If Sati is not mentioned in scriptures, how in the past did it become a practice?

[Dipayan Banerjee asked: My humble salutations to You Swamiji, Please tell me if Sati was a practice mentioned in scriptures, if not then how in the past people got misled and that became a practice? Also sayings like going abroad for brahmins was not allowed. Are these kinds of practices present in the Vedas or in the scriptures? Thanks and Regards, Dipayan Banerjee]

Swami replied: All wrong practices are not in the Vedas and they are only the insertions made by foolish people in the so called secondary scriptures. The Veda is the word of God, which is always with perfect logic. Any concept with perfect logic is also called as the Veda, even though, it is not seen in the Veda. If X=Y, then, Y=X. The Veda we have now is only a small trace of the total Veda recited by the sage Bharadwaja. Even that recited Veda of Bharadwaja is again another trace of the whole Veda said by God. If the truth satisfies your inner consciousness after doing deep discussions with scholars that should have been in the Veda said by God. Actually, the Veda means not a piece of book, but, it means the logical knowledge established by sharp analysis and discussions with scholars.

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