. ayur Veda. 2. dhanur Veda 3. Sastra Sastra 4. gandharva Veda 5. sthapatya Veda 6. silpa Sastra.
7. Grihya Sutras - 1, Agvalayana, 2. Kausitaki, 3. Sankhayana, 4. Baudhayana, 5. Apastamba, 6. Hiranyakesin, 7. Bharadvaja, 8. Satyasadha, 9. Vaikhanasa, 10, Paraskara, 11. Gobhila, 12. Khadira, 13. Jaimini,14. Kausika. 15. Vaikhanasa.
8. Dharma Shastras -1. Manu Smrti, 2. Yajnavalkya Smrti, 3. Parasara Smrti, 4. Visnu, 5. Daksa, 6. Samvarta, 7. Vyasa, 8. Harita, 9. Satatapa, 10. Vasistha, 11. Yama, 12. Apastamba, 13. Gautama, 14. Devala, 15. Sankha, 16. Likhita, 17. Usana, 18. Atri, 19. Saunaka, 20. Angirasa, 21. Katyayana 22. Vaikhanasa 23. Madalasa (written by a woman). 24 .narada smriti .
9. Major Puranas - 1. Visnu, 2. Bhagavata, 3. Padma, 4. Naradiya, 5. Garuda, 6. Varaha 7. Matsya, 8. Linga, 9. Skanda, 10. Kurma, 11. Siva,12. Agni 13. Brahma, 14. Brahma vaivarta, 15. Vamana, 16. Brahmanda, 17. Markandeya, 18. Bhavisya.
10. Minor Puranas - 1. Adya 2. Narasimha 3. Skanda 4. Shivadharma 5. Durvasa 6. Naradiya 7. Kapila 8. Vamana 9. Aushanasa 10. Brahmanda 11. Varuna 12. Kalika 13. Maheshvara 14. Samba 15. Saura 16. Parashara 17. Maricha 18. Bhargava 19. Devi bhagwat 20. Ganesh 21. Surya 22. kalki 23 .Jain puran 24. Vishnudharmottar puran .
11. Tantras - (a) Sivagama 1. Kamika 2. Suksma 3. Candrajnana 4. Yogaraja 5. Cintya 6. Karana 7. Makutha 8. Ajita 9. Raurava 10. Dipta 11. Sahasra 12. AmhSumat 13. Suprabheda
(b) Rudragama 1. Vijaya 2. NihSvasa 3. Svayambhiva 4. Anala 5. Vira 6. Vimala 7. Mukhabimba 8. Prodgjita 9. Lalita10. Siddha 11. Santana 12. Sarvokta 13. Paramesvara 14. Kirana 15. Vatula
(c) Saktagama - 1. Chinnamasta Tantra, 2. Gandharva T. 3. Ganapati T.4. Svacchanda T. 5. Guptasadhana T. 6. Jiianarnava T. 7. Kakachandisvara kalpa T. 8. Nirvana T.9. Kali T. 10. Niruttara T.11. Kamakhya T.12. Kaulavali T.13. Kubjika T. 14. Kulachudamani T. 15. Kundalini T. 16. Malinivijayottara T. 17. Matrikabheda T. 18. Maya T. 19. Netra T. 20. Nila Tantra T. 22. Saraswati T. 23. Tantra loka T. 24. Tantra raja T. 25. Tara T. 26. Vinasikha T. 27. Yogini T. 28. Yoni T. 29. Mahé nirvana T. 23. Prapaficasara T. 24. Todala T. 25. Kularnava T. 26. Visnu yamala T. 27. Rudra yamala T. 28. Brahma yamala T. 29. Kula sara T.
12. Agamas (Vaisnava) (a) Vaikhdnasa Agama. (b) Paficaratra 4gama:1. ISvara Sarhhita,2. Parama S. 3. Brihad Brahma S. 4. Pauskara S. 5. Sattvata S. 6. Jianamrtasara S. 7. Agastya S. 8. Aniruddha S. 9. Ahirbhudnya S. 10. Kapifijala S. 11. Kasyapa S. 12. Jayakhya S. 13. Jfianamrtasara S. 14. Naradiya S. 15. Paramapurusa S. 16. Parasgara S. 17. Padma S. 18. Paramesvara S. 19. Purusottama S. 20. Pauskara S. 21. Bharadvaja S. 22. Markandeya S. 23. Laksmi Tantra S. 24. Visvamitra S. 25. Visnu Tilaka S. 26. Visnu S. 27. Visvaksena S. 28. Sandilya S. 29. Sesa S. 30. Sriprasnav 31. Sanatkumara S. 32. Hayasirga Samhitas.... And 100 more unpublished.
13. Itihasas 1. Ramayanas (Sanskrit - many more in regional languages.)
(a) Valmiki Ramayana, (b) Agastya Ramayana, (c) Adhyatma Ramayana, (d) Adbhuta Ramayana; (e) Vasistha Ramayana (f) Laghu Yoga Vasistha, (g) Ananda Ramayana, (h) Ramokhyana Parva (i) krittivasi ramayan
2. Mahabharata 3. Harivamsa. 14. Gitas
1. Anu-gita, 2. Avadhuta-gita, 3. Astavakra-gita, 4. Kapila-gita 5. Adhyatma Gita 6. Arhad gita Or Tattva gita 7. Bhagavad Gita 8. Bhiksu-gita 9. Bodhya-gita 10. Brahma-gita 11. Brahmana gita 12. Devi gita 13. Ganesa gita 14. Hamsa gita 15. Har gita 16. Harita gita 17. Jayanteya gita 18. ISvara gita, 19. Kapila gita 20. Manki gita 21. Mahavira Gita (Jaina) 22. Pandava gita 23. ParaSara gita 24. Pingala gita 25. Prema gita 26. Rama gita 27. Rudra-gita 28. Siva gita 29. Sivagarnpaka-gita 30. Surya-gita 31. Suta gita 32. Vicikhyu gita 33. Vrtra gita 34. Vyadha Gita 35. Vyasa gita 36. Yama gita, 37 Ribhu gita, 38 Uddhava gita, 39 Janaka gita.
15. Social Sciences
1. Aesthetics (a) Kama sutra (b) Koka Sastra, (c) Anangaranga.
2. Polity & Administration Artha sastra
3. Encyclopaedia - Brihatsamhita
4. Ethics Niti Sastra (a) Brihaspati Niti Sastra, (d) Vidura N.S. (c) Sukra N.S. (d) Canakya Raja N.S. (e) Bhritrahari N.S (f) Kamandaki N.S
5. Jataka Mala 6. Panca Tantra 7. Hitopadesa. 8. Kavya. 9. Natya Sastra (Dance), 10. Alankara Sastra (rhetoric), 11. Sangita Sastra (Musicology).
