 Early Times Report
YOL (HIMACHAL PRADESH), May 25: On the 44th day of the ongoing 78-day Yajna Anushthan based on all four Vedas at Ved Mandir, Yol, renowned scholar and Yogacharya Swami Ram Swarup Ji delivered a spiritual discourse highlighting the supreme importance of Yajna, Vedic knowledge and the Guru-Shishya tradition.
Addressing the gathering of devotees and seekers, Swami Ji said that from the Rigveda and from the very beginning of the Yajurveda, God has described thousands of virtues and benefits of Yajna. Therefore, he stressed, people must give foremost importance to Yajna in their lives.
Explaining Yajurveda Mantra 1/30, he said that Almighty God is omnipresent, fills every substance on earth with essence and energy, and is the infinite source of all true knowledge. He added that whatever truthful knowledge exists today in human-written books has originated from the divinely revealed Vedas, while falsehoods are merely products of human imagination and opinions.
Swami Ji further explained that knowledge cannot arise without being imparted. Hence, at the beginning of creation, God bestowed the first divine knowledge upon four ancient Rishis. Referring to Yog Shastra Sutra 1/26, he said that God Himself became the first Guru of those four sages.He added that later, the sage Brahma accepted those four Rishis as his Gurus and subsequently initiated the sacred Guru-Shishya tradition through which Vedic wisdom spread throughout society.
Calling upon people to deeply reflect on the true foundation of the Guru-shishya tradition, Swami Ji said that the first Guru seat was established at the very beginning of creation, with God Himself as the original Guru. Thereafter, through the uninterrupted Guru-disciple tradition initiated by Brahma, the eternal knowledge of the Vedas continued to flourish in society.
He urged seekers to strengthen and preserve this sacred Guru-shishya tradition by learning the Vedas from enlightened sages and saints, practising their teachings in daily life, performing Yajnas and realizing God through spiritual discipline. Such a path, he said, ultimately leads a person towards liberation (Moksha), wisdom and freedom from the cycle of birth and death. |
