Thursday, December 30, 2010

The Big Bang , The Grand Design and The Bhagvad Gita

According to the Big Bang model, the universe, originally in an extremely hot and dense state that expanded rapidly, has since cooled by expanding to the present diluted state, and continues to expand today. Based on the best available measurements as of 2010, the original state of the universe existed around 13.7 billion years ago, which is often referred to as the time when the Big Bang occurred.The theory is the most comprehensive and accurate explanation supported by scientific evidence and observations


Stephen Hawking in his latest book 'The Grand Design' praises the M-theory , and states that the universe can create itself out of nothing without the requirement of the GOD because of the physical laws. He also that ours is only one of the universes. according to M-theory there could have been 10 to power of 500 universes created after big bang, each having its own rules!! . According to M-theory , there are many parallel universes. It talks about 11 dimensions, and strings and membranes.


Bhagvad Gita predicts a similar cosmos creation but the God has a role to play here :)
In fact it is mentioned in Gita exactly when the laws of physics come into existence, therefore , it seems that it is  theoretically impossible for physics to prove the existence of God. What it can do at most is hinted in the Grand Design.


Though it is spiritually possible to  prove the existence of  a God (or demi God as per Jainism, that's a different  story. Jainism does not believe in a creator. If you study carefully , the Jain and Bhagvad Gita theories are like two different sides of a coin - one has to apply anekantavada ). 


I list down some Bhagvad Gita shlokas (from Chapter 9) which mention about universe and its creation:


 1.Chapter 9 Verse 7 , Krishna says [Sanskrit]



[English Translation] - In the beginning of time or KALPA , I create everything and at the end of time  KALPA,  the whole creation merge in me.   By my will the whole universe  is created & annihilated again and again 

2. Chapter 9 Verse 10 , Krishna says [Sanskrit]


[English Translation] - Superintended by Me, the illusionary external energy manifest all living and non - living entities; for this reason O Arjuna, the universal manifestation is created repeatedly.


Another book Bhagvad Purana mentions creation of world in details [http://vedabase.net/sb/en].
One of the most famous pictures is that of infinite universes (from M-theory it would be 10 to the power of 500) emanating from Lord Vishnu.


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13 comments:

  1. Stephen Hawking states that the universe can create itself out of nothing without the requirement of the GOD. The same Stephen Hawking went to school to learn A, B, C D. Why not he went school to learn various subject, the education could have come to him out of nothing.

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    1. What if universe is the God.

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    2. universe can't be a and God, because, God is described as the super intelligent, conscious mind who controls each and everything of the universe. Other properties possessed by the God are omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience which as you can see, which is not habitable by the universe. As a result, only the very final conclusion left is to "accept - God". No can be independent, in this universe and hence, accept God.

      Your Dr. Stephen hawking may had read and proposed many scientific claims, but those illogical stuff can never be enough to deny the acceptance of God.

      And I will see how you reply this message, and I will wait for it.

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  3. anybody remained with any doubts now?

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    1. Nobody's salvation is dependent on whether God exists or not. Unless the inner nature of who we are is experienced, everything related to creator or no-creator is a story. We can only merge into the source of creation, we cannot know it or define it. Source can be intelligence or energy or God or XYZ, it does not matter. There is no creator of the souls or beings, creation is eternal, manifestation is cyclical and based on physical law. Everything manifests from nothing and then then merges back into nothing.

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  4. see yourself bro, you have accepted it automatically that we can't know the source of creation or define the source of creation. right? because you all have imperfect knowledge in the sense, incomplete knowledge, you all can be considered as a frog who doesn't know the depth of the ocean other than its native well.
    How can you say that there is no creator of the souls or beings? And i would like to laugh at you, because you are just talking the nonsense, as, you have mentioned that "everything manifests from nothing and then merges back into nothing", watch, this statement nullifies itself, yeah, this statement could be true for a mentally disabled person, because he doesn't know or understand the basic logic.
    Same as that, all the people, like you, has not the most basic logical knowledge, which is - Spiritual Knowledge.
    Try to understand the logic, bro, i am not slandering you, i was just explaining the fundamental causes of the universe.
    Thanks!

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  5. We cannot know source because we are it - we can only experience that. You should really read more, especially Samkhya Philosophy & other similar concepts. There can be no creator of souls because souls are part of creator. It's air bubbles floating, poof one and the what looks like bubble is air again. Essentially the air in bubble and outside bubble are same. Creation has no logic. It's just there. With perfect knowledge, you can create another universe. If you haven't do read how Sage Vishwamitra could do this. On the other part zero and infinite are same. So manifestation from nothing and merging into nothing does not need any explanation. If that sounds illogical, you should do yoga and experience the oneness. There is no cause for creation of universe. And there is not one but many universes.

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  6. Yeah! in this case I would like to agree you, because energy can
    neither be created nor be destroyed, same as that of the souls. They
    can't be created, they only emerge from the infinite source of energy,
    i.e., God.
    But I would be interested in knowing why creation has no logic? And I
    also know that there is not only one universe there are billions of
    different universes.
    At last, also I need to know that what is "other part"? in which zero
    & infinite could be same?

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    1. Zero & Infinite - A very good article here http://isha.sadhguru.org/blog//yoga-meditation/demystifying-yoga/zero-an-infinite-possibility/

      Does God exist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9GXI_9DXF0

      What is God - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ0e8JRu_9U

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  7. ok bro! i understand ur feeling!
    thanks!

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  8. GOD = cannot be defined, cannot be understood, cannot be seen, only can be known once dissolved into GOD

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    1. Great said bro, I appreciate your thinking and also your comment

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