Fantastic claims by Puri Shankaracharya
In a video shared on a YouTube channel Hindutva Shankhanad, the Puri Shankaracharya makes the claim that mathematicians from Oxford University and Cambridge University found out about his books on mathematics in Hindi, visited him, asked him questions, and then said that "if there is 1% mathematics elsewhere in the world, there is 100% mathematics in Govardhan Math". Carl Sagan once said, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. There is zero evidence offered for the claim by the Swami. The mathematicians are not named, the dates are not mentioned, and their questions are not shared.
The Shankaracharya has in the past made the false claims that the binary system was based on Vedic Mathematics of Bharati Krishna Tirtha and that the computer was invented by English disciples of Bharati Krishna Tirtha.
Here is my English translation of his speech, with the original Hindi speech quoted verbatim after the English translation.
Puri Shankaracharya: “Two luminary mathematicians came to me. And they came twice. And those of North Korea, South Korea came just to ask me questions, not to tour India. Somebody asked those in Oxford University and Cambridge University to visit Konark [temple]. They said, I will do that when I come to tour India, now I have come to meet Shankaracharya. I am only ... indicating. My works, they were in Hindi. They are not famous even in India, not discussed. But those people are such investigators that luminary mathematician scholars found out from somewhere and arrived. An ant is capable, is it not? Bees are capable, are they not? India itself does not have a clue. Yes, it is one thing that [A P J Abdul] Kalam may have known. When he spoke with me, I told him. He also stayed quiet. Our friend who ... his friend who met us now in Bangalore, Sharma Ji, who sent a probe on Mars in just a timeframe of fifteen months, he said that the honourable President, he was among his friends, used to discuss your mathematics. But even he did not open his mouth. The scholars of Oxford University and Cambridge University, the question was not sent to me in advance, but on four occasions, they sought ninety, ninety, ninety and thirty minutes with me. After that, this is their comment and not mine, the translator was somebody else, my disciple, ‘If there is 1% mathematics elsewhere in the world then there is 100% mathematics in Govardhan Math.’ These are their words. [Claps from the audience]. So ... but the Government of India does not know anything. Despite knowing, they do not know. I say this, I do not want honours. I have become a baba considering honour and insult to be alike. But at least knowledge should not be trampled upon. I am not a BJP person, I am not a Congress person, so my works have faults? Do you want the Shankaracharya to belong to a party?”
पुरी शङ्कराचार्य: “दो दिग्गज गणितज्ञ मेरे पास आए। और दो बार आए। और उत्तर कोरिया, दक्षिण कोरिया के केवल मुझसे प्रश्न पूछने के लिए आए, भारत की यात्रा के लिए नहीं। वो तो ऑक्सफ़र्ड यूनिवर्सिटी, केम्ब्रिज यूनिवर्सिटी वालों को कहा किसी ने कोणार्क-दर्शन कीजिए। उन्होंने कहा, भारत की यात्रा के लिए जब आऊँगा तब करूँगा, अभी तो मैं शंकराचार्य से मिलने आया हूँ। मैं केवल एक ... संकेत करता हूँ। मेरे ग्रन्थ, वो हिन्दी में थे। भारत में भी प्रसिद्ध नहीं, चर्चित नहीं। लेकिन वो लोग कितने टोही हैं कि ऑक्सफ़र्ड यूनिवर्सिटी केम्ब्रिज यूनिवर्सिटी के दिग्गज गणितज्ञ विद्वान् कहाँ से पता लगाकर पहुँच गए! चींटी में क्षमता होती या नहीं? क्या? भौरों में क्षमता होती या नहीं? भारत को ही अता-पता नहीं। हाँ, भले [ए पी जे अब्दुल] कलाम जी को मालुम रहा हो। मुझसे बात हुई तो मैंने बताया था। वो भी चुपचाप रहे। अपने मित्र जिन्होंने, उनके मित्र अभी जो हमको बंगलौर में मिले थे जिन्होंने केवल पन्द्रह महीनों की सीमा में यान को मङ्गल ग्रह पर भेज दिया, शर्मा जी, उन्होंने कहा कि आपके गणित की चर्चा माननीय राष्ट्रपति, उनके मित्रों में थे, वो करते थे। लेकिन उन्होंने भी मुँह नहीं खोला। ऑक्सफ़र्ड यूनिवर्सिटी केम्ब्रिज यूनिवर्सिटी के विद्वानों ने, प्रश्न मेरे पास पहले से नहीं भेजा था, लेकिन नब्बे, नब्बे, नब्बे, तीस चार बार में इतने मिनट हमसे लिया। उसके बाद, उनकी टिप्पणी है, मेरी नहीं, अनुवादक कोई और थे हमारे शिष्य, ‘विश्व में एक प्रतिशत गणित अगर अन्यत्र है तो गोवर्धन मठ में शत प्रतिशत गणित है।‘ ये उनके शब्द हैं। [तालियों का स्वर]। तो … लेकिन भारत सरकार को कुछ पता नहीं है। पता होते भी पता नहीं है। मैं यह कहता हूँ मुझे सम्मान नहीं चाहिए, मैं तो सम्मान-अपमान को एक मानकर बाबा बना हूँ। कम-से-कम ज्ञान पर तो लात न मारी जाए न। मैं भाजपाई नहीं हूँ, कांग्रेसी नहीं हूँ, इसलिए मेरे ग्रन्थ में दोष त्रुटि है? आप शङ्कराचार्य को किसी पार्टी का बनाना चाहते हैं?”
From 1936 to 2022, 64 people have been awarded the Fields Medal, considered the equivalent of Nobel Prize for mathematics. Of them, two are of Indian origin/birth. Pseudo-mathematician Puri Shankaracharya: "If the Nobel Prize were awarded in mathematics, only Indians would win." Why not, after all there is only "1% mathematics in the world and 100% mathematics in Puri Peeth".
Brahmagupta (7th century), whole world (for many centuries): product of two negative numbers is positive.
Puri Shankaracharya: Mathematicians know in their heart that product of two negative numbers is negative, but follow the tradition that the product is positive.
This the divine 100% mathematics present in Puri Math which, as the Shankaracharya claims, accomplished mathematicians from North Korea, South Korea, Oxford University, and Cambridge University want to learn.
Book: Ganitaditya, page 5. The book is available on Exotic India, from where this screenshot is.
Source: TW
Puri Shankaracharya on Jesus Christ
[Video link 108 onwards]
Puri Shankaracharya says, “Was Jesus Christ a supporter of cow slaughter or was he a ‘gorakshak’ (protector of cows)? Jesus Christ stayed for ten years in India. His life history was suppressed. But the truth eventually comes out. It is now proven that he lived for ten years in India and for three years in Puri. In the external world, Jesus Christ has a Vaishnav ‘tilak’ ... appearance, sporting a Vaishnav ‘tilak’. Jesus Christ used to put on a Vaishnav ‘tilak’. He did not support cow slaughter. The Christian faith started in his name ... But Jesus Christ had a Vaishnav nature and used to live his life as a ‘gorakshak’ alone ... Jesus Christ used to put up a Vaishnav tilak. In foreign countries, his excellent ‘shri-vigrah’ (auspicious form) is celebrated. I have given an indication.”
पुरी पीठाधीश्वर स्वामी निश्चलानन्द सरस्वती जी महाराज की उपहासास्पद कपोलकल्पना के अनुसार तौरात, बाइबिल, कुरान शरीफ़ और कुरान शरीफ़ का जमीमा वेद का संशोधित और परिष्कृत रूप हैं; इस प्रकार मूसाई, यहूदी, ईसाई और मुसलमान भी वेद को मानते हैं।
(‘नीतिनिधि’, पृष्ठ ३३६। चित्र- सत्यन् शर्मा।)
वेदोंको ईश्वरकी कृति तथा सर्वाधिक प्राचीन न केवल आर्यसमाजी, अपितु मूसाई, यहूदी, ईसाई और मुसलमान भी स्वीकार करते हैं। यह बात अन्य है कि मूसाई आदि ईश्वरविरचित वेदका संशोधित और परिष्कृत रूप तौरेत, बाइबल और कुरान शरीफ तथा कुरान शरीफके जमीमा (परिशिष्ट)को स्वीकार करते हैं। वे उत्तरोत्तर संदेशरूप कृतिको सर्वाधिक संशोधित और परिस्कृत मानते हैं।