Author: Rishi Kumar Mishra
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 370
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8129102307
Description
While modern science has recognized the interplay of energy and matter, it has not realized the intrinsic relationship between these two and mind. This is the boundary where physics ends and supraphysics begins. This scholarly work is a sequel to author's earlier works Before the Beginning and After the End and The Cosmic Matrix.
The term 'supraphysics' relates to the domain of subtle, all-pervasive forces which underlie material reality. Mana, prana and wak belong to the supraphysical domain and become discernible to us as mind, energy and matter. In the process of this revealing discussion, readers are witness to tantalizing glimpses of the much vaster horizon of the Vedas - the ancient texts exploring humankind's quest to know Ultimate Reality, bequeathed to us by the rishis of 'seer-scientists'.
Contents
The Realm of Supraphysics
Introduction
SECTION 1: CONCEPTS
Physics and Supraphysics
The Universe of Supraphysisics
Atma, prana and Pashu
Agni Devata: The Foremost Supraphysical Energy
Five Stems of the Cosmic Tree
SECTION 2: MATTER
The Challenge of Matter
The Concepts of Matter and Wak
Wak and Veda
Wak and communication
SECTION 3: ENERGY
Energy in Modern Science
Prana as Physical Energy
Prana as Supraphysical Energy
SECTION 4: MIND
Mind and Brain: A Modern Dilemma
Mana in Darshana
Mind in the Vedic Sciences
SECTION 5: INTERFACE
Three Constitutents of Atma
Mind, Energy and Matter Interactions
SECTION 6: EPILOGUE
Epilogue
SECTION 7:
Brahma Vidya Kendra and its Guru Tradition
Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Glossary
Bibliogrtaphy
Appendix
Original verses in Sanskrit and Roman transliteration
Index