Vedic Philosophy for Students

What is the Vedas?
Veda means Knowledge.Any knowledge you accept is veda for the teachings of the veda are the original knowledge.

Why is the Material Knowlede imperfect?
Ours is a conditioned soul.The differnce between a conditioned soul and a liberated soul is that a condioned soul suffers from four major defects. The first one being the infalliblity of making mistakes as the saying goes to err is human.The second one is to be illusioned and the third being the cheating propensity.Everyone tries hard to portray himself as much better than he really is.Lastly our senses are imperfect.Even our intellect has its own limitations though we fail to ackowledge it.

Vedic knowlege is also called Sabda-pramana.Another name is Sruti.It is the absolute knowledge given to us by the supreme God-Head.Aim of Vedic Research is to explore the almighy and paths of reaching it.

The Composition of Vedas
Originally there was only one Veda. Ancient people had the memory and intelligence to grasp and remember the whole purport after hearing just once from their spiritual master.But five thousand years ago Vsayadeva put the vedas in writng for the people of our times i e the Kaliyuga
He divided the Vedas into four parts -Rig , Sam, Atharva and Yajur Vedas.He also compiled Mahabharatha and Puranas as well as the Upanisads.Then he summerised all these into "Vedanta-Sutra".This is the latest word of the Vedas.
Vedanta-Sutra has commentaries by many people.Vyasadeva himself has given a perfect comentary by name "Srimad Bhagavatham" which talks about the absolute knowledge and its nature is described in "Srimad Bhagavad Gita".