[Advaita-l] Scholarly Article on Why Vedas are Valid

[Rajaram Venkataramani]

The question why some words (shruti) should have higher authority than some
other words (opinion of poets).

2011/10/18 श्रीमल्ललितालालितः <lalitaalaalitah at gmail.com>

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> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:21, Rajaram Venkataramani
> <rajaramvenk at gmail.com>wrote:
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> > Dear Shri Lalitaalaalitah,
> >
> > The words "Narayana param brahma tattvam Narayana parah" and "Einstein is
> > the best scientist of the last century" are both words.
>
>
> Correct.
>
>
> > The opponent
> > argument is that both are words, opinion of people and not necessarily
> > true.
> >
>
> They are not necessarily wrong too.
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>
> > Just as we cannot say that the opinion of a poet living today is not a
> > means
> > to correct knowledge, the opinion of ancient rishis are not.
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> So, do you want to say that - veda-s are not valid means of knowledge
> because they are words ?
> If yes, your words saying 'veda-s are not valid' is also not able to
> generate valid knowledge in me. So, it proves that veda-s are pramANa.
> If no, then what do you mean ?
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