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  Vedic science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vedic science may refer to a number of claims, ancient and modern, Hindu, occultist or New Age, of allegedly scientific systems of thought found in or based on the Vedas.
Vedic mathematics developed by Shri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji (not to be confused with actual ancient Indian mathematics)
Indian mathematics: Vedic Mathematics, the mathematics that was actually studied in Vedic India
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vedic_science   (156 words)

  
 Postmodernism, Hindu nationalism and `Vedic science'
The gist of this argument, as it appears in Hindu nationalist writings on Vedic science, is simple - all that is dangerous and false in modern science comes from the Semitic monotheistic habit of dualistic and "reductionist" thinking, which separates the object from the subject, nature from consciousness, the known from the knower.
Because all science is paradigm-bound, Kak et al insist, citing the authority of Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend, the much-misunderstood gurus of postmodernists, Vedic science is perfectly scientific within the paradigm of Vedic assumptions.
These Vedic knowledge-claims can be verified by the community of other yogic knowers who have "purified" their sense through meditation to such an extent that they can "directly realise" those signs from the spirit-world that are looked down upon by Western-trained scientists as "paranormal".
www.flonnet.com /fl2101/stories/20040116001408700.htm   (4072 words)

  
 Vedic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vedic Sanskrit, their language (see also Vedic meter, Vedic accent, Vedic chant and Shrauta)
Vedic mathematics, developed by Shri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vedic   (91 words)

  
 Vedic Sciences
In the Vedic world view, the processes in the sky, on earth, and within the mind are taken to be connected.
The Vedic rishis were aware that all descriptions of the universe lead to logical paradox.
To place Vedic science in context it is necessary to have a proper understanding of the chronology of the Vedic literature.
www.hindunet.org /vedicsciences   (798 words)

  
 Postmodernism, Hindu nationalism and `Vedic science'
They read back these sciences into Sanskrit texts chosen at will, and their meaning decided by the whim of the interpreter, and claim that the entities and processes mentioned in Sanskrit texts are "like", "the same thing as", or "another word for" the ideas expressed in modern cosmology, quantum physics or biology.
For the modernist, the success of science in explaining the workings of nature mean that sciences in other cultures have a rational obligation to revise their standards of what kind of evidence is admissible as science, what kind of logic is reasonable, and how to distinguish justified knowledge from mere beliefs.
Modern science has no special claims to truth and to our convictions, for it is as much of a cultural construct of the West as other sciences are of their own cultures.
www.frontlineonnet.com /fl2026/stories/20040102000607800.htm   (4374 words)

  
 Maharishi's Approach to Vedic Science
This is Vedic Science—all about the knower, the known, and the process of knowing; all about consciousness, both in its self-referral, self-interacting state, and as it expresses itself in the infinite variety of the whole creation, that performance of Nature which goes on and on eternally in all spheres of time, past, present, and future.
‘Vedic Science is a complete science, which extends and fulfils the objective approach of modern science by incorporating the knower and the process of knowing into the field of investigation.
Vedic Science also describes the sequential mechanics through which this three-in-one structure of the Unified Field gives rise to the infinite range and diversity of Natural Law displayed in the universe.
www.globalgoodnews.com /vedic-science.html   (866 words)

  
 Science of Vedic Astrology
A second vantage point of Vedic Astrology is the cosmological, spiritual viewpoint of the ancient Hindu, or Vedic culture.
In fact, Vedic astrology is a Vedanga, one of the six limbs of the Vedas and thus it is a natural extension of the spiritual belief systems of Hinduism.
This sense of a diverse but united spiritual community in Vedic astrology deeply draws the passion of Western-minded astrologers, who more often than not suffer a spiritual persecution and the accompanying isolation for their celestial and spiritual beliefs.
www.vedicsciences.com /what-is-vedic-astrology.htm   (1418 words)

  
 Jyotisha: The Science of Vedic Astrology
Vedic astrology reflects the understanding and experience of ancient spiritual teachers regarding the facts of life.
Vedic astrology believes in man’s spiritual nature and helps him realize that each soul is learning lessons that it can only learn under those circumstances.
Vedic astrology uses the sidereal (according to the stars) positions of planets against the backdrop of the relatively fixed stars, as astronomers do.
www.newconnexion.net /article/03-01/vedic.html   (1044 words)

  
 Vedic Ganita
Vedic Mathematics, helped to transform the Universal set of knowledge as a speaking language and in the process itself as well stood transformed as such and assimilated its identity into the Vedas.
Vedic mathematics is one particular component of Vedic science.
Mathematics is called the queen of sciences and is the fundamental base on which all planning is done and all structures are raised.
www.vedicganita.org /transcendental.htm   (4717 words)

  
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Vedic Astrology is also called Jyotish, which translates into the "Science of Light." The term Vedic means from the Vedas.
The miracle in the Vedic system is how well preserved and coherent the Sciences are, especially given the history of India and its numerous invasions.
Vedic Astrology is the master Science from this more enlightened era.
www.vedicastrologycenter.net /vedicsciences.html   (717 words)

