[Advaita-l] Veda as source of dharma.

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

The point to be noted is that Taittiriya itself prescribes
 आचारश्चैव साधूनाम् as pramana. This is the basis for
Apastamba giving first place to instruction of
dharmajnas and not vedajnas. It is very clear
that he gives only secondary importance to the Vedas.

Any way we are following only sistachara . The saying is
आचारप्रभवोधर्मः। Sistachara gets codified later as smriti.

None of us are tending tretagnis.
Thinking that we are following vaidika dharma by doing
sandhyavandana is oversimplification.

regards,
Sarma.
2011/10/9 V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>

> Thank you Sir, for the references.  It is possible that the Acharya was
> making the reference by doing an 'arthataH anuvAda' rather than
> 'shabdataH'.
>
> It is also interesting to see that even the आचारश्चैव साधूनाम्...has its
> basis in the Veda itself:  The Taittiriya Upanishad शीक्षावल्ली says:
>
> ये तत्र ब्राह्मणाः संमर्शिनः युक्ता आयुक्ताः  अलूक्षा धर्मकामाः स्युः यथा
> ते
> तत्र वर्तेरन् तथा तत्र वर्तेथाः ...
>
> Regards,
> subrahmanian.v
>
>
> 2011/10/9 Shrisha Rao <shrao at nyx.net>
>
> > El oct 9, 2011, a las 9:28 p.m., V Subrahmanian escribió:
> >
> > > Namaste.
> > >
> > > There is a popular saying: वेदमूलोऽयं धर्मः which means 'Dharma has its
> > > source in the Veda'.  The earlier Acharya of the Sringeri Peetham has
> > stated
> > > this in some discourses.  Could anyone pl. give the source of the
> quote?
> >
> > I have never heard of a quote in that way, but try these:
> >
> > वेदोऽखिलो धर्ममूलं स्मृतिशीले च तद्विदाम् ।
> > आचारश्चैव साधूनामात्मनस्तुष्टिरेव च (आत्मनो रुचिरेव च) ।। (मनुस्मृति २.६)
> >
> > वेदप्रणिहितो धर्मो ह्यधर्मस्तद्विपर्ययः । (भागवत पुराण ६.१.४०)
> >
> > वेदो धर्ममूलम् । तद्विदां च स्मृतिशीले । (गौतम धर्मसूत्र १-२)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shrisha Rao
> >
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