AIIMS NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2021

[American Academy of Yoga and Meditation]

VIVEKANANDA as THE TURNING POINT: Rise of Vedanta in the West

Dr. Indranill Basu Ray Editor-in-chief

Swami Vivekananda's impact on the western intellectuals was revolutionary ; it opened the gateway that connected eastern philosophy to the West. Swami Vivekananda brought the West a religious philosophy of the Hindus, so-called the 'Advaita Vedanta.'

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ADVAITA VEDANTA versus WESTERN RATIONALITY – An Epistemological Discussion

Interview of Dr. Baidya Rajesh Kotecha

ADVAITA VEDANTA versus WESTERN RATIONALITY – An Epistemological Discussion

Advaita Vedanta’s concepts where, unlike established western religion, have always been close to the ideas in the frontiers of physics and cosmology.Starting from Julius Robert Oppenheimer to Werner Heisenberg and David Bohm, many twentieth-century physicists have been influenced by this philosophy.

Ayurvedic and traditional medicines emerging as a powerful tool to combat COVID 19

Breaking convention of appointing bureaucrats as secretary, the Government of India on October, 2017 appointed Ayurveda expert Baidya Rajesh Kotecha as Secretary in the AYUSH ministry. He is former vice-chancellor of Gujarat Ayurveda University in Jamnagar.