  
 Vedic Ganita
Studies of mathematical basis of available Vedic literature reveal that 4 and higher dimensional reality was not only known to the Vedic seers rather the great use thereof was made by them for organization of pure knowledge.
At present we may not be in a position to enter into the details of this Vedic discipline of channelization into the Sanatana base but it may not be out of context to make a mention that advanced students of Vedic Science and Technology have to learn about it.
This great science (of architecture) was at first revealed by Brahma, Indra, and all other gods: It is from their statements that this Manasara (the essence of measurement) has been complied as a guide book (for the architects) for the benefit of the people.
www.vedicganita.org /manasara.htm   (7162 words)

  
 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Vedic Vishwavidyalaya -- Vedic Science & Modern Science
Maharishi's Vedic Science Based System of Education provides a new integrated approach to education, uniting the subjective approach of ancient Vedic Science with the objective approach of modern science.
According to Maharishi's Vedic Science, the complete knowledge of the self-referral dynamics of the field of pure consciousness is available in the most ancient record of knowledge, Rk Veda and the Vedic Literature.
Maharishi's Vedic Science is the science of the Unified Field of observer, process of observation, and observed -- the science of the Samhita of Rishi, Devata, and Chhandas -- the science of Rk Veda.
www.maharishi-india.org /institutions/i3/vedic_science.html   (1741 words)

  
 Educational Approach
My Vedic Science, the science of the Unified Field of knower, process of knowing, and known, is the science of Samhita of Rishi, Devata, and Chhandas.
Maharishi's Vedic Science is a complete science in that it gives complete understanding and experience of all three components of knowledge--the knower, the process of knowing, and the known.
Maharishi's Vedic Science unfolds the knowledge of knower, process of knowing, and known through study and direct experience of their unified basis, called in terms of Vedic Science, Samhita--Transcendental Consciousness, the total potential of creative intelligence.
www.maharishi.org /overview/vedic_science.html   (431 words)

  
 Amazing Science
A particularly important development in the history of Indian science that was to have a profound impact on all mathematical treatises that followed was the pioneering work by Panini (6th C BC) in the field of Sanskrit grammar and linguistics.
The science of astronomy was also spurred by the need to have accurate calendars and a better understanding of climate and rainfall patterns for timely sowing and choice of crops.
Knowledge of mathematics, and geometry in particular, was necessary for the precise construction of the complex Vedic altars, and mathematics was thus one of the topics covered in the brahmanas.
www.hinduism.co.za /amazing.htm   (14227 words)

  
 Debunking Vedic 'Science' By Meera Nanda --BJP religious nationalism Hindu Vedanta astrology ayurveda creation ...
The science of ayurveda influenced what we ate, the remedies we took, and the rhythms of daily life.
On this account, Vedic creationism, explicitly grounded in Vedic cosmology, is as plausible and defensible as Darwinism, grounded on the naturalistic and capitalist assumptions of Western scientists.
Vedic creationism is only one example of 'decolonised science.' More generally, Hindu nationalists routinely insist on the need to develop a science that is organically related to the innate nature, svabhava or chitti of India.
www.beliefnet.com /story/77/story_7776_3.html   (388 words)

  
 What Is Vedic Knowledge?
Thus it is clear that Veda and the Vedic Literature is not a collection of books, nor the philosophies of ancient India; rather Veda and the Vedic Literature are the sounds of self-referral consciousness moving within itself—the whisper of the Self to itself.
Vedic Knowledge, therefore, is knowledge of Veda, and in its most profound sense this is the intimate knowledge of Veda and the Vedic Literature as reverberations of one’s own Self.
Vedic Study is not the intellectual analysis of ancient books, but rather the exploration of Veda and the Vedic Literature on its own level, enlivening the fundamental impulses of Natural Law permanently in the students’ awareness.
www.vedicknowledge.com /what_is.html   (1616 words)

  
 Maharishi's Vedic Science
Maharishi's Vedic Science brings to light that this fundamental field of Natural Law is the field of pure consciousness.
Maharishi has completely restored the thousands-of-years-old Vedic Literature for the total significance of its theory and practice, and has organised it in the form of a complete science of consciousness-Maharishi's Vedic Science and Technology.
Through Maharishi's Vedic Science and Technology, the most fundamental and powerful level of Natural Law is applied for the benefit of mankind.
www.maharishi-european-sidhaland.org.uk /Science.htm   (776 words)

  
 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - Achievements
Maharishi Vedic Vibration Technology, using the ancient knowledge and technology of Vedic Sound—the fundamental sound values of Natural Law that structure the human physiology—has proved how quickly and effortlessly it is possible to transform a state of physiological disorder into a state of orderly physiological functioning.
The task before Vedic India is to nullify the destructive forces of the British and American policies of NATO, by raising the nourishing Vedic influence in India and in world consciousness.
This and other Internet courses on Maharishi Vedic Science were developed in response to requests from parents who wished to have in their own home the knowledge used successfully at Maharishi’s Consciousness-Based schools around the world.
www.vedicvibration.com /mmy-history.htm   (2890 words)

