Discovering the Vedas Quotes

“The oral tradition speaks loud and clear, but for visual representations we must wait for the Buddhist era, after the Vedic period.”
― Frits Staal, Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insight

“If there is one thing the Vedas are not, it is books: they are oral compositions in a language that was used for ordinary communication; and were handed down by word of mouth like that language itself.”
― Frits Staal, Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insight