Astronomy and the Antiquity of Vedic Civilization by Sadaputa Dasa
TRADITIONAL CHINESE STORIES tell of a monkey named Sun who goes through remarkable adventures. In one story, two "harpooners of death" capture him, claiming he has reached the limit of his destiny on earth and is due to be taken to the underworld. The... read more
Cross-Cultural Traces Of Vedic Civilization by Sadaputa Dasa
THE ANCIENT GREEK WRITER Aratos tells the following story about the constellation Virgo, or the virgin. Virgo, he says, may have belonged to the star race, the forefathers of the ancient stars. In primeval times, in the golden age, she lived among mankind as... read more
The Clockwork Universe in Chaos by Sadaputa Dasa
ON A CARIBBEAN ISLAND, a butterfly flutters briefly to the left instead of to the right. As a result, swirls of air produced by its wings move in a slightly different way than they would have. A few days later, a hurricane gradually building force in the Caribbean... read more
Life: Real and Artificial by Sadaputa Dasa
IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, a group of scientists, mainly from the Los Alamos National Laboratories, recently held a conference on "Artificial Life." The theme of the conference, which I attended, was that the essence of life lies not in biological substance... read more