German scholar sold his firm to spread knowledge of Vedas

[SIPRA]

No this was the one which discovered that Sun chants "om".

 

[Juggernaut_Flat_Plane_V8]

What an idiot.

Do you see anyone going around spreading information about Caliphate age and works then, or anyone spreading knowledge about Greeks' and Europeans' work before dark age.



It's not a path, it's a waste of time, refer to my answer above. We have modern sciences, and we know where their basis comes from primarily. The 17th to 20th century, and we have evolved it into perfection. That's what we should be spreading.

You know what I agree with you 100 percent...It's just a bit strange to discover German fascination with India that continues even to this day..

 

[StormBreaker]

No this was the one which discovered that Sun chants "om".

I legit started coughing due to the laugh you gave me buddy !!!

 

[SIPRA]

You know what I agree with you 100 percent...It's just a bit strange to discover German fascination with India that continues even to this day..

Schopenhauer was also greatly impressed with the Upanishads and he called them "the production of the highest human wisdom".

 

[Turingsage]

Oh, my bad, didn’t catch that news, perhaps maybe i have been acting like an old man at a young age lately, I don’t think it is too late for you to share that piece of news to me, your highness

Enjoy

 

[StormBreaker]

Enjoy

Our PM is inspired from Indian advances in sciences and astrology. He is a preacher of VedicSciences

 

[TheGreatMaratha]

This German scholar sold his firm to spread knowledge of Vedas
Vedic knowledge impressed Norbert Weiss so much that he sold his business consultancy firm in his country about 20 years ago to embark on a mission to spread the understanding of these ancient religious texts in India and the rest of the world.
LUCKNOW Updated: Oct 09, 2017 13:50 IST

Sudhir Kumar
Hindustan Times, Varanasi

Norbert Weiss, who has studied the Vedas in German, says they have the solution to every problem in the world. (HT Photo)

Vedic knowledge impressed a German scholar so much that he sold his business consultancy firm in his country about 20 years ago to embark on a mission to spread the understanding of these ancient religious texts in India and the rest of the world.

Ever since, his enthusiasm for the task has not diminished even slightly.

Norbert Weiss, who has studied the Vedas in German, says they have the solution to every problem in the world.

He also says he uses formulas of science to prove the Vedas are a storehouse of perfect science.

“Research has proved that Vedanta is a complete science which promotes peace and welfare of one and all. Knowledge of the Vedas will promote peace and thereby prosperity across the world,” Weiss says in a chat with HT.

“The Vedas are the ultimate hi-technology, the most complex and oldest knowledge which is still alive. Please study, practise and apply that knowledge.”

He was in Varanasi for his 20th visit to speak at the International Eternal Yoga Science Convention at Jagat Shishya Ved Mandir at Tara Nagar. His guru Pandit Shiv Pujan Chaturvedi is based here

Weiss also sponsors symposiums on the Vedas and runs a yoga centre in his native Munich, Germany. This is the second such centre that he set up after the first one closed.

“I started studying philosophy at an early age. But I soon found out that western philosophy doesn’t answer my questions related to the cosmos and life. It only produces new questions,” Weiss says.

He recalls he met some spiritual teachers when they were touring Europe about 40 years ago, but only a few of them impressed him with their knowledge.

Weiss says he learned simple techniques of meditation from one such guru and practised them. Soon, he realised he would have to visit India if he wanted to learn advanced techniques of meditation.

He recalls his first visit to India in the early 1970s to seek answers to questions about the cosmos and life. New Delhi was his first stop followed by Rishikesh.

“While Western philosophy doesn’t answer my queries, the Vedas do address them,” he says.

After his yoga centre closed in the early 1980s, he started working as stock broker.

“I earned well. I never let my hectic schedule come in the way of my study of the Vedas. I meditated and studied the Vedas daily for about an hour. By the 1990s, I was fed up with the hectic schedule and quit the job.”

Weiss and his wife Susanne Weiss flew to India, spent a few months here and went back. Then he set up a business consulting firm which rendered its services to Asian companies interested in doing business in Europe.

The company did well and its clients began to trust it. But he sold his firm in the mid 1990s to begin his mission.

He has addressed thousands of Indians in over 50 symposiums, including one at the Banaras Hindu University, over the last few years.

During his visits to India, he travels between Gomukh and Gangasagar. His wife accompanies him and helps him in recording the pictures and interactions with the locals.

Weiss, who has also studied jyotish (Indian astrology), says: “Rituals associated with religious practices have nothing to with spirituality and enlightenment.”

“I want to spread the extended understanding of Vedas across the world for the welfare of mankind. I also want to establish a permanent group of Vedic pundits in order to create sattva (coherence, synergy and peace) for the world,” he says.

