RELEVANCE
The
reason why the veds are relevant even today is that they are not
mere volumes of arm-chair philosophy. They are more than mere
literature. The veds contain a way of life. They contain a message
a path to better living culled by great sages who passed on their
immense knowledge to mankind. The veds contain everything that
would make life better on this planet. They explain the compatibility
between man earth and the elements. They also contain answers
to all human questions. TShere is perhaps no subject that the
veds have ignored - general science, geography, medicine, astronomy,
light, sound, particle, magnets, and geometry. A total constitution
explains the intricacies of animal and plant life too. So it takes
immensely narrow perception to regard the veds as ancient script.
Here
are some reasons why the veds should mean a lot to us today :
There is no religion in the veds. It merely reminds one of
a supreme state of mind that few chosen men can achieve, and others
through. This supreme state of mind is also referred as the Supreme
Being. It is clear that the many deities that are worshipped today
were originally manifestations of nature.
The Veds prescribe a life of high moral values that is today recognized
as the best way a civilized human society can live. It asks man
to live life with faith, austerity, piety, selflessness, fearlessness,
dedication, generosity and peace.
The
Veds tell us that a man is not an individual. In the spiritual
scheme of things he is an integral part of the universe. The universe
doesn't exist without him as much as he doesn't exist without
the universe. From a social point of view, he is a unit of the
society.
The
scientific insights of the veds are astounding. Apart from explaining
climatology, the veds contain data that astrophysics discovered
only recently for the example the big-bang.
Stunning
revelation from the rig ved :
In
the beginning, there was neither naught nor aught,
Then
there was neither sky nor atmosphere above,
What
then enshrouded this entire universe?,
In
the receptacle of what was it contained?,
Then
was there neither death nor immortality,
Then
was neither day nor night nor light nor darkness,
Only
the Existent One breathed calmly, self-contained.
One
of the most remarkable insights of the veds is its estimate of
the big bang. The veds put it at approximately 15 billion years.
Modern science had initially put the figure at 10 billion years
but following the discovery of heavenly bodies that were older
than 10 billion, calculations were remarked and the figure of
15 billion years forced the scientists to revise the age of the
universe.
The
sound of the mother bang which created the universe, scientists
say, could be reproduced using various attributes of physics and
astronomy. This is called the gong. But this record is not very
different from something that is already documented in the veds
through the pronouncement of om omkara which is the voice of the
creator. From this mother bang came sargam and there came music
all known vibrations which include sound and light.
The
big-bang theorists point out that today it is believed that all
energy and matter was densely packed in condensed space. One day
it exploded and all matter known today as the universe was formed.
It is s also believed that the universe will contract and life
will end. This too is mentioned in the veds. It has also predicted
the end of the Sun, which scientists have confirmed. The veds
have predicted this cycle of life will end 2,333,227,018 years
from now, when the Sun disintegrated and dies. According to scientists
this is the estimated time left for the Sun before it dies and
becomes a black hole.
What
we have to understand is that since the veds where formulated
without the help of any equipment, we have to take one of its
advices very seriously all knowledge is there in the human mind,
one has to just realize it.
More modern we become, more relevant the Ved's will seem to be.