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Quotes Tagged "vedas"

In the Hindu religion, one can[not] have freedom of speech. A Hindu must surrender his freedom of speech. He must act according to the Vedas. If the Vedas do not support the actions, instructions must be sought from the Smritis, and if the Smritis fail to provide any such instructions, he must follow in the footsteps of the great men. He is not supposed to reason. Hence, so long as you are in the Hindu religion, you cannot expect to have freedom of thought
— B.R. Ambedkar
Tags: vedas, smritis, religion, rationality, puranas, hinduism, great-men, freedom-of-thought, freedom-of-speech
A real 'karma-yogi', who first acquires knowledge and then works for the welfare of people, quite naturally becomes popular and famous. There is no enemy of such a man but even if there are, he is able to vanquish them. His popularity in the society increases on account of his successes and good deeds
— Shreeom Surye Shiva
Tags: wisdom, vedas, vedantic-principal, vedanta, sama-veda, life-lessons, knowledge-of-self, knowledge
Transcendence transfigures; it does not reconcile, but rather transmutes opposites into something surpassing them that effaces their oppositions.
— Sri Aurobindo The Life Divine
Tags: vedas, transfiguration, transcendence, spirituality, opposition, contradiction, antinomy
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