The Sound of the Vedas | Swami Sarvapriyananda & Thom Knoles | Rubin Museum of Art

Long before Twitter and email, most information was conveyed in person, through speech. For better or worse, many of the world’s systems of communication have changed, but some oral traditions still thrive. The Vedas comprise an oral tradition that has transmitted religious teachings for thousands of years on the Indian subcontinent. A complex system of mnemonic devices was developed to transmit the teachings from generation to generation in the belief that the potency of the mantras lies in their sound when pronounced. Vedic meditation teacher Thom Knoles explores these rich and complex texts with New York Vedanta Society Leader Swami Sarvapriyananda, in a session that seeks to understand the importance of sound in sacred practices. We would like to thank the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, for providing this recording. You may find more about them at: http://rubinmuseum.org ► Donations to support Vedanta Society of New York: http://bit.ly/SupportVedantaNY Web: http://vedantany.org Twitter: http://Twitter.com/VedantaNY Soundcloud: http://Soundcloud.com/VedantaNY iTunes Podcast: http://bit.ly/vedanta-talks-itunes Google Play: http://bit.ly/vedanta-talks-google-play ABOUT VEDANTA Vedanta is one of the world’s most ancient religious philosophies and one of its broadest. Based on the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of India, Vedanta affirms the oneness of existence, the divinity of the soul, and the harmony of religions. ABOUT US Vedanta Society of New York is affiliated with the Ramakrishna Order of India. In fact, this is the Order's first Center started by Swami Vivekananda, in 1894. It was a historic event, for the seed of the world-wide Ramakrishna Movement was sown here in New York over a century ago. Swami Sarvapriyananda is the present Resident Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York.

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