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Consciousness in Maharishi Vedic University: Vedic Knowledge for Everyone

Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 2023

Dr Wells takes the ‘close reading’ methodological approach to understanding Maharishi Vedic Science further by considering part of the main text of the 2019 book Maharishi Vedic University: Vedic Knowledge for Everyone. The three sections of the main text considered in this paper are: What is consciousness; Consciousness, existence, intelligence; and Evolution of consciousness.

The Vedas as the original source of the Hindu Indian ancient and modern mathematical sciences: A survey article

Journal of Mathematical Problems, Equations and Statistics, 2022

In [1] , it was studied Indian Influence in Mathematics of Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi, in 2022. Also, contributions of Indian mathematicians can be seen in [3] in 2021. This survey will serve as an impetus to stimulate the interests in basic Indian Mathematicians to record and recognize them as pioneers not only in the fields of mathematics but also in science, in applied and natural science, in engineering and social science for further teaching as well as research in their respective subject matters with mainly the choicest blessings of the absolute Supreme Creator, Founder God of the Universe, like that in Islam too, Allah has 99 names emphasizing on education leading to both basic as well as higher level mathematics like ideals, quasi-ideals and bi-ideals in semihypergroups, ordered semihypergroups, Γ-semigroups, ordered Γ-semigroups, Γ-near ring with the spirited hope for future perspective in teaching and in research.

The Three-in-One Structure of Consciousness in Maharishi Vedic University-Vedic Knowledge for Everyone: A Close Reading

Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 2023

For more than five decades, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi taught Maharishi Vedic Science to the world, a teaching which has opened the full development of individual and collective life to everyone. Its practical effectiveness has been thoroughly documented by an extensive scientific research program in many countries and cultures. This unprecedented initiative in knowledge—knowledge which Maharishi describes as ‘complete knowledge’, ‘total knowledge’ —deserves the closest attention of readers and scholars, particularly at a time when the world is facing new challenges and seeking new knowledge. This article is the fourth in a series on Maharishi Vedic Science. The first article offered reflections on the nature of scholarship in Maharishi Vedic Science. The second and third articles focused on key sections of Maharishi’s book, Maharishi Vedic University: Vedic Knowledge for Everyone, one of the four foundational texts on Maharishi Vedic Science published in the 1990s. In this book, Maharishi presents his vision of ideal higher education, derived from the principles of Maharishi Vedic Science. The sub-title is, however, important. In the course of discussing higher education, Maharishi lays out many of the fundamental teachings of Maharishi Vedic Science. A central grouping of these teachings, across three sections of the book, was considered in the third of my articles; this article continues that discussion.

The Natural Role of Mathematics in the Sciences: How Maharishi's Vedic Science Answers the Question of the Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Sciences

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal, 2001

Mathematicians and scientists have for a long time tried to understand why mathematics, a subjective creation of the human intellect, is so effective in the sciences, which study the objective, physical world. Satisfactory reasons have not been found because there has not been a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between the subjective and the objective aspects of life. In this paper we will see that Maharishi's Vedic Science, by explaining the link between the subjective realm where mathematics is located and the objective world that science examines, can resolve this problem in a natural way.

IRJET- An Efficient, Buzzword Explanation of Vedic Mathematics Sutras

IRJET, 2021

The Vedic method of Indian mathematics is thought to be ancient. It has acted as a priceless gift to the nation through ancient eras of India. The Vedic mathematics was constructed using 16 formulas called sutras and 13sub-sutras(sub formula). The Vedic mathematics is designed in a way that calculations are carried out mentally. The main fact about Vedic mathematics was, for any difficult problem the answer should be calculated in one line. Vedic formulas can be used in these areas and often applied to practical, trigonometric, conic, and differential, and advanced mathematics. Vedic mathematics is a part of four Vedas Sthapathya-Veda, which covers the concepts of civil engineering and architectures this is an upa-Veda of atharva Veda. Sutra is given a very short formula to carry out difficult mathematical calculations in a very easy and simple manner and to executing them mentally. These sutras are used for multiplications, division, factorization, recurring decimals and solutions of simple equations. Quadratic equations, integration by partial fraction and differential calculus are used. Some topics of geometry such as Pythagorean theorem, and some theorems of Apollonius and it also covers more advanced mathematics such as analytical expressions of straight line and analytical conics.

Course Proposal: Introduction to Vedic Literature

This course will introduce students to the Vedic canon and the vast array of sometimes contradictory, often obscure and always stimulating thought for which it is the vehicle. The survey will begin with the earliest sam. hitā texts and end with the upanis. ads, ritual sūtras and other vedāṅgas. The Vedas constitute the earliest coherent body of thought to have been passed down largely intact from any ancient culture. These texts, which were originally transmitted oraly and learned through rote memorization, offer a far more complete picture of the culture that produced them than the fragmentary tablets of the ancient Near East, and difficulties in dating notwithstanding, clearly pre-date the literary monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. The content of the Vedic corpus centers around the ritual practices of the ancient Indians. For the early and middle Vedic periods, the general focus is on the correct execution of various sacrifices and rituals and the activities-hymn recitation, altar construction, preparation of ritual implements-associated with this. The ancient Indians approached the sacrifice with a precision, rigor and attention to detail that find a parallel in our surgical theaters today; the smallest mistake or aberration could cause ritual contamination and lead to dire consequences. While this way of thinking continues throughout the Vedic period, we find that it begins to be challenged in theāran. yakas and upanis. ads. Here we see the beginnings of the ideal of the forest ascetic, the renunciate and the hermit. These figures accrue power not by propitiating the gods, but through austerities, meditation and the exercise of self-control. Amongst ascetics, the old pantheon of Vedic deities is neglected in favor of a monotheistic-like worship of the self (ātman), both as it exists in the individual and as it pervades the universe, connecting all living things. In the late Vedic period we also see an efflorescence of texts on technical subjects including mathematics, astronomy and linguistics. These texts grew out of a practical need to execute the Vedic rituals with a high level of precision, and it is in these texts that we see the germ of the great technical and scientific accomplishments of the Classical period.