C H A P T E R 7§
Hindu Scriptures
Ancient Holy Texts Revealed by God and Man §
The Word, verily, is greater than name. The Word, in fact, makes known the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda, the Atharva Veda as the fourth, and the ancient lore as the fifth: the Veda of Vedas, the ritual for ancestors, calculus, the augural sciences, the knowledge of the signs of the times, ethics, political science, sacred knowledge, theology, knowledge of the spirits, military science, astrology, the science of snakes and of celestial beings.§
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad 7.2.1.
The Vedic Experience, Panikkar, p. 11§
Than whom there is naught else higher, than whom there is naught smaller, naught greater, the One stands like a tree established in heaven. By Him, the Person, is this whole universe filled.§
Krishna Yajur Veda,
Shvetashvatara Upanishad 3-9,
The Principal Upanishads, Radhakrishnan, p. 727§
The man who rejects the words of the scriptures and follows the impulse of desire attains neither his perfection, nor joy, nor the Path Supreme. Let the scriptures be, therefore, thy authority as to what is right and what is not right.§
Bhagavad Gita 16-23-24, Mascaro, p. 111§