Sunday, May 13, 2007

Science and Indian philosophy

http://www.photonics.cusat.edu/article2.html

If you read this and so many other links, you will realize how the old Indian scriptures open doors to a pile of (already realized) knowledge that remains unexplored. Due to the restricted access to Sanskrit language, these mines remain undiscovered. One of the reasons of this anonymity could be the hype which surrounds Sanskrit language and people assume that it is beyond their reach.

Any modern mind believes in modular and re-usable knowledge pieces. Then why do we ignore these scriptures so much? Why are we wasting our time re-inventing wheel? Why are we all pretending to be blinds?

Politics? West's inferiority complex? White man's burden? Ignorant minds? Possessive Indian social structure?

let me see...

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