Guest guest Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 List Moderator's Note: First welcome to the list and we look forward you participation in synthesizing spirituality and science. While sending your mail, just send a email to: advaitin if it is a new subject matter. You have send this new mail as a reply to someone's post and included previous messages with this mail (they have been removed). Members are once again requested not to include the entire message of a previous while sending their reply. We appreciate your cooperation. Namaste, I have no deep knowledge of Vedas, Upanishads or any other shastras. This groups' readings makes me understand some parts of the Upanishads that I have read and reinforces my belief in the Unity of all things or Advaita in a certain form. Science is an understanding of the working of the cosmos and so also is religion. Quantum physics is the scientific advaita and if one can draw parallel between advaita and theory of unity based on quantum physics, we could have a dialogue between science and spirituality that can lead to a synthesis of the two. For example, physics and chemistry tries to understand annamayakosha, biology tries to understand pranamaya kosha, behavorial science - manomaya kosha while psychology tries to comprehend vijnanamaya kosha. I do not know any science that reaches anandmaya kosha. Religion teaches attainment of the same but not in scientific parlance. Advaita is one of the methodology in the jnana marga to reach this stage. Does our scriptures explain the theory of everything? On the creation in scientific parlance. Can anyone throw light on this? Love Mayank advaitin Tuesday, April 26, 2005 02:17:07 AM advaitin Re: Swami Dayananda's lectures (satsangs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 Shree Mayank I wrote an article sometime back on the "logic of spirituality" and one can down load it from the advaitin archives. That article covers some aspect of the creation as discussed in the Chandogya Upanishad. Hari OM! Sadananda --- Mayank Gandhi <modelle wrote: >. Does our > scriptures > explain the theory of everything? On the creation in scientific > parlance. > > Can anyone throw light on this? > > Love > > Mayank > What you have is destiny and what you do with what you have is self-effort. Future destiny is post destiny modified by your present action. You are not only the prisoner of your past but master of your future. - Swami Chinmayananda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 advaitin, kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada> wrote: > Shree Mayank > I wrote an article sometime back on the "logic of spirituality" and one > can down load it from the advaitin archives. That article covers some > aspect of the creation as discussed in the Chandogya Upanishad. > > Hari OM! > Sadananda > > --- Mayank Gandhi <modelle@v...> wrote: > Namaste There was also a long discussion on "Logic of Spirituality a la Dr. Sadananda" starting from http://www.escribe.com/culture/advaitin/m4212.html That will also be relevant to Mayank's question on Creation as understood by an advaitin. PraNAms to all advaitins. profvk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 >> > For example, > physics and chemistry tries to understand annamayakosha, > biology tries to understand pranamaya kosha, > behavorial science - manomaya kosha > while psychology tries to comprehend vijnanamaya kosha. > > I do not know any science that reaches anandmaya kosha. Religion teaches > attainment of the same but not in scientific parlance. Advaita is one of the > methodology in the jnana marga to reach this stage. Namaste, The kosas are mental constructs really, even in illusion. However I would wonder who broke it up like you have done above? For example biology is to do with the food sheath or body. Everything is in the prana for that's all there really is. Behavioural Science and Psychology I would put in the manomayakosa and most of man's thinking and intelligence. Vijnanamayakosa or 'Awareness Sheath' speaks for itself. In the end result one doesn't have to understand the molecular structure of water to get out of the swimming pool. Sankara said death is separation from out attachments, so that is where the enquiry is located. His guru's guru said it never happened at all and that is where the enquiry ends.........ONS..Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 "In the end result one doesn't have to understand the molecular structure of water to get out of the swimming pool. Sankara said death is separation from out attachments, so that is where the enquiry is located. His guru's guru said it never happened at all and that is where the enquiry ends." Thanks Toni-ji for the excellently put message. Mind has a tendency to unnecessarily complicate the issues. I like the US slang KISS (keep it simple, stupid!) to remain sober. Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 Namaste: In addition to the reference provided by ProfVKji, I just want add that there are 14 more articles on the same Discussion thread. The discussion started on 27th February, 2000 and ended at that time (discussion on these topics never ends!) and ended on 13th May 2000. Those interested should go to the list archives and read all of them. The discussion thread is a good illustration of how we can all be benefited by "Satsangh" with a group of like minded friendly group of people. Specifically, I believe that Sadaji refers to the following post. http://www.escribe.com/culture/advaitin/m4354.html regards, Ram Chandran advaitin, "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk> wrote: > advaitin, kuntimaddi sadananda > <kuntimaddisada> wrote: > > I wrote an article sometime back on the "logic of spirituality" and > one > > can down load it from the advaitin archives. > > > Namaste > > There was also a long discussion on "Logic of Spirituality a la Dr. > Sadananda" starting from > http://www.escribe.com/culture/advaitin/m4212.html > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 List Moderator's Note: Inspite of our repeated requests, you (also several other members) continue to include the entire message of the previous posting while sending your replies.Please be cooperate and help us by just deleting the unnecessary parts. This message has been edited appropriately so that members can follow how it is being done here. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. I am not too sure that koshas are just mental construct, unless you mean that the entire cosmos is just a mental construct. Koshas are differential vibratory frequency which slows down from the zero amplitude high energy to pass through the koshas to reach the annamaya kosha. And considering that we all come from the same high energy frequency, advaita is obvious, in my thought process. Love Mayank ============================== Namaste, The kosas are mental constructs really, even in illusion. However I would wonder who broke it up like you have done above? For example biology is to do with the food sheath or body. ......... at all and that is where the enquiry ends.........ONS..Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Namaste. Koshas are a teaching model in vedanta called pancha kosha prakriya. There are other models too like the avastAtraya prakriya and tanmAtra prakriya effectively employed in vedanta to drive home the vision that Brahman is the Absolute Truth. I wish all of us had thoroughly studied Sw. Dayanandaji's essay "Brahman is the two-fold cause of cration" at http://www.avgsatsang.org/hhpsds.html PraNAms. Madathil Nair __________________ advaitin, "Mayank Gandhi" <modelle@v...> wrote: >> I am not too sure that koshas are just mental construct, unless you mean > that the entire cosmos is just a mental construct. Koshas are differential > vibratory frequency which slows down from the zero amplitude high energy to > pass through the koshas to reach the annamaya kosha. And considering that we > all come from the same high energy frequency, advaita is obvious, in my > thought process. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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