Wishing all of you and your dear ones the very best
for 2017 and beyond…
As we are about begin the new year (calendar year that most part of
the world celebrate) I was looking at wondering how everything began and then thought of creation itself, the very beginning, and
the very essence. And thought it fit to share some of my findings from my
research on the Vedas. I will make it a point to share with my readers at every
stage of my research and progress. I would like to begin this year with the ‘Genesis’
itself (the very beginning, the apex).
This is an important subject by itself and we cannot
afford to deal with it fully here. I would like to point out some salient
points to our beloved readers, so as to enable them to grasp the exact mistakes
which led to the miserable misinterpretation of a highly scientific matter.
If only we read a little carefully the first 10 paras
of Chapter I, Genesis, we could easily discover the following facts as plainly
stated therein. “God created heaven and earth. But the earth was then void and
without form. It was all waters. The spirit of God then moved upon the face of
the waters. God then created day and night. He then created the firmament in
the midst of the waters. He thus divided the waters from the waters, by placing
the waters above and below the firmament. The firmament then became heaven, and
the waters below it became land and sea.”
Now, we find nothing said about the waters above the
heaven. Probably God forgot all about them or has reserved them for future
creation or for a future deluge in a fit of anger. Such is exactly the
description furnished in the Genesis. No hairsplitting
could alter the text now. The reputed Western critics of the Eastern books
have probably said nothing about this curious creation of the universe as
explained in their holy Bible.
Even the blind could perceive here that all the
confusion is traceable to the utter ignorance of the technical significance of
a single word namely waters. What doubt is there now about the fact that the
above description was borrowed from somewhere without understanding the gist of
it? The holy Bible cannot afford to deny that its contents are intended for
religious instruction. Otherwise, it could not be styled holy. If it contains
only history and geography as interpreted at present, it must necessarily lose
its vale as a holy text. That is a serious matter for the Christian to consider
in their own interest. As literally interpreted by the Christian authorities at
present, has the above description any scientific, religious or practical
value?
There is not the
slightest doubt now that the Jews to whom the Old Testament belongs borrowed
the Genesis or Purana both meaning the account of creation, from the Hindu literature
through the help of our own Pseudo Pandit
centuries ago, in spite of the so called Puranic
period. The technical word that created all this ludicrous confusion is no
other than ‘Apa’ which is even now foolishly misinterpreted
by the quasi-educated Pundits as waters in India itself. APA refers only to the
24 sacred Tatwams (deep philosophical
analysis of the Paramatma (Supreme Being)). The Purana describes only the
creation of the 24 Tatwams which form the divine bases of the total cosmology
of man. It does not treat of human history or earthly geography as foolishly
misunderstood at present. The general name of the 24 Tatwams is ‘Apa’ or
that by which the Ultimate Entity is discovered. AaPyte Aneneit Aap>,
APA is always
plural in Sanskrit and its translation into the same plural number as waters is
sufficiently significant for our present purpose. This much is enough to
understand the technical mistakes which misled the Jews in utilizing the
incorrect information gathered from our
own wiseacres. Besides this unhappy mistake, there is a more pitiable
one which demands our immediate notice in this connection.
Even the
philosophers of the West will surely admit that each man has his own specific
cosmological conception. No two men have the same. It is a purely philosophical matter which no
civilized nation dare question. It is thus illogical and unscientific even to
talk of a general creation of this material universe at any particular period.
The conception of the Jagat is always mainly personal. Each man conceives
differently, and separate descriptions of the creation of each man’s cosmology
will have to be furnished. This is physically impossible. That is no function
of the religious Puranas either. They are intended for more serious and useful
religious (read Dharmic) purposes.
The vague and
unscientific conception of a personal God creating a gross material universe as
mentioned in the Old Testament, is entirely strange to Hindu philosophy. The
God of the foreign religions is not even equal to the Iswara who directs the Buddhi
of man according to the merits of his Karmas. This Iswara is only hypothesized
to explain this Karmic Law to the inferior intellects. Iswara is treated only
as the reflection of Brahman in Satwic Maya. Thus there are several distinct
matters scientifically explained in our religious philosophy namely, the
Brahman, the Satwic Maya, the Iswara, the Jiva, the Buddhi, the Avidya and the
Jagat. Let me reproduce a Sanskrit shloka from the Upanishads.
ka buiÏ> kae=yma-as> kae va ýÇ jgtœ kwmœ, #Tyin[Rytae maeh> sae=y< s<sar #:yte.
“What is Buddhi, who is the reflection of
Atma, what is Atma and what is Jagat? Unless these are clearly understood one
could not hope to get out of his ignorance.”
Our
religious ( read Dharmic) literature
which is thousands of years old, thus contains the highest philosophical truths
which are not yet understood by the alien nations, but still the Christian
Sanskritists, the Western Indologists and the historians of the West ( viz: Monier Williams, Max Muller, Dr Annie
Besant, Windy Doniger, Sheldon Pollock to name a few and of course our own many
Indian authors and writers who have interpreted the Vedic Philosophy literally)
have the audacity to condemn our sacred literature as the product of barbarism
and old world simplicity.
The Ancestors of the westerners thought that their God has created
everything imperfect in the beginning and that they were rendering them
perfect. The present generation follow the footsteps of their Ancestors. The contents of their holy book could not lead them to better or more
sensible conclusions. If they sincerely wish to improve themselves, they must
willingly borrow and correctly copy. Instead of doing so sensibly, why
foolishly take to abuse?
To be continued...................
HariOm
