Scientific Acumen in Puranas and Upanishads | Nilesh Nilkanth Oak | #SangamTalks

Scientific Acumen in Puranas and Upanishads | Nilesh Nilkanth Oak | #SangamTalks

Those who are proficient in the philosophy of science do see the connection of the logic of scientific method with the wisdom of Indian Shad-darshanas. On the other hand, Puranas are seen as books filled with stories, may be even some moral advice but hardly anything on the philosophy of modern science. And while Upanishad may be credited with deeper philosophy, not many would relate them to methods of scientific discoveries. Are there specific teachings from Puranas and Upanishads that not only refer to elements of scientific acumen but also provide unique insights for the discipline of scientific research? This talk illustrates few examples of deep scientific insights from Puranas & Upanishads.

About The Speaker:
Nilesh Nilkanth Oak, is the author of “When did the Mahabharata War Happen?”, “The Mystery of Arundhati”, where he freshly evaluated astronomy observations of Mahabharata text. His work led to validation of 5561 BCE as the year of Mahabharata War while falsifying more than 120 alternate claims. The book was nominated for the Lakatos award; the award is given annually by London School of Economics for a contribution to the philosophy of science. In this second book- “The Historic Rama”, he decisively falsifies timelines proposed by Dr. P V Vartak (7300 BCE), Shri Pushkar Bhatnagar (5200 BCE), SRS ( 10000 BCE) and M R Yardi ( 1500 BCE) Nilesh researches in astronomy, archeology, anthropology, quantum mechanics, economics, ancient narratives and philosophy.

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45 Comments

  1. Suresh Kumar on June 25, 2023 at 7:14 am

    Work,
    Why do I work- to feed myself…..
    How do I work- to satisfy my employer
    What work I do – ability bestowed by nature.
    This questioning and reason doesn’t mean it has scientific knowledge.



  2. Vijnana Bandhu on June 25, 2023 at 7:16 am

    “I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges, – astronomy, astrology, metempsychosis, etc… It is very important to note that some 2,500 years ago at the least Pythagoras went from Samos to the Ganges to learn geometry…But he would certainly not have undertaken such a strange journey had the reputation of the Brahmins’ science not been long established in Europe” – French philosopher Voltaire



  3. Anamika Pandey on June 25, 2023 at 7:18 am

    I dont know what you expected in terms of theory and framework.
    Finding life enhancing truths and pronciples and popularise it through animation amongst toddlers and all others.



  4. Rajesh Pandey on June 25, 2023 at 7:20 am

    Sar video bahut jaankari vala aur Gayanvardhak magar hindi me hona chahiye



  5. Karan Vito on June 25, 2023 at 7:21 am

    54:45 best point. For people these days a well paying 9-5 is the ultimate goal and booze and party is the only escape. I also believe, if you haven’t spent your life over a genuine cause, solving a major problem or helping people out (in masses), you haven’t done much punya. Perhaps you lived a happy, content life, but at least I wouldn’t find it the perfect life ever lived. Success for me is if people miss me after I am gone… not if they talk about me and my wealth for only the time I am alive.
    Jai Sri Ram.



  6. MURTHY VVBS on June 25, 2023 at 7:22 am

    On Astronomy: to Sri Nilesh Oak ji. Namaskaram.
    Please help or suggest on equal Sanskrit/Hindi names of all stars rasps in zodiac & outside zodiac too including planets & galaxies.
    Thanks & Regards



  7. Karan Vito on June 25, 2023 at 7:22 am

    Yes, pahade means tables in Hindi. For multiplication of course.



  8. Akash Vashisth on June 25, 2023 at 7:24 am

    Brahma Gyaan = Universal Wisdom



  9. mr indian on June 25, 2023 at 7:24 am

    nice video, thanks



  10. dr prashant Bhatnagar on June 25, 2023 at 7:25 am

    What is the need for putting subtitles in English when speaker is using same.Additionally it obliterates the slide shows.while TV version does not have one.please remove the subtitles for easy viewing of slideshow.Moreover these prove to be very irritating



  11. Omkar rudradev on June 25, 2023 at 7:26 am

    Brilliant!



  12. ugc on June 25, 2023 at 7:26 am

    Hello Nilesh ji
    I always like to listen to whatever you offer us. Since as in knowledge of all these subjects that you touch upon, I am not even a miniscule.
    I want to share your works and knowledge to our hindiheartland friends so as to let them be aware of all that.
    For this hindi version is needed sir. Can we expect a hindi version of your videos?



  13. Gulshan Sharma on June 25, 2023 at 7:28 am

    Anyone have a link to a the bhagvat Gita that I can get that doesn’t say its from the aryans. Pls link it her thanks guys.



  14. Shrinivasanant Joshi on June 25, 2023 at 7:28 am

    नरेंद्र, आपटेजी माझा प्रश्न अगदी साधा आहे.मान्य.जगात , एके काळी आम्ही श्रेष्ठ होतो.ते नेमके"आम्ही"कोण होते ,की जांचे कडून आम्हाला ज्ञान प्राप्त झाले?२)ते तंत्रज्ञान ,ज्ञान कुठे लुप्त झाले.?३)आम्मचे ज्ञान परकियांनी चोरले हा आमचा आवडता सिध्दांत.म्हणजे आम्ही प्रगत होतो पण आमचे धन ज्ञान संभा लु शकलो नाही असे म्हणायचे.४)आज १००वर्षा चे मागचे व पुढील १००वर्षा चे कॅलेंडर माहीत आहे.त्या अनुषगाने ,दिवस,वेळ ,वार वर्ष ,हे गृहीत धरून कथानक लिहिले तर ते कोर्टात ग्राह्य धरले जाईल का?जागा,नेमकी घटना ,परिस्थिती जण्य पुरावा या बाबींची चिकित्सा व्हायला नको का?केवळ रामायणात व महाभारतात ,नक्षत्रे वरणन आहेत,म्हणून ते घडले हे पटत नाही.आणि तसे असेल तर – पांडव वनवासात जाऊन परत येऊन कुरुक्षेत्र युद्ध होई पर्यंतचा काळ नक्षत्रांचे आधारावर ठरवता येईल का!इतिहास संशोधन करताना उत्खनन करून मिळालेली वस्तू हा स्वीकार ,जगन्मान्य झाला आहे.पण तसे पुरावे नाहीत असे मी स्वतः चर्चा केल्यावर कळले.हे महाभारताच्या बाबती त.त्याचा काळ अलीकडे असून सुध्दा ही परिस्थिती.रामायण तर त्याचे अगोदर घडले.त्याचे पुरावे उपलब्ध नाहीत,असे अभ्यासक म्हणतात.कृपया करून श्रध्दा आणि अभ्यास याची गल्लत करू नका.केवळ श्रध्दा म्हणून रामायण , महाभारत मान्य करा असे म्हणणे असेल ,तर मान्य.मग कोणीच काहीच चिकित्सा करण्याची आवश्यकता नाही.



  15. Aashish Prajapati on June 25, 2023 at 7:28 am

    This fellow always rocks



  16. Narayan Mahale on June 25, 2023 at 7:31 am

    Well. This is like Christians may claim that the Bible is scientific since it says somewhere :Truth Shall Make You Free", which was the motto of Caltech chosen by the first President of Caltech, being a professor of divinity before he got into physics, who was deeply religious Christian. But The Bible is full of myths and lot of nonsense as well. Itihas and Purana are a good mixture of Good, Bad and Ugly, just like the Bible, and most of the time shows lack of Logic, Science and Mathematical rigor. Vedas, Upanishads and Shastras have less of myths compared to Itihas and Purana which got into entertainment business similar to Bollywood.



  17. S20_D on June 25, 2023 at 7:32 am

    Thanks Neelesh ji.
    ————————
    Pls do read पंचकोशी साधना written by Pt. Sriram Sharma Achary. For additional details.



  18. r drr on June 25, 2023 at 7:32 am

    my western academia philosophy logic101 class strangely similar to Yoga Sutras



  19. tresajessy george on June 25, 2023 at 7:32 am

    THANK YOU SRI NILESH NILKANTH…!!!



  20. Narayan Mahale on June 25, 2023 at 7:37 am

    How do you come up with theories? Read, rather study, "Character of Physical Law", by Richard Feynman and you will get 90% of the answer, and you study it again and you will get 100% of the answer.



  21. Shivani Thakur on June 25, 2023 at 7:42 am

    @Sangam Talks,

    @Nilesh – I have watched many of your videos, and salute to the work. The information is always inspiring and directional.

    Though, i wanted to express the below message from long.

    Its very difficult to understand due to English Accent.
    Please help in with Hindi subtitles with videos recorded in English.

    I have tried searching this video on Sangam- Hindi Channel, no luck.

    Chances are high that the content will have much higher effect if recorded in Hindi with English subtitles.

    I am disappointed this time more as I see the content is very informative and inspiring in the video.
    If inspiring young audiences (from lay men to well educated) is our goal, I am sorry to say it may not be as wide as it can be.

    If your goal audience is not Indians living in India, then I totally understand the purpose of recording in English. Please forgive me if it sounds rude.

    With Regards.



  22. ugc on June 25, 2023 at 7:42 am

    I am a person who knows not too much of science maths or technology. Until recently ( say three four years) I was not paying much attention to what has been enumerated in our ancient philosophy. The things I saw, heard or listened to from any source in respect of our sanatan dharma, it was not convincing or inspiring that could lead me to have a keen look into it all. However after my retirement I have a whale of a time on hand, I have started taking some deep interest in reading and listening to various YouTube video on these subjects. I have come to the conclusion that this esoteric knowledge embedded in our philosophy is not for less educated people like me. It takes a scientist, philosopher, mathematician or literary person to fully understand all this.