16. Metaphysics (Sad-darsana)
(1) Mimamsa Sutras (Jaimini), (2) Nydya Sutras (Gautama) (3) Sankhya Sutras (Kapila) (4) Vaisesikha Sutras (Kanada) (5) Yoga Sitras (Patafijali) (6) Vedanta Sutras (Badarayana)
17. Samhitas . ravan samhita , shiva samhita , saptashati samhita and many more .
19 . Other imp Sutras . Brahm sutra , rudra sutra etc etc .
20. Other scripture . Ramakrishna kathamrit , chaitanya charitamrit , chaitanya bhagwat , chaitanya upanishad and many more .
*Sab bakwas hai humanity is best religion*
@@danytops4582 humanity is not a religion
Hinduism is also not a religion
@@danytops4582 hinduism is the only religion which encourages you to think according to your common sense
For example Muslim or Christians do or follow whatever their god allowed .
They don't use their brains to conclude it is good or bad
For example allah allows wife beatings in quran , so muslims can't say it is wrong . They have to justify it .
But in Hinduism lord shiva completely prohibited wife beatings meanwhile lord vishnu allows wife beatings.
So we have the choice to conclude what to do in different situations.
Another thing is in Hinduism god indra allows having physical relations with female slaves . Meanwhile god vishnu completely prohibited to make relations with women without marriage
In hinduism god narada allows us to drink alcohol and play gambling meanwhile god garuda prohibited us from gambling and alchohol .
In Hinduism god garuda says that if a women's husband die then ahe alao have to burn herself and became a sati .
Meanwhile god manu says that a widow should follow celibacy and religious lifestyle till the time of her death
Another god in Hinduism called indra said that a widow should perform niyoga and live her life happily with her brother in law .
Meanwhile another god in Hinduism called narada says that a widow women should remarry another man .
So Hinduism dosen't lock us to obey a particular deite's opinion. We have diverse options to chose . We have 330 million different gods and godesses each of them has diverse opinions. So we can choose or reject any random opinion of any deity . We use our brains and chose any opinion that fits with morality and humanity in respect of situations and time .
So after atheism, Hinduism is the only religion which encourages us to think and choose freely instead of locking our intellect in a particular commandments .
Hinduism even accepts LGBTQ community but yes according to the scriptures they cannot get any share of their parents property and they are not allowed to be married with another LGBTQ. And they comes in untouchable cast (dalit category) . But hindu scripture commands us to give charity to lgbtq people and help them . (Arthashastra)
In Hinduism women can wear anything they like . There is no dress code.
In Hinduism there is no particular law of doing fasting or prayers etc .
Many Hindus only pray and practice some rituals only 3 to 4 times in a year and that also in festivals occasions like diwali or holi etc just for entertainments purpose .
Hinduism even allows to have oral ex . In one of the Hindu scriptures called koka shaatra chapter 9 allow us to have oral pleasure in 69 position .
Hinduism is more like atheism with the option of 330 million gods and godesses.
@@THE_BRAHMIN_HULK *yes humanity is not a religion is way way batter then any religion*
@@danytops4582 but for womens hinduism far better than atheism community.
Vedas and Puranas are much older than their written texts. It was memorized by the sages.
Vedas mentioned Saraswati river as a very Big river which dried up around 6500 BC that means Vedas are older than 7 to 8 thousand years old.
@@R0hitrawat Vedas were an oral tradition before they were compiled and written down by Maharishi Veda Vyasa in 5000 BCE.
@Tom Tom Tom Tom Tomson
Why do you find the need to doubt it, I mean too much of cynicism is bad man , they actually are the oldest written literature about how to live the best possible life , covering vast number of topics.
Even today no man is capable of creating a fraction of what's present in the Vedas....
Earlier men had better Consciousness and it has actually declined till now and is a slippery slope only going downwards, No evidence can satisfy a demoralised society which is where we are today....
@@Coderama I didn't mean only the 4 Vedas but the entire vedic literature, and not with an academic attitude just to gain information, you might as well not touch it if you go with that dry frame of mind, it's a waste of time...
The absolute truth is mentioned only in the Vedic literature, I pray that you will find someone who will be merciful enough to reveal it to you..
It's really straightforward and yet so complex,that unless one is absolutely desperate to find the truth you wouldn't understand it , as I said academic dry attitude won't take you far...
From your response about 1/3 being about Indra,etc that's regarding ritual worship useful during dwapar yuga and useless right now due to degraded capacities of the ones performing them ..
@@Coderama I have answers to all your questions, yes you heard it right...
I know you are an Indian and so am I, can I know your age?
Unless you make an effort to understand (which you are clearly not!) you won't understand the extremely complex reality we live in, which has been explained thoroughly only in the vedic literature and scriptures..
If you just want to scoff at it, it's your mistake, at times you may have found certain maths or other subjects illogical at the first glance, but obviously they aren't, otherwise they won't stand with time....
The vedic literature talks about unchanging absolute reality which is eternal in nature, so obviously the vedic literature and the truths in it are eternal as well (try to imagine eternity, infiniteness? ), so it does not depend on our puny mind's logic to stand but as the sun stands independently , showering anyone who is eligible with the knowledge of the absolute reality, absolute truth in its fullness...
I will repeat again, the absolute does not depend on the temporary (our puny mind's and weak material bodies that we now inhabit) , it stands on its own unlike us ...
Beautiful to see you cover the Dharmic traditions Filip, you did not disappoint. Your channel is, to me, the best on You Tube. There is indeed so much to tackle, but I would especially love to see a video on Bhagavad Gītā!
Very kind of you! 😊
@@LetsTalkReligion excellent effort !
If i may ask, have u ever visited India?
In my opinion, imagination and effort can teach u almost everything, except the flavour of imli.
Hindu 's give less importance to main sacred books there always seeing their Dharma from Bhagavad Gita. Why is that
@@aynbangla3266 because dharmic practitioners follow spirit of the law and not letter of the law. Bhagavad Gita is super condensed form of highest spiritual teaching of the vedas.
@@LetsTalkReligion Hallo could you make a video on the leelas of Krishna like steeping the dress of gopis and being the eternal lover of Radharani many foreign people mistake what Krishna is really meaning while stealing the dress and why he stole and many people mistake between love and lust in the story of Srimadhi Radharani and SHREE KRISHNA it is so hurting for us vaishnavas ( not onky vaishnavas but almost all of Hindus ) so I would be thankful if you make a video on that
God bless you; I love this channel, As a Christian I enjoy learning and understanding all the various religions!
Thank you for being 📖 open minded...
Your take at Hinduism is so fresh and heart warming.
As a devout Hindu, I would like you to do videos on the Puranic literature, the Tantrika literature & the 3 main sects of Hinduism (Vaishnava, Shaiva, Shakta).
