#LIBERATING_INDIAN_MIND- -45
#Genesis

In our previous post we have noticed that India dominated the for almost two millennia the contemporary civilized world. It was not Indians who loud spoke that they were superior than others, although it was exhibited in whatever they said, did or sold. They appeared so distinctive in their total demeanor that contrary to the demands of climate even Arabs, Egyptians, Greeks specially the Spartan women and The Greek philosophers flaunted Indian saree (साड़ी) and uttariya (उत्तरीय) respectively or some thing devised on that pattern, with the style, cosmetics and attendant sense of pride. It were they who at different stages, lauded them as the wise-men from the east. If you have no problem you may replace wise by teacher.

But relating this past hegemony it is not our intention to wash you in glory as an inherently superior to other nations nor to deny their contributions in science and technology looking at their unique hair raising feats. Menhirs are good reminders that people considerably primitive in other respects had developed a knack for incredible feats and had such subtle understanding of astronomy and basics of engineering skill that is possible only with most sophisticated modern machines.

Only in this background we may look at the similarities which could astound us in absence of the above discussion.

GENESIS
Now we may come to the subtle aspects of the very opening statement “God said let there be light and there was light.” Many scholars including Dryden, have interpreted the God as word, “As by a word the world was made.” The term Nada Brhma(नादब्रह्म) or Sabda Brahma (शब्दब्रह्म) is almost a common knowledge among Indians. There is a Christian Science, and even a renowned paper namely Christian Science Monitor. Its popularity was based on its quick appropriation of scientific discoveries in some or other line in the Bible. We are in the habit of making fun of politicians when in their eagerness to show that they know something of the mythology and science make some amusing remarks, but In the Christian world even trained scientists do that through written articles. When scientists came with Big Bang Theory such scholars came with new confidence that everything written in the Bible is scientifically valid “Some Writers have seen a connection between this verse and the Big Bang in physical cosmology.”

This was a new found stake for them but a graphic account and philosophical deliberations of exactly the bang (भण्) has been going on in Indian sphot siddhan (स्फोट सिद्धान्त) a more appropriate term for Big Bang theory.

We have taken much of our time in introducing the topic so we shall have to suspend the later discussion after taking a passing glance over two other Biblical researches, “The light is described as being crated by Some Writers have seen a connection between this verse and the Big Bang in physical cosmology.fore the Sun, .Moon, and stars, which appear on the fourth day.
The light created here is primordial light. Different in nature from (and brighter than) that associated with the Sun.”
I can only refer to the emergence of light as the first sign of creation before any thing came into existence as given in the Nasadiya sukta (तिरश्चीना वितता रश्मि: एषा अध: किमं आसीते, उपरि स्विदासीत।

And most of educated persons are aware of the verse हिरणमयेन पात्रेण सत्यस्य अपिहितं मुखम्, तत् ते पूषन अपावृणु सत्यधर्माय दृष्टये । Now read the following in that light, “Psalm 104 (a poem of creation), Where God is described as wrapping himself in light.”