They are the Ṛg Veda, the Sāma Veda, the Yajur Veda, all composed between the 20th and 7th century BC, and the Atharva Veda, included into the sacred canon only several centuries after the Buddha. He also cast serious doubts on the claim that the authors of the Vedas had divine knowledge. Things that Buddha took from the Hindu Vedas 1. It was supposedly written by Vyāsa contemporaneously with Kṛṣṇa, about 5,000 years ago. This was, he rejected the authority of the Vedas by denying its biggest truth. I am adding another oddity. 5.Rejection of caste system is also written in Vedas. The Buddha also criticized the Vedic hereditary caste system (varṇāśrama-dharma), for example in Assalayana-Sutta (MN 93), where the Buddha defeats a young brāhmaṇa, making him admit the superiority of meritocracy. Hindus respect and worship them. “Buddha following the Brahmanical theory, presents hell for wicked and rebirth for the imperfect. Buddha may not have put his faith in Vedas because it’s his own belief. He’s what I call a three-knowledge man — not another, citing, reciting.”. Krsna said to be the compiler of the Vedanta and the knower of the Veda; and vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo: By the all Vedas, I am to be know(BG 15.15). Now what was the need to edit the Vedas? By means of these three knowledges he becomes a three-knowledge brāhmaṇa. No one can and no one may. Yes there are the things that Buddhism did not accept from our Vedas but it doesn’t mean that Buddha completely rejected the Vedas. Three assumptions of Eastern Spiritualism in Hindi: Six-word poems, Service or sewa bhav connects one another selflessly in Sikhism: Haiku. The vocabulary of Buddhism was extracted from the Hindu literature. So, believe in rituals only if they are good for you and humanity. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders....... .....Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. His age is a hundred and twenty years, by clan he is a Bāvarī, upon his body appear three signs, Three Vedas he has mastered all. We all are the creatures of God and we all have one life. Thus, like any sane morally upright person would do, Mahatma Buddha stated that: “If Vedas sanction these evil practices, then I reject Vedas.” Some things are well-liked… truly an unbroken tradition… well-reasoned… Some things are well-pondered and yet vain, empty, & false. Who knows Krsna knows what in the Vedas has to be known ad BG says in 15.15. A case in point is the Vedānta-sūtra. He see all as same. The Veda is the mother’s milk that the Buddha did not allow his disciples to partake until they had purified themselves with the austere message of emptiness. Why Buddha rejected Vedas? I conclude with a last word on Dharmakṣema, the translator of MPNS into Chinese, who was a great celebrity of his times. 1. Things that Buddha took from the Hindu Vedas Some things are not well-pondered, and yet they are genuine, factual, & unmistaken. May be that Kali might be Jesus and that is from when our country and human race saw decline in every aspect of tradition and religion. It is recorded in the Pali Canon that the Buddha castigated two monks for misrepresenting his teachings: one for saying that sexual intercourse was no bar to a holy life, and another for saying that in the process of rebirth the same consciousness was reborn without change. Though Buddha opposed the Vedas, his teaching contain many many Vedic elements. -----Gautam Buddha. Nor did he believe in any people, country or tribe as being exceptional. In your presentation you want to eject Krsna from the Vedas, but references said opposite things. The Buddha was quite familiar with the Vedas. I heard on tv that Buddha said that the Hindu Vedas were false and that he criticized the caste system of India. He chose his path with reasons, logic's and experiences.". Q: A reader asks: "How did the Buddha view the Vedas? There are four Vedas, although only three are mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures (M.II,133). And all of them are not good for humanity. Q&A with a Fully-realized Theravāda Buddhist Monk. Vedas, meaning “knowledge,” were written in Vedic Sanskrit between 1500 and 500 BCE in the northwestern region the Indian Subcontinent. This is what makes us equal. Those who deny the authority of the Vedas are said to be 'impure' (nāstaka). The Vedas provided the spiritual core and philosophical foundations for the future development of both yoga and Hinduism. It was him and there was no one in between. He sees heavens & states of woe, has attained the ending of birth, is a sage who has mastered full-knowing. Of the ten major avatars of Vishnu, Vaishnavites believe Gautama Buddha to be the ninth and most recent incarnation.. Buddha's portrayal in Hinduism varies. But what value is this comparative knowledge? There are numerous references to the Vedas in the Suttas, as well as to similarities of the Buddha’s teaching with the brahminical culture based on them. Buddha did the same when it comes to Vedas. So, we can say that the Buddhism morality was also in teachings of Vedas and what’s immoral in Buddhism is immoral for Hinduism too. Re: Did Lord Buddha accept the authority or reject the vedas? There are four texts that compose the Vedas: Rig-Veda, Sama-Veda, Yajur-Veda and Atharva-Veda. For example, if you call someone – He is a Neta of India – today, he may get offended and feel as if you have called him corrupt and manipulative. However, like the Buddha’s teaching, the ancient Vedas had no need for a monotheistic view. The Buddha is NOT an incarnation of “Krishna” Because for one, Krishna taught the Self and taught violence was acceptable as long as it … Thereupon the Blessed One gave him his blessing with these stanzas: Burnt offerings are the glory of fires, Savitri the glory of Vedic hymns, Glory of a human beings, a king, Glory of flowing rivers, the sea; KILL ANYONE, NO SIN IF YOU ARE A BRAHMIN: MANU AND BUDDHA SAY! The mother goddess Mantras- remedies for all miseries, defilement and ensuring Welfare, Ganesh Gayatri Mantra Meaning, Advance Benefits and Power. 2. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. It propounded the idea that the North Pole was the original home of Aryans during the pre-glacial period which they had to leave due to the ice deluge around 8000 B.C. The compiler and editor of the Vedas was Vyāsadeva. The Vedas are the most ancient and most important of all Hindu sacred literature. They study different Vedas and teachings from different Gurus. For him, it was all about Karma. Why Mahatma Buddha rejected Vedas 9. He did not agree with the erroneous view that the Vedas are everything and that there is nothing beyond them. All this undermines the credibility of the Vedas — especially the current edited versions. The Buddha said that nothing is eternal, he considered revelation to be an unreliable means of knowledge and he rejected the idea of a supreme god as unconvincing. (Post No.4402) Manu said that if anyone can recite the Rig Veda, even if he destroys the three worlds, he incurs no sin! The translator of MPNS into Chinese was Dharmakṣema, who was a great celebrity of his times. Might not be correct but I could make it up by using some sense. He had his own beliefs and reasons. Therefore it is likely that Vyāsa edited them to introduce a religious teaching to support his family’s political aims and compete with Christian and Islamic monotheism. So its hard to say, they have Buddha, Krishna, Shiva, Rama and many more. 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