It is generally believed that the Buddha and Mahavira were the first to attack the Vedas. It is not so. Lord Krishna himself spoke against Vedas long before these two religious leaders.+

Vedanta it is what Lord Krishna says in the Gita and in it, he lashes out against the karmakanda. It is generally believed that the Buddha and Mahavira were the first to attack the Vedas.

It is not so. Lord Krishna himself spoke against Vedas long before these two religious leaders. At one place in the Gita, he says to Arjuna: ~ "The Vedas are associated with the three qualities of sattva, rajas, and tamas.

You must transcend these three qualities. Full of desire, they (the practitioners of Vedic rituals) long for paradise and keep thinking of pleasures and material prosperity. They are born again and again and their minds are never fixed in Samadhi, these men clinging to Vedic rituals.

In another passage, Krishna says: ~ "Not by the Vedas is Self to be realized, nor by sacrifices nor by much studies

Lord Krishna himself says that Self-realization' is not possible neither by the study of the Vedas nor by sacrifices nor by much study. Then why you are still thinking by studying Vedas and indulging in the rituals you get self-realization.

According to Advaita Vedanta, the Veda addresses itself to two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the more advanced seeker who seeks to know Brahman. Thus, the purva mimam. sa, with its emphasis on the karma kanda of the Vedas, is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. However, the Vedanta, with its emphasis on the jnana kanda, is meant for those who wish to go beyond such transient pleasures. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar