Image source: VedicFeed The sacred texts of all other religions can be dated. The Buddha's teachings can be traced back to 500 BCE, when the Buddha lived. The New Testament was written 2,000 years ago, Quran 1,400 years ago. However, no one has been able to determine the age of the Vedas. The unique way that the Vedas have been transmitted to us is to credit for this. They were first heard by few great rishis, who orally transmitted them to their disciples. The knowledge was then passed down orally throughout the ages, only to be written down eventually. Apaurusheya and Sanatan Vedas In Hindu/Sanatan Dharma, it is a fundamental belief that the Vedas are sanatan (eternal) and apaurusheya (not composed by any human being). However many Westerners and Western-educated Indians, cannot accept that the Vedas have no advent. Generally, the time of the composition of Vedas has been fixed at 6000 BCE, because certain planetary positi...
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