If God Is One Why Are There Different Religions?

The word ‘Veda’ comes from the Sanskrit root vid, to know.

Sanskrit is a phonetically perfect language considered the mother of all languages, and its origin cannot be traced back to any particular point within human history. The script itself is called devanagari, the “language of the gods.” The main purpose of the Vedas is to impart knowledge about the Absolute, Brahman. Indeed, the subject of the Vedas is the Absolute Truth. That Absolute Truth, in its most beautiful, personal feature as God, the Supreme Brahman – who is the ultimate subject of Vedic knowledge – holds the initiative to reveal knowledge about Himself as He pleases. Through the spiritual part of the Vedas is how He chooses to reveal that knowledge. It can be said about God that He is personified knowledge. So the Vedas are God Himself, as the personification of knowledge, in the form of transcendental sound, sabda brahman, revealing complete knowledge about Himself and His various energies, among which are the souls and the world. The absolute authority of the Vedas is established by the fact that they emanate from the mouth of the supreme authority, God. They are described as apauruseya, which means that they do not originate from any conditioned, imperfect soul but from the Supreme Lord. Indeed, the Vedas are said to emanate from the breathing of God Himself. He first transmitted that knowledge to

the first being, the demigod Brahma 1 . God is the highest being, the supreme one. His nature is described as sat-cid-ananda: His existence is eternal, beginning-less; He is ever full of all knowledge and He is ever supremely happy; He is the happiest person. The Vedas intend to elevate man beyond the material sphere and take him to the plane of God, which means the sphere of permanent happiness.