Vedas..A brief description ... Collected from the Internet

The Sanskrit word Veda means “Knowledge.” The Vedas, Sacred Scriptures of Brahmanism, contain the oldest known teachings of Yoga. The Vedic hymnodies are the Rig-Veda (“Knowledge of Praise”), Yajur-Veda (“Knowledge of Sacrifice”), Sama-Veda (“Knowledge of Chants”), and Atharva-Veda (“Knowledge of Atharvan”).

It is written in the Bible, John 1.1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

Many yogis translate that famous biblical line to say also, “In the beginning was the sound and the sound was AUM.” Paramahansa Yogananda writes/teaches that “the all-pervading Divine Presence (is) Aum, the Word or Holy Ghost that underlies and sustains all creation.” (www.yogananda-srf.org) Aum is the initial sound of the universe.

“Nāda yoga is an ancient Indian metaphysical system. It is both a philosophical system, a medicine, and as the name suggests a form of yoga. The system’s theoretical and practical aspects are based on the premise that the entire cosmos and all that exists in the cosmos, including human beings, consists of sound vibrations, called nāda. This concept holds that it is the sound energy in motion rather than of matter and particles which form the building blocks of the cosmos.” (wikipedia)

My guru, Shri Yogi Hari, Sampoorna Yoga, writes, “Nada Yoga has its roots in the Vedas. It is the science of Divine vibration, as revealed to the Mystics, Saints and Yogis who have used it to reach Self-Realization, the experience of Oneness with Brahman, the Supreme Consciousness. Nada Yoga involves a tuning into subtler vibrations, one’s internal music and sounds, until ultimately, one reaches a state where there is absolute silence and peace, returning to the source of creation, to God. This state is attainable by an individual who has reached a high level of purification through his Sadhana.” (yogihari.com/nada-yoga.htm)

“The Rig Veda is the book of Mantra. It contains the oldest form of all the Sanskrit mantras. It is built around a science of sound which comprehends the meaning and power of each letter. Most aspects of Vedic science like the practice of yoga, meditation, mantra and Ayurveda can be found in the Rig Veda and still use many terms that come from it.
The Sama Veda is the Yoga of Song. It consists of various hymns of the Rig Veda put to a different and more musical chant. Hence the text of the Sama Veda is a reduced version of the Rig Veda.
Its secret is in its musical annotation and rendering. The Sama Veda represents the ecstasy of spiritual knowledge and the power of devotion.
The Rig Veda is the word, the Sama Veda is the song or the meaning. The Rig Veda is the knowledge, the Sama Veda its realization. Hence the two always go together like husband and wife. The Rig Veda is the wife and the Sama is the husband.” (www.hindunet.org/vedas/rigveda/index.htm)

When we chant we connect both to our own inner vibrations and the vibrations within all beings everywhere. We connect to the Supreme Vibration of the Source of Creation. We listen. We attune. We harmonize. We become the Oneness that is.