Are these translations of the Sutta Nipata correct?
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A Hindu site by the name "Agniveer" has claimed that Buddha never rejected the Vedas. To substantiate their claim, they have quoted a few verses from the Sutta Nipata to show Buddha's respect for the Vedas:
> In Sutta Nipat 192, Mahatma Buddha says that:
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> Vidwa Cha Vedehi Samechcha Dhammam Na Uchchavacham Gachhati
> Bhooripanjo.
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> People allow sense-organs to dominate and keep shuffling between high
> and low positions. But the scholar who understands Vedas understands
> Dharma and does not waver.
>
> Sutta Nipat 503:
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> Yo Vedagu Gyanarato Sateema …….
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> One should support a person who is master of Vedas, contemplative,
> intelligent, helpful if you desire to inculcate similar traits.
>
> Sutta Nipat 1059:
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> Yam Brahmanam Vedagum Abhijanjya Akinchanam Kamabhave Asattam……
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> One gets free from worldly pains if he is able to understand a Vedic
> Scholar who has no wealth and free from attraction towards worldly
> things.
>
> Sutta Nipat 1060:
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> Vidwa Cha So Vedagu Naro Idha Bhavabhave Sangam Imam Visajja…..
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> I state that one who understands the Vedas rejects attraction towards
> the world and becomes free from sins.
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> Sutta Nipat 846:
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> Na Vedagu Diththia Na Mutiya Sa Manameti Nahi Tanmayoso….
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> One who knows Vedas does not acquire false ego. He is not affected by
> hearsay and delusions.
>
> Sutta Nipat 458:
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> Yadantagu Vedagu Yanjakaale Yassahuti Labhe Taras Ijjeti Broomi
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> I state that one who acquires Ahuti in Havan of a Vedic scholar gets
> success.
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> Now people who post these on internet say that Gautam Buddha didn't
> opposed Vedas he opposed the evil practices done in name of Vedas like
> animal sacrifice, caste system
Now, personally I have found many of the site's claims and quotations unreliable. However, I would still like to verify these verses so could anybody tell me if these quotations are true or fabricated?
Asked by user16265
May 8, 2019, 04:49 PM
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Last activity: Oct 7, 2021, 06:33 PM