Image via WikipediaWhile writing my research report as concept, script, story, screenplay, and all about Ancient India in Modern Context mentioning great enlightened souls, I found a myth. Yes, one of the most common myth about the Vedas is of historical, mythological and religious aspects that seem to be ancient. We appear to take Indian Mythology as Vedic and thus something of the very past time, space and whatever we can include in the past.
My approved TV serial with pilot episode gave the clarifications we discuss here to Indian Mythology. My focus has been on the enlightened souls mentioned in Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the Holy Book of Sikhs as the Living Guru. It includes almost all enlightened souls of India during and from 10-11th Century to 16-17th Century.
The Gurbani (Teachings of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji) as the Poetical teachings from all Indian sates and languages embraces past and present as Eternal. It starts by approving Bhakta Dhruva and Prahlada as the Icons of Spiritualism in the Divine World in which we live and call it the Natural World. They attained the Divine Wisdom.
Now, why this concept seems a myth. Please read the following:
"...mode of worship is largely unchanged today within Hinduism; however, only a small fraction of conservative Shrautins continue the tradition of oral recitation of hymns learned solely through the oral tradition..." (With thanks from the source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Vedic_religion)
We may lose the term Eternal laws and principles of natural world that never change in the universe. We may lack our insufficiency in finding the ancient knowledge and wisdom as Classical Music, Dance, Literature, Math, Science and lot more from India. All of it has one single term ETERNAL that is popular as Sanatana.
When we consider things in context to Space, Time and Relevancy, we may call anything ancient but wisdom has nothing to do with Time, Space and Relevancy in this context as Math, Music and Grammar is an example.
If we as Indians or who think Classical Indian Works as of great worth keep saying things of the past, we may never get the universal knowledge and wisdom.
So, the Vedic simply means what does not change with time and so we practice all of it in the Classical Arts, other works that are listed as Classical, and surely including the Six Schools of Philosophy:
"Hinduism is the predominant religious tradition[3] of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers[4] as Sanātana Dharma (a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law", "the eternal law that sustains/upholds/surely preserves"[5][6]), amongst many other expressions..." (With thanks from the source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanatana_dharma)
The other major point that seem to have made India as if merely a Hindu state seems as if something that hinders past as part and parcel for our present and thus future:
"...Originally, Hindu was a secular term which was used to describe all inhabitants and cultures of the Indian subcontinent (or Hindustan) irrespective of their religious affiliations. It also occurs sporadically in Sanskrit texts such as the later Rajataranginis of Kashmir (Hinduka, c. 1450), some 16th-18th century Bengali Gaudiya Vaishnava texts, including Chaitanya Charitamrita and Chaitanya Bhagavata, usually to contrast Hindus with Yavanas or Mlecchas.[20] It was only towards the end of the 18th century that the European merchants and colonists referred collectively to the followers of Indian religions as Hindus. Eventually, it came to define a precisely religious identity that includes any person of Indian origin who neither practiced Abrahamic religions nor non-Vedic Indian religions, such as Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, or tribal (Adivasi) religions, thereby encompassing a wide range of religious beliefs and practices related to "Sanātana Dharma".[21][22]..." (With thanks from the source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanatana_dharma)
The term Hinduism was introduced into the English language in the 19th century to denote the religious, philosophical, and cultural traditions native to India. Thus, in a way, Hinduism literally translates to "Indianism". [23]
Indian Women also played a great role in the Vedic Period and in modern context Vedic means of and from knowledge and wisdom. Who practices the original knowledge and wisdom is Vedic without ever referring to Time, Space, Age, Gender, Creed, Caste and all that gives us new identity and thus Vedic means whatever is Eternal..." (With thanks from the source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_science)
Thanks for your time to read it as How and Why Vedic Means Sanatana or Eternal Laws and Principles of Nature, Universe and Spirit: My TV Serial on India as Civilization.
The next part of this article is here: Lord Rama and Ravana: How and Why Vedic Means Sanatana or Eternal Laws and Principles of Nature, Universe and Spirit: My TV Serial on India as Civilization - 2
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