THE VEDIC

LITERATURES
How can we understand the
Supreme Person who is creator
of infinite gigantic universes?
tene brahma
hriday adi
kavaye
The Vedic knowledge was revealed
by the Supreme Person, within the
heart of the first created being,
Brahma.
This Vedic
wisdom came
down in
disciplic
succession
through aural
reception.
Srimad Bhagavatam predicts about
people in Kali-yuga
mand lazy;
sumanda-mataya misguided;
manda-bhgy unlucky;
hi upadrut and above all
disturbed.
Vysadeva, a literary
incarnation of God,
recorded all the Vedas in
writing 5,000 years back for
the benefit of people in
Kali Yuga.
The Vedas are also called
as SHRUTIS or knowledge
received through aural
reception.
The means of Vedic knowledge is
to accept an authority & learn the
truth by inquiring submissively.
The Vedas offer insight into -
Who am I ?
Where have I come from ?
Where do I go after death ?
The Vedas offer insight into -
What is the purpose of my
existence ?
Who is God ?
How am I related to God ?
Composed by sages
Wording may change from age to age
Revealed absolute Truth
Every word unchanged eternally
sisters sisters sisters
Rajasic
VEDIC KNOWLEDGE
SRUTI SMRTI
UPAVEDAS
Dhanurveda
Ayurveda, etc.
VEDAS
Rg, Yajur,
Sama, Atharva
VEDANGAS Itihasas Puranas Six Darshanas
Tantras
Spoken by Lord
Siva to Parvati
Ritual Sutras
Connected to
Kalpa-vedanga
Pancaratras
Srauta Sutras
explains
public yajnas
Grhya Sutras
explains
home yajnas
Dharma Sutras
Law books
Vedanta
(Vyasa)
(Metaphysics)
theology of
Upanisads
Mimamsa
(Jaimini)
(Hermeneutics)
interpreting
scriptural texts
Nyaya
(Gautama)
(Epistemology, logic)
philosophy of
knowledge
including logic
Vaisesika
(Kanada)
(Metaphysics)
philosophy of
existence
Yoga
(Patanjali)
(Sadhana)
Sankhya
(Atheist Kapila)
(Metaphysics)
Dharma Sastras
including Manu-
samhita and others
18 Major
18 Minor
Samhitas
mantras
Brahmanas
ritual explanation
of mantras
Aranyakas
esoteric explanation
of mantras
Upanisads
Jnana-kanda
philosophy of Brahman
Kalpa
ritual details
Siksa
pronunciation
Vyakarana
grammar
Nirukta
etymology
Chandas
meters
Jyotisa
astronomy-time
calculation
Vaisnava
worship
Tamasic
Sattvic
Three Divisions of the Vedas
Karma-kanda: Material elevation (pravritti).

Jnana-kanda: Decreasing material involvement
through knowledge (nivritti).

Upasana-kanda: Decreasing material
involvement through worship of the Supreme.
Five Types of Liberation
Sayujya-mukti to become one with the Lord
Salokya-mukti to live on the same planet as the
Lord
Svarupya-mukti to obtain the same bodily features
as the Lord
Sarsti-mukti to have the same opulences as the Lord
Samipya-mukti to have constant association with
the Lord
vadanti tat tattva-vidas
tattva yaj jnam advayam
brahmeti paramtmeti
bhagavn iti abdyate

(Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.11)
Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute
Truth call this nondual substance
Brahman, Paramtm or Bhagavn.
Bhagavad Gita
sarvasya cha hdi sannivio
matta smtir jnam apohana ca
vedai ca sarvair aham eva vedyo
vednta-kd veda-vid eva cham

(Bhagavad Gita 15.15)
I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me
come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.
By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I
am the compiler of Vednta, and I am the knower
of the Vedas.