Do you or have you ever eaten beef?
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1427822I do not eat beef, and I have never eaten beef. My father and I follow a strict lacto-vegetarian diet.
Akasha records? the body is just a moment in the records... we have experienced a lot, some more so than others... and all is recorded in the Akasha records.
The Vedas believes in a hierarchy, a royalty of such, and there are 'sects'/classes...
this turned me off to the Vedas.
Opie, if I am wrong, please correct me.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1427405The Vedas do not teach of Akashic records. All rememberance and forgetfulness are supplied by the Super Soul, who resides in the heart of every living entity. The Super Soul knows our every desire, and places us within the universe at the appropriate time and place.
The Vedic hierarchy is that there is only One Supreme Personality of Godhead, and that all the administrative entities of the Universe are subordinate to him.
Interesting post!
Here's a question: What is ego?
Quoting: OmarEastwindFalse ego means accepting this body as oneself. When one understands that he is not his body and is spirit soul, he comes to his real ego. Ego is there. False ego is condemned, but not real ego.
In the Vedic literature (
Brhad-aaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10) it is said,
ahaà brahmäsmi: I am Brahman, I am spirit.
This "I am," the sense of self, also exists in the
liberated stage of self-realization. This sense of "I am" is ego, but when the sense of "I am" is applied to this
false body it is
false ego.
When the sense of self is applied to reality, that is real ego. There are some philosophers who say we should give up our ego, but we cannot give up our ego, because ego means identity. We ought, of course, to give up the false identification with the body.
One more, if you don't mind: What is the relationship between the body and the Akasha?
Quoting: OmarEastwindAkasha (
Akasa) is translated as "Sky" or basically Outer Space.
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link to vedabase.net]
Our body has no relationship to the Sky. Perhaps the term you are thinking of is something else?
Quoting: SaveTheLivingEntitiesVery good answer regarding ego...thank you. My second question has been with me for many years, after reading a book on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. He said one should perform "samyama" on the relationship between the body and akasha...I've never understood that.
Quoting: OmarEastwindSamyama means restraint, or annihilation. It has to do with controlling the senses.
By restraint of senses, or annihilation of material senses, we can leave the Material Sky or Akasha and enter into the Infinite Spiritual Sky or Spiritual Akasha.
Would this be the same one that uses herbs and stuff with spritual treatmenst to cure poeple, very popular in INdia?.....:)P
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1196679You are speaking of Ayurveda, which was given to us by an Incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is the Vedas which describe how to use Food for Medicine.
According to Ayurveda, the ancient medical system of the Vedas, given by the Lord in His form of Dhanvantari, cow’s milk is the most beneficial food. Lord Krishna Himself especially loves food offerings prepared with milk products.
From ghee (clarified butter), butter, yogurt, buttermilk, and of course milk itself, so many tasty and healthy preparations can be made. Even in our degraded Kali-yuga, the present Age of Quarrel, the cow’s by products are still very popular. Whether it’s milk on their cereals, cream in their coffee, ice-cream, yogurt, or lux-ury leather seats in their cars, most people still benefit from mother cow. Sadly, father bull, the symbol of religion, is cruelly slaughtered, because ox power is one of those so-called primitive practices that has been replaced by the tractor.
One more, if you don't mind: What is the relationship between the body and the Akasha?
Quoting: OmarEastwindAkasha records? the body is just a moment in the records... we have experienced a lot, some more so than others... and all is recorded in the Akasha records.
The Vedas believes in a hierarchy, a royalty of such, and there are 'sects'/classes...
this turned me off to the Vedas.
Opie, if I am wrong, please correct me.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1427405the vedas do not believe in the hierarchy - what they do believe in, which of course was mistranslated by the wealthy and powerful - is that every "job" every station in life and time in life is to be respected, honored etc because all paths lead to the divine if the path is followed completely, reverentially, honorably etc etc etc...
in other words all paths lead to god. it is the OPPOSITE of how it has been translated. and of course, there are a ton of vedas...for differnt purposes and written at different times. You have to know who you are reading, which interpretation and which lineage they are from. Vaita or Advaita?
don't give up on the vedas - just understand that like most holy books, they were written by men, translated by men etc...but, there are still some - where the distortion has been kept to a minimum!
hope this helps - sorry OP I had to respond
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1424050This is not entirely correct either.
What the Vedas speak about is called Varnashram-dharma,
Varnashram-dharma is the division of society, socially and spiritually, into four varnas or occupations (Administrative, Protective, Merchant and Laborer) and four ashrams or spiritual schools (student, househoulder, renounciate and sannyäsa).
To maintain proper social order and help the citizens gradually progress toward the goal of life—namely spiritual understanding—the principles of varnashram-dharma must be accepted.
Everyone in society falls into one of these categories, and we have inherent qualities that allude to what stage we are on, because we are all on different stages of life.
But the point is that you are not BORN into a caste, but you are qualitatively selected, the same way when one enters into the US Military he has to take the ASVAB which determines where at in the service he will do his duty according to his propensities at the time.
Would this be the same one that uses herbs and stuff with spritual treatmenst to cure poeple, very popular in INdia?.....:)P
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1196679yes and no. you are referring to Ayurveda -which is a branch of the vedic teachings - but not specifically the "vedic" we refer to as the philosophy perse
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1424050