Vedic Vision of Consciousness and RealityVedic Vision Of Consciousness And Reality Is An Attempt At A Systematic Presentation Of The Visions Of Vedic Seers Concerning Consciousness In Relationship To Reality. The Relevance Of This Attempt Has Got Enhanced Today Due To Latest Discoveries In Quantum Physics Tending To Accord Some Sort Of Substantiality To Consciousness. This Is The Position Vedic Seers Held Long Ago As Is Evident From The Vedanta. The Vedanta, However Has Ignored The Vedic Samhitas On Metaphusical Issues Including Consciousness. The Present Work Has Come In Fulfillment Of This Lacuna In The Tradition Of Vedic Thought. It Has Been Shown Here Strictly On The Basis Of Textual Evidence How The Vedic Seers Were Involved In The Search For Consciousness In Its Purest Form Coinciding With Reality. The Coincidence Of The Modern Science In Its Latest Developments With The Vedic Viewpoint In This Regard, Suggests The Necessity Of A Paradigmatic Shift In The Human Thinking At This Juncture From Matter To Consciousness As The Most Fundamental Reality. These Issues Have Been Discussed Here From Various Viewpoints Including Scientific, Philosophical, Psychological, Theological And Epistemological. |
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Critique of the Contemporary View of Consciousness | 1 |
Rta and Consciousness | 10 |
States of Consciousness and the Vedic Seers Search for the Supramental | 20 |
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Aditi Agastya Agni Angiras assumed the form Aśvins Atman basic body Brahman brain Bṛhadāraṇyaka Bṛhaspati buddhi Chandogya characterised chariot citta cognisance collective unconscious conceived concentricity of consciousness creation creative Creator daiva manas darkness deity Dirghatamas divine dream earth embodied emergence energy everything evident existence external fire gods heart heaven higher consciousness human mind human personality hymn Ibid idea immortality indicates individual Indra inner involved Katha knowledge light manifestation mantra seen matter means meditation Nārada nature object observes obviously operation ordinary mind physical possible Prajapati prāṇa primeval principle psyche Purușa realisation Reality referred regard remains Rgvedic role Ṛta sādhanā sage samādhi Samhita seer's sense organs significant Soma space space-time continuum string stuff suggests supramental Supreme tapas things transcendence ultimate unconscious understanding Upanisad Vāk Varuna Vasistha Veda Vedic seer viewpoint vijñāna virtue vision visualised vital wisdom Yajnavalkya एष वा वि