A glimpse of the ancient Indian way of life ...Vedic, historical, philosophical and metaphysical perspective..
India , known as Bharat , from the time immemorial developed spirit of learning and a quest for in-ward knowledge to lead a well balanced and harmonious life . The very essence and foundation of this finds it’s roots in ancient texts ( chanting verses) called Vedas , Upanishads , veda-anga ( sub branches) , epics like Ramayan and Mahabharat and divine sermon Bhagavad Gita etc. Sages of ancient India clearly tried to find out the very purpose of one’s life and various ways of achieving it. The existence of the entire universe , “vishwam” was formed with living and non living beings along with the basic and essential forces to support life namely “pancha bhoota”. These are earth ( pruthvi), air ( vayu), water ( jal), fire ( Agni) and sky( Akash). These form the composition of the universe and was treated with divinity . Various mythological stories namely Puranas were mentioned in order to explain the importance of these to common folk . Upanishads ( Isha, kena, katha, mandukya, brihadar...