What does it mean to be a devout Hindu? What sorts of beliefs and practices do devout Hindus have that are different from non devout Hindus?
@@Syychro devout hindus are the ones who actually practice the religion on a regular basis unlike many other liberals who are hindus just for the sake of being hindus.
@@vrsabhanu sure that is evident in “devout” but my question is what beliefs or practices make someone a devout Hindu? I have been told by Hindu friends that there is no unitary Hinduism (which makes sense, there is no unitary Christianity, Judaism, or Islam). What does devoutness mean to different types of Hindus? How has that changed (or not changed) through history ?
@@Syychro many hindus have stopped observing fasts, perform traditional rituals, offering prayers, etc, they are becoming more and more westernized and straying away from their culture.
a devout hindu will offer prayers, visit temples, observe fasts and who reads scriptures(not vedas), etc and be kind.
@@vrsabhanu And they aren't foolish enough to believe anything said by anybody in the name of religion.
Hinduism is like whole physics subject where many people came contributed and helped human to seek enlightenment inward what Buddhism says .
Enlightenment is a Hindu philosophy.. Gautam siddhy was a Hindu...and was given name of Buddha by hindus
@ZebraZ I know..there is no concept of enlightenment in Christianity..it's just the English word.. Christianity is a fake religion like Buddhism..both are similar created by a emperor to control population copying different concepts of original cultures like Hindu dharma and Judaism..Buddha is like an adjective or award name used along with real name like Gautama..I doubt many Buddhist outside India know that
@ZebraZ that's what I said DHARMA
Buddha was an incarnation if Krishna
@@teamkrishnabhaktas9648 vishnu
Man, I don't know how you do it, but I can't get enough of your channel since I've discovered it a month ago. You explain so well and there's this deep soothing atmosphere as well in every video. Still got about 80% to go of all videos, but so far, pure gold! Keep up the great work! Greetings from neighboring Finland!
Yeah
So accurate info on the Vedas 👍
I think what most of us Hindus in India follow today is the Advaita Vedanta (non dualism) at a philosophical level and Bhakti (Devotion to your favourite deity) as the theism. Rituals followed by priests come from the Vedas (Fire or food sacrifice or Yajna ). Mythology & festivals from the two epics - Ramayan, Mahabharat & Puranas.
It will be interesting to know when we switched from Vedas to Puranas.
In slavic languages, word Vedatj is the old word for "to know".
Vedjma/Vedun - Witch or Warlock, or if you translate directly, women and men that poses "knowlege."
Also word Budda in some prononsiation is very simmilar to our word buditj, to awaken.
And finally, while we have Bog and Gospodj for god, when it comes to any form of lesser female diviniti, alonside with boginja, there is also Deva.
Slavic and sanscrit languages are both satem languages
Србинда! Сви Словени су настали од Срба хтели ви то или не !
In france à polak futballer was called budzinsky !
"Once more warrior , hear this highest word of my wisdom. Since your heart delights in the telling to you I teach it. Understand this and nothing else In this world remains to be know. " Krishna, the Bahagavad Gita
Interesting words from Krishna. The delight the warrior feels in learning is the lesson he is triying to teach? Or something is going over my head. Please, It attracted me for some reason and I wish to know.
@@JunguianPhantom the warrior just delights in hearing the words of krishna.
@@JunguianPhantom The divine conversation encompasses many topics . This talk was to give Arjun the will to fight, to make sense of fighting his kin. This was for Arjun to fulfill his dharma. Of course this a quick and basic definition. Hearing the divine words, having his thoughts either validated or learning what is and what is not is why he is excited.
its kṛṣṇa not krishna, krishna is new age indian term bs
@@tueresdios3453 I think its only the western pronuntiation, not a new term as far as I know
Proud to be a Hindu 🙏🏻🕉
Hy Monisha are U Bengali
Always
This is a great channel, glad I found it. Well done for all your hard work in researching and creating this content.
Would like to point out that when you were initially talking about brahman, you meant a man who performed rituals. Brahman in second context means universe. You are brahman. You are the universe
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You are God, Tat Tvam Asi, Tú eres Dios
Brahmin=a priest who performs rituals. Brahman=God. Very different pronunciations and obvioulsy spellings.
The priest is Braahman and the universe is brahman . There is difference in pronounciation
Universe is Brahmand. Brahman or Brahm is God
Finally somebody is discussing the intellectual philosophical aspects of Hinduism. Otherwise the recent social media discussion about Hinduism is only centred around caste-based discrimination, origin of Aryans & Hindutva.
Edit: Replies to this comment proves my point.
I am reviewing a lot of new research on caste and the Aryan-Dravidian theory (itself a derivative of the debunked Aryan Invasion theory). Both are fundamentally colonial British constructs that have no real basis.
@@taitreyarr2715 Lol. Aryan "invasion" has been "debunked" by mainstream scholars, but it seems there may be some political reasons for it. Aryan migration undoubtedly happened. The Aryans were descendants of the Indo-Europeans, who were war like, so its not too far of an assumption to say the migration wasn't so peaceful. I can talk about the Aryan invasion further if you wish. Saying there's "no real basis" is just proof that you have confirmation bias. Genetic evidence of the modern northern indians show large portions of steppe migration (R1a haplogroup); there is undeniable evidence of the connection between all Indo-european languages like Sanskrit, Greek, and other western languages; and the Indo-european religions all are extremely similar. Even Tilaak, the founder of modern India, didn't believe the Aryans originated in India. I will happily continue on this conversation with topics such as Sinauli excavations and Rakighara, which allegedly "debunk" the Aryan invasion (they don't). The only other theory that is possible is the Out of India theory, which is so flimsy that only ardent Hindu Nationalists or even Hindu Fascists believe it. Even moderate Hindu news sources can not defend Out of India.
Appreciate your update... if you say Aryan race invaded or migrated from middle east or Europe when did that migration happen? Did they carry the vedic knowledge with them ?if so what is the connection between these vedic traditions and Harappa civilization? All seem to circle around the same thing.. BTW except for linguistic connection between indo European systs of the past, what else are connected?
BTW, I would like to counter the hia haplagroup argument since it's Gene that dated 20000 yrs old probably representing the second wave of massive migration and it is ranging from Europe to South Asia.. including North and South India.. during this migration probably there was commonality existed between.. also we are always a migrant population and native to Africa only..
@@ganapathysubramanian2029 Current Conesus on the Aryan migration is that they came into India in migrations ranging from 2000BC to 1500BC. They did bring the vedic traditions like the Rig veda which they finally put on paper around 1500 BC. The connection is that when the Aryans came into India, many of the teachings of the Vedas and Harappa intermixed and became modern Hinduism. Many of the big gods in Hinudism, like Shiva, are amalgamations of Vedic gods and non-vedic gods from Harappan.
