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The great Ramanujan was a very peculiar mathematical genius. In contrast to the greatest Western mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), often called the prince of mathematics, who perceived mathematics as a logical cosmos to be carefully mapped with reason and proof—treating it like a disciplined architect uncovering eternal structures with rigorous precision—Ramanujan approached it like a mystic, intuitively glimpsing patterns as revelations from a deeper reality. He experienced mathematics as a stream of divine intuition, with equations arriving like mantras revealed to his inner vision rather than deductions of the mind.🧑‍🔬🔢🧠➕📐

Ramanujan himself often said his insights were gifts from Namagiri Thayar (Lakshmi of Namakkal), his family’s goddess, who appeared in his dreams and visions, writing

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I have been thinking about how Science evolves. It seems to follow a recurring cycle: Socratic questioning, Platonic vision, and Aristotelian system-building. Over time, systems harden, then a new cycle begins, rising like a spiral staircase. This resembles Hegel’s dialectic, though this alternative framing adds the symbolic anchors of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Please share your thoughts.🔬🧪⚛️🪐

Science evolves as humanity evolves. The scientific advances you recount are because the evolutionary power, Shakti was dancing in Europe. Reason, democracy, science, art, empires

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1. You mentioned in one of the answers about,  1. Homo Russelicus. 2. Homo Spiritualis 3. Homo Psychecicus. The first one, my uncle told me that it is a sarcastic remark of Sri Aurobindo for Bertrand Russell. Please tell me more about it & what are the next two about? The first one, my uncle told me that it is a sarcastic remark of Sri Aurobindo for Bertrand Russell. Please tell me more about it & what are the next two about?

Homo Russelicus or Homo Intellectualis refers to the human being evolving around intellectual lines. As your uncle rightly pointed out it is in a sarcastic

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This is just out of curiosity. The Mother has said that France will be the link between Europe and the teachings of India. Do you think things are developing to make this happen? Were Swami Vivekananda’s talks in the US and England an opportunity for those countries, too, to participate? I ask this because our teachings (mostly of mixed value, and perhaps you would say somewhat corrupted) are being introduced to the West through the US and maybe Germany.🌐🌍🗺️🛂

France was and still is developing closer links with India, politically, economically as well as culturally. But there is a strong stamp of misguided socialism

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Sir please explain the with example concept of anadi and nitya how space is anadi is their any end of space and if yes how? How energy is nitya? As you must be aware, Space is expanding. Expanding into what? We can’t say that Space is expanding into Space! Nor can we say that Space is creating more Space by expansion! 🌌⚡🪐💥

Perhaps we can say that there is measurable Space and immeasurable Space. Ancient Indian thought instead postulated a material Space that is measurable and an

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Recently I had watched a video in which a recent monk from Vrindavan, who appears to have some spiritual awakening. He preaches the traditional ascetic ideals, denies creation as illusion and a bondage, and speaks of liberation in some heaven beyond as the only solution etc. But in recent videos he was seen to be moving in a lavish Land Rover with his disciples. He even takes allopathic treatment regarding his kidney problem. But I can not say anything about it in my surroundings as people around me may get offended. But honestly I think this is a hypocrisy. Am I right about it?🎭👥😏

I have also found it a hypocrisy. In fact if you really believe that the world is Maya then there is nothing to preach anything

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A question came to me when I was listening to one of your recent talks. You were talking about Ilion and the Trojan War there. When Helen of Troy left with Paris, she left behind her little daughter, Hermione. I don’t want to judge the Divine but wouldn’t that have been traumatizing for Hermione to see her mother leave her for her lover? I know in the grand scheme of things the emotions of a little girl hardly matter but I can’t help but feel bad for her. How does the Divine compensate for such sufferings? ⛵👑🦢🔥🏰

War, battle, death, destruction are part of the process of evolution. Beings born with a greater purpose understand this intuitively. They are charged with a

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