[Advaita-l] Weather vedas are considered as false in ultimate reality?

Harsha Bhat harsha9519 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 31 22:45:34 CDT 2015


Namaste Siva Sir,
                                          Thanx for explanation........
Can you please tell the that full vakhya of  Br. Up. 4.3.22 and  Bramhasutra
4.1.3



regards,
Harsha Bhat

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 2:27 AM, Siva Senani Nori <sivasenani at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> The quoted sentence does not mean that Vedas are false ultimately. It is
> that Vedas have a specific purpose - to teach Brahman, and once that object
> is accomplished, they do not apply any longer.
>
> The sentence referred by you occurs in Br. Up. 4.3.22. This is also quoted
> in the Bhashya on Bramhasutra 4.1.3. (वेदाः अवेदाः इति वचनात् इष्यते एव
> अस्माभिः श्रुतेः अपि अभावः प्रबोधे - due to the Sruti vaakya "vedAH
> avedAH", absence of Sruti is indeed desired by us in the state of
> enlightenment).
>
> In Adhyaasabhaashya, Bhagavatpada says अविद्यावद्विषयाणि एव प्रत्यक्षादीनि
> प्रमाणानि शास्त्राणि च (All pramanas like perception (pratyaksha) and
> Sastras (including Vedas) are subject to avidyaa). So, once avidyaa is
> removed those dependent on it, such as pramaanas (there is no difference
> amongst pramaatR, prameya, pramA and pramANa in the paaramaarthika view)
> and Saastras (which is the main pramaaNa in knowing Brahman) also dissolve
> into Brahman.
>
> It is well known that Sannyaasins are not bound to perform any Vedic
> ritual - that is why they remove their Yajnopavitam. Whether they be
> enlightened or not, the intent is to reach a plane which is beyond Veda.
> However they do not ever say that Vedas are false ultimately.
>
> Regards
> N. Siva Senani
>
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>
> Namaste,
>
>                                           Weather in any upanishad or
> vedas ,they say vedas as "Aveda"?.
> What is the pramana to say that vedas are false in ultimate reality?
>
> For that one advaitha pandith gave me a vakhya "Vedaha Avedaha"...and he
> says that this vakhya is from veda only...which says vedas are false in
> ultimate reality.
>
> Weather this vakhya is really present in any veda (upanishad)?
>
> Can any learned scholar tell in which veda (Upanishad)..the vakhya "vedaha
> avedhaha"..is present...and also tell me the meaning of this verse ,if this
> vakhya really exists...
>
>
> regards,
> Harsha Bhat
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