Dhanur Veda: The Root Of Martial Science

Most martial arts historians agree that when the Brahmana known as Bodhi Dharma brought the Vedic sciences to China, he brought along with it the traditional martial arts systems of ancient India. Known to Boddhi Dharma as Dhanur Veda or literally 'the science of archery.' As a Brahmana, Boddhi Dharma would have had intimate knowledge and training in the Vedas, his conversion to the Buddhist Philosophy was secondary. This Vedic system brought by Boddhi Dharma is known today as the still extant fighting system of Kalarippayattu. This introduction of martial arts to the Chinese along with various systems of Yoga, Meditation, also included the use of Mantra, Yantra, and the herbal healing system of Ayurveda. This wholistic lifestyle system developed into what is known today as Kung Fu. The monks of Shaolin are particularly famous for their use of Kung Fu, and they perfected, and handed down generationally their system of martial arts, which is extant to this day.

This martial system, expanded throughout Asia as Chinese traders traveled the seas, to Japan, Malaysia, Phillipines, and over land to modern day Thailand, Burma, Laos, and Cambodia etc. In these countries the indigenous populations adapted and developed their own systems that are loosely based on the martial techniques developed by the early Chinese Practitioners at Shaolin and other monasteries throughout China. These systems are known regionally as Karate, Ju Jitsu, and Ninjutsu in Japan, Tae Kwan Do in Korea, Silat Kali in Malaysia, Wing Chun in Hong Kong, Muay Boran or Muay Thai in Thailand etc. It is also known that the Thai and Burmese dynasties had trade connections with India and many of their traditional martial arts systems have developed influenced by traditional Indian martial arts. The Indian state of Manipur, to this day has a very strong martial arts tradition. The Manipuri system known as Thang Ta or literally the art of the sword and spear is a fierce fighting system incorporating many deadly armed and unarmed techniques.

The Mahabharata or Great History of India, tells that Arjuna of the Kuru Dynasty, the great warrior of the Kurukshetra battle, married a Manipuri Princess. Therefore the modern day Manipuris trace their dynastic history to none other than the greatest warrior of this modern epoch; Arjuna.

There is a movement against the martial arts by some so called spiritual practitioners of the Vedas. But these neophyte practitioners do not fully understand the Vedic paradigm. Veda means: Divine Science or Sacred Science, simply put pure knowledge. The Vedas first emanated from the breathing of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vishnu. Originally the Veda was one. Then, the incarnation of Godhead Srila Vyasadeva, divided the Veda into four. Rig, Sama, Ayur, and Dhanur. Srila Vyasadeva as the literary incarnation of Godhead expanded the Vedas and entrusted them to his disciples. Dhanur Veda is the Vedic portion dealing with military or martial science. To be clear; being that the Vedas are known to emanate from the breathing of the Supreme Lord, and that they are then expanded upon by His incarnation Vyasadeva, they are to be accepted as wholly divine. In other words the martial science or fight science in its whole original form is an emanation of divine origin, and is considered Dharma or inextricable duty.

Bhagavan Sri Krishna states in the Bhagavad Gita: chatur varnyam maya srstam guna karma vibhagasah. He created humanity. And the four orders of humanity namely the scientists, administrators, businessmen, and laborers all have their respective duty. The administrative class or Ksatriya's as they are known in the original sanskrit language are inextricably duty bound to understand, and apply when necessary, this martial science of Dhanur. The exact meaning of the word Ksatriya is one who protects from hurt or from harm. The primary duty of the administrative martial class, or in other words of government administrators is to protect the citizens from harm.

By Vedic Injunction the Ksatriyas or martial caste of men are trained in the science of the Dhanur Veda. This system of instruction includes strict moral guidelines such as truthfulness, self control, compassion, awareness, and incorporates the use of breathing exercises, yogic poses, and meditation including mantra, to completely control the mind and senses. This is done in order to bring about a divinely guided single point focus, fundamentally necessary to make proper decisions in life and death situations.

Contrary to popular belief and deliberate misinformation, (http://thevedicsolution.blogspot.com/2010/04/western-indologists-study-in-motives.html) the Vedas and specifically the Dhanur Veda are highly technical sciences. In fact the Dhanur Veda includes the use of Nuclear Fission devices known in the Sanskrit language as Bramastra. Arjuna, Mahajana Bhismadeva, and the rogue Brahmana Asvatthama, were all known to have the Bramastra in their private weapons arsenal. The use of these weapons were highly efficient and vastly more precise than its modern counterparts, and could be deployed and withdrawn at will.

It is widely known amongst academics and scholars that the Germans were amongst some of the last century's most proficient sankritists, and invert Vedic scholars in the Western world. It also is known that the Germans were studying the Vedas, making their own interpretations and employing the technology of the Vedas in the development of the modern nuclear weapons. Amongst other things, the Germans exploited the use of the Vedic language in the misrepresentation of the Sanskrit word; Aryan, as well as the inverted Vedic symbol swasti etc. It is no chance that the developers of the nuclear atomic bomb were German defectors. And it also is no chance that the Germans were the pioneers of Nuclear Technology owing the very concept of Nuclear Technology to the Vedas which gave them a clue to the possibility of the catastrophic power of the Bramastra. This atomic technology is known as Anu, and predates modern technology by some 5000 years.


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