The Waves in the Total Mind (MTS-5)- Mixing God and Maths!

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Dear Ben-ji !

 

I do admire the way you initiated the discussion on MTS and assigned

this topic a 'sacred' space in your Blog -

 

Also, it is magnanimous of Sri Raju who responded to your request to

address this topic in spite of his busy schedule

 

Let me confess that i am not very 'mathematically' oriented. IN

FACT , IN TAMIL , THE SAYING GOES " KANAKKU SUTTU POTTALAM VARATHU "

( even if someone 'burns' me with a hot iron rod , i cannot do Maths)

 

As Indians we should be proud of One fact - INDIA has

produced two Great men both named 'Ramanujams'

 

Srinivasa Ramanujam (1887-1920) is , the greatest mathematician .

the world has ever known!

 

A French writer named Nonn comments :

 

"Ramanujam is extraordinaire. He did mathematics all the time, even

for recreation. His work is prodigious," Ramanujam, in the short span

of his 32-year life, has left behind three notebooks containing as

many as 4,000 formulae.

 

"He was ingenious and intuitive. What he worked out so many years ago

is now being proven thanks to computers. When we keep pushing logic

to the limit, mysteries get resolved naturally," Nonn says.

 

(source- The Hindu -2000)

 

Here is a little anecdote regarding this great Mathematician.

 

Ramanujan had an intimate familiarity with numbers, and excelled

especially in number theory and modular function theory. His

familiarity with numbers were demonstrated by the following incident.

During an illness in England, Hardy (ANOTHER FFAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN)

visited Ramanujan in the hospital. When Hardy remarked that he had

taken taxi number 1729, a singularly unexceptional number, Ramanujan

immediately responded that this number was actually quite remarkable:

it is the smallest integer that can be represented in two ways by the

sum of two cubes: 1729=13+123=93+103.

 

 

In Vedic times, it is believed, math formulae were often taught

within the context of spiritual expression (mantra). Thus while

learning spiritual lessons, one could also learn maths.

 

Vedic Maths is based on 16 Vedic sutras or aphorisms, which are

actually word-formulae describing natural ways of solving a whole

range of mathematical problems. Some examples of sutras are "By one

more than the one before", "All from 9 & the last from 10",

and "Vertically & Crosswise". These 16 one-line formulae originally

written in Sanskrit, which can be easily memorized, enables one to

solve long mathematical problems quickly.

 

Why Sutras? In order to help the pupil memorize the material

assimilated, they made it a general rule of practice to write even

the most technical and abstruse textbooks in sutras or in verse

(which is so much easier — even for the children — to memorize)... So

from this standpoint, they used verse for lightening the burden and

facilitating the work (by versifying scientific and even mathematical

material in a readily assimilable form)!

 

Vedic Maths is becoming popular and is being taught in Maharishi

Mahesh yogi schools world-wide .

 

"Vedic mathematicians strongly felt that every discipline must have a

purpose, and believed that the ultimate goal of life was to achieve

self-realization and love of God and thereby be released from the

cycle of birth and death. Those practices which furthered this end

either directly or indirectly were practiced most rigorously."

 

http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa062901a.htm - 31k -

 

And the Other Ramanujam is none other than the great sri

Ramanujacharya Ramanujacharya: (1017-1137) Chief exponent of the

Vishishtadwita school of Vedanta and the greatest exponent of Bhakti

marga !

 

Having said all this , Ben - today is Auspicious Friday ! The day we

honor 'sri Lalithambike'

 

One of the Names of Sri Lalita in ( Sri LALITA ) IS

 

Trikona Deepika

 

AND WHAT IS 'TRIKONA' - a triangle !

 

YES ! DEVI IS THE 'ULTIMATE' LIGHT IN THIS TRIANGLE in the Sri

Chakra!

 

"sarva siddhi prada chakra, the bestower of all attainments. It's

form is that of an inverted traingle. This is the primary traingle

centrally situated. It is called kAmakalA. The deity presiding over

this chakra is tripurAmbA and the aides are collectively called ati

rahasya yOginI (extremely secret). The three corners of the traingle

represent the three forms of power of the Goddess namely, kAmEshvarI,

vajrEshvarI and bhagamAlinI who represent the unmanifest (avyakta),

the great (mahat) and the ego (ahankAra) respectively. The three

corners also suggest the three fundamental tendencies of human

existence, namely, ichA (desire), jnAnA (knowledge) and kriyA

(activity) as also the three states and the three bodies. The lalitA

sahasranAmA says ichAshakti jnAnashakti kriyAshakti svarUpiNi (658th

nAmA). The three lines of the triangle represent the three gunas —

satva,rajas and tamas. This triangle is white in colour which

signifies pure sattvA. sarva siddhi is the union of the individual

soul (jIvA) and Brahman. In this chakra, the spiritual aspirant has

transcended the triads of cogniser, cognised and cognition (subject,

object and perception) that is the basis of ignorance and is ready to

enter the bindu where is seated lalitA tripurasundarI, i.e., he is

ready for the final emancipation. "

 

( This is based on a Kriti by sri Muthuswami dikshitir - a great Sri

Vidya upasaka -the 8th kriti in Kamalamba Navavaranam)

 

http://www.sangeetham.com/knavavaranam8.htm - 37k

 

Smile! so how can we ignore 'maths' in spiritual pursuits ? Devi is

everywhere - In the Triangle and outside of it !

 

love and regards

 

ps - on another note, i was remembering you when i was writing about

LORD MURUGAN- remember we both met when we were witnessing a dance

drama on Lord Muruga at THE LANHAM TEMPLE?

 

 

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advaitin, "Benjamin Orion" <orion777ben>

wrote:

>

> Namaste,

>

> I see a tremendous discussion of topics peripherally

> related to Raju's paper, but very little on the paper

> itself. I

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advaitin, "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16> wrote:

> I do admire the way you initiated the discussion on

> MTS and assigned this topic a 'sacred' space in your Blog -

 

Hi Adiji,

 

There are several reasons for this:

 

(1) Raju has worked very hard at it.

 

(2) His theory is quite pathbreaking and daring.

 

(3) I've heard ad nauseum about IIT and the technical

prowess of Indian students, so I expect some interest

here, even if Adiji the poet recuses herself.

 

That being said, your post was informative and

colorful, as usual. You do know how to research

a topic!

 

As for temples, I've discovered new ones in the

area, like Rajdhani and Durga. Well, now we're

getting off-topic.

 

Back to math and spirituality. Another reason to

care: the Greek philosopher Plato "worshipped"

mathematics, and there are more than a few

resemblances between his philosophy and

vedanta, for those who cam read between the lines.

 

Ben