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http://www.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=HawkesGilpin873&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.13.3 Wed, 04 Nov 2026 04:11:37 GMT http://www.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=HawkesGilpin873&diff=26398&oldid=prev <p>New page: In order to comprehend the mysteries of Universe one has to show to Nataraja, The King of dance says Carl Sagan, the world renowned astronomer. He was the head of the Department of Astrono...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In order to comprehend the mysteries of Universe one has to show to Nataraja,<br /> The King of dance says Carl Sagan, the world renowned astronomer.<br /> He was the head of the Department of Astronomy, [http://www.cloud9casting.com/ dance] Cornel University.<br /> The famous 13 hour T. V serial, Cosmos: a personal Voyage was viewed by around ten million viewers in January 1982.<br /> He said that &quot;The Hindu cosmology may contain the response to the current day astronomers' conflicting views that the universe may either be expanding or contracting. &quot;<br /> &quot;If the universe is expanding depending on the 'Big Bang' model of Fred Hoyle and Able Le Maitre, then what goes on to the stars that expand, explode and died? Off,<br /> as another school of astronomy says, the universe is contracting and that the stars and galaxies are increasingly being pulled back once again to a centre of creation, where do they all go? &quot;<br /> To learn the answer with this question that he traveled to India.<br /> He found the clear answer in Nataraja, the Hindu God worshipped by countless Hindus.<br /> Pointing to the statue of Nataraja, the [http://www.cloud9casting.com/ ACTING] style of Shiva, he said, 'The answer lies in Hindu Cosmology. &quot;<br /> Pointing to the conch held by Shiva, Carl Sagan said: &quot;<br /> &quot;This symbolizes creation of the universe, stars, galaxies and the individual. &quot;<br /> Pointing to the fire in the other hand that he added: This symbolizes destruction of what has been created. &quot;<br /> He was wonderstruck on knowing the wonderful aspect of Hindu cosmology.<br /> Why he's got chosen India for Cosmos: an individual Voyage? He explained it very clearly:<br /> <br /> &quot;The main reason that individuals oriented this episode of COSMOS towards India is due to that wonderful part of Hindu cosmology which first of all provides time-scale for the Earth and the universe -- a time-scale that is consonant with that of modern scientific cosmology. We all know that the Earth is approximately 4. 6 billion years of age, and the cosmos, or at least its present incarnation, is something like 10 or 20 billion years old. The Hindu tradition has a day and night of Brahma in this range, somewhere in the region of 8. 4 billion years.<br /> <br /> As much as i know, it's the only ancient religious tradition [http://www.cloud9casting.com/ MODELS] on the Earth which talks about the proper time-scale. You want to get across the concept of the best time-scale, also to show that it is maybe not unnatural. In the West, individuals have the sense that what's natural is for the universe to become a few thousand yrs . old, and that billions is indwelling, and no one can understand it. The Hindu concept is quite clear. Here is a great world culture which has always talked about vast amounts of years.<br /> Finally, the numerous billion year time-scale of Hindu cosmology is not the entire history of the universe, but just your day and night of Brahma, and there is the thought of an infinite cycle of births and deaths and an infinite number of universes, each with its own gods. And this is a very grand idea. &quot;<br /> <br /> Not merely Carl Sagan, Fritjof Capra the famous scientist also admired Nataraja.</div> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 06:29:57 GMT HawkesGilpin873 http://www.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:HawkesGilpin873