Mixing Math & God. How is it possible?____________

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In order to illustrate how secular and spiritual life were

intertwined in Vedic India, Tirtha Maharaja, who rediscovered Vedic

maths, has demonstrated that mathematical formulas and laws were

often taught within the context of spiritual expression (mantra).

Thus while learning spiritual lessons, one could also learn

mathematical rules.

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Mixing Math & God. How is it possible?____________

 

In ancient India, mathematics served as a bridge between

understanding material reality and the spiritual conception. Vedic

mathematics differs profoundly from Greek mathematics in that

knowledge for its own sake (for its aesthetic satisfaction) did not

appeal to the Indian mind. The mathematics of the Vedas lacks the

cold, clear, geometric precision of the West; rather, it is cloaked

in the poetic language which so distinguishes the East. Vedic

mathematicians strongly felt that every discipline must have a

purpose, and believed that the ultimate goal of life was to achieve

self-realization and love of God and thereby be released from the

cycle of birth and death. Those practices which furthered this end

either directly or indirectly were practiced most rigorously.

 

 

 

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