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quintessential knowledge of all that is, including Nature and
humanity, all that happens, all that we are, all that we do, and all
that we reap in consequence of our action. It is the Original and
Universal knowledge of the Reality of Existence and the Ideality
of our aspirations, covering the facts and processes of existence,
their interaction and the laws that operate in the interaction. In
short, Veda is an eternal articulation of Omniscience, The Voice
of God.
Vedic knowledge is classified thematically into three:
Stuti, Prarthana and Upasana. Stuti, praise, is solemn reverential
remembrance and description of the attributes, nature, character
and function of divine powers. Prarthana, prayer, is an
autosuggestive resolution to realise our limitations and rise above
those limitations by calling on Divinity for aid and blessings when
we have exhausted our effort and potential. Upasana is meditation,
the surrender of our limited identity to open out and participate
in the Divine Presence. Stuti implies knowledge (Janana),
Prarthana implies humility and action (Karma), and Upasana
implies total love and surrender (Bhakti). In consequence,
formally, Vedic knowledge is divided into four:
Rgveda is the Veda of Knowledge, Yajurveda is the Veda
of Karma, Samaveda is the Veda of Bhakti, and Atharva-veda is
Brahma Veda, an umbrella, celebrating the Divine Presence as in
Book 10, hymns 7 and 8.
Yajurveda is Karma Veda, knowledge of the application
of knowledge in practical living in a positive, creative and
constructive manner at both the individual and the collective level.
This way of living and working is "Yajna" which, in simple words,
means a selfless and participative way of living and thereby
creating the maximum out of the minimum for all, including
nature, humanity, the environment and the whole universe, with
complete faith in the living, breathing, organismic, intelligent,
self-organising, self-conscious, Sovereign System. Living the
yajnic way, we realise that Nature is an organism, a tree,
Ashwattha, and the entire cosmos including ourselves is a Purusha,
and we as human beings are but cells in this Divine Purusha.
Without living this way in a state of full awareness, we cannot
realise that you and I, Mother Nature and the Supreme Brahma
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