SATYARTH
PRAKASH - THE LIGHT OF TRUTH
Summary of Satyarth
Prakash Telephone Sermons of May 2013
By Acharya Vedshrami, Resident Priest, Greater Atlanta Vedic Temple
English Translation by Raj Bhalla,
Phd (President, Arya Samaj of Suburban New York)
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The
Fall of the Vedic Culture
Lot
of men of learning got killed in the great war of Mahabharta
about 5000 years ago. Thus the study of the Vedic literature and religion
became extinct. The Braahmans went without education.
Then you can understand the plight of the Kshatriyas and Vaishyas.
The tradition of studying the Vedas came to a close. The Braahmans
only learnt the Vedas by note - just enough to enable them to earn their
livelihood. Even that much they did not teach to the Kshatriyas, and others.
The
Braahmans thought that they should make some
arrangement for their livelihood. They held a council among themselves and
agreed to preach to the Kshatriyas and others, and declared that,
"We
alone are the object of worship to you. You could never enter Heaven or obtain
salvation except by serving us. If you do not serve us, you shall fall into a
miserable Hell."
The
Vedas and Shastras have declared that men of learning
who have studied the Vedas to be worthy of respect but not hypocritical,
selfish, ignorant men.
When
the Kshatriyas and others became totally ignorant of Sanskrit, they humbly
accepted whatever these so called Braahmans preached.
These ignorant Braahmans started to say,
"Brhama Vakyam Janardana
( ब्रह्म वाक्यं जनार्दन )" that is, whatever comes out of the mouth of
the Braahmana should be regarded as if it has come
out of the mouth of God.
When
Kshatriyas and others got duped, these Braahmans got
a golden opportunity for enjoyment. They declared that whatever excellent things
are made in this world, are all for the use of the Braahmans.
They went even so far as to say, "We are lords of the earth. No one can
enter Heaven without serving us." The so-called Braahmans
of the present day say the same thing. They subverted the whole caste system
which was supposed to be based on qualification into mere accident of birth.
If
someone were to ask these Braahmans, where will they
go after death? They became enraged and said we shall curse you and you will
perish. This statement may be true if someone insults a person who is a learned
of the Vedas, who is righteous and devoted to the welfare of mankind, but not
to these ignorant, selfish, hypocritical called Braahmans.
This
same thing is happening in India even in present times. There are 600,000
temples in India. If you go to any temple other than Arya
Samaj, most likely the priest there will not be
knowing Sanskrit nor
he has read any Vedas. So they are preaching their ignorance to the population,
whatever they learned from their fathers or head priests. The result is we are
worshipping 33 crore devis
and devtas. In Veda, God says worship him alone and
no one else is even worthy of worship. So we are not following the Vedas and
thus committing a grave sin.
Swami
Sampurnanad Ji gave us an
example of one of these so called Braahmans, in one
of his sermons in New York. He once went to attend a wedding in India. The
priest there was reciting the mantras that should be recited in a death
ceremony. Afterwards when Swami ji
told him, he touched Swami ji’s feet and begged that
he should not tell this to the families. He told Swami ji that these mantras were given to him by his
father. Swami ji gave him a
copy of the Sanskar Vidhi
written by Mahrishi Dayanand
and asked him to follow this for any future ceremonies.
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