Where do I start studying Vedas?

You may start with “The Principal Upanishads by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan”. It should provide you with knowledge in real sense. Appreciate that you being a Brahmin girl interested in this.

How we can read Vedas?

If you want to learn Vedas you should buy Dr Tulshi Ram Sharma’s English translation. You can also follow Pandit Lekhram Vedic Mission. They have an app with full translation of four Vedas in English. If you want hindi translation you should follow Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati translation.

What is the best way to start studying Vedas?

For starting Veda Adhyayan (study of Vedas) people have to be trained since birth. They have to be perfect in Sanskrit and Nyaya sashtra (study of logics). For kaliyuga best is to read Bhagvad Geeta, which is essence of all the vedic knowledge, given by Param Brahman (Absolute Truth) Lord Krishna himself.

How old are the Vedas and the Koran?

The Koran, which is the word of God conveyed to the Prophet, is about 1,200 years old. The New Testament of the Bible is about 2,00 years old. Though no one can assign any definite date to the Vedas, Oreintalists are anxious to discover when they were “composed”.

What can I learn from Veda Samhitas and Upanishads?

There is nothing you will learn in the Veda Samhitas and Aranyakas that you cannot learn from the Upanishads and because life is so short and uncertain it is better to take one teaching and put it into practice. All the Vedas direct you to ātmavicāra — study of your Self. Start here and this will keep you busy for the next couple of years.

How are the Vedas being brought to the people of India?

The state of things in this country for the past 100 years or so is such that the Vedas are being brought to the notice of the people of this country, the land of the Vedas, through the published works of Western Orientalists.