Posted on: 22 Jun 2018
1) Nin Blog parigogoi923@gmail.com asked:- There is much suffering here in this world nowadays???? Lord Krishna said that he will return when there will be much inhumanity, cruelty n violence??? Where is the supreme deity now?
Swami replied:- God said in the Gita that He will be coming to the earth in every Yuga (Yuge Yuge… Gita). Yuga means a human generation. Yuga also means a year and also a very big span of generations. Both are extreme ends like flood and draught. The middle path is to take the span of a generation. When God comes in every human generation, partiality of God to certain generations only can be avoided.
God comes in every generation to control the minds of people through spiritual knowledge. Krishna did lot of destruction of evil people through wars. The next such incarnation to destroy evil people is Kalki only. Still, lot of time is there for Kalki to come. Before Kalki and after Krishna, Buddha came as incarnation in the middle span of time. Both Krishna and Kalki are connected to destruction of evil people and in between Buddha with peace and preaching appeared. This means that till Kalki comes, God will be coming down with peace and love to preach spiritual knowledge only. Only spiritual knowledge can bring permanent reformation. Destruction or punishment brings only temporary reformation through fear. What to do and when to do is well known to God. Our estimations regarding the divine program can’t be perfect since we are not omniscient.
[Shri Hrushikesh Pudipeddi asked: Dear Swami, Mr. Willis Fisher asked a question on the face book group Sadguru for the discourse given you on Authority of the Veda.]
2) Willis Fisher: Sir, why does God write for so many religions? And why thousands of years ago and not now?
[Following is the Discourse given by you after reading this Mr. Fisher asked the above question…
Swami: Some conservatives of Hinduism say that they will follow only whatever is said in the Veda since it is the scripture by revealed by God to sages. Since the author is God, the Veda is Apaurusheya (human being is not the author). Buddha said that the Veda is Paurusheya (human being is the author). Both are correct versions since God is the actual author whereas the sage appears to be author of each part (Suuktam) of the Veda. God (Bhagavaan) said the Gita through Krishna and Krishna spoke it through His mouth as anybody can see the scene. Insertions and deletions are almost impossible since the Veda was preserved by recitation from one generation to the other generation due to absence of perfect writing technology. Now, the Veda is printed and doesn’t have the danger of additions and deletions. We agree that the Veda is told by God and additions and deletions are absent in it. We also agree that the Veda is the final authority. But, why should you fear about the analysis of the concepts of the Veda? Since the concept in the Veda is said by God, certainly, it will pass through the test of analysis since God will never say anything, which is not logical. The analysis is essential so that people of other religions also will regard the Veda as authority since the concept of the Veda is perfectly logical. Let other religions feel that we are not taking the Veda as authority simply based on blind belief without analysing it. If the analysis is done and the entire Veda is found to be correct, fear of additions and deletions is also removed. When you are sure that your gold is purest, why to fear for the acid test? Different concepts are built-up by different commentators while the same statement of the Veda (Upanishat) was discussed. We have to do the critical analysis to find out which interpretation is correct. Hence, objecting the analysis of the Veda is not correct in any angle. Even the Gita is the Veda since it is told by God. The same God Krishna, in the end of the Gita, told that Arjuna shall analyse whatever is told in the Gita before taking decision (Vimrushyaitadasheshena…). Even the Veda says that the saying of the Veda shall be analysed before deciding its concept (Vedaanta vijnaana sunishchitaarthaah)
I request you to Enlighten us with your sweet words.]
Swami replied:- The word ‘Veda’ simply means Knowledge as per its root word (Vidul-Jnaane). Knowledge has no adjectives like old, new, specific language etc. Spiritual knowledge in any language of any religion, whether it is old or new is the Veda provided it is thoroughly discussed with perfect deep analysis to prove it as quite logical since the statement of God through any human being is always logical and justified. God is eternal and can speak through any human being in the past or present or future. God is not like a human being, which existed sometime in the past or exists sometime in the present. If the author of the Veda is a human being, we can say that since such human being existed in past and hence, his preaching was old. Since God is beyond time, the Veda is also beyond time. It means God said through human being in the past, is saying through a human being in the present and will say through human being in the future. Human being is the medium of God. The religions may differ as the various cultures and languages differ. But, the basic spiritual knowledge is one and the same present in all religions. Same God writes same spiritual knowledge in different languages following different cultures. The basic subject does not change at all. You must surpass all these adjectives like old or new or specific language or specific religion. Then only, God will be pleased with you and bless you to understand Him without the influence of any bad serpent like misinterpretation.