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Sage Patanjali has been my teacher. Whatever little I have written in the last 20 years on spirituality or thought about the interaction of mind-matter and higher things have been inspired by Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and I have always felt that his spirit has guided me in this journey.
Yoga sutras is basically a book of life or how to maximize your living potential. It also teaches little bit of Hatha Yoga but the most important lesson it teaches in a scientific manner is how to make the mind (the instrument of comprehension) very powerful so that it can comprehend any secret of the Universe. And then use that powerful mind on different parts of body to get supernatural powers!
Patanjali’s writings are like an infinite ocean. The more you read them the deeper is the knowledge. So this small booklet is a work in progress. I have been writing about the science in Yoga sutras for quite some time and have dealt them cursorily in my two books; Nature of Human Thought and Exploring the Mind of God. But this article is an attempt to explore it further and in depth.
It is also surprising and fascinating that these sutras were written more than 2000 to 3000 years ago (the exact date is not known) and yet they present such scientifically advanced knowledge. One can only speculate that Sage Patanjali was not of this world but came from an advanced civilization to impart this knowledge. I have alluded to this aspect in this booklet. Exploring Deep Science in Patanjali Yoga Sutras.
The booklet has the following sections: Who was Patanjali; About his Sutras or the book; Science of Sutras; Was Patanjali an extraterrestrial being; Patanjali and stars; Major Omissions in Sutras; and the final section is about my teacher Sage Patanjali.
This is not a book in the true sense but a small booklet and my desire to publish it is to make it available to a wide audience for discussions and debate. I would therefore greatly appreciate it if the readers can comment on it either in Google book site or can send email to me.
Anil K Rajvanshi Phaltan, Maharashtra, India June 2023. anilrajvanshi50@gmail.com
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Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi has more than 42 years of experience in renewable energy R&D and rural development. He did his B.Tech and M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur in 1972 and 1974 respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Mech. Engg. from University of Florida, Gainesville, USA in 1979 under solar energy pioneer Dr. Eric Farber. He was on the faculty of University of Florida (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering) for 2 years before returning to India in 1981 to run his own rural NGO – Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) in Phaltan, Maharashtra.
NARI has done pioneering work in agriculture, renewable energy, and sustainable development, especially those affecting rural population. Dr. Rajvanshi has devoted the last 40 years at NARI to apply sophisticated science and technology to solve the problems faced by the rural people in the areas of energy, water, pollution, and income generation; broadly based on use of renewable energy in environmentally sound ways.
Dr. Rajvanshi has written extensively on his work on rural self-sufficiency. He has more than 250 publications; six books and chapters in various books; and 7 patents to his credit. He has been inducted into several prominent committees of the government of India at the national and state level. He is the principal author of the Govt. of India national policy on Energy Self Sufficient Talukas.
For his work, Dr. Rajvanshi has received a number of prestigious national and international awards, such as Jamnalal Bajaj Award; induction to the U.S. based Solar Hall of Fame; Austria based Energy Globe Award; Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) Annual Award; Sweden based Globe Award; Distinguished Alumnus Award from University of Florida (he is the first Indian to receive this award); Padma Shri (one of the highest civilian awards from GOI); Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Kanpur; Legends of IIT Kanpur; among others. He has been a featured speaker at many prominent institutes, conferences, and forums, both in India and abroad and lectures regularly on the issues of sustainability and rural development.
Besides his engineering work, he is also involved in studies of human consciousness and the interaction of spirituality and technology. His writings on these issues have appeared regularly in Times of India; Huffington Post ; Thrive Global; South Asia Monitor, among others.
Books authored by him are: Nature of Human Thought; 1970s America-An Indian Student’s Journey; Romance of Innovation; Autobiography of an Ordinary Indian; Exploring the Mind of God.
