I have been receiving a huge number of requests to discuss about the VEDIC method of worship. Thus, kindly find the necessary information on this critical topic.
VEDAS do not consider God/Ishwar to be like a human. Thus idol worship is futile. It also does not believe in ritualistic worship of God. Instead, it teaches the Yogic method of worshiping God which acts as a tonic for soul, mind and body. The Yogic method is not to be confused with the Asans and Pranayams that have become so popular these days. YOGIC method instead is a scientific method to bring oneself in harmony with the laws that govern this creation and hence increase one’s bliss and power of mind multifold.
Instead of writing more on this topic, I decided to refer it to the experts in this field. So, I am attaching a pdf file that contains description of Practical Yogic method of worship. This is published by Darshan Yog Mahavidyala and is an indispensable resource for all bliss seekers. I would strongly recommend attending one of their live programs or discussing with one of their scholars, who in my opinion, are among the best people I am aware of, in this field of Yoga.
The pdf file is in Hindi/ Devanagari font. Those who are more comfortable with English will have to wait a while before an English version is ready.
I request everyone to share their comments on this topic. This is very critical because Vedas believe that bliss can come only through mutual support and can never be obtained in isolation.
You are also requested to share any further topics you want more discussions on.
Dhanyavad
Agniveer
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE FILE HERE Kriyatmak Yogabhyas
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"This is very critical because Vedas believe that bliss can come only through mutual support and can never be obtained in isolation."
What about Rishi Agni , Vaayu , Aaditya and Angiraa ?
1. The Rishis had already reached a state exalted enough to understand the Vedas fully.
2. Further, even after the knowledge, they did not remain in isolation but shared the same with other Rishis and people, and starting the process of civilization.
God is all pervading and he pervades soul.These four rishis were the highest souls and were choosen by god to spread his word.God considered them to be much and more stronger intellectually to carry his words as each and evry person cannot understand and spread his word.God provided complete wisom to souls of these person and they started spreading the world to whole humanity.Initially god created many people not one or two but these four were the chosen one.Thats why it is mentioned in vedas that maithun and amaithun two types of creation were there in the begining amaithun was by god and maithun by his creation.
Do let us know of any specific doubts you may have and we shall try to address them. Dhanyavad
Thank you very much sir, for all this valuble knowledge, I really appreciate it, as far as the vedic method of worship goes, besides yoga, I also heard about yajna or havan that is suppose to be done as a worship to Ishwar, can you please explain that to me?
Then which method of worship should one use, the havan or yoga or both?
thanks
Namaste,
Havan is a healthy and environment friendly practice that brings boost in motivation levels as well. Havan is thus a part of yogic regime. Yoga does not mean asans and breathing exercises. That is a fraud description of yoga, as prevalent today and regretfully propagated even by those who call themselves Yoga Rishi. Yoga is all about mind and soul. Kindly read the referred book. I shall also write on this subsequently in layman terms.
Dhanyavad
Dhanyavaad Agniveer ji ! This book was extremely beneficial and I somehow also got a hard copy of "Brahma Vijnaana" in which the Yogic topics are discussed in some more detail which is also available on Darshan Yog Mahavidyalaya website.Both these were highly enlightening and have a very practical approach towards making one learn the true relation between us and God.
Worship in this sense needs no specific or exclusive formula. Therefore, in Vivekananda’s interpretation, “the Hindu religion does not consist in struggles and attempts to believe a certain doctrine or dogma, but in realising – not in believing but in being and becoming.”
The bhagavad gita that i read told me that Krishna bow and prostate to the Lord. The act of bow and prostate shows that Krisha perform the duty of every Brahma that is praying. The quran tells us that all prophet perform the same duty that is pray to supreme lord of the world. As thus, prayer is the ancient ritual perform by each Brahma and anybody that does not follow the same is really deviated from the truth. Islam however, corrupted the prayer by saying the name of the Muhammad that automatically ascribe a partner to God as such those prayer are void.
There are 50 Sulabh Shauchalayas (public toilets) in Delhi; all of them are cleaned and looked after by Brahmins (this very welcome public institution was started by a Brahmin). A far cry from the elitist image that Brahmins have!There are five to six Brahmins manning each Shauchalaya. They came to Delhi eight to ten years back looking for a source of income, as they were a minority in most of their villages, where Dalits are in majority (60 per cent to 65 per cent). In most villages in UP and Bihar, Dalits have a union which helps them secure jobs in villages.Most number of Brahmins working as coolies at Delhi’s railway stations.One of them, Kripa Shankar Sharma, says while his daughter is doing her Bachelors in Science he is not sure if she will secure a job.You also find Brahmin rickshaw pullers in Delhi. 50 per cent of Patel Nagar’s rickshaw pullers are Brahmins who like their brethren have moved to the city looking for jobs for lack of employment opportunities and poor education in their villages.Even after toiling the whole day, Vijay Pratap and Sidharth Tiwari, two Brahmin rickshaw pullers, say they are hardly able to make ends meet. These men make about Rs 100 to Rs 150 on an average every day from which they pay a daily rent of Rs 25 for their rickshaws and Rs 500 to Rs 600 towards the rent of their rooms which is shared by 3 to 4 people or their families.Most rickshaw pullers in Banaras are Brahmins.This reverse discrimination is also found in bureaucracy and politics. Most of the intellectual Brahmin Tamil class has emigrated outside Tamil Nadu. Only 5 seats out of 600 in the combined UP and Bihar assembly are held by Brahmins — the rest are in the hands of the Yadavs.400,000 Brahmins of the Kashmir valley, the once respected Kashmiri Pandits, now live as refugees in their own country, sometimes in refugee camps in Jammu and Delhi in appalling conditions. But who gives a damn about them? Their vote bank is negligible.And this is not limited to the North alone. 75 per cent of domestic help and cooks in Andhra Pradesh are Brahmins. A study of the Brahmin community in a district in Andhra Pradesh (Brahmins of India by J Radhakrishna, published by Chugh Publications) reveals that today all purohits live below the poverty line,who are the real Dalits of India.
In fact, according to this study there has been an overall decline in the number of Brahmin students. With the average income of Brahmins being less than that of non-Brahmins, a high percentage of Brahmin students drop out at the intermediate level. In the 5 to 18 year age group, 44 per cent Brahmin students stopped education at the primary level and 36 per cent at the pre-matriculation level.The study also found that 55 per cent of all Brahmins lived below the poverty line — below a per capita income of Rs 650 a month. Since 45 per cent of the total population of India is officially stated to be below the poverty line it follows that the percentage of destitute Brahmins is 10 per cent higher than the all-India figure.According to the Andhra Pradesh study, the largest percentage of Brahmins today are employed as domestic servants. The unemployment rate among them is as high as 75 per cent. Seventy percent of Brahmins are still relying on their hereditary vocation. There are hundreds of families that are surviving on just Rs 500 per month as priests in various temples (Department of Endowments statistics).Priests are under tremendous difficulty today, sometimes even forced to beg for alms for survival. There are innumerable instances in which Brahmin priests who spent a lifetime studying Vedas are being ridiculed and disrespected.At Tamil Nadu’s Ranganathaswamy Temple, a priest’s monthly salary is Rs 300 (Census Department studies) and a daily allowance of one measure of rice. The government staff at the same temple receive Rs 2,500 plus per month. But these facts have not modified the priests’ reputation as ‘haves’ and as ‘exploiters.’ The destitution of Hindu priests has moved none, not even the parties known for Hindu sympathy.
The tragedy of modern India is that the combined votes of Dalits/OBC and Muslims are enough for any government to be elected. The Congress quickly cashed in on it after Independence, but probably no other government than Sonia Gandhi’s has gone so far in shamelessly dividing Indian society for garnering votes.The Indian government gives Rs 1,000 crores (Rs 10 billion) for salaries of imams in mosques and Rs 200 crores (Rs 2 billion) as Haj subsidies. But no such help is available to Brahmins and upper castes. As a result, not only the Brahmins, but also some of the other upper castes in the lower middle class are suffering in silence today, seeing the minorities slowly taking control of their majority.Anti-Brahminism originated in, and still prospers in anti-Hindu circles. It is particularly welcome among Marxists, missionaries, Muslims, separatists and Christian-backed Dalit movements of different hues. When they attack Brahmins, their target is unmistakably Hinduism.
So the question has to be asked: are the Brahmins (and other upper castes) of yesterday becoming the Dalits of today?
Namaste
What is Shuddhikaran?
Namaste Brother roger
Shuddhikaran means the process of getting purified, but in history, it was also used to denote the come back of our lost Brothers and Sisters from Islam and Christianity to Vedic Dharm. For example, Swami Dayanand started Shuddhi campaign, which was later expanded into a full fledged movement by his disciple Swami Shraddhanand in 1920′s.
Thanks bro
but can you throw some more light on it? i mean what are the rituals of shuddhikaran? Is it like baptism or conversion?
Brother roger
Agnihotra (Yajna, which is the symbol of unselfishness) and Yajnopaveet (sacred thread symbolizing the formal start of the journey to seek the truth) are the two rituals related to Shuddhi, known to me.
No it is totally different from Baptism etc. In Shuddhi, even if you dont perform any ritual, nobody can force you to do that. After all Shuddhi is purely related to one’s soul and it has nothing to do with the external symbols or rituals.
Thanks bro
Let me put it in this way. Isn’t that enough if one has accepted the ‘vedic dharma’ from heart and soul? Do he need to change his name too? Like we have seen it in Brother Mahendra Pal’s case.
Brother roger
Yes, it is sufficient to accept Vedic Dharm from heart. Nobody needs to change his/her name. However if somebody wants it, he/she can do that.
Gotcha, thank you very much for your time.