Vivekananda and science

In his book, Raja Yoga, Vivekananda wrote that the practice of Raja Yoga can confer psychic powers such as "another reading of his thoughts," control of all the forces of nature, "become" almost know everything, "" live without breathing ',' The controlling body of the other and levitation. It also explains traditional eastern spiritual concepts as kundalini and centers of spiritual energy.

However, Vivekananda himself says in his book.

This is not a sign of a franchise and the scientific spirit to throw anything over without investigation. Surface scientists, unable to explain the various phenomena extraordinary mental, trying to ignore their very existence.

also said in the introduction to the book we must address the practice and check these things for themselves, and that we should not blind belief.

“What little I know that I will tell you. As far as I can because it I will do it, but what I do not know I will simply tell you what the books say. It is wrong to believe blindly. You should exercise reason and your own judgement, you must practice, and see if these things are happening or not. Just as you would any other science, exactly the same way, you should take from this study for science. ”

Vivekananda (1895) rejected the ether of Einstein's theory before (1905), stating that he could not explain the space itself.

The great scholar electricity, Nikola Tesla, after hearing the speech on Vivekananda Sankhya philosophy, was much more interested in his cosmogony rational and his theories of Kalpas (cycles), and Prana Akasha. His concept is based on the Vedanta led to the suggestion that the matter is a manifestation of energy. After attending a conference on Vivekananda Vedanta by Tesla also concluded that modern science can seek the solution of problems in cosmology Sankhya philosophy, and it may be that the mass can be reduced to the potential energy mathematically.

Works

Vivekananda left a body of philosophical works (see Vivekananda's complete works), which Vedic scholar Frank Parlato called, "the largest of the philosophy of work ever published." His books (compiled from lectures throughout the world) on the four Yogas (Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga) are very influential and still regarded as a fundamental text for anyone interested in practice Hindu yoga. His letters are of great spiritual and literary. He was also regarded as a very good singer and a poet. He has composed numerous songs including her favorite Mother Kali. He used humor to his teachings and was an excellent cook. His language is very fluid. His own Bengali written testimony to the effect that he believed the words - spoken or written should be to make things easier to understand rather than showing the speaker or the writer of knowledge.