Science meets Vedanta

The core foundation of Hindu belief is that Vedas contain  source of all knowledge  – physical or metaphysical. However in last 100 odd years, this belief has come under scrutiny due to the advances that modern science claims to make. [ know about Concept of Heaven and Hell According to Vedas ] [ How Tantra is Related to Shiva and Shakti ] An entire group of Vedic ‘experts’ have stood up to prove that Vedas contain early man theories and are not compatible with modern discoveries. These include communist historians propelled by commentaries on Vedas by western Indologists like Max Muller, Griffith et al and a new breed of intellectuals who initiate all research with assumption that ‘old means defective’. However in modern era of religious marketing, another group has come up which would go to any length to discover scientific errors in Vedas. This is the group which would want 800 million Hindus to lose faith in V...

The core foundation of Hindu belief is that Vedas contain source of all knowledge – physical or metaphysical. However in last 100 odd years, this belief has come under scrutiny due to the advances that modern science claims to make. [ know about Concept of Heaven and Hell According to Vedas ] [ How Tantra is Related to Shiva and Shakti ] An entire group of Vedic ‘experts’ have stood up to prove that Vedas contain early man theories and are not compatible with modern discoveries. These include communist historians propelled by commentaries on Vedas by western Indologists like Max Muller, Griffith et al and a new breed of intellectuals who initiate all research with assumption that ‘old means defective’. However in modern era of religious marketing, another group has come up which would go to any length to discover scientific errors in Vedas. This is the group which would want 800 million Hindus to lose faith in Vedas and their religion and embrace what they believe is the fina...

Goals The ultimate goal of  Yoga  is  moksha  (liberation), although the exact definition of what form this takes depends on the philosophical or theological system with which it is conjugated. According to Jacobsen, " Yoga  has five principal meanings: [29] Yoga , as a disciplined method for attaining a goal; Yoga, as techniques of controlling the body and the mind; Yoga , as a name of one of the schools or systems of philosophy ( darśana ); Yoga, in connection with other words, such as "hatha-, mantra-, and laya-," referring to traditions specialising in particular techniques of yoga; Yoga, as the goal of  Yoga  practice." According to David Gordon White, from the 5th century CE onward, the core principles of "yoga" were more or less in place, and variations of these principles developed in various forms over time: [30] Yoga , is a meditative means of discovering dysfunctional perception and cognition, as well as overcoming it for re...

The Vedic civilization , according to the ancient scriptures, was at a much higher level of development than our modern society. In Sanskrit “veda” means knowledge. So what kind of knowledge are we talking about? From the standpoint of current evolutionary theory, the human race is supposed to be at the top of the society development. However, according to the Vedic literature, in a distant past there have been civilizations in the world, the greatness of which we cannot even imagine. [ know about The Four Ages (Yugas) ] [ how to Expand your Awareness with Meditation ] A detailed study of the Vedic texts was held in Bombay in 1975. It was a scientific “explosion” in physicist circles when the scientists have discovered the vivid description of subatomic level in the Vedas written some five thousand years ago. For example, it is stated in the Bhagavata Purana: “The material manifestation’s ultimate particle, which is indivisible and not formed into a body, is ca...