  23. Shrinivasanant Joshi on June 25, 2023 at 7:43 am

    Nileshji ,who are enjoying travesty of truth,,,,,,,less said the better.Thank you for your uncalled advice.All the best.



  24. Dr Sonal Mittra on June 25, 2023 at 7:44 am

    We dont have problems about indian calender and yuga. Calenders are already there



  25. surinder markanda on June 25, 2023 at 7:45 am

    apurasya means human bias is not there only truth more to know apursaya means ref to nithyananda swamiji another authority on hindu shastras



  26. Manoj Gahlawat on June 25, 2023 at 7:48 am

    Can you recommend books related to this talk please?



  27. yarlagadda satyanarayana on June 25, 2023 at 7:49 am

    Thank you



  28. Raju Sarkar on June 25, 2023 at 7:49 am

    great session of knowledge… jai hind..



  29. morphic resolution on June 25, 2023 at 7:53 am

    My grandpa hd taught me dese frm childhood..bt now I knw whr d gyan came from…ur explanation ws easy to understand..



  30. Nikhilesh Kulkarni on June 25, 2023 at 7:56 am

    Application of मैत्री करुणा मुदित उपेक्षणाम and classification of the evidence into पुण्यापुण्य सुख दुःख …. was just out of the box sir …



  31. Vikram Potdar on June 25, 2023 at 7:57 am

    Great education feast of the life today thanks Nilesh Oak for such a wonderful insight.Also Thanks to the Sangam.
    What had happened that we have lost this education for centuries where are the flaws and when we stopped living as a Sanatan Person (Brahman)?
    Why we have not educated non Brahmins about our Sanatan Dharma neither we practices it profoundly ?
    Also if you discuss and analyse your insight on Sant Dnyaneshwars,Passaydaan.
    Also very Important Can we stop Devidatta Patanayak by Sam Dam Dand Bhed?



  32. Purshottam Sawant on June 25, 2023 at 7:57 am

    Sir, pl explain – it is said that mahabharata was written by Vyasa in the hands of Ganesh.In this context, Ganesh is part of history or mythology ?



  33. nirupama s p on June 25, 2023 at 7:58 am

    The sub titles are horrible



  34. Vinay Reddy on June 25, 2023 at 7:59 am

    Dear sir the content is really great and we need to take it more to the public … what i see is that you videos are pretty long .. people in general try to avoid such a lengthy videos … and my request is you should break into small episodes of 5-10 min each … and put appropriate titles to catch attention … we have to penetrate our ancient knowledge to the new generation .. social media is a great platform …. a small episode on ancient geography, physics, medicine, mathematics, vedas or any topic … this will penetrate faster and will not miss younger generation attention …. and if the video is small it can be circulated across other social media platforms … keep the work on …



  35. Ajit Singh on June 25, 2023 at 8:00 am

    Excellent but it shpuld be In Hindi also



  36. A. Rishab on June 25, 2023 at 8:03 am

    Nilesh sir can I be your student? Plz rply



  37. Vandana Vinay Mishra on June 25, 2023 at 8:04 am

    Naman to great gyani Oak ji. I learn so much from your talks. Dhanywaad. Can you plz guide good genuine dharmic literature our ancient gyan books or audio books for young gen kids.



  38. Shin cha on June 25, 2023 at 8:04 am

    What is the word for Quantum in Sanskrit mr.



  39. Naveen Dhanwar on June 25, 2023 at 8:05 am

    सर जी, सांख्य दर्शन कितना पुराना है, कपिल मुनि जी ने सांख्य की रचना कब किया था?



  40. Glenn parent on June 25, 2023 at 8:07 am

    ALL HUMAN HISTORY—-IS DOG SHIT——-MIXED WITH CRAZY FKIN RELIGIONS—–SO DONT SHIT AND PISS IN THE RIVER.



  41. RAZORSHARP - TRIZ Innovation Leadership Complexity on June 25, 2023 at 8:07 am

    Utter nonsense.



  42. Naimul Haq on June 25, 2023 at 8:07 am

    The commentator doesn’t once mention the name of Vishnu: He is cause of the evolution of the world and is the essence and object of meditative wisdom and active virtue (karma). The Puranc tradition was initiated by the philosopher Krishna, who contemplated the divine design and purpose and how karma promoted evolution. This is the essence of Sanatan religion of the Yadava tribe, to which I belong.



  43. Saheel Lodhia on June 25, 2023 at 8:08 am

    Wanted to know specifically What the role of a Guru is in the framework. Obviously all upanishads are centered around accomplished Bhrama Gnani Gurus.



  44. Kamla Arora on June 25, 2023 at 8:10 am

    if we draw something fruitful, it came to mind if chronology may help in using the equations of time guessing what was time table so could it be to help find progress of time events (geography at least); like 75000 years table between Ramayana and Mahabharata and may be recent world wars, and so on….. thanks.



  45. A. Rishab on June 25, 2023 at 8:10 am

    Sir i appreciate ur work but u make video in hindi it will be ur greatful more