[Advaita-l] Sringeri Panchanga

[Aurobind Padiyath]

Pranams,
Your statement:
 "Developing an opposing mental attitude to science will be detrimental to
the person who cultivates such an an attitude.
It does not effect science. You cannot fight science because you do not
want to give up your pet beliefs."
Should be in tune with the practical aspects too.
Just because science has given rise to the fact that the Sun never sets
doesn't mean that there is no day and night. And because of the very same
reason we experience tri-sandhya, and that makes a traditionally oriented
person to under take sandhyavandanams. One cannot say that is wrong because
science does not agree and has proved that there is no Sun set.
So too many of the Acharams are based on the experience like the fixation
of dik viz East West etc in a globe why do you fix East etc?
So there is this dichotomy of science and practice of traditional Acharams.
Where the tradition can accommodate the knowledge of science for
"improving" it let it absorb into it, like using of the modern watches than
looking at Sun to determine the time, etc. Where it do not find a need let
traditional Acharams continue until scientific evidence is final, not at
any intermediate level.

Aurobind


On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:49 D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear Anandji and Chandramouliji,
>
> Muhurtas are determined on the basis of nakshatra, rasi, thidhi  etc. These
> depend on observations. The hypocracy of old siddhantis
> can easily be seen when they use correct values when calculating eclipses
> so that pubic may not loose faith in them but use their old methods in
> other things.
>
> Science is the same for every body. There is no Hindu science, Christian
> science etc.
> Science is derived from the observation of natural phenomena, analysing the
> phenomena and discovering the laws governing the phenomena.
> This is the same for all the people whether one likes it or not.
>
> Developing an opposing mental attitude to science will be detrimental to
> the person who cultivates such an an attitude.
> It does not effect science. You cannot fight science because you do not
> want to give up your pet beliefs.
>
> regards,
> Sarma.
>
> regards,
> Sarma.
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:40 PM, D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <
> dvnsarma at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Anandji and Chandramouliji,
> >
> > Muhurtas are determined on the basis of nakshatra, rasi, thidhi  etc.
> > These depend on observations. The hypocracy of old siddhantis
> > can easily be seen when they use correct values when calculating eclipses
> > so that pubic may not loose faith in them but use their old methods in
> > other things.
> >
> > Science is the same for every body. There is no Hindu science, Christian
> > science etc.
> > Science is derived from the observation of natural phenomena, analysing
> > the phenomena and discovering the laws governing the phenomena.
> > This is the same for all the people whether one likes it or not.
> >
> > Developing an opposing mental attitude to science will be detrimental to
> > the person who cultivates such an an attitude.
> > It does not effect science. You cannot fight science because you do not
> > want to give up your pet beliefs.
> >
> > regards,
> > Sarma.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Anand Hudli <anandhudli at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> There are two sides to this debate, which has been going on for quite
> >> some time. One side, as you indicate, argues that panchanga elements,
> such
> >> as vAra, tithi, Nakshatra, yoga, and karaNa (these five elements make
> the
> >> basic panchanga), must be as accurate as possible in agreeing with
> >> observations. Since modern astronomy provides a higher degree of
> accuracy,
> >> we must rely on modern methods to derive the panchanga elements so as to
> >> achieve close agreement with observations.
> >>
> >> The other side may now ask: what is the purpose of using a panchanga? Is
> >> it to ensure that it agrees with observations as closely as possible?
> >> Certainly not, since the average traditional person is not interested in
> >> knowing the exact position of heavenly bodies on any given day. Rather,
> the
> >> average traditional person is interested in following traditions as
> closely
> >> as possible to his/ her ancestors' ways of doing so. This is a much
> broader
> >> perspective than astronomical calculations, which is just one aspect of
> >> following one's ancestors' customs as closely as possible. For example,
> one
> >> may avoid cooking food on electric or gas stoves or in microwave ovens
> and
> >> choose to cook on an old fashioned coal based stove. Even today there
> are
> >> people who do not use modern cooking methods and appliances. Do we
> ridicule
> >> them for doing so? Following tradition as closely as possible in the
> >> footsteps of our ancestors should be the overall goal, even if it means
> >> avoiding modern methods where they conflict with tradition. It is in
> this
> >> spirit that traditional methods such as the Surya Siddhanta still find a
> >> place in our Panchangas.
> >>
> >> Thus the debate goes on.
> >>
> >> Anand
> >> ------------------------------
> >> *From:* D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <dvnsarma at gmail.com>
> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 12, 2016 6:34:37 AM
> >> *To:* Anand Hudli; A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta
> >> *Subject:* Re: [Advaita-l] Sringeri Panchanga
> >>
> >> Astronamy is the science observable objects like Sun, Moon, stars and
> >> planets. Any Almanac that does not agree with observation is meaningless
> >> and psuedoscience.
> >>
> >> regards,
> >> Sarma.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Anand Hudli via Advaita-l <
> >> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> >Is this Driksiddha Panchanga?
> >>>
> >>> This appears to be based on the Surya SiddhAnta.
> >>>
> >>> Anand
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