Hindustan Times
With science and its adherents, rationality and its advocates, taking up greater space in all dimensions of life, from the natural to the social, it’s getting harder and harder to be a saint in India. Read more
(9 votes, average: 3.22 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Filed under Research, religion · Tagged AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Buddha, Dhammapada, Gautam Bhagwad Gita, India, ISKCON, Krishna, Mahavir, Mahesh Yogi, meditation, Osho Rajneesh, Puttaparthi, Ram, rationality, saint, Sathya Sai Baba, Science, spirituality, Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust
As theoretical astrophysicist Martin J Rees wins the 2011 Templeton Prize, he further blurs the boundaries between spirituality and science. Read more
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged 2011 Templeton Prize, high-profile instrument, hindustan times, International Astronomical Union, John Templeton, Martin J Rees, news, Robert Williams, Science, spirituality, Templeton Prize, theoretical astrophysicist
They were never enemies. But the followers of the two mega-trends that have brought our planet to where it stands today — organised religion and its more evolved, more individual form spirituality, and science — and have created artificial walls that seem rigid, impenetrable, permanent seem to think so. Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged atheism, Deepak Chopra, friendship, God, Jesus, Old Testament, religion, Science, spirituality
Is the universe conscious?
Is everything happening in the mind of God?
Does the mind exist outside the brain? Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Filed under Research, religion · Tagged brain, Deepak Chopra, faith, God, mind, Science, spirituality, universe
Easily the best film of the year, Christopher Nolan’s Inception is a must-watch — twice or thrice on big screen — and must-DVD. It binds science and spirituality in a manner so seamless that it left me marvelling at its genius. Read more
(20 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged audiences, Avatar, big screen, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, cinema, climax, concurrent, crime story, dreams, DVD, genius, Inception, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matrix trilogy, must-watch, mysterious, neurospiritual subtleties, psycho-thriller, Science, spiritual, spirituality, surreal, tentative, The Karate Kid
It is difficult to negotiate physics and astronomy — particularly the origin of creation — without intersecting with God and religion. Read more
(9 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged assumptions, asteroids, astronomy, Brahman, creation, demand, DNA, economics, evolution, galaxies, God, incentives, morality, mystics, physicist Stephen Hawking, physics, planets, principles, psychology, religion, Science, scientists, solar systems, spirituality, stars, Stephen Hawking, supply
