Vedic culture of hospitality: notes to a problem statement
Journal Title: Eminak - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
The publication attempts to give a partial answer what is Vedic culture of hospitality. The key aspects of the history of Ancient India hospitality were characterized. It is determined that the Vedic concept of hospitality is specific and extrinsic to any ancient culture that is seen as a virtue. It is emphasized that the concept of hospitality has undermined the theory of Aryan and Aryan-Dravidian migration: the Vedic literature has sufficient evidence that it existed in a vast geographical territory – the cultural Empire of India. Some aspects of the history of hospitality based on Vedic texts were investigated. It is stressed that the basis of the Vedic philosophy of history is the science of the soul. To understand how individual living being is related to the world around her, it is first necessary to know what it she. Among philosophical and religious text, the Indologists most appreciate the sacred books of the Vedas, which consist of four major collections: Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda. Hindu’s belief that God exists in every living being turns every creature into God. Respect, true hospitality and self-surrender to the Supreme Spirit – all this should be given to the guest. Vedic texts stress that «food is life» – so food should be proposed to everyone. That is why humanity of the great Vedic civilization built relationship with gods according to the principle «I give you, you give me», which is probably the principle of hospitality in modern culture.
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Oksana Oliynyk
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