quotes about Vedas
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May liberal men abound with us! May our knowledge of the Vedas and our progeny increase! May faith not forsake us! May we have much to give to the needy.
-- Guru Nanak -
There is no doctrine of Christianity but what has been anticipated by the Vedas.
-- Horace Greeley -
Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.
-- J. Robert Oppenheimer -
Learning from books and teachers is like traveling by carriage, so we are told in the Veda. But, the carriage will serve only while one is on the highroad. He who reaches the end of the highroad will leave the carriage and walk afoot.
-- Johannes Itten -
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Women were forbidden to study the most ancient sacred text, the Veda,
-- Wendy DonigerSource : Wendy Doniger (2010). “The Hindus: An Alternative History”, p.36, Oxford University Press, USA
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The Vedas inform us that because God is absolute, there is no difference between God the person and His holy name; the name is God.
-- Mukunda Goswami -
Hindu fundamentalism is a contradiction in terms, since Hinduism is a religion without fundamentals; there is no such thing as a Hindu heresy. How dare a bunch of goondas shrink the soaring majesty of the Vedas and the Upanishads to the petty bigotry of their brand of identity politics?
-- Shashi TharoorSource : Shashi Tharoor (2007). “The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-century Power”, p.75, Penguin Books India