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InternationalSeminaron
Beliefs&Beyond
March8th&9th,2018at
BharatiyaVidyaBhavanR.C.Road,Bengaluru,Karnataka,INDIA.
Anevidencebasedpresentation
Incollaborationwith:
BharatiyaVidyaBhavan#43,RaceCourseRoad,Bengaluru-560001
Email:[email protected].:22267421/22267303Fax:22287373.
Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatha TempleShree Kshetra Dharmasthala,
D.K., Karnataka - 574216, INDIA
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Assemble:speakwithoneanother;Letyourmindbeofoneaccord,
AsancientGodsunanimouslyenjoytheirdueportion,Mayyouraimbecommon;Yourassemblecommon;
Commonthemindandthethoughtsoftheseunited.AcommonpurposedoIlaybeforeyou;
andworshipwithyourcommonoblation;Commonbeyouraimandyourheartsunited;
Yourmindbeonesothatallmayhappilylivetogether.RigvedaX,191.2-4
Para-ń-jyóti:Towards understanding
Knowledge, beyond human comprehension
eliefsaretheconvictionsthatwegenerallyholdtobetrue,usuallybasedonour
Bexperienceandarebasicallyassumptionsthatwemakeaboutourselves,othersintheworldandhowweexpect things tobe.Beliefsgrowfromwhatwesee,hear,experience,readandthinkabout.Beliefsformthebasisfortheconceptofreligion
andare centeredaroundsuperioror supernaturalpower that isbeyondhumansphereofphysicalcomprehensionandcannotbeseenphysicallybutispurelyexperientialneverthelessmanifestinginourselvesorinothers.Beliefsaregenerallystronglyentrenchedoremotionalandin�luenceourbehaviour andevenourthoughts.Beliefsalsoformthebasisforthevaluesysteminthesociety.
Despitethedifferences,itisbeyonddoubtthattheconceptofreligioncontributestosocialintegrationinacommunity.Religiousthoughtsandbeliefshavealsocreatedasetofritualsandpracticeslikejyotisha,vastu,etal,inthesocietywhicharebeingpracticedovertheages.
Since times immemorial, we have seen the argument that Knowledge must be based onempiricalevidence,evidencethat isobservable–factsandnotonmerebeliefsandrituals.BesidesIndianthinkers,evenwesternthinkershaveopinedthatreligionisaWesternconcept;theIndianconcepthadbeenbeyondbeliefsandisneitherreligionnorany‘ism’-itisVedicDharmaorSanatanaDharma,theeternallawoftheuniverse,whichcannotbeformulatedin
InternationalConferenceonBeliefsandBeyond
anyrigidand�inalsetoftenetsorframework.Thefactthatthereisnosingleteacherorasinglebookoronesetofrulesforobservancegivescredencetothisidea.AnintensediscussiononthisaspectinancientIndiasawtheemergenceofUpanishadswithmanycommentariesoverthecenturies,besidesbirthofreligionslikeJainism,Buddhism,Sikhism.
NeedforColloquiumandtheme
Besidestheabove,itisalsoimportanttonotethatthesocietyhasanothersetofbeliefswhicharecenteredaroundaplaceofworshiporasaintoranyobjectwhichisbeyondtheprecinctsofreligionandwhichhaveattractedmanypeoplefromdifferentreligiousgroups.Thesebeliefsalsohavetheirownritualisticpractices.Nevertheless,thecryquestioningthebeliefsysteminthesocietyacrosstheworldhasgotloudercurrently,whichhasattractedcommentsbothinthecountryandoverseas.Inordertodiscussthenuancesofthereligiousthoughts,beliefs,ritualsandtheirpositiveimpactonthesocialstructureandthevaluesystems,besidestoanalysetherationalebehind thepractices, an InternationalColloquiumofOccultSciences;BeliefsandBeyond isbeingorganisedbyDharmasthalaSriManjunathaSwamyTemple,DharmasthalaunderthedivineleadershipofDr.VeerendraHeggadejiDharmadhikariofDharmasthalaSriManjunatha Swamy Temple with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru Kendra as eventcoordinatorsonMarch8&9,2018.
Topicsfordiscussions
Theconferencewillfeaturescholarlypresentationsfromeruditescholars,socialscientists,inIndiaandalsooverseaswhowillcoverthefollowingsub-themesnotlimitedto:
•Importanceofbeliefsinreligion •Natureofbeliefsandimpactonsociety
•Beliefsindifferentcountries •Socialimpactