Sanskrit Language: interview with Dean Brown, an American Nuclear Physicist (Video)

[S. Kalyanaraman]

Sanskrit Language: The Most Scientific, Ancient, Spiritual:  interview with Dean Brown, an American Nuclear Physicist (Video)

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Thinking Allowed - Sanskrit Tradition Duration: 23:28 Taken: 04 June 2006 Location: Israel

Sanskrit gets a new spokesperson in Professor Dean Brown, an eminent Theoretical Physicist, cosmologist, philosopher and Sanskrit scholar, whose translation of the Upanishads was published by the Philosophical Research Society. The following is a very interesting interview where Professor Dean Brown brings about an interesting co-relation of Sanskrit & Physics.

Prof. Dean Brown points out that most European languages can be traced back to a root language that is also related to Sanskrit – the sacred language of the ancient Vedic religions of India. Many English words actually have Sanskrit origins. Similarly, many Vedic religious concepts can also be found in Western culture. He discusses the fundamental idea of the Upanishads – that the essence of each individual, the atman, is identical to the whole universe, the principle of brahman. In this sense, the polytheistic traditions of India can be said to be monistic at their very core.

While it might be considered a forgotten language in India, globally Sanskrit has found many takers. The American Sanskrit Institute was founded 18 years ago with a vision to spread “the ease and joy of learning Sanskrit through an immersion experience, the enjoyment of making the sounds, fluently reading the original Devanagari script, and directly reading, chanting and understanding sacred literature.”The Indological department, University of Bonn Germany conducts various courses and study programs.

While the world is waking up to Sanskrit – the divine language, where are we in terms of preserving the world’s oldest known tongue?

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[Usha Rani]

Thank you for this Wonderful Video. Please do kindly post if other similar pieces of discussions exist. Very recently, I had come across a well known Telugu author - calling Sanskrit a "Dead Language" She said it was a "mRuta bhASha" in her serial Novel in an internet e-magazine. I wrote her- "You are using both Sanskrit Words to say that it is dead..! Please write one small story in pure Telugu without using a single Sanskrit word..!" This video will answer all such questions. Thankyou once again. Yours sincerely Usha --- On Fri, 4/3/11, S. Kalyanaraman <kaly...@gmail.com> wrote:

-- अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि। ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि।। तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः। निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः।। (भ.गी.)

[Surendra Mohan Mishra]

This is true about all the languages all over India.A Telugu author tells this alright but think if the Samskrita people take their language in the true spirit.Recently in Varanasi i had occasion to listen to a seasoned Samskrita scholar passing remarks on preceding Samskrita speakers that a they spoke a Hindi-like Samskrita language,but when it was his turn he spoke Hindi.Thousands of Samskrita teachers all over the country and outside simply spoil thousands of hours daily routinely with an adamant attitude over the years,teaching and conducting exams through non-Samskrita languages ! But when some one calls Samskrita a dead language they show to be hurt and shed crocodile tears ! It's only in Samskrita language texts that now other languages are occupying a major position.To make Samskrita live,the language has to be put to the best use.Did Bhartrihari not tell us : Daivii vaag vyavakiirneyam as'aktair abhidhaartribhih / ? Recently i heard a Samskrita person speaking at a Samskrita function spoke in a non-Samskrita language that all
languages are in fact Samskrita ! He meant that as a language Samskrita is not great,but the greatness lies in the great works that Samskrita has produced which is at best an accident.The Telugu author is writing in Telugu and if he has been a teacher of Telugu,he must be teaching in Telugu language,unlike his counterparts in Andhra or elsewhere who are given to teach Samskrita and her kaavya and s'aastra-s.
Best regards,
SMMishra

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