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The Vedic religion is the primordial religious belief of mankind. It is not great just because it is ancient. Its perceptions are valid and applicable in all ages and in all societies. Its deductions on spiritual matters are simple, clear and stand to reason. The Supreme Being, the Souls and the Nature have no beginning and no end. God is the primary cause and nature is the medium of creation. Vedas do not subscribe to any sect or creed, they address the whole mankind, not any particular group or clan.
The Vedic knowledge that was revealed in the dawn of creation, does not have any description of human history. The names of the lands, oceans, rivers, mouuntains, sages, kings etc. have been taken and formulated from the encyclopedic store of words available in the Vedas. Vedas do not describe human history.
Certain aspects of the Vedic religion are being incorporated in the present booklet in the form of questions and answers. Listeners generally put questions to the present author when he discourses on the Vedas on various platforms in the country and abroad. An effort has been made here to compile such questions and provide adequate answers in a compact from. Religious teachings do not form a part of curriculum in our educational institutions now-adays. Children do not get a chance to imbibe even a general
idea regarding their own religion.All these prompted the author to compile some fundamental questions with answers in the form of a simple book.
Priyavrata Das
Priyavrata Das was born on 1st July, 1932, Odisha (India)- graduated from Bihar College of Engineering, Patna (1954) in Civil Engineering, did Post-graduation from Brighton College of Technology, (U.K)- served in different highway projects for thirty four years- worked as Chief Engineer, R & D, Works Dept, Odisha state-represented India in World Roads Congress (1966). Wrote biographies of eminent engineers Dr. M. Visweswaraya, Dr. A.N. Khosla.
Under the guidance of his scholarly father, he studied Vedic grammar and Texts in childhood. At the age of twentysix, his first book “Veda Manushya Kruta ki ?' (Are the Vedas a creation of man) in Odia was a landmark in Vedic Literature. The book received Odisha Sahitya Academy Award in the same year. Rigveda Saurabha, Yajurveda Saurabha, Sama Veda Sourabha, Atharva Veda Saurabha, Upanishad Prakash (Vo I and II), Shuddha Manusmruti, Patanjala Yoga Darshan are a few to mention out of forty and odd books edited and published.
Established the Arya Samaj and Vaidika Anusandhan Pratisthan at Bhubaneswar for propogation of Vedic knowledge.
A crusader against social evils- encouraged and conducted inter-caste and widow marriages- supported women priest-hood in Vedic worship and ceremomies- fought against caste system, slaughter of animals in religious places etc.
A few outstanding recognitions and awards- Meghji Bhai Puraskar, Mumbai (1994), Maharshi Dayandan Puraskar, Nasik (2005), D. litt. Utkal University (2006), D. litt. Tirupati Sanskrit University (2014), Ganga Prasad Upadhyaya Puraskar, Allahabad (2008), Rastriya Vaidik Sahitya Puraskar (2015), Hindon city Rajasthan, Upadhi- Vidya Vagish, Arya Bibhusana, Arya Ratna, Acharya etc.
Widely travelled in UK, U.S.A, Germany, France, Russia, Mauritius, Kenya, Holland, South Africa, Singapore, Thailand on lecture tours.
