About the Talk:
The Vedas are the oldest religious texts which are deemed to be the crown of Hinduism. The Vedas which are written in Vedic Sanskrit (the ancient language of Indo-Aryans) consist of several hymns in praise of Hindu God and Goddess. Many traditional thinkers believe that the hymns are of divine origin. But there is ample evidence in Vedas themselves and other historical texts that the perfect poetry created by humans was elevated to the status of divinity in due course of time says Dr. Koenard Elst.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Koenraad Elst is a Belgian Indologist with a Masters in Indology, Sinology and Philosophy followed by original fieldwork in BHU and Doctorate on Hindu nationalism. One of the few Westerners to actively defend Hinduism, he is known for his blunt and objective views. Author of thirty books, a foreign desk press editor, foreign policy assistant in the Belgian Senate and a visiting professor at two Indian universities.

Topics Covered:
0:00 Are the Vedas of Divine origin?
1:25 The Purva Mimansa school of thought
3:27 The Uttara Mimansa and Sankara philosophy
8:53 The difference between Dharma in scriptures and Din in Quran
12:00 Hymns from Vedas - relationship with the humanbeings with Superhuman powers
18:30 Vedas refer to Pre-Vedik age
23:30 The Vedas are not eternal
28:00 Vedas are historical
31:59 Composed in perfect poetry the verses were then memorised
36:00 Sulba sutra - The theorem that later came to be known as Pythagoras Theorem
39:47 The Vedas are deemed to be the crown of Hinduism
43:41 The Human poetry got elevated to Divine origin
48:25 Invention of tradition is common in societies
50:55 In Hindu History Rama and Krishna born as Humans were later divinised
54:50 The caste did not matter in ancient India
57:20 The caste factor came into prominence later
58:40 A revered thing can turn into deity with faith and respect - normal human tendency

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