Science and Spirituality

 

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PREFACE

 

Inaugural Address

 

Introduction: Science and Spirituality in Modern India
-Makarand Paranjape

 

VALEDICTORY ADDRESS
-Pavan Varma

 

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

 

 

I. SCIENCE, SPIRITUALITY AND MODERNITY

 

Science, Colonialism and Nationalism in Pre-independent Inida: A Few Historical Pointers
-Uma Das Gupta

The Transfer of Modern Science to Russia and India: Two Parallel Cases
-Sergei Serebriany

Science and Spirituality in the Indian Sub-continent
-Varadaraja Raman

Science and Spirituality: Some Remarks Relevant to Our Times
-D.P. Chattopadhyaya


II. SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY: CONFLICTS AND CONVERGENCES

The Culture of Science
-Jayant Narlikar

Spiritual Tradition and Scientific Innovation in India
-Rajiv Saxena

The Layers in the Matrix of Spirit and Matter
-A.K. Mukhopadhyay

The Scientific Method and Method in Spirituality
-Ramesh Bijlani

Can there be an Indian Science?
-R. Y. Deshpande

Spirituality in the Twenty-first Century
-Sudhir Kakar


III. SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY: PRACTICES, PERSONALITIES AND ISSUES

Questioning the "Self" Via Science and Spirituality: Towards a Possible Dialogue between Yoga and "Cognitive Neurophilosophy"
-Benjamin R. Smith

Impact of Kriya Yoga Techniques of Paramhansa Yogananda on Breath Rate, Heart Beat (Pulse Rate) and Power of Concentration
-Keshav Sharma

Insights from Modern Science into the Practice of "Insight Meditation"
-P.L. Dhar

Science and Spirituality: A Tibetan Buddhist Perspective
-Renuka Singh

Swami Vivekananda's Views on Science and Spirituality
-Sukalyan Sengupta

Mahatma Gandhi as Scientist
-T. Ananthu

Spiritual Phenomenon and Biotechnolgy
-Swami Brahmeshnanda

Death, Embodied Approach and Medicine: Problematising the Normative
-Jayanta Bhattacharya

The Cognitive Neuroscientist's Approach to Death
-Garga Chatterjee

The Inner-faith Movement in India and Modern Science
-A. K. Merchant

Samvad India

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