Such is his love for the Vedas that he has named his son Shivanand.

I would personally look to the Bhagavad-Gita or Upanishads for guidance as compared to the Vedas. Upanishads are on a different level altogether and moves away from the ritualistic stubbornness of the Vedas.

"The wise one who has realized that his own higher Self has become all, and sees the oneness of entire existence (non-dual), what sorrow and what delusion can overwhelm him?" - Ishavashya Upanishad 1:7

“You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny." - Brihadaranyaka IV.4.5

 

[21st Century Vampire]

There are actually pretty creative translations out there propagating "vedic science" propaganda...i agree with the Maratha bloke here, better look at the upanishads as well as puranic stories for mind blogging inspirational stuff instead of the vedas, or simply blow the dust off your Koran for once

 

[Ahmad Bhutta]

Where can I read Vedas in English and is it one book or lots of books ?

 

[El Sidd]

He is a hippie.

Sure after working in grueling corporate sector of the German market, it is so much rewarding to spend rest of your life flying like a Kite in Northern India.

 

[Indos]

I would personally look to the Bhagavad-Gita or Upanishads for guidance as compared to the Vedas. Upanishads are on a different level altogether and moves away from the ritualistic stubbornness of the Vedas.

"The wise one who has realized that his own higher Self has become all, and sees the oneness of entire existence (non-dual), what sorrow and what delusion can overwhelm him?" - Ishavashya Upanishad 1:7

“You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny." - Brihadaranyaka IV.4.5

Does Hindu believe in one God ? Is Krisna a reincarnation of God based on Hindu or just prophet ?

 

[Juggernaut_Flat_Plane_V8]

Where can I read Vedas in English and is it one book or lots of books ?

Stephanie W. Jamison, Joel P. Brereton — The Rigveda (3 Volume Set) - 2014 .pdf


This is the best version of Rig Veda to date (along with that of HH Wilson)..this is my go to version.....But the sense of wonder can only be had from the first 12 Upanishads


The Early Upaniṣads: Annotated Text and Translation, by Patrick Olivelle


The above is the version I use...among the 12 upanishads, Brihadaranyaka and Chandogya are from 700 BC and 600 BC respetively (totally pre-Buddhist)...the next three to five may be pre-Buddhist...the last five being post buddhist (but pre Christian)

Does Hindu believe in one God ? Is Krisna a reincarnation of God based on Hindu or just prophet ?

different Hindus believe different things from pure polytheism to pantheism to henotheism to monolatry to montheism to pure non-dualism to scepticism to agnosticism to atheism

 

[Ahmad Bhutta]

Stephanie W. Jamison, Joel P. Brereton — The Rigveda (3 Volume Set) - 2014 .pdf


This is the best version of Rig Veda to date (along with that of HH Wilson)..this is my go to version.....But the sense of wonder can only be had from the first 12 Upanishads


The Early Upaniṣads: Annotated Text and Translation, by Patrick Olivelle


The above is the version I use...among the 12 upanishads, Brihadaranyaka and Chandogya are from 700 BC and 600 BC respetively (totally pre-Buddhist)...the next three to five may be pre-Buddhist...the last five being post buddhist (but pre Christian)




different Hindus believe different things from pure polytheism to pantheism to henotheism to monolatry to montheism to pure non-dualism to scepticism to agnosticism to atheism

Cool
I will definitely read them all
First hand info is better than hearsay

 

[Indos]

Stephanie W. Jamison, Joel P. Brereton — The Rigveda (3 Volume Set) - 2014 .pdf


This is the best version of Rig Veda to date (along with that of HH Wilson)..this is my go to version.....But the sense of wonder can only be had from the first 12 Upanishads


The Early Upaniṣads: Annotated Text and Translation, by Patrick Olivelle


The above is the version I use...among the 12 upanishads, Brihadaranyaka and Chandogya are from 700 BC and 600 BC respetively (totally pre-Buddhist)...the next three to five may be pre-Buddhist...the last five being post buddhist (but pre Christian)




different Hindus believe different things from pure polytheism to pantheism to henotheism to monolatry to montheism to pure non-dualism to scepticism to agnosticism to atheism

Ok thanks for the answer, are you Hindu or Muslim bro ?

 

[peagle]

What an idiot.

Do you see anyone going around spreading information about Caliphate age and works then, or anyone spreading knowledge about Greeks' and Europeans' work before dark age.



It's not a path, it's a waste of time, refer to my answer above. We have modern sciences, and we know where their basis comes from primarily. The 17th to 20th century, and we have evolved it into perfection. That's what we should be spreading.

Did you call me an idiot? or him?