Science and Hinduism

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Aryabhatta
Indian mathematician/astronomer.
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‘father of medicine’.
Charaka
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Who was Charaka? –
a native of Kashmir who contributed to Ayurveda a system of medicine developed in Ancient India.
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Samkhya (sankhya) yoga
Patanjali’s synthesis of sankhya philosophy and yoga practice. This philosophical system is dualist and tries to understand the difference between the material (prakriti) and spiritual (purusha).
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Ayurveda
is the ancient Hindu wisdom of medicine developed by Acharaya Charaka.
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Charak Samhita
a detailed account of Ayurveda Medicine
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Dosha
meaning ‘principles’, it defines the three types of substances/elements within each living thing, according to Charaka
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Hindutva
also known as ‘Hinduness’. A social and political group that wants to maintain and keep the traditions of Hinduism in India.
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Rta
cosmic order, within Hinduism everything has an order due to Brahman’s Dharmic control.
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Rishis
seers who have undertaken deep meditation and receive the truth of Brahman, that is then written in the Vedas.
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Secular
something that is not connected with religious or spiritual matters.
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Secularism
the separation of government/state from religious institutions.
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Secularisation
to dissociate from religious or spiritual concerns
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Spiriton
life consciousness, found within everything
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What did James Grant Duff say about science in India?
'Many advance in the sciences that we consider today to have been made in Europe were in fact made in India centuries ago.'
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How is science connected to Hinduism?
It is within the Vedas and Hindu practices
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What do Hinduism and Einstein agree on?
Hindu's believe that the cosmos has an order or rta. Einstein believes in Cause & Effect
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How does Hinduism go beyond science?
Belief that material revelations from science direct them to the Ultimate Reality
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Who do hindu’s believe is responsible for the big bang
Brahma is the blueprint behind the creative energy of the Big Bang
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What is in a constant cyclic change according to Vedic Cosmology?
The universe
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Why does the universe have a cyclic nature ?
Spontaneous creation; existing; and then decaying. This links to the Trimurti’s control of not only an atman’s reincarnation, but also the reincarnation of the universe.
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What is Kali Yoga?
At the moment creation is living in Kali Yuga or the age of Kali, were there is spiritual and physical degeneration
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What do Hindus’ believe about the creation of the universe?
Big Bang could be seen a spontaneous creation of Brahma, and the decaying of the world controlled by Shiva, shown by the Ozone Layer shrinking, Climate Change which all link to Hindu teaching
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The evidence within the Rig Veda for religious belief in the big bang. (quote)
‘Was Generated by the power of heat (tapas)’
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How to Humanists and scientific atheists react to Hindu’s view of the big bang
They would agree with the ‘how’ of the Big Bang but reject the idea of a deity or metaphysical being behind the actions.
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How did Stephen Hawkings reject their idea of creation? (quote)
‘I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no god. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate’
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What is another idea of creation from Hindus’?
The concept of evolution is highly relevant with Hinduism itself, samsara and karma illustrate this point.
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Why do some Hindu’s believe in evolution?
The accumulated karma (Samchita Karma) of previous lives effect our next evolutionary state and we have a choice on how we karmically evolve. The way we live our present life now will karmically (Agami Karma) affect our atman’s future evolution.
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What is the Vedic evidence for belief in evolution?
‘Some enter the womb in order to have a body, as organic beings, others go into inorganic matter, according to their work and according to their knowledge’ Katha Upanishad 5v7
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Hindu explanation of the quotes that supports evolution?
The movement of the atman which changes from lower lifeforms to human forms, is believed to be the pinnacle of evolutionists thinking, with regards to the adaptation of the species and for a Hindu, the chance in which to reach moksha.
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Does Richard Dawkins reject Hindu reasoning behind evolution?
He reject the idea of a God in control of the evolutionary process. But not evolution itself
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Why do Dawkins and Darwin reject Hindu evolution?
evolution came about by chance not by divine order (rta).
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What is evidence which shows that Dawkins reject divinity within evolution?
God is a ‘petty, unjust, unforgiving, control-freak……’
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What is Sankhya philosophy?
Brahman is both spiritual, but also physically within the world. Hindus would claim that Brahman is a complete being that includes the scientific understanding and metaphysical knowledge of rta, controlling the order of the world.
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Quote supporting Hindu evolution.
In the beginning this (One) evolved, Became desire, first seed of mind. Wise seers, searching within their hearts, Found the bond of Being in Not-being
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