  
 Maharishi Vedic City
The name “Vedic” comes from the Sanskrit word “Veda,”; which means “knowledge.” The name “Maharishi” is in honor of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who is renowned throughout the world for bringing to light in a scientific, systematic manner the complete Vedic science of consciousness.
Vedic Education: Recognizing that the solution to all problems is proper education-education that develops the total brain potential and cosmic creative intelligence of every student-the City adopted an ordinance on January 28, 2004, to establish Maharishi Vedic University to provide a public university, colleges, and primary and secondary schools for the city's residents.
Vedic Administration: Under the enlightened leadership of The Honorable Mayor Dr. Robert G. Wynne, the City is a model of prevention-oriented, problem-free administration.
maharishivediccity.net   (476 words)

  
 Books By David Frawley - The River Of Heaven - Science Of Light : Vedic Astrology - Vedic And Western Astrology (Pg3)
This is because many Hindu astrologers, living in a fixed and traditional culture, tend to use astrology just to predict or order the outer affairs of life, when and to whom someone will marry, what kind of work they will do, without any consideration of the psychological issues that may be involved.
Vedic astrology is quite useful for pointing out our spiritual path in life and giving us a means to connect with the Divine via our planetary forces.
Vedic astrology may, therefore, also be the astrology of the future.
www.hindubooks.org /david_frawley/riverheaven/science_of_light_vedic_astrology/vedic_and_western_pg3.htm   (303 words)

  
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Maharishi Ji has completely restored the thousands of years old scattered Vedic Literature for the total significance of its theory and practice and has organized it in the form of a complete science of consciousness.
Maharishi's Vedic Science and Technology unfolds the full potential of Natural Law in human consciousness as the basis of improving all areas of life.
The Transcendental Meditation programme, the subjective technology of Maharishi's Vedic Science and Technology is the most widely practiced and extensively researched programme of self-development in the world.
www.vedic-arts.com /mwtodya.jsp   (584 words)

  
 The doublespeak of Vedic science (Part XII of XII)
The leading trend in sociology of science in the last couple of decades has been to deny that modern science is a distinctive body of knowledge, which has succeeded in attaining higher standards of objectivity and reliability than other, pre-modern, magical-religious ways of understanding nature.
Abusing the ideas of Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend, two well-known scholars of science, radical critics have claimed that non-western, traditional ways of knowing are as scientific in their social context as modern science is in the western context.
On the strength of the argument that all "ethno-sciences" are equal, and that modern science has no greater claim to objectivity, Nandy has argued that modern science is the myth of the imperialist west, and astrology is the myth of the weak, who are the victims of the west.
www.hvk.org /articles/0601/102.html   (1168 words)

  
 Maharishi Vedic Science — The Science and Technology of Consciousness
Since Maharishi Vedic Science is the science and technology of consciousness, all of its programs are “consciousness-based.” They’re designed to promote the full development of consciousness—enlightenment.
The goal of Maharishi Vedic Science is to allow everyone on earth to live their birthright—life in accord with Natural Law—and thereby avoid the mistakes that bring suffering to individuals and to the world as a whole.
Maharishi Vedic Science includes a wide range of Vedic technologies that help us make full use of our mind, body and consciousness—so that we can live a problem-free life in enlightenment.
www.tm.org /explore/index.html   (358 words)

  
 Jyotish and Yagya
It is the science and technology of consciousness and commands authority over the whole range of the ever-expanding universe.
Maharishi Jyotish is a highly mathematical science, containing the knowledge of the cycles of time that bring about all transformations.
Maharishi Jyotish is the science and technology that is able to calculate and then predict the type of influence created by our past actions, which will return to us at a particular time and place.
www.vedicknowledge.com /jyotish_yagya.html   (844 words)

  
 The Relevance of Vedic Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Modern science is now entering into the subtle realms of mind and nature.
Gaia is Greek for Vedic Gau, the cosmic cow, the spirit of Goddess of the Earth, the Divine power working through it.
Vedic science sees the universe as a magical play in the mind, a manifestation of cosmic law to demonstrate the glory of consciousness and the wonder of being.
www.hindunet.org /alt_hindu/1995_Feb_2/msg00068.html   (450 words)

  
 Skye Consulting - Vedic Astrology
Bill Levacy holds a BA in Literature, a Masters in the Science of Creative Intelligence, and another Master's in Education with a specialization in e-Learning.
He teaches work-shops on Vedic Astrology around the US, Europe and India and is Dean of Students and Curriculum for the American College of Vedic Astrology (ACVA).
I first heard about Vedic Astrology from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1973 while I was studying Vedic Science with him in Seelisberg, Switzerland.
www.vedicsky.com /about.php   (659 words)

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