Bhaktivedanta Institute is pleased to announce its upcoming competitive activities involving a quiz and report writing on themes from one of its books, entitled ‘Mysticism – A Meeting Point of Science & Religion’ on 21st May 2022.
There are prizes worth Rs. 5000 which the winners can earn.
The quiz will cover all the chapters of the said book. Preceding this quiz event, therefore, there shall be multiple book reading sessions on each Saturday from March 5 till May 14, 2022 (1:00 PM – 2:00 PM) with zoom details:
Zoom ID: 839 3365 8005 and passcode: 108108
Qualified speakers from IIT, IISER, University of Basel, and other renowned academic institutes shall be walking us through the chapters of this book.
It is advised that one attends all these book reading sessions to get an advantage in the quiz event. If you are interested you can click on the following invite to join the WhatsApp group meant for alerts on this event. https://chat.whatsapp.com/GYwVKLoYdUC8tLKb63YlT9
Please note that this event participation is absolutely free of cost.
Brief introduction about the book and its reading sessions:
We are surrounded by mountains of unlimited mysteries. In any discipline, if one goes a little deeper, he encounters myriads of mystical elements. Starting from the question about the existence of cute imaginary numbers (are they really imaginary?) in mathematics, to the meaning of incomprehensible wavefunction in physics and the inaccessible origin of life in the life-sciences, just to name a few, we cannot escape mysteries around us. In fact, the developments of modern science itself over the last four centuries have even opened them wider before us, as never before. In his spiritual journey, a mystic also encounters mysteries at every step and looks for answers. What are the various mysteries in physics, mathematics, life-sciences or cosmology? How does a scientist or a mystic encounter them? What paths does he take to move ahead? What guides his journey and what is the future of such a seeker? Explore these and more in this extremely precious publication, Mysticism – A Meeting Point of Science and Religion, with one of the most brilliant scientist and saint of our times, Dr. T. D. Singh. Dr. Singh, who had a firsthand experience of both, with his Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from the University of California, Irvine and having undergone devout mystical training in the age-old Vaishnava Vedantic tradition of India, takes us into its depth with utmost insights and simplicity.
Dr. T. D. Singh (His Holiness Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami) has a unique background. He is a scientist with a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from the University of California, Irvine, USA, as well as a spiritualist in the Bhakti-Vedanta tradition of India. He has authored and edited over thirty books on science and religion, including his famous dialogue with Prof. Roger Penrose: Science, Spirituality and the Nature of Reality. He is the Founder Director of the Bhaktivedanta Institute and has been one of the pioneers in advancing the dialogue between science and religion over the past three decades.
The book itself can be procured at: https://store.binstitute.org/product/mysticism/
The e-version is available at:
