Apauruṣeyattvam of the Vedas Blog by Swamini Atmaprajnananda Saraswati

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Sep 26, 2014 at 07:48 pm

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Sep 27, 2014 at 03:03 am

View of Yāska that the knowledge residing in human beings is '' impermanent,'' is not correct, since , rsis too are human beings , rsis have expressed that which is residing in them ,heard from their inside only

he does not distinguish between surface/intellectual created knowledge which is impermanent, and the eternal knowledge that resides beyond the intellect 

this proves that he lacks the experience of para kshethra,brahman.... consequently failed to give a truthful opinion on apaurusheyatva of vedas 

so sankara excelsREPLYDELETE  Like (1)

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Sep 27, 2014 at 09:04 am

View of Mīmāmsākas: Mīmāṃsā treats the Veda as a Dharmaśāstra

''..., seems in a way correct, since veda is a compendium of various laws of dharma, like how nature is functioning, how human has to function

however ‘’words were self-sufficient in authority.’is also seems correct , since these vedic words are not just a play in plain vocabulary but they are links to the knowledge that is existing in compact/ compressed fashion , and each word/ phrase/ expression can unfold enormous wisdom when read by a intelligent reader 

these words are of sanskrit , which itself a revealed language, the words , the grammar are not just fabricated by a literary genius ,so words themselves hold the knowledge of the thing they are describingREPLYDELETE  Like (1)

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Sep 28, 2014 at 06:47 pm

1.'' Vedas say that It is Apauruṣeya: Apauruṣeyattvam of the Vedas is stated in the Vedas itself''......true if vedas are accepted as authority unconditionally 

it is like i am telling a truth , and take it as truth no need of verificationREPLYDELETE  Like (1)

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Sep 29, 2014 at 02:20 am

4. View of Bādarāyaṇa Vyāsa, ''Brahman is the source of the śāstra i.e. the Vedas, hence it is apauruṣeya''.

...........since vyasa is a great rsi, even this statement is as true as the veda, as rsis say what they have ''heard''

but , since brahman is the source of everything , everything that is created by any human or any being too can be deduced as apaurusheya using the same premise ,..... this may be utterly fallacious , 

so logic fails, 

since logic fails, logic cannot be a tool for ascertaining truth 

so , instead of relying on logic, even that of vyasa, one must rely on ''that ''which lead vyasa to proclaim so

and ''that'' is the tapasya, only a tapasvi can testify apurusheyathva of veda , not othersREPLYDELETE  Like 

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Sep 29, 2014 at 02:47 am

5 View of Kumāriḷa Bhaṭṭa: ''Every extant school held some scripture to be correct.''.

.......this happens since the followers stop questioning struck by the ''aura '' of their favorite sage who generally will be at a higher level in his vision than the followers.. so they simply glorify, rather than verify.

''(apauruṣeya) would safeguard the Vedas against all reproach.'

........rather , vedas , if apaurusheya in the truest sense, will never get lost, ....''losing'' happens due to the inability of the generations to raise themselves to the level of vedic rsis. since the nature of nature is to create a few individuals in every generation who strive to that level and do a rediscovery of vedas again and again, not by just repeating/reciting 

every student of veda is required to strive to rise thru similar tapasya to become the sacred instrument in the hands of natureREPLYDELETE  Like 

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Sep 29, 2014 at 03:02 am

View of Swāmi Dayānanda Saraswati

''vi) If you have to learn Vedanta, you have to treat Vedas as pramāṇa.''

.................If you have to learn Vedanta, the single vital requirement is the doing of tapasya exactly like the vedic rsis did

nothing is a precondition for reaching the level of vedic rsis , simply intense tapasya reveals all 

no need of accepting apaurusheya, nor study of vedas, but tapasya validates the apaurusheyatva, and that's itREPLYDELETE  Like 

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Sep 29, 2014 at 03:17 am

8. The Vedas and the Genetic Fallacy, by Arvind Sharma..'':the truth of the statement has to be determined by empirically determining whether it is raining or not; and not by appealing to the trustworthiness, ''

..........yes, but arvind sharma should know that a ''hyper link ed'' expression does not mean simply the literal meaning of that expression , truth of that expression , what it contains can only be accessed by clicking that link with internet connection ensured

similarly truth of veda is not the literal meaning , cannot reveal by emperical verification, but by the purity attained thru tapasa