Your content is unemotional and I think that’s the beautiful part. It’s detached from the bias and the need to shock/get peoples attentions. It’s pure information haha and it’s laid out beautifully. I have never found a channel or content producer on such topics as efficient as you. Keep up the good work.
You're so pretty!!
@@abc_cba haha thanks 😅
Clear explanation with reasonable flexibilty. Thankyou. Coming through the ISKCON Krsna movement, being familiar with Paramhansa Yogananda's teachings and other yogic schools of thought, this seems to synthesize all I've known so far.
Jai Prabhupad! Jai Sri Krishna!
The most interesting, logical, and kind religions in the entire world - in my opinion!
It's an absolutely fascinating topic to learn about!!
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First verse of first holy book (Rigveda) starts with describing FIRE
If you want to learn please don't see English translation because it's all BRITISH propoganda in 1700s
Lears Hindi and go for Hindu translation
Don't forget that practitioners of this religion are divided into a caste system where the Dalits are in the lowest and usually people mistreat them.
I see no kindness in this religion.
All religions are the same: they exist to manipulate people.
@@samirzepeda4028 is the caste system BECAUSE OF the religion?
@@samirzepeda4028 Caste word is translated by British
They propogated this ideal of lower caste which is based on their VICTORIAN SOCIAL STRUCTURE GO READ ENGLAND HISTORY AND COMPARE IT WITH CASTE SYSTEM
Also yes there is division between "Varnas" the teachers are Brahmins
The warriors are Kshatriya
The businessman ,traders , Merchant are Vaishya
The people who build infrastructure keep the country clean are Sudras
Now the BRITISH understood that one work is lower than the other and they propogated this idea To DIVIDE Hindus
Today there is very less effect of CASTE SYSTEM scene
The only problem in this religion is that
It's too complex to understand and there are a LOT of scriptures
There is no ONE BOOK ONE GOD
But if you understand this your life will be improved
I would love to see a breakdown of the great epics: Ramayana and Maha Bharata. You have been doing a very nice job from what I've seen.
If he is going to talk about them he should really use the narrative framing they use instead of going chronologically like most retellings. The time jumping original order is much better for understanding what the point of saying everything is.
Thank you for making this distinction about Hinduism. The philosophys and theologys of india are brilliant and deserve there own recognition. I was never taught about these things in school, yet ive missed out on so much wisdom. Digging deeper into this deep pool of knowledge will be a blessing.
It's not Hinduism it's Sanatana means infinite Dharma It's not religion it's way of living life 🙏🏻🧡
All religions say that.
@@ClaireBeatty way of life ?? Which religon say so
@@prateeksharma6706lol islam has the Sharia, the way of life for example which directly comes from the Qur'an and sunnah. Your religion is basically something that is not well established and still in progress. Even though it's old it seems like you're worshipping nothing but those pious people in those era who were considered pure and close to God. That is the best explanation i could come up for hinduism. I'm a muslim and as a muslim point of view that seems so reasonable and I would like that you learn more about islam theoretically rather than some lectures on youtube with no sources.
@@endless782: Forget reading Quran .....just looking at tge followers of Quran , make me run away puking !! Keep your pet theories to yourself.
Even atheism ( charvak darshana) is part of sanathan dharma... You can talk about various darshana
Oh its Too Inclusive, at one Point of Time it Excludes People on the basis of Caste.
@@Positivefactsforlife people should be given job on basis of there qualities what's wrong with that..... Read Wikipedia page of caste, Varna, jati..... I think you are ignorant about it
@@Positivefactsforlife looking at your subs it looks like you are Christian...... A Christian who is ignorant about past of Christianity ( it was worse than Islam before enlightenment)
It is root cause of slavery and colonization..... Bible promotes slavery and conversions ( by any means possible) because heaven is on bases of belief not on basis of karma
@@Positivefactsforlife read biography of boxer Muhammad Ali..... You will know why he left Christianity
@@Positivefactsforlife rice bag spotted
I'm so so happy you made this video! ❤️ I've been looking at Swedish religion text books for schools and many problematic things are written especially on "Hinduism". I think we must be better at talking about non-abrahamic faiths in schools.
propoganda, a person in a western country may know nothing about hinduism but everybody knows about the caste system, why ?
same is the case with german books. All they talk about is Caste, cow, multiple gods and rebirth. Caste - which itself is a english word - tries to wrongly describe two different concepts: varna (characteristics) and Jaati (profession specialisation) system.
Abrahamic faiths mislead people on the basic questions of our existence which are beautifully explained in hinduism. The simple reason for maligning of hinduism in the west is inferiority complex in terms of true knowledge of self and the creation 🙏
First let me tell you. The term hinduism is not correct. It is imposed on us. The correct word is hindutwa. Also it is not right. We don't follow religion . It is called dharma. The real name is sanatan dharm. Not dharma.
Watch "Earth Shaking Facts On The Four Vedas" on UA-cam 12 Aug 2016
ua-cam.com/video/hG7p8_5Cqr4/v-deo.html
Clearly explained and beautifully illustrated. Thank you for another very fine video.
YOU CAN FIND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SUN AND EARTH IN HANUMAN CHALISA
BEFORE THE DISCOVERY OF THE LETTERS THE EQUATIONS WERE WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF SHLOKAS
Thank you - you have explained The Vedas so well. This is a brilliant summary of a very complicated and misunderstood topic. You are a very good presenter which added to the simplistic explanation of a complex topic. Well done. I will surely recommend this video to those who don't know. Regards Marius (South Africa)
(Secrets of sanatan dharma) available on Amazon and kindle. This book will change ones life. A must read book to know indian philosophy
The afrikaaners have treated Indians very poorly over the decades, Mr Fourie did Indian people in South Africa deserve apartheid ???? Did We ???? Please stick to the kerk and leave the drie hoekie Koelie koekies (as you people refer to us as) alone. Thank you
A beautiful video.
To understand Hindu teaching a whole dedicated life is required. In its core Hinduism is a monotheistic.
If u do pardon me Hindu teachings can be traced in almost all the religions of the world.
Vedas are treasure of amazing knowledge. Synopsis : Its Mother of All monotheistic as well as polytheistic religions. 🙏🙏🙏
Hinduism contains essence of pantheism,panentheism,monotheism,polytheism and atheism to an extent.So yeah you can also call it a monotheistic.
Ahh! Thank you sir for understanding that hinduism is at its core monotheistic.
What people don't understand is that the vedas~the only books representing the true philosophy of Hinduism at its entirety is encrypted and requires learning Nirukta or sanskrit etymology for proper understanding.
