Sunday, June 20, 2021

How Modern is the Bhagavad Gita ?

 

How Modern is the Bhagavad Gita ?
In 1945 Aldous Huxley published "Perennial Philosophy", presenting the Highest Common Factor from multiple global theological approaches across time. Huxley studied the writings of saints and prophets who acquired spiritual knowledge from direct personal experiences. These he identified as thoughts that go beyond time. The 2500 year old Bhagavad Gita commanded pride of place in Huxley’s "Perennial Philosophy". The 'Gita' has attracted and captivated scholars, philosophers and Thinkers from around the world through centuries.

In recent times Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Leo Tolstoy, T. S, Eliot and Ralph Waldo Emerson were mesmerised. Henry David Thoreau took it to Walden Pond. Robert Oppenheimer quoted it in Sanskrit at the time of explosion of the first atom bomb created by his Manhattan Project.

The world has marched on in the 75 years since Huxley's book. Galileo and Newton's mechanistic worlds have made way for the Quantum. Does the Gita still stand its ground in the face of our modern day understanding of the cosmos ?

Gautam, the story teller takes the lay person on a journey in his own inimitable way, combining lessons from multiple streams of enquiry, including science and philosophy, for us to discern the patterns laid bare by the Gita. The setting, the players, the issues each offer a lesson. He draws parallels from recent scientific findings on Mindful Self Awareness, Holonographic Brain, Quantum Physics and Pure Consciousness, as we seek answers to:
"How Modern is the Bhagavad Gita ?"
and more adventurously,
“Is the Gita beyond Space and Time ?”

Presenter 

Gautam is exceptionally well informed in multiple fields of knowledge and connects the dots to reveal the larger picture. A gifted storyteller, hear Gautam as he weaves scientific research which confirms spiritual precepts we have lived with through millennia.

Gautam is an entrepreneur, management consultant, trainer and writer. His main interest lies in the field of Consciousness. With his wife Sushweta, Gautam founded the Anandini Foundation to promote Conscious Leadership in organizations.
Online presentation and discussion via Zoom from anywhere on earth.

Saturday, July 10, 2021 
10.30 - 11.45 AM US East Coast
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Topic: Bhagwat Gita Presentation

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