SCIENCE AND PURANAS With Sri Ramanuja’s Gita Bhashyam And Prescribed Conduct To Attain Liberation

In Science and Puranas, the origin and extinction of the Universe is given. The period of important incarnations of the Lord as well as the period of Ikshvaku kings lincluding that of Sri Ramal is given. Further the power of sages like Agastya, who drank the ocean, is corroborated with evidence. Further sea level changes [decrease and increasel vis a vis sage Agastya drinking ocean and King Bhagiratha of Ikshvaku dynasty bringing river Ganga from heaven is brought out.
Various scientific inventions like the precession of earth, earth spinning on its axis, position of Great bear constellation, as well as that of planet earth lat the time of solar evolution], the great deluge etc, which were known to our sages, is also mentioned. The position of planets inhabited by living beings, as well as that of hellish and heavenly planets is also given. Titius -Bode Law and its relation with Bhu-mandala is also given.
In Sri Ramanuja’s Gita Bashyam, Lord Krishna’s preachings to Arjuna is explained in a lucid manner.
In “Mokshadharma Parva” of Mahabharata, the path of liberation as well as the Shastras prohibiting death by suicide etc is given. The importance of kine is also added.
It is hoped that by reading this book, Bhakti or devotion to God will be developed which will lead to salvation, the ultimate object of attainment in this world.
Mr R V Raghavan joined the then Vijaya Bank Inow Bank of Barodal in the year 1982 as Probationary officer, after a distinguished academic career. He obtained Govt of India Merit scholarship for having achieved distinction in School Leaving Certificate exam. He then obtained a degree in science from the Bangalore University. Having attained superannuation in 2019, he started reading books like Srimad Ramayana, Mahabharata. Srimad Bhagavatam and Sri Vishnu Purana.
Having read the sacred books, he was convinced that our ancient sages had written the Puranas based on facts. This book “Science and puranas Iwith teachings of Sri Ramanuja and prescribed conduct to attain liberation 1 establishes that our puranas is not a myth but is written based on facts.
Sri Ramanuja’s teachings as well as the important chapter of Mahabharata “Mokshadharma Parva” prescribed conduct to attain liberation] is included.
The importance of kine is also added. It is hoped that by reading this book, Bhakti or devotion to God will be developed which will lead to salvation, the ultimate object of attainment in this world
This book is dedicated to my parents Sri KV Rajagoplal Iyengar and Smt R Rukmani, who passed away a few years back

Introduction

This book entitled “Science and Puranas (With Sri Ramanuja, Gita Bhashyam and Prescribed Conduct to Attain Liberation)”, is written mainly to establish that our Puranas (ancient texts) is not a myth but has scientific reasoning.
Reference is made to the ancient Puranas like Sri Vishnu Purana, Srimad Bhagavatam, Mahabharata and Srimad Ramayana in this book.
Further the works of the great Sri Vaishnava philosopher, Sri Ramanujacharya, is brought about in a nutshell.
The important chapter of Mahabharata, Mokshadharmaparva or prescribed conduct to attain liberation from worldly existence, is also brought about.
The importance of kine in our Puranas, has also been added. I hope with the writing of this book, the message of spreading Bhakti [devotion to God] is fulfilled.
This book is dedicated to my parents Sri K.V. Rajagopalalyengar and Smt R. Rukmani, who passed away, a few years back.
R.V. Raghavan

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Science and Puranas
3. Teachings of Sri Ramanuja
4. Mokshadharmaparva of Mahabharata (Prescribed Conduct to Attain Liberation)
5. Importance of Kine in Puranas
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