Personalities
Personalities
"We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made."
"We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made."
Albert Einstein – The most prominent scientist of the 20th century, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics, author of the theory of relativity.
"Hinduism is the only one of the religious systems that declares that the universe constantly undergoes many births and deaths, therefore it is cyclic. It is also the only one in which the time periods given in the Vedas are in accordance with modern scientific cosmology."
"Hinduism is the only one of the religious systems that declares that the universe constantly undergoes many births and deaths, therefore it is cyclic. It is also the only one in which the time periods given in the Vedas are in accordance with modern scientific cosmology."
Carl Sagan - The most famous astrophysicist of the 20th century.
"The Bhagavad Gita... is the most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue." / "The general notions about human understanding... which are illustrated by discoveries in atomic physics are not in the nature of things wholly unfamiliar, wholly unheard of, or new. Even in our own culture they have a history, and in Buddhist and Hindu thought a more considerable and central place. What we shall find is an exemplification, an encouragement, and a refinement of old wisdom." / "The access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries."
"The Bhagavad Gita... is the most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue." / "The general notions about human understanding... which are illustrated by discoveries in atomic physics are not in the nature of things wholly unfamiliar, wholly unheard of, or new. Even in our own culture they have a history, and in Buddhist and Hindu thought a more considerable and central place. What we shall find is an exemplification, an encouragement, and a refinement of old wisdom." / "The access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries."
J. Robert Oppenheimer – American theoretical physicist, co-founder of nuclear physics, and the father of the atomic bomb.
"After the conversations about Indian philosophy, some of the ideas of quantum physics that had seemed so crazy suddenly made much more sense." / "I went to India in 1929 to give some lectures, and I was a guest of Tagore. We talked a lot about Indian philosophy... These conversations helped me realize that the conclusions of modern physics were not so new to Indian thought."
"After the conversations about Indian philosophy, some of the ideas of quantum physics that had seemed so crazy suddenly made much more sense." / "I went to India in 1929 to give some lectures, and I was a guest of Tagore. We talked a lot about Indian philosophy... These conversations helped me realize that the conclusions of modern physics were not so new to Indian thought."
Werner Heisenberg – One of the most famous physicists, co-founder of quantum physics, Nobel Prize laureate.
"Multiplicity is only apparent. This is the doctrine of the Upanishads. And not of the Upanishads only. The mystical experience of the union with God regularly leads to this view, unless strong prejudices stand in the way."
"Multiplicity is only apparent. This is the doctrine of the Upanishads. And not of the Upanishads only. The mystical experience of the union with God regularly leads to this view, unless strong prejudices stand in the way."
Erwin Schrödinger – One of the greatest physicists of the 20th century. Nobel Prize laureate for the formulation of wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation, which was declared one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century.
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„I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.“ "/ For a parallel to the lesson of atomic theory... [we must turn] to those kinds of epistemological problems with which already thinkers like Buddha have been confronted, when trying to harmonize our position as spectators and actors in the great drama of existence."
„I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.“ "/ For a parallel to the lesson of atomic theory... [we must turn] to those kinds of epistemological problems with which already thinkers like Buddha have been confronted, when trying to harmonize our position as spectators and actors in the great drama of existence."
Niels Bohr – Danish atomic physicist who developed the Bohr model of the atom. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 for his theory of atomic structure.
"One could say that Atman is more or less the meaning. So then what is indicated is Brahman. I mean the identity of consciousness and the universe. From this it follows that meaning and the indicated are actually one and the same, which is a phrase from the Vedas—Atman is Brahman."
"One could say that Atman is more or less the meaning. So then what is indicated is Brahman. I mean the identity of consciousness and the universe. From this it follows that meaning and the indicated are actually one and the same, which is a phrase from the Vedas—Atman is Brahman."
David J. Bohm – One of the most famous quantum physicists.
"The vastest knowledge of today cannot surpass the intellect and knowledge of the rishis – sages – in ancient India. And science, at its most advanced stage, is closer to the Vedas than ever before."
"The vastest knowledge of today cannot surpass the intellect and knowledge of the rishis – sages – in ancient India. And science, at its most advanced stage, is closer to the Vedas than ever before."
Alfred North Whitehead – British mathematician and logician, known for his principles of logic and mathematics and the work Principia Mathematica.
"One has the feeling that the thinkers of the East knew it all, and if we could only translate their answers into our language we would have the answers to all our questions. / "I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest Indian insight passed from India to Greece and from there into the philosophy of today."
"One has the feeling that the thinkers of the East knew it all, and if we could only translate their answers into our language we would have the answers to all our questions. / "I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest Indian insight passed from India to Greece and from there into the philosophy of today."
John Archibald Wheeler – Eminent American physicist, the first scientist to engage in theoretical research on atomic energy and black hole research – he introduced the concepts of black hole, wormhole, quantum foam. He took over the research position after Albert Einstein.
"The Hindu systems of astronomy are the most ancient and far surpass those of Egypt, Greece, Rome. Even the Jews derived their knowledge from the Hindus."
"The Hindu systems of astronomy are the most ancient and far surpass those of Egypt, Greece, Rome. Even the Jews derived their knowledge from the Hindus."
Jean-Sylvain Bailly – Great French astronomer and politician, also known thanks to his calculation of the orbit of Halley's Comet.
"My study of physics led me to a spiritual path. It culminated in my accepting the non-dualism, the absolute monism of Shankara as my philosophy of life and science."
"My study of physics led me to a spiritual path. It culminated in my accepting the non-dualism, the absolute monism of Shankara as my philosophy of life and science."
Queen Frederica of Hanover – wife of King Paul of Greece and a teacher of advanced physics.