Sri Lankan February 02, 2014: Now the West want to know about the Hindu way of life, ancient Hindu art of living ,its wisdom and philosophy to enjoy a better future. It is not a wonder now that the West has of late become more curious and interested about our Vedic riches.
Hinduism is not just a religion; it is a scientific way of life. Supreme Court of India in one of its judgments has accepted this reality and ruled, “Hinduism is a way of life.” Echoing the same idea noted scholar of Hinduism and the author of Hindu-Joy of life, Utpal Kumar Banerjee says, “Hinduism is a philosophy, a way of life and its celebration. It is a religious and cultural tradition where the enormous variety of beliefs and practices can ultimately be interpreted as a common view of the world.”
There are number of phenomenon, which the world perceives as being uniquely Hindu, but which are far more wide spread world-wide. The most notable example concerns a thirst quencher. Ancient Hindus used to store drinking water in brass vessel for good health has been now proved scientifically by researchers. Microbiologists say that water stored in brass containers can help combat many water borne disease……” 1 Rob Reed worked for this brass study and was quoted by the Nature Magazine. Reed is a microbiologist at North Umbria University in Newcastle and witnessed villagers and religious people in India storing water in brass vessels. He himself has now found that bacteria are less to thrive in water vessel.

Reed with his co-researchers Puja Tandon and Sanjay Chibber, carried out two series of experiments. They filled brass and earthenware vessels with a diluted culture of Escherichia coli bacteria, which can cause illnesses such as dysentery. Then they counted the surviving bacteria after 6, 24, and 48 hours. “the amount of live e-coil in the brass vessels dropped dramatically over time, and after 48 hours they fell to undetectable levels. “Reed told the society of General Microbiology’s meeting.-2
Similarly two scientists from the National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) Nagpur, Dr.Hemant J. Purohit and Manish Kulkarni, have proved through their research that clove oil has a strong antibacterial agent that can purify foul smelling and alkaline well water into sweet water with positive mineral qualities. They have also received US (Patent number 6929810) on August 16, 2005 for their work. It is needless to say that clove is also used by the Hindus in their religious rituals.
‘Gaomutra’ a cow based product can be found in Japan, chilled half – little bottles of bovine under the label of Calpis Water. Gaomutra is widely used as a medicine in Ayurvedic products in India. Cow is worshiped as mother by Hindus for her protective and useful powers .Cows has got powers to communicate and understand .3
Women in Islamic Saudi Arabia is now dressing up according to age old Hindu Wisdom. Burques made according to Ayurvedic way are very popular in Saudi Arabia. In Ayurveda, these fabrics are called Ayurvastra. Only natural cotton and colouring is used so that they are free of toxic irritants. These are also treated with medicinal herbs as prescribed by Ayurvedic texts to improve the heeling value”, says Rajan whose family has been in the trade for 600 years. Clinical researches at the Government Ayurveda College Hospital Thiruvananthapuram India proved that the fabric was quite effective in skin ailments and arthritis. Even the curtains, liner and mattresses, says Rajan, were made as prescribed in the ancient Indian treatise CharakaSamhita.
Indian Homeopathy medicines are only hope for the ailing astronauts going on the moon. Research’s done for the NASA’s mission ‘Return to the Moon’, it was found by the scientists that alopathy and any other medical system cannot cure human beings on moon. Dr.PrateekBenerjee from Calcutta and Dr. Harsh Nigam from Kanpur have sent their packages and papers in this regard. ‘Return to the Mom’ is the dream project of American President George W .Bush. Designs for the colonies on the moon are ready but there is no medical system which can work on moon. Due to the difference in the gravitational force on moon and earth alopathy medicines will neither be dissolved nor absorbed in the human body. Moreover due to the presence of poisonous elements on moon, bio products in the medicines will be destroyed. Due to this reality a symposium was organized by NASA at Rutgurds University, New Brimswik, America, and they found suggestions of Dr.PrateekBenerjee and Dr. Harsh Nigam very useful.4
Similarly in ancient India Jamun was used as a medicine to cure various diseases by Hindu Rishis. Now medical science has found that in the treatment of metabolic syndrome a capsule was made by Jamun which supplied Flavonwide which controls metabolic syndrome. This was founded by Dr.Priyadarshani Meer working as a research scientist in Rumenant Digestive Physiology, University of Kulvata, and Canada.-5
Jennifer Daubewmiel of the University of California found that Yoga can be image booster for women, eliminate eating disorder and kept them in shape, reported Eurek Alert. Now Yoga is taking over botox business in America. Yoga and meditation can help brain train the attention. This was found by lead author Richard Davidson, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin, Madism, which was published in the on line edition of the journal Plos Biology.6 Ron Mangum, director of the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California Davis writes, “It provides neuroscience evidence for changes in the working of brain and mental training in the case of meditation”.7 Impressed by the yoga and meditation, Hollywood celebrities, businessmen, sports personalities all has started practicising this Hindu miracle. Sting Drew Barrymore, Madonna, Nicholas Cage, Ashley Judd, Seanne Corn etc., etc., are regular performer of this art.8
Deeply impressed, corporate America is embracing Hindu philosophy in a big way. Business Week Magazine says, phrases from ancient Hindu text such as the Bhagavad Gita are popping up in management tones and on websites of consultants. Top business schools worldwide have introduced “self-masterly” classes that use Hindu methods to help manage boost leadership skills and get inner peace in lives. The magazine calls it “Karma Capitalism”.
Citing one example Business Week, recounted young executives from corporate America gather in a suburban New Jersy home to hear Swami Parthasarthy one of India’s best-selling author’s on Vedanta to listen about secrets to business success “concentration, consistency and co-operation.” He has addressed meetings in B schools like Wharton, Lehmann Brothers and counseling executives on the central message of the Bhagavad Gita.9. This ancient Hindu art once banished by anti-Hindu Communists leader is all set to make a home in the Kremlin next month when new Russian President Dmitry Medyedev, who practices Yoga, takes over. Encouraged by his wife Svetlana, president elect Medvedev had joined millions of Russians anxious to learn this Hindu art of Yoga. He is expert in ‘shirshasana’. Yoga, he explained, helped him relax from the stress of work,” I can even stand on my head,” Medvedev told magazine TainyZvyozd [Secrets of the Stars] last month.10 Similarly researchers of Temple University’s Gait Study Center examined the gait and postural stability of elderly women in popular Iyengar Yoga programme. They found that participants had much faster stride, better flexibility, improved single leg movement and balance and confidence in walking.11
Researchers in Latin America countries have found that recitation of Hindu Hymns and by performing Havanes according to Hindu philosophy can increase production in agriculture also.12 Jul Boreman of Veterans Affair SenDiago Healthcare System, has found in his studies that words like Om, Ram….etc, work like a pause button to destress and rest the brain.
In another study, research team of Professor Peter Sleight and Luciana Bernadi from Oxford University and University of Pavia found that listening to Indian classical music could help, if you are suffering from any heart ailment. They used the University of Delhi’s, star exponent Professor DebuChaudhuri;s version of the Raga MaruBehang, while conducting the study.
Students at Harvard, MIT etc., download bhajans like Payoji Maine and RaghupatiRaghav Raja Ram, and feel energetic singing these bhajans said Swami Tyagananda, Hindu chaplin at Harvard and MIT. The West is recognizing and adopting the Hindu culture. The power of Sanskrit has enchanted the West. This is the new truth. The teaching of Sanskrit in the West was started at Yale University under Professor Salisbury. Subsequently Sanskrit spread to Harvard, Berkeley, Chicago, Michigan, Pennsylvania and other campus. Beyond the campus Vedic way of life is fast changing the life at Maharshi Vedic City in Iowa, where nearly three thousand inhabitants perform Transcendental Meditation. The Indian Business Journal reports success stories in the Vedic City and explains how Transcendental Meditation enlivens unused areas of brain.
Sanskrit is not only the language of academicians and technologists, New Age sexual healers in the West are using Sanskrit as the language of quesi spiritual erotic experience. As a result of these awareness’s Indian gurus are big hit among US corporate. C.K. Prashad, Shivkheda, Vijay Govindrajan, Shree Ravi Shankar Maharaj, Swami Ramdev, MurariBapu are world hottest business gurus. Business Week Magazine says Indian business teachers link their theories to or deriving them from Hindu philosophy.

Now a prominent institution in America, Truckee Meadows Community College Nevada will offer classes on Hinduism from next year.13 Recognizing, Hinduism, history was made when the Senate of the US state of Nevada opened its session with Hindu prayers.14 Governor of Nevada, Jim Gibbons welcomed this new development. Director of Interfaith Relations of the Hindu Temple of Northern Nevada PanditRajan Zed mesmerized the audience, chanting the Hindu prayers to open the session on auspicious Monday.

Wearing, graceful saffron robes and a rudrakah necklace and traditional Hindu sandal paste tilak on forhead Zed began with a hymn from the Rig Veda, “I open my prayer with an invocation to the divine – whatever it may be and however we may concern. “He read the next prayer from TattiriyaUpanishad, composed around 400 BC. Lieutenant Governor Brain K. Krolicki President of the senate, introduced Rajan Zed and all senate stood up as he started chanting the prayers in an impressive way. Large number of ministers, priests from various Christian denominations like Presbyterian, Episcopal, United Methodist, and Seventh Day Adventist attended the prayers, to honour and support the great event.

as described by Maharishi Valmiki at various stages of Rama’s life can be verified today as having taken place.
ItihasPuran, Panini’s grammer and ChandogyaUpnishad also mention Krishna and Rama and provide independent support for their historicity. Fritjof Capra, author of ‘The Tao of Physics pointed out the similarity between the modern view of the structure of an atom and the description of the dancing of Shiva Natraj is the structure of an atom as well as the cosmos.

In Hindu philosophy, it is generally believed that a soul passes through 8.4 million births before it becomes a human. It is believed that the actual number of species present in the world, is between 8 and 10 million species. Each soul follows each of these forms or births in a different form.
As a result of all the developments, one can see Hindu temples everywhere in the world. Even cities like Cochabamba in Bolvia or Gaborone in Botswana has centre of the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKON). Hare Krishna Movement now has more than a million followers worldwide, including famous Ford family.