Hasn't any one read the Vedas by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada?

Question

The Vedic knowledge is so ancient and comes in a dicipllic succession all the way down from the appearance of Lord Krishna 5,000 years ago. Everyone is talking about the Bible, but if they read the Bhagavad-Gita they could see the truths in the Bible and the misenturpertations also. You really should all read it and not deprive yourselves of the Vast Spiritual Knowledge.

Answer 1

Yes - I have read many books of ISCON by Sir Bhakthivedanta Swami Prabhupade including Gita and some vedas. I used to Go to ISKON whne I was in Calcutta and then at Chennai and Bangalore. I also had met him in person at Mayapur, and had the privilage of being with him for some time and also receiving a gift - a book on Krsna - by his devine hand, in way back in 1972.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (September 1, 1896–November 14, 1977) was born Abhay Charan De, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He studied at the Scottish Churches College, Calcutta, which was then administered by the British. In his later years, as a Vaishnava sadhu, he became an influential communicator of Gaudiya Vaishnava theology to India and specifically to the West through his founding of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (popularly called "Hare Krishna") in 1966.

No one, atleast in hinduism, should miss reading his books and get his divine teachings.

Answer 2

Most of the folks on YA are in their teens & 20's. They are mostly either pro or anti Christian, with a dim awareness of anything else out there. If they have read a religious book, it's the bible.

The Vedas are part of the cultural heritage of the whole world.

I gotta level with you though, with respect, it's still just religion.
And if people are interested in religion, well, they probably already have a religion.

Peace,

;-)

Answer 3

I read it. Enjoyed it. Simple, and to the point. If there is a war, we must fight it. The struggles that ensues. A gripping thriller that will leaving you on the edge of your seat.

Answer 4

The oldest of the Hindu Vedas is the Rig Veda which primarily contains hymns to be sung at their sacrifices. The Sama Veda is a compilation of some of the hymns of the Rig Veda. The Yajur Veda contains sacrificial formulas. The Atharva Veda mainly contains magical spells and incantations. Attached to each of these Vedas are collections of treatises called Brahamanas that explain the ritual of the sacrifices. Some later additions to them are called the Upanishads. There are many gods and godesses mentioned in these texts. There is Dyauspitr the Sky-Father and Indra the storm god, Mitra the messenger, Varuna who is especially concerned with promises and contracts, Tvashtri the god of the volcano and Vayu the wind-god to name but a few. According to the teachings of the Hindu religion people go through an endless cycle of death and reincarnation to a higher or lower level of existence based upon how they have conducted themselves in their previous life. Men can become gods after they die if they have lived a good enough life. But the gods of the Hindus also die and a “god” can be reincarnated as the lowest of men or even as an animal.

Hinduism is not a unified entity but consists of the sum of the traditional religious beliefs and practices of the Indian people. In the Hindu Vedas The Svetasvatara Upanishad speaks of the one god Rudra who creates and rules, and at the end of time, gathers everything up. However in the Creation Hymn 129 we read

“6 Who verily knows and who can here declare it, whence it was born and whence comes this creation? The Gods are later than this world's production. Who knows then whence it first came into being? 7 He, the first origin of this creation, whether he formed it all or did not form it, Whose eye controls this world in highest heaven, he verily knows it, or perhaps he knows not.”

I believe what the Bible says.

"Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Isaiah 44:6-20

Answer 5

That's right, nobody read it.

Answer 6

??? No idea what your talking about.