What is the uniqueness of the Vedic religion?
M: The most appealing aspect of Vedic religion is that it is not doctrinaire in nature. There are no dos and don’ts. It is not bound by rules and regulations. The spirit of inquiry prevails. It is strange that it had come into existence thousands of years ago. Makes one wonder whether its origin is human at all. It is doubtful that in those days, the average human being had the capacity to even think in terms of inquiring, opening the mind, discussing and having dialogues. When people speak of the Vedas having a divine origin, I sometimes feel that some beings might have been present those days, who brought this knowledge to us. Even if there were rishis (sages) who have accessed such knowledge from a certain level of consciousness, they might have derived inspiration from certain beings. Q. What role you personally are destined to perform? M: I see myself primarily as a spiritual teacher. I am a slave of my master’s directions. Before he passed away, he told me that my work is to go a
