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The U.K. Times Disrespects
Ancient Vedic Heritage |
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RELEASE - HINDUUNITY.ORG, 1-11-01 |
The Times U.K. has shown direct and
blatant disrespect for the worlds’ oldest and greatest religion – Hinduism. The
recent articles like the one by Stephen Farrell ridiculing the R.S.S. and
V.H.P. claim of our glorious past is the last straw! His article "India
always got there first, say Hindu Mentors", dated January 2, 2001, pokes
fun of the following facts:
1) Hindus claim to have had beaten
Columbus in his discovery of America
2) Pythagoras Theorem was written
before he was born by the Hindus in ancient Indian treatise called Shilpa Sutra
3) In 476 CE, a Master Astronomer
and Mathematician discovered gravity long before Newton.
4) The invention of electrical and
solar energy, the decimal system, the concept of zero was long past known in
ancient Vedic times.
5) Sanskrit is the source of all
languages and is most suitable for computers
6) The father of Plastic Surgery
was Shri Acharya Sushrut (600 BCE) who at that time also performed cataract
removals and grafts.
7) Dam technology, wireless
technology and chess originated in the Vedic era and is not something that is
recently discovered.
We are protesting the above writing
and general attitude of the Times towards India and Hindus. We are simply
pointing out to The Times that they should be more open to ideas that may seem
not real in today's world. Remember so was Galileos’ idea that the world was
round and not the center of the universe . The Times seems to be behaving in
the same manner as their Christian predecessors. It should however be pointed
out that we the Hindus have known the shape, size and the diameter of the earth
long before the Western world. The gravity, zero and numerous other facts have
been known to us. I believe a brief history lesson of the original vedic
masters of science is due. It will indeed put things into perspective and allow
the western mind to further research into how advance Hindus have been.
Acharya Bharadwaj (800 BCE) was the pioneer of aviation technology and has
written ‘Yantra Sarvasa’ which includes astonishing and outstanding
discoveries. He at the time described three categories of flying machines that
travel from one planet to another but also astonishingly from one universe to
another. Space travel existed in the ancient vedic times, something that
science today has even barely broken the surface on.
Acharya Kapil (3000 BCE) was the father of cosmology. His research on primal
matter and creation makes todays science look like an introductory course. The
big bang theory? How about when he answers questions on the creation of the
universe. Hindus were far ahead of their times. The proof exists in our sacred
books.
Acharya Charak (600 BCE) was the father of Medicine. His renowned work ‘Charak
Samhita’ which is considered the encyclopedia of Ayurveda today goes in depth
about his principals, diagnoses and cures that still retain their potency and
truth even after a couple of millennia. His research led to the facts of the
Human anatomy, embryology, pharmacology, blood circulation and diseases like
diabetes , tuberculosis, heart disease, etc. Charak Samhita describes medicinal
qualities and functions of 100,000 herbal plants that todays science is still
doing research on.
Acharya Kanad (600 BCE) was the
founder of Atomic Theory. In his ‘Vaisheshik Darshan’ treatise he wrote
"Every object of creation is made of atoms which in turn connect with each
other to form molecules". This statement ushered in the Atomic Theory for
the first time ever in the world, nearly 2500 years before John Dalton.
Rishi Nagarjuna (100 CE) The Master of Chemical Science. His vast research
produced maiden discoveries and inventions in the faculties of Chemistry and Metallurgy.
His textual masterprices like ‘Ras Ratnakar’, ‘Rashrudaya’ and ‘Rasendramangal’
are his contributions to Chemistry. Where medieval alchemists of England
failed, Rishi Nagarjuna has discovered the alchemy of transmuting base metals
into gold. His discoveries still impress and astonish scientists today.
Rishi Aryabhatt (476 CE) Master
Astronomer and Mathematician. At the age of just 23 he wrote a text on
astronomy and an unparalleled treatise on mathematics called ’Aryanbhatiyam’.
He formulated the process of calculating the motion of planets and the time of
eclipses. (100 years ago, the church had problems describing and accepting this
as a scientific phenomenon). Aryabhatt was the first to claim that the earth
was round, it rotates on its axis, orbits the sun and suspended in space – 1000
years ago before Copernicus published his heliocentric theory. Aryabhatt was
the first to acknowledge the Pi to four decimal place (3.1416) and the sine
table in trigonometry. Centuries later, in 825 CE, the Arab mathematician Ibna
Musa credited the value of Pi to the Indians, "This value has been given
by the Hindus". Above all Rishi Aryabhatt’s most spectacular contribution
is the concept of zero without which modern computers technology would have
been non-existent.
Rishi Varahamihir (499-587 CE) - Master Scientist, Astrologer and Astronomer.
In his book ‘Panchsiddhant’, he notes that the moon and the planets are
lustrous not because of their own light but due to sunlight. In the ‘Bruhad
Samhita’ and ‘Bruhad Jatak’, he revealed his discoveries in the domains of
geography,
constellation science, botany and animal science.
Rishi Bhaskaracharya II (1114-1183)
- Master of Algebra/Geometry/Astronomy. His works in Algebra, Arithmetic and Geometry
catapulted him to fame and immortality. His renowned works are ‘Lilavani’ and
‘Bijaganita’ which are considered unparalleled. In his works ‘Surya Siddhant’,
he makes a note on the force of gravity: "Objects fall on earth due to a
force of attraction by the earth. Therefore the earth, the planets,
constellations, moon and sun are held in orbit due to this attraction".
Bhaskaracharya was the first to discover gravity, 500 years before Isaac
Newton.
Aside from these masters, our
ancient Hindu-Vedic civilization produced hundreds of other masters in all
scientific fields known today.
It would seem acceptable to the western minds that the Mayans and the Incas
also had a calendar but only when it comes to India and Hindus do they try to
make a mockery of it. They should be told in no uncertain terms that they are
wrong and their attitudes must change. Ancient Hindu-Vedic knowledge is and
will remain second to none. Instead of wasting this knowledge, the world should
dig deep into some of our most sacred and ancient scientific papers and attain
this knowledge. This would prevent reinventing of the wheel.
Stephen Farrell certainly owes the
Hindu community an apology for such blatant disregard and disrespect that his
article portrays.
Rohit Vyasmaan
Chairman HinduUnity
http://www.hinduunity.org