Rita is characterized as the eternal law or blueprint of cosmic order, and the Vedic mind conceived this transcendent law as the only fit expression of the Absolute which itself stands beyond human speculation. This, according to the sages, was the first emanation from the Absolute and thus the primary manifestation of the original act of creation. To account for the dynamics of manifestation during the creation and evolution of the cosmos, Miller painstakingly explores the concept of rita in the Rig-Veda. is no sign of advance in or development of understanding." In rightly disputing the religious notion, also prevalent in the West, that an impersonal power is a lessįit object of worship than a personal deity, the book focuses upon the human/divine relationship that is possible when mankind pays universal homage to cosmic law and order. It stresses, too, that the human attempt to anthropomorphize deity to make it "more accessible to average human intelligence. It emphasizes that humanity's ability to transcend itself does not depend upon the unaided human mind, as Western secularists believe, but instead has a divine source. The Vision of Cosmic Order in the Vedas by Jeanine Miller (Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1985), a scholarly treatise on India's religious lore that includes lengthy characterizations of the various gods of the Vedic pantheon, provides the kind of spiritual wisdom that helps us understand more fully the religious and moral perturbations of our own troubled times. This scripture's deep spiritual intent is particularly revealed by the concept of an unmanifest, absolute Oneness or Supreme Power as the central point and common source of all cosmic manifestation, ever imposing divine order and harmony upon it.Ī study of this ancient text, believed to have been composed between 3,000 and 3,500 years ago, can throw light on the essential problems of human existence. Far from merely expressing man's primitive wonder in confronting his deities and natural environment, as early Western scholars assumed, it consists of the profound religious insights of Indian sages into the origin, nature, and destiny of the whole manifested cosmos.
The Rig-Veda is the oldest of the four Vedas.
"Cosmic Harmony and Human Conduct" by Catherine RobertsĬosmic Harmony and Human Conduct: A Vedic Perspective
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