Dear Sri Mahesh-ji, ... I can understand this sense of unease. We have all studied science for so many years, but unfortunately very few of us have had the...
Namaste Kathleen-ji, ... Thank you for the introduction. It is good to know a little bit about the background of the person you are speaking to. ... If time...
Dear Sri Bhaskar Prabhuji, ... No need of congratulations and thanks, Prabhuji. The bond shared in satsangh is a greater pleasure than external thanks. :-) Let...
Hari OM, Chitta ji, Your kindest words have made this Krishnashtami a successful day for me. Thanks much :) And happy janmAShTami to all. Its true that...
praNAms Hare Krishna Last week I have attended an 'ashlesha bali' and sarpa saMskAra ritual as a Ritvik. After pooja & hOma, during AshirvachanaM, pradhAna...
Hi Praveen ! ... I'm not sure but it appears to put too much faith in Nyaya. The rigor of science requires proof by experiments and Nyaya, being primarily...
Dear Vaibhav, Yes, if Chittaji's experiment resulted in the observer seeing the flare at the same time as the light recording instrument registered it then...
Dear Sri Mahesh-ji, ... No, it is the other way round. Science has to formulate a hypothesis before it goes about conducting an experiment to verify the...
Namaste Praveenji, PB: Would you also concur if I say that if the vRRitti is not formed at the > object, it is *not* pratyaksha at all! pratyaksha, as a...
Hari OM, Mahesh, I think you misunderstood the reason I hoped that about Nyaya. Nyaya is as much a foundation for manana that pUrva mimAmsa is for its Agama...
Pranams to all,                       Remembering Lord Krishna today on His janmashtami, I thought of reading Narayaneeyam. There are...
Dear Sri Chittaranjan: Sorry to break my promise about discontinuing our discussion thread, but your claim below struck at a pretty fundamental level and I...
Pranams to all, Remembering Lord Krishna today on His janmashtami, I thought of reading Narayaneeyam. There are wonderful slokas contained in them. I thought...
Kalyanji - PraNAms Yes, that is correct; until we understand that both fate and free-will are only mithyaa or operate at relative plane supported by me only,...
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Namaste, No need to thank me. It is the grace of Shri Nrisimha Bharati of Sringeri that prompted Shri Ramananda Saraswati Swamigal to write this wonderful...
Hari OM, Vaibhav ji, Thanks for validating my understanding there. It was a little unsettling to 'perceive' how compromising for the sake of science could...
Adhikara Nirnaya starts with taking off one's Kaupina, Kati Sutra, Shikha and standing naked before the guru who initiates into Mahavakya. Preshocharana is...
Dear Friends: Given below are two excellent articles on karma and moksha in Hinduism which are easy to follow and understand and give a good general...
Kathleen Bonneau - PraNAms First, welcome to the group. I am giving my understanding on the issues you have raised, for whatever they are worth. ... My name is...
Namaste, //// Does Vedanta say that light and consciousness are the same? I have also been practicing sun gazing, incorporating a type of Surya Yoga into...
Namaste: Sadaji has already explained the fact that advaita does not reject the science but it is classified under "Apara Vidya or the objective knowledge."...
Dear Sri Mahesh-ji, ... How can i apply Nyaya to a scientific proposition and show it as an example (of what i mean) to someone unless Nyaya is known to that...
Ram - Thanks - most important also is that it is only through apara we can transcend to para. This is symbolically stated in SreevaiShNavism - as only through...
Namaste Sri Sadananda-ji, ... Sir, can you show me in which text of Advaita it talks about the scientific theory of light and makes a judgment about it? :-) ...
Greetings to all on the auspicious occasion of Krishna Janmashtami. adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram hrdayam madhuram...
... Sir, can you show me in which text of Advaita it talks about the scientific theory of light and makes a judgment about it? :-) ... Chittaranjanji - My...
Hi Sri Chittaranjan: Ok, I think I have to take your bait since I'm curious to know why the knowledge given by science, which is taken by most as the bedrock...
Namaste Chittaji: The statement, "Advaita does not reject the scientific theory of light" does not necessarily imply that "Advaita accepts the scientific...