A person after learning Nirukta+Nighantu(sanskrit etymology) will know that the myriad names aka pantheon is not different entities but different names of the same supreme and thus the whole veda then becomes monotheistic.
What ever it is , doesnt mean its true. One thing I know for sure is all religions are man-made. India is full of "religious men" scamming the peoples.
@@tubester4567 while it is true that spiritual con-men do scam the unsuspecting but it is not just in India. The West has its own share of ‘Faith-Healers' and holy water scammers. Some of them even run 24*7 satellite channels globally. (Peter popoff?)
Religions may be man made but it is not that simple & as a psychiatrist myself I can vouch for the fact that it is a psychic phenomenon and it's universal existence only proves that religion is not just another vestigial remnant of prehistoric human life & value system.
The fact is that it is hardwired into our psychologica interpretation system.
See ‘Man & his Symbols' by Carl jung if you can.The audiobook may be available for free on UA-cam. It has some mind-boggling insides regarding us humans.
That's called henotheistic
Every Hinduism video -
"My religion is the best"
"No. Mine is best. Yours is trash"
Very eloquent. Veru instructive. Perfect attitude and spirit in this channel. Very satisfying. Thank you.
You're more than amazing man! Please make a video on Tantra and Agama texts; it's an utterly fascinating world.
And keep up the fantastic work!
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आज से ढाई हजार साल पहले भगवान बुद्ध और महावीर हो गए थे और उनसे पहले उनकी तीर्थंकर हुए थे 24
जब 1915 में खुदाई हुई तो पूरे भारत में जमीन के नीचे बुद्ध मिले चारों तरफ अशोक के शिलालेख मिले जिसमें कहीं भी हिंदू धर्म वैदिक धर्म सनातन धर्म का उल्लेख नहीं था
बौद्ध धर्म की 80 से ज्यादा यूनिवर्सिटी मिली है पूरे भारत में , और यह धर्म जापान तक फैल गया था , जबकि हिंदू धर्म का एक गुरुकुल भी नहीं मिला है और ना ही उसकी कोई ईट मिली है 😂
वैदिक धर्म के सारे के सारे ग्रंथ संस्कृत में देवनागरी लिपि में लिखे गए हैं परंतु वर्तमान खोज में यह सिद्ध हो गया है कि संस्कृत पाली और प्राकृत से बनी है और देवनागरी लिपि धम्म लिपि जिसे ब्राह्मी लिपि का नाम दिया गया है से बनी हुई है,,,, धम्म लिपि में कोई भी संस्कृत में लिखा हुआ लेख नहीं मिल रहा है 😂
क्योंकि भारत का ब्राह्मणी करण आठवीं सदी से शुरू हुआ था , इन्होंने बौद्ध धर्म की जातक कथाओं से रामायण महाभारत को कॉपी किया और उसको बढ़ा चढ़ाकर ब्राह्मनी करण ,
ब्राह्मणों के सारे ग्रंथ अश्लीलता से भरे हुए हैं वेदों में तो 35% लोगों का इंद्र पर लिखे हुए हैं जो कि बलात्कारी है और साथ ही साथ उसको सांड की बलि दिए जाने का प्रावधान है यह लोग पारसियों की तरह अग्नि की पूजा करते थे तैमूर लंग के समय खुद ब्राह्मणों ने माना कि हम विदेशी है और अग्नि पूजा करते हैं
उपनिषद से लगाकर सारे ग्रंथ इनके भेद भाव से भरे हुए और ब्राह्मण को श्रेष्ठ बताते हुए बाकी सब को तुच्छ सिद्ध करते हुए नारी का शोषण करते हुए अश्लीलता से भरे हुए हैं
वेदों की मिलावट की बात करते हैं परंतु वेदों के ओरिजिनल भाष्य से भी देख ले तो उसमें भी अश्लीलता नारी शोषण और भेदभाव भरा हुआ है , खुद ब्रह्मा अपनी बेटी सरस्वती का बलात्कार करता है और उसी से शादी भी करता है 😂,,, यही सेम कहानी अब्राहम और सारा की है 😂,,, भारत का गोल्डन समय तो बौद्ध धर्म का था यह कचरा धर्म कभी भी भारत का महान समय नहीं हो सकता
चंद्रगुप्त से पहले महावीर के समय 8 से ज्यादा नास्तिक धर्म मौजूद थे पर किसी में भी ब्राह्मण का इतिहास नहीं है और आज ब्राह्मण अपना इतिहास भी बोद्ध धर्म में ही देख रहे है और ढूंढ रहे हैं मतलब उनका कोई स्वतंत्र अस्तित्व ही नहीं था अब मेसोपोटामिया की सभ्यता मिल गई सिंधु घाटी सभ्यता मिल गई सब कुछ मिल गया पर इन लोगों का कुछ नहीं मिला😂
जब अकबर ने अशोक के शिलालेख को पढ़ाने के लिए ब्रह्मणों को बुलाया तो वे उसे पढ़ ही नहीं पाए 😂 , ना सिंधु घाटी सभ्यता की लिपि पढ़ पाए और अपने आप को सनातन कहते हैं 😂
यह सनातन शब्द भी बुद्ध के एसौ धम्मो सनंतानो से लिया गया है 😂
मूर्तिकला भी जैन और बौद्ध धर्म में मिली है जबकि वेदों में तो मूर्ति पूजा थी ही नहीं और बाद में ही बौद्ध धर्म की तारादेवी को काली देवी बनाया गया जैन और बौद्ध मंदिरों को कब्जा करके उसे हिंदू मंदिर में बदला गया ,
आठवीं सदी में शंकराचार्य की द्वारा जो खुद प्रच्छन्न बुद्ध था उसके द्वारा इस काल्पनिक धर्म की नींव रखी गई😂
यहां तक कि गणेश जी भी बोद्ध धर्म से थे जिसे एलीफेंट बुद्धा कहा जाता है जिसकी जापान में भी मूर्तियां है , उसको भी कॉपी किया
जिसको भी प्रॉब्लम हो , जो सनातन धर्म के प्राचीन होने के सबूत देना चाहता है वह
Science journy चैनल देखे और Rational world पर डिबेट के लिए आ सकता है
Tantra is the sith side of Hinduism
This was great. To tackle the world's oldest religion in such a clear concise manner.
Well framed, overall. Specifically, your treatment of the various disputed areas of understanding is balanced and very reasonable. Thanks.
Note(for non hindi speakers): the word brahman should not be confused with Caste bhramans, here brahman means the Universe
I’m so incredibly hyped about this series
(Secrets of sanatan dharma) available on Amazon and kindle. This book will change ones life.
You’ve got a great channel. It really shows that you know/research these topics heavily and you explain it in such a clear way
New sub here , thanks for your great work! I am fascinated by the Vedic cosmology it's an interesting way to perceive time and humanity 🙋
Very good video. very concentric, explicit, very good roll of language. it made, in a short lenght of time, all i needed about Vedas. Cheers
As I've requested earlier as well, I'd love to see a comparison of Vedic tradition and the Zoroastrianist traditions and how they diverged. Thank you for this video.
yes, that would be good, a lot of similarities.
Definitely an interesting topic, thanks!
Yes- please touch on this. Houma/soma, daevas and language are bridges to them
interesting but wouldn't there be quite some massive difference like zosrastrianism being monotheist and Hinduism being polytheist but there is probably quite a few
The part of the fire rituals seems like a huge similarity. Maybe that comes from the ancient Indo-European religion.
Katha Upanishad might be my favorite. Nachiketa talking to the lord of Death (Yama)
Edit: and of anyone wants to learn more I'd recommend Swami Sarvapriyananda. He was at Vedanta Society of Southern California and a few years ago he moved to the Vedanta Society of New York. Both have their own channels. So much fun and educational (for me) to hear him and his follow monks speak than a new agey type. They always creep out and they speak in that slow, unaturally calm voice.
Thanks so much for the amazing work you do! I love your channel!
I enjoyed this video - and all your video! - and find them so informative!
Also, have you done a video on the Bhagavad Gita? I would like to see one on it, please
Love your channel! So informative and balanced.
Hinduism isn't polytheism. The "gods" are just different states of mind.
Rather different representation of the cosmos. Everyone has the liberty to choose their 'deity' according to their own temperament. You also have the liberty to completely reject everything.
This is true liberal spiritualism.
@@sandeeppanda7879 -- Yeah. When I look out my window and see a tree, I could say that the tree is out there 100 meters away. That's the reality. But I could also say that the neurons in my brain are giving me a picture of a tree. So then I could ask myself: Is the tree in reality or is the tree in my mind?
I like the Taoists' description of the Ultimate "truth": "That which can't be named."
Not really...demi gods do exist and lord krishna clearly mentions in the 2nd chapter of gita that by doing yagnas god's will benefit you without any doubt...but the thing is,the supreme lord has control over all these demi gods and hence there's really no need to care about them...for example,in Vedas you will see surya (the sun god) being depicted as a demigod but that demigod surya is different from the sun that we see...demi gods are of different realm...they are just posts given according to a souls good karma and the amount of great yagnas a soul does...the moon,sun and all the planets that we see are not the demigods that are mentioned in Vedas,those deities are different
@@himeshthungaturthi3215 -- If Brahman is the total of everything in the universe, then when Shiva appears I could say it's still Brahman, the One.
Finally somebody
Please do comparison between Zoroastrianism tradition and Hinduism Tradition.
Zoroastrianism
Ahuras - Angel
Daevas - Demon
Hinduism
Daevas - Angel
Ashuras- Demon
Yes this is a fascinating subject!
nice observation.
I too knew this a while back and wondered. Funny how such an obvious observation is not asked often.
@Ali Turk no
Instead its vice versa zoroastranism turned the terms upside down .
A video about the intermingling of sufis and Hindu ascetics/mystics would be very interesting! Also more videos about sufism in general would be wonderful ~
Wow, you did your homework/studies very well - thank you!
This man’s pronunciation is what I come here for
YES!
The easiest way to explain is that God, the creator is experiencing its "self" through us.
From my point of view in a more detailed version is that God, the creator, is in a constant state of existing and non existing at the same time, it "is" and "is" not, it will forever be and never was. We live on the the existing side of its "self".
All that exists in this world is a part of God, the creator's "self". The purpose of creation is so God, the creator can experience a state of existence of not knowing its "self" exists. Those who find their true "self" are known as a bhodi or an awakened one and are able to see how the nature of man and the world function in a way they understand only to themselves, the more knowledge a bhodi gained they were able to express themselves (their "self") in a more ways so people could try and understand. this is what gives it oral tradition and was never written down because the true word of God, the creator needs no words and needs no translation, it is life and can be easily explained by this fact of life alone by finding your "self".
All that has happened has never happened and will continue to happen.
The vedas were written by the ones who found their "self", the awakened ones, a bhodi, and were all given different types of knowledge to pass down through time for those who struggle to find their "self" in order to guide them to a better way of life.
What keeps God, the creator so well hidden from its "self" is the duality inside creation that is all life. This is the duality of good and evil, dead or alive. They both have to be there in order for each to exist in its own right or else one without the other would have no "purpose".
Humans are closest to being like God, the creator, in a sense that we have the ability to become aware of the "self" but the trouble with that is the creation of the human body and that the body has needs, and also has wants known as the human condition. Those wants and needs of the human condition are what keep the creator hidden from its "self". The bodies needs are what keep the body alive. The bodies wants are everything thing that we feel and desire of the material world which the body becomes attached to such as love for family, friends, pets, etc. we also have desires for sexual pleasure and over indulge ourselves on food and guilty pleasures and are at a constant battle with our "self" conscious between the good and evil thoughts of our human condition. We have to learn to live with the human condition and all that it is because it is God, the creator in all its forms of its existing state.
I feel like I could write alot more but will leave you with that from what I know in my own words.
Very helpful, thank you.
@@retribution999 u are actually confused.
@@Jamil_ICT you are actually not found 🤣
Cool story bruh.
I believe the same. The universe and the whole of creation is the means by which the Brahman manifests and "dreams itself. To us it is a reality (albeit short reality) and to the universe, it exist and the it doesn't. This goes on for eternity.
Excellent. Clear, well researched and objective. Thank you
Beautiful, I love the fact he acknowledged that Hinduism is monotheistic, not like Islam or Christianity but very very different from polytheistic religions like Roman or Greek gods. I want to add some things- Hindus call Hinduism "Sanatan Dharma" or eternal religion.
Hinduism or Sanatan dharma is a religion and that's a fact, then Hinduism is not an umbrella text but there are many ways to follow Hinduism.
Hindu texts are of 6 branches_
1) Shruti- They are the 4 Vedas directly revealed by God (Ishvar/ Brahman/Parbrahman) To Rishis, translated orally for centuries then compiled.
Then 4 smaller upa vedas- Ayurveda- science of health
Dharnurveda- science of war
Ghandharvaveda- science of art and music
arthsastra- the science of policy and administration
2) Smriti- these are Hindu law books or laws like the Sharia in Islam. Ex- manusmriti (most conservation), Yajnavalkya Smriti (most liberal) Smriti are 18.
3) Itihas (that what happened)- These are Sanatan history in story form. Like Mahabharat, Ramayan, yoga Vashista, harivansa, bhagvat gita is a part of Mahabharat.
4) Puran- they make the Vedas easier to understand, contain stories of the people, Traditions, Astronomy, Medicine, Geography, and Religious Knowledge
5) agams- contain tantra, temple building, mysticism. 3 parts- one for Bhagwan Vishnu, one for Shiva, and last one for Shakti
6) darshans- 6 schools of thoughts
-Nyay
-vaishehika
-samkhya
-yoga darshna
-purva mimansa
-uttar mimansa
Loved this !!!! You even pronounced the words near perfectly !!!! Also your simplification of such a complex Dharma is superb . The word Dharma itself comes from the root word Dhr meaning support or hold or framework !!! Looking forward to more in this series !!! Cheers
I loved this video and in general all your videos. Whenever you talk about a religion you always do it a way that shows knowledge respect and a practical objectivity (since you know no one is fully objective and you can argue there isn't such a thing).
Brilliant overview, much appreciated Sir, my sincere compliments for your intellect and effort making this video.
You’re doing Gods work with these videos bro. I love your channel and you are a cool cool dude, you make awesome music too. I could talk to you for years
When you use the word Brahman ( pronounced ‘brah-maand) , it means the entire cosmos. It is eternal. Our universe began and will die in this cosmos, and a new universe will begin.
Awareness, unlimited.
no
The H is always expirated. Bra-HUH-man.
Brah-maand is completely different word. Its meaning is universe. Brah-man is the supreme source of everything especially of life, Atman and other relate
Just as a joke, if you write this answer in an exam, you’ll get a massive aand for marks
The Jain photo at 15:17 hits different in 2020.
nose is open.
@@RT-ul6ry Again that matches how most people wear it in 2020 -_-.
@@sganesh88 😂 true
Actually jain and buddha are two ancient sages who teaches about sprituality later their followets started calling theirself jains and buddhist
I swear I saw this photo earlier this morning somewhere and I literally thought it was a covid meme🤣
THANK YOOOU FOR INCLUDING THE SOURCES!!😭
Thank you.Very informative.You explained a very complex topic with much clarity.
I am really enjoying a wonderful insight into my religion. Thank you so much and for your respect and knowledge.
Excellent illustration of the oldest texts of the Hindus - the Vedas u v made Sir.Liked it.
It's funny to see how westerners act like they have understood sanatana Dharma completely but in reality it's not even tip of the iceberg
Then make a video explaining if you really can
This super accurate. But if I was not note one thing it would be Upanishads: they were not philosophical writings like the Greek philosopher. But they were written after meditation and were answers given through meditation only.
Answers were found after to praying to God or Goddess.
@@Ziylol, Meditation is deeply thinking, penetrating, and finding the deep meanings. Ved means to find, to research, to think. Vidya is knowledge. The Greek philosophers did exactly the same thing.
Nice video❤...I'm a Hindu myself...just wanted to point out there was a small spelling mistake...it's "Atharva Veda", not "Athar Veda"...
You are wrong.
@@DoodleDoo wrong about what?
sanatan is main umbrella, its has many branch-
vedas
shivya
vaishno
shakti
jainism
budhism
sikhism
atheist
meditation yoga
You forgot brahmoism
@@riddhimandas4458 ohh come on!, it is within sanatan dhrm not a bit different, even im bhramin
@@vitaminprotein2217 brahmos and Brahmins are different 🙄
@@riddhimandas4458 practices are same, come to pushkar
@@vitaminprotein2217 nope. Brahmins are polytheists brahmos are monotheists. Bramins practice idol worship brahmos hate idol worship. Brahmins like rituals brahmos denounce rituals. Brahmins are superstitious brahmos hate superstition. Brahmins love temples brahmos reject any place of worship ( temple, church, mosque etc...)
An extraordinary video! Thank you.
Well done on an insanely complex treatise and topic.
Nice ! I suggest doing one big video, or three shorter ones, on how Hinduism branches out into the two major ”camps” of the tradition as it stands today, that is the vaishnavism, shaivism... and how that associates to the standard mytos of the religion, the triad of shiva, Vishnu and Brahma. Also a video on the later Hare Krishna movement and its effect on the western world !
As usual fantastic. Informative. Correct interpretation. Just a big WOW.
Vedas are atleast older than 3000 BCE, Max Muller has written about 1500 BCE and Aryan theory because he was a white supremist and believed that the no advanced society can be developed by non-white so he said about Aryan invasion, reality absolutely reverse, the life from India went to other parts west and East. He told the date 1500 BCE because he believed in Noah's flood destroyed the whole world and the civilization couldn't exist before 1800 BCE
Hinduism is like a river with various tributaries, people like Wendy Doniger have focused on the tributaries more than the river & have come to a conclusion that there is no ONE river but many instead of the conclusion that there are many tributaries that join ONE big majestic river. Hindu philosophy has six different school of thoughts, all differ from each other yet the end goal is the same, not the search of divinity but of the ultimate truth. This inspiration for the ultimate truth comes from the Upanishads, but there is no one Upanishads. To understand that higher truth there are several ways, Jnana, Karma & Devotion.
Hinduism is like a Banyan tree. The Banyan tree is unique among trees because the branches sprout first in it & eventually bow down to the ground & become the roots of a new tree, each providing nourishment & stability to the entire tree. The tree is a single structure but functions like a complex decentralized organisation. It's multiple roots & branches represent multiple origin & sources, all parts of the same living organism, even if the whole cannot be comprehended at one glance. Hinduism is a network, an open architecture intertwined internally & externally. It is naturally assimilative and this makes it a highly efficient system for adaptation & for the fostering of diversity.
Please give e us more! This is so fascinating.
Great video. Just a minor comment - it's Atharvaveda (not Atharveda), and Yajurveda is pronounced with 'j' as in the English word jam, not the German 'j' as in jahr.
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@Aditya correct👍
All I know is letter J ain't in the 1611..
Thank you! This helped me answer one question in my yoga assignment 👍🏻
what was question
To understand vedas the most modern master is Shri Aurobindo. When various sects of Hinduism kept the vedas at arms length and only focused on reading Upanishads, brahmasutras and other scriptures. Because the vedas were so esoteric that it was almost impossible to lift the draperies from the mystery. Shri Aurobindo reestablished the Vedas and gave us the real understanding.
This was quite informative, thank you.
Great video, as always.
A video on how Buddhism evolved from Hinduism could be interesting too.
@भीष्म प्रतिज्ञा I know and agree! You are right to point those things out.
Although some have seen (and still see) Buddhism as separate from of Hinduism (or Sanatana Dharma).
From what I understand, Buddhism has been considered as being nastika, or an unorthodox form of Hinduism; some authors have even stated that Buddhism is a “heretical” form of Hinduism.
But Buddhism directly comes from Hinduism and both have many similarities.
Several Hindu schools are extremely close to Buddhism in several ways, especially some yogic and tantric ones; even Advaita Vedanta could potentially be seen as almost Buddhist in some ways (especially to Westerners).
The links are so obvious that they’re undeniable and one cannot totally separate Buddhism form Hinduism.
Buddhism didn’t appear from a void, it started to gain importance at a time when its central ideas (detachment from samsara in order to attain nirvana, etc.) were becoming very important and were shared by many religious groups in South Asia; and therefore those concepts are of course important in Hinduism too.
Even Sufism (or at least some Sufi schools), present in India at least since the time of the Mughals, supports the idea of destroying ones ego (or individual worldly self) and becoming one with God.
We do have to take into consideration the diversities of both religions though; some schools in both religions can be quite different.
I’m over-simplifying of course, things are far more subtle. This is why a video could be useful, especially for people who know very little about the subject.
@@freakboostez6971 yes, indeed !
@@martinkirsch5969 I'm glad you like reading about sanatan dharma
@@martinkirsch5969yes I want this video ❤
Hinduism contains Sun, mountain, river, tree, serpent and other animistic worship traditions, not just literal textual tradition. This tradition of nature worship is the oldest form of religion. Hence the antiquity of Hinduism.
@@Mortablunt lol HINDS ALSO EAT BEEF
@@rebeccaanderson5626 hindu also eat human so what?
@@shirokun4742 u know so did the Japanese and Europeans hehe. Since the 12th century, Europeans had been eating Egyptian mummies as medicine. In later centuries unmummified corpses were passed off as mummy medicine, and eventually, some Europeans no longer cared whether the bodies they were ingesting had been mummified or not. Because the remains of a body were thought to contain the spirit of the person, it was commonly believed that by consuming the body parts one would receive the strength of the person. Europeans including priests, scientists and even royalty consumed medicine containing human blood, bones and fat
@@shirokun4742 although I usually don't question people but, What weed do you smoke?
For ease of Followers of Abrahmic religions, "Vedas is the first book".
Very instructive, excellent explanation. Thank you
Great work! I would just add for the non-Dharmic audience (and particularly the Abrahamic religion followers) that one of THE biggest differences between Dharmic religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism) and Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) is not even about the content, but the approach and the role of scripture. Yes, there are many holy texts in Hinduism but unlike in Abrahamic religions, the people and priests are typically not constantly reading out verses, quoting from here and there and telling you how it says in the text what you should do or even what you should believe. It is not about what people believe. Not many people are consciously thinking and believing about karma or what will happen in next life... It's much more about action, doing the 'right thing to do', going to the temple, improving your physical and mental self, doing the rituals and living in harmony with your community and nature more broadly
It's a big shame modern Hinduism is so rife in the caste system, otherwise almost everyone would see the many truths in the faith, especially 'right thing to do' scriptures like the Vedas.
Correct me if Im wrong but the first Veda says Varna (caste) is achievable and can be lost, and is NOT bound by birthright like it is Today. Like a division of labour perhaps?
Ironically, Buddhism prominently arose among the people from this societal division which suggests the wrong interpretation of the Vedas has been going on since 500BC, maybe even before that.
Vedas need to be explored more, its amazing, really really ancient.
@@paulie4450 it is indeed a shame. The main reason for buddhism and jainism to evolve was because the profession based caste system became hereditary and as usual those in power laid the rules. They deemed great sacrifices and donations could only please the gods and the people who couldnt provide that naturally left the field of the religion.. not until people like the Alwars, Nayanmars, Shankara, Ramanuja did hinduism become an accessible religion but the system still exists today more so socially than religiously
Thank you that is a very helpful contrast.
@@paulie4450 yes it is particularly sad because this caste system only came about few hundred years ago due to power hungry priests😿
Was looking forward to this. So far so good
Wonderfully presented.Good research.
Excellent video. Really enjoyed this.
How did you come to conclusion that Vedas came from outside to India (inward) rather went outside meaning from India to Persia (outwards) creating zoroastranism and other pagan methods in middle east... as you said the practice of veda recital was formed much older and than the vedic text itself.. can you research any proof supporting or opposing this thought?
Yes.. this never made sense.. because nothing Sanskritic or Sansrit oriented exists outside India.
It’s an indo European language with many of the same word in common with European languages. Basically the same group killed off the cultures of the early European farmers did that the Northern Harrapan population and made a religion where they were on a higher level of society which unfortunately Indians still follow because they can’t accept what a huge lie they have been living.
he's just a westerner parroting what western indologists have been regurgitating for over 200 years about India/Hinduism. they cling to the AIT since their careers depend on it (like Witzel). Read Shrikant Talageri who demolishes the AIT absolutely and thoroughly.
Exactly my thought,thaks for putting this comment.
@@ahappyimago we have a lot of arabic words in Indian languages. Doesnt mean Arabic originated in India. For Sanskrit to be of European origin it has to first exist there AS A LANGUAGE. Not as a some commom words. There is zero work in Sanskrit anywhere outside India.
Without paradox, all religions fail. Love your reading of things, and have finally subscribed (but only because I finally remembered to!). Cheers!
😅I think you don't read "advaita vedanta"😑
And talking about hindiusm
Most of modern scientists say .............
I love this channel ...thank you so much..you explain it so simply🙏
Your videos are the best. Incredibly comprehensive. I remember the Sufism one blowing me away. Going to rewatch that soon. You should do one on Mahavatar Babaji and the 18 siddhas!
Are these aspects of esoteric religious knowledge permitted to be revealed to the general public? I wonder...
@@marktwain368 In the past no. But as of recent times (past few hundred years and especially today) the sages have permitted the dissemination of this knowledge under proper guidance and generally in the traditional guru-disciple lineage. When it comes to yoga and tantra at least. Given freely to all sincere seekers.
@@innerbliss108 Sufism influenced from brahmanical faiths
So, this is where “Brave New World” Huxley borrows Soma from? Interesting 🤔 never knew that he was into Hinduism.
He was way into hinduism and belonged to some little sect (not Hindu, but) in California. In fact he moved to California to follow this religious guy which one wouldn't expect by his hi-falutin' affect. Huxley, what a character:)
Sanskrit language originates in Bharat(India) and later it spreads to indo-iranian and indo-europian region. U can see so many variations in hinduism because it exists from thousands of years.
So called pagans had hindu/vedic ancestors who migrated from India.
That's bullshit.
Vedas are atleast older than 3000 BCE, Max Muller has written about 1500 BCE and Aryan theory because he was a white supremist and believed that the no advanced society can be developed by non-white so he said about Aryan invasion, reality absolutely reverse, the life from India went to other parts west and East. He told the date 1500 BCE because he believed in Noah's flood destroyed the whole world and the civilization couldn't exist before 1800 BCE
@@saf4433why crying ?
Such an informative video. Thank you
Always a fun time! Thanx!