How Vedic is Vedic Maths ? - Myths and Facts
There are so many articles in Internet available which says Vedic Maths is not really from Vedha. If you go thru the articles keenly you will find something common in all the article.
Let us take the first complaint, Is it really from Vedha ?
But people can find the difference only after practicing it. For last nearly 30 years I was practicing the conventional method, very comfortable and happy with that, but it does not require my mind to work in any calculation, we had memorized tables and formulas in our child hood, learned some methods to apply that in add / sub / multi / div. So even while watching TV, enjoying the music, listening a gossip still I can do the sums.
This mental health would be useful for us in different situation to solve any problems, not only Maths.
Third common point of view is, why to do manually when we have machines to do so ?
Yes, we have so many machines in our daily life, to make our task easy and leads to unhealthiness. So we go to gym and give exercise to our body parts to keep it fit. We can take Vedic Maths like that also, mental gym to keep the mind cells active.
However I found so many institutes offering Vedic Maths to children under the age of 12... In my point of view that is really not advisable. Unless a child is absolutely comfortable with the Basics, it is not good for a child to learn the Techniques.
There are so many articles in Internet available which says Vedic Maths is not really from Vedha. If you go thru the articles keenly you will find something common in all the article.
They don't disagree that Vedic Maths techniques are correct and effective.
They only disagree that hype given to Hinduism or Knowledge of Hinduism in the means of Vedic Maths.
Another common criticism about Vedic Maths is instead of following one single Common pattern of calculating, why should a child learn so many Techniques and apply differently based on situations ?
Then so many of my friends asking me why to use these methods, when we have calculator and computer to do the same ?
Initially I felt these comments are absolutely correct. But after practicing it for sometime, I started understanding the difference.
Let us take the first complaint, Is it really from Vedha ?
Why do we need to worry whether it is from Vedha or not, if it is going to help a child to calculate fast, if it is going to build the mental strength of the next generation, why not we follow and teach it to the children ?
Next thought, when there is a conventional proven method, why to go for a complex confusing one ?
But people can find the difference only after practicing it. For last nearly 30 years I was practicing the conventional method, very comfortable and happy with that, but it does not require my mind to work in any calculation, we had memorized tables and formulas in our child hood, learned some methods to apply that in add / sub / multi / div. So even while watching TV, enjoying the music, listening a gossip still I can do the sums.
I cannot think of doing vedic maths with that environment, it requires absolute creativity to use the same formulas in different situation, simultaneously I have to do the calculation to give the answer in seconds ( At least in minutes). It gives immense exercise to mind, to keep it healthy and fit.
This mental health would be useful for us in different situation to solve any problems, not only Maths.
Third common point of view is, why to do manually when we have machines to do so ?
Yes, we have so many machines in our daily life, to make our task easy and leads to unhealthiness. So we go to gym and give exercise to our body parts to keep it fit. We can take Vedic Maths like that also, mental gym to keep the mind cells active.
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