Mathematics of Spirituality » Vedanta http://www.mathematicsofspirituality.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:23:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mystery of Time http://www.mathematicsofspirituality.com/2009/11/mystery-of-time/ http://www.mathematicsofspirituality.com/2009/11/mystery-of-time/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:23:23 +0000 admin http://www.mathematicsofspirituality.com/?p=61 Both Vedanta and modern science hold that there is no past, present, or future distinctions in reality. Time is not a flowing river, but something more like a solidly frozen glacier. Yet, creatures of the universe vividly experience time. This Mystery of Time is the subject of a recent paper presented by me (read more about me) at the Eighteenth International Congress on Vedanta held at the University of Massachussets, Dartmouth, MA in July 2009. The paper brings together thought currents from Relativity Physics, Neuroscience, and Vedanta to resolve the mystery. The resulting interpretation of life and reality, while consistent with Vedantic teachings, qualifies nevertheless as being nearly surreal. Below is an online version of the paper.

On the Mystery of Time by Dr. Raju Chidambaram and Dr. Shobha Chidambaram

]]> http://www.mathematicsofspirituality.com/2009/11/mystery-of-time/feed/ 0 Science, Spirituality and Religion – A Vedantic Point of View http://www.mathematicsofspirituality.com/2009/05/paper-on-science-spirituality-and-religion/ http://www.mathematicsofspirituality.com/2009/05/paper-on-science-spirituality-and-religion/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 11:07:04 +0000 admin http://www.mathematicsofspirituality.com/?p=51 The Third SSEASR Conference is taking place in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia in the month of June of 2009 and I will be presenting a paper on Science, Spirituality and Religion. SSEASR stands for South and South East Asian Association for the study of Culture and Religion and is legally registered at New Delhi, India.

Science, Spirituality, and Religion have separate, yet complementary, functions to fulfill in the service of mankind. Historically though, there have been unpleasant confrontations between Science and Religion, often due to confused thinking about their purport. Further adding to the confusion has been the tendency to assume that Spirituality and Religion are one and the same. At the Third SSEASR Conference, as a part of this paper, I will be discussing the relationship between spirituality and religion on one hand, and science and spirituality on the other. This paper shows that Spirituality does not conflict with Science and indeed Spirituality is itself a science. To the extent religions of the world emphasize the spiritual truths on which they are founded, there will be less occasion for conflict between religion and science or between religions.

I’m embedding the paper below. You can download the PDF version of the same from here.

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