The Wishing Tree: Presence and Promise of India

The Wishing Tree provides an in-depth overview of the revolutionary changes that have occurred during the past two decades in Indian studies and, as a result, helps provide a deeper understanding of the Indian civilization.The West has often perceived India as the land of magic and mystery, yet there are aspects of Indian traditions that speak straight to its heart. Subhash Kak, a professor at Oklahoma State University and well-respected lecturer, presents the results of his intensive research on a multitude of subjects related to both Indian and Western culture, and provides a positive and introspective look into India's amazing history and civilization. Kak addresses many controversial issues, which are commonly debated only by academics, about India's contribution to world civilization, its antiquity, and the relevance of its culture for the world's future. Using recent archeological findings and new analysis of ancient texts, Kak lays the groundwork for questioning both long-held beliefs and the research of scholars from past generations.The Wishing Tree uncovers the story of India's ancient origins, its presence through its influence on other cultures, and most importantly, its promise for the future.This edition has been made possible by the Arise Arjuna Foundation.

History

Kak, Subhash

Asia

iUniverse

This book is a study of the paradoxes that underlie our understanding of the physical world. It is shown that many of these paradoxes are actually variants of classical paradoxes known to the ancient Indians and Greeks. The book presents a historical perspective on the development of key scientific ideas, and discusses the significance of our understanding the nature of consciousness in further advance. The book also examines several philosophical issues at the basis of modern physics.

The Nature of Physical Reality (American University Studies, Series V, Philosophy)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Peter Lang

A scholarly tour de force that will revolutionize the way we view the ancient world.

In Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India

Feuerstein, Georg

Frawley, David

Quest Books

For decades, schoolbooks have taught that Sumer was the cradle of civilization. Conventional scholarship has also held that Aryan civilization came to India by way of invasions from the north. But in this ground-breaking book, three renowned scholars show that there was no "Aryan invasion," and that India, not Sumer, was the cradle of civilized humanity. Through exploring the rich symbols, metaphors, and myths of the Vedas, this book also examines the wealth of India's spirituality and its relevance for today's world.

In Search of the Cradle of Civilization

Ancient Civilizations

Mind and Self is a new translation and commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra framed by new findings from neuroscience and physics that throw light on the counterintuitive workings of the mind. It brings in evidence from other early Yoga classics such as the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Vasistha, and Tantra to place the text in context and explain some of its most esoteric ideas.

Mind and Self: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra and Modern Science

Mount Meru Publishing

This is the third edition of the classic book The Nature of Physical Reality that presents current knowledge of physics and highlights significant Indian contributions to the subject. The book is as much about what is known as about what remains to be known and it speaks of a variety of paradoxes of mathematics and physics. It argues that there is a hidden order in physical reality that transcends the capacity of rational models and suggests that new research has the potential to illuminate the mystery of consciousness.

The Nature of Physical Reality

Matter and Mind is a new translation of the nearly 2,500-year old Vaisheshika Sutra of Kanada together with an introductory essay and a commentary. The Vaisheshika Sutra is one of the most important texts in the history of science that has not received the attention it deserves. It presents an ontology of reality that includes four kinds of fundamental atoms, two of which have mass and two that do not, as well as minds and consciousness. It also presents symmetry principles that it uses to infer properties of the basic atoms. Kanada's laws of motion are nearly identical to those of Newton.

Matter and Mind: The Vaisheshika Sutra of Kanada

The Circle of Memory covers a broad canvas: Subhash Kak's childhood in Kashmir, his scientific career in India and the United States, and vignettes of several prominent scholars. In addition to many personal anecdotes about his family and colleagues, it describes how his research that began with computer science came to embrace neural networks, quantum theory, history of science and the arts. It presents accounts of his discoveries in artificial intelligence, quantum theory, and Vedic astronomy, and how he became a part of a new movement trying to develop a science of consciousness.

The Circle of Memory: An Autobiography

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

The past two decades have brought revolutionary changes in the understanding of the Indian civilization. This essay, as an overview of this new understanding, is for the general reader. It is based on three invited lectures at Stanford University and the Berkeley and Irvine campuses of the University of California on 14 and 15 April 2000.

The Wishing Tree: The Presence and Promise of India

Social Sciences

Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd

India at Century's End: Essays on History and Politics

South Asia Books

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