Vedic Mathematics for our journey to the stars

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Is there a native way of approaching mathematical problems? Vedic scholars think there is, and they say it has been (re)discovered by Bharati Krsna Tirthaji (1884 - 1960). Its rules are preserved in 16 Sutras - formulae expressed in words - which can be applied to simple or complex problems alike. What is astonishing is the ease with which even complex calculations can be performed without the aid of paper and pen or a calculator.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Founder of Transcendental Meditation, is quoted as having said:
“Vedic Mathematics is that one field of knowledge which fulfils the purpose of education by developing the total creative genius of the individual, giving him/her the ability to be always spontaneously right and automatically precise so that his/her action, supported by Natural Law, is always effortlessly fulfilling.”

I want to thank Duncan, editor of NEXUS magazine, for publishing an excellent article on Vedic Mathematics, written by Jain, a travelling math teacher who is spreading the word and is teaching this fun and intuitive kind of mathematics.

Jain is - in his way - a "Communication Agent". He effectively communicates the essence of a different mathematics in many ways superior to the one we learn today. This "new" system of mathematics is knowledge we should take with us on our journey to the stars and beyond.

Update June 2004:

Jain will be one of the guest speakers at the next International Nexus Conference being held in Brisbane, in September 2004.

He would like to invite you to attend a fascinating one and a half hour Lecture on the bridging of Vedic Mathematics, Magic Squares and Sacred Geometry on Friday the 24th September 2004, 11.30am to 1pm.
You can also check his website: www.jainmathemagics.com for further details to book online for a post-Conference 2-day workshop on the 27th and 28th September.

(He will also be teaching in Sydney and Canberra all of June and then to America as a guest speaker at the International Feng Shui Conference in San Luis Obispo, Calfornia from the 6th to 8th August. Boulder, Colorado in September). Back to Brisbane for the Nexus Conference).

NEXUS CONFERENCE 2004

Friday 24th—Saturday 25th—Sunday 26th September 2004
The Chifley at Lennons, Queen St., Brisbane, Australia

Three days and two evenings of cutting-edge Information on:
* Vedic Maths & Sacred Geometry * Internet security & hacking protection
* Sept 11 - the Unanswered Questions * Russian UFO uncoverups + other mysteries
* The Electrical Nature of our Cosmos * The Out-Of-Body Experience
* Geopolitics, Oil and the future * Big Brother & the New World Order
* Alternative health suppression & Codex * Earth Resonance & Mind Control
* Darwinism, Creationism or ETs? * HAARP and other secret projects
* The Neurophone and new medicine * Your rights under Common Law

Upcoming event:

From MAY 5 - 8, 2005, Jain will be in NEW YORK, holding a
VEDIC PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR
Sacred Geometry + Magic Squares - Ancient Knowledge and Wisdom

Update 26 February 2005:

JAIN will be giving a talk at the upcoming NEXUS conference in Amsterdam, which is scheduled to run from 13 to 15 May.

VEDIC MATHEMATICS

Jain
August 2002

Some questions to ponder:

-    How could the Aryan civilisation, near the Hunza Valley, 3,000 years ago, mentally compute mathematical operations that today only a calculator could achieve?

-    And if the maths could not be done mentally, how could they do everything we know today, IN ONE-LINE?  eg: converting the fraction 1/19 into a decimal is an 18 digit answer that requires 35 lines of exhausting long division, how could they do it in a one simple line solution?

-    Why is NASA secretly using this MENTAL ONE-LINE SYSTEM OF ARITHMETICin the field of Advanced Artificial Intelligence? and is this not being incorporated into our current mathematics curriculum?

-    Is the decimal form of "Pi" : the relationship of the Circle to its Diameter, a sonic code for dedications to Krishna?

-    What does the Bhagavad Gita have to say about this lost science of Clairvoyant Calculation that the ancient Temple Builders employed?

-    How can you become a Human Bio-Calculator?

-    Is the current Western Maths Curriculum keeping our Children in a state of limited intelligence?

The answers to all these questions are found by understanding the ancient system of Vedic Mathematics as rediscovered by Bharati Krsna Tirthaji (1884 - 1960), of Puri Govardhan Math, dux of India in Mathematics and a Sanskrit Philosopher who wrote and spoke perfect English, he reached the position of a Shankacharya (like a Dalai Lama), renunciated several high officical positions in society to retreat into a forest for 7 years as a yogi, between 1911 and 1918 in which time he collected all the lost mathematical knowledge (Ganita Sutras), improved and reconstructed them to 16 basic Sutras or word formulae that solve every known mathematical problem. These 16 Volumes relating to the 16 Sutras was our legacy from the ancient past.

This highly intelligent and sophisticated system of Mental, One-Line Arithmetic was taught by The Master to his main student, who today is the leading exponent in the world: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the long white-haired and bearded yogi that many of the 60s generation know of as the Beatles' guru. He is considered as the greatest human bio-calculator on the planet today, holding the vision of raising the collective consciousness of all nations by re-introducing the lost Vedic Mathematics Sutras early in a child’s spiritual and educational development. Imagine a maths class today, like in the times of old when knowlege was passed on as an oral tradition, and the teacher quickly calls or drills out certain numbers to multiply or divide and the children instantly reply with the correct intuitive answers! Today, in schools where Maharishi’s Transcendental Mediatation techniques are used students perform remarkably well academically, viewing Mathematics as a Universal language and therefore often winning the highest competitve prizes in mathematics.

Maharishi organised the scattered works of Vedic Literature into a complete science of consciousness for both its theoretical and practical value, describing the 16 Sutras as fundamental impulses of intelligence that structure all the Laws of Nature - those that govern the Universe.

Maharishi, the Founder of TM, once said:
“Vedic Mathematics is that one field of knowledge which fulfils the purpose of education by developing the total creative genius of the individual, giving him/her the ability to be always spontaneously right and automatically precise so that his/her action, supported by Natural Law, is always effortlessly fulfilling.”

Unfortunately, in 1958 after Bharati Krsna Tirthaji returned from the USA tour, sponsored by Paramahansa Yogananda (who introduced Yoga to the West) all of Bharati Krsna’s 16 Volumes for the 16 Sutras were confirmed lost. Today, there is a great financial reward offered to anyone who can locate these precious and rare manuscripts. Disciples observed that people in the streets of India were imitating Tirthaji’s lectures and dazzling audiences with mathematically mis-used pschic powers, and begged the Master to write a book just before his death in 1960. This single volume, called VEDIC MATHEMATICS, has become the bible on this subject and spawned a thousand web-sites worldwide. Maharishi schools disseminated the teachings to England where certain schools have adopted the Vedic curriculum but the irony is that today India is struggling to release the curriculum in Britain but NASA has adopted it fully in the realms of advanced robotics! Calculations that can be solved as quick as lightning are a great tool to adopt, but you wouldn't want to teach it worldwide in the fear that you may churn out a generation of child geniuses that may threaten the intellectual status quo.

The gift that the Hindus gave to the world, thousands of years ago, and which is currently responsible for a global silicon chip technology, was none other than the invention of ZERO. We call our common numbers ‘Arabic Numerals’ but really they extend back to the Hindu concept of creation and void  known as “Bindu” or The Zero Point. In Maths, it makes the magic work eg: if you wish to multiply 98 x 98 we need to  understand Zero and Unity. All Vedic Maths is based on the understanding of Unity Consciousness which means it utilises processes or Number Bases that correspond to:

10,   100,   1000,   10000 etc all of which add to 1.

Let us look at some practical examples, in light of the fact that the Vedas, literally “the illimitable storehouse of All Knowledge” came under 4 headings or categories like Ayurveda (Healing), and Vedas for Music and Astronomy etc and one relevant sub-Veda that related to Temple Building and Engineering and  therefore Mathematics called SthapathyaVeda.  Thus a Vedic Mathematician was also an astronomer, healer and poet. It was a total system. As a temple builder, there was no pen and paper, you simply calculated in your head. You are out in the field and you need to tile a floor that is, say 98 units square. How do you do it with mental ease?

The Squaring Of Numbers:

To solve 98 Squared (98 x 98) we must first determine what Base we are in. It is close to 100, therefore we say Base 100. We must now choose one of the 16 Sutras to effectively solve the problem. It is called: “By The Deficiency”:
 
“By whatever the deficiency, lessen it further by that much and set up the square thereof” says one of the 16 Sutras. Sounds cryptic and meaningless yet it quickly solves the problem.
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