The Vedic Sciences are derived from the Vedas of India, which is probably the oldest body of literature in the world. The latest findings suggest ages of upto 10,000 years for the current form of the texts, with significant evidence from various fields. The texts are written in Sanskrit which is gaining acceptance as perhaps the most sophisticated language known, and it is also thought to be the root language behind most of the world's languages.
Relevance for Current Society
The Vedic view does not see clear delineations between spiritual, philosophical, artistic or scientific paradigms, or indeed any of the Vedic Sciences, but sees them as overlapping facets of one whole. With the increasing disjointedness, disfunctionality and unsustainability of modern society, the futuristic Vedic views are particularly relevant for current society.
Examples of Vedic Sciences
Ayurveda, Jyotish (Vedic Astrology) and Astronomy, Yoga, Vedanta, Tantra, Architecture and Environmental Management (Vastu), Mathematics and Geometry (Shulba Sutras etc.), Science of Language including Sanskrit and Mantra, Science of Music (Gandharva Veda)
Leading Thinkers and the Vedas
The spiritual, philosophical and scientific view of the world and the cosmos as presented in the Vedas has always been revered or regarded as futuristic by many of the leading thinkers of the world. Some of these thinkers include:
Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Hegel, Shroedinger, Bohr, Heisenberg, Einstein, Oppenheimer, Tesla, Whitehead, Jung, Beethoven, Holst, Goethe, William Blake, WB Yeats, TS Eliot, GB Shaw, Mark Twain, HG Wells, Thoreau, Emerson, Voltaire, Whitman, Herman Hesse, Huxley, Gandhi, Fritjoff Capra etc.
There is now also a widely accepted view that the eminent Greeks like Plato and Pythagoras were also greatly influenced by Vedic thought, and this includes the famous geometrical theorem attributed to Pythagoras as seen in the earlier works of the Vedic Baudhayana. The list is as glittering as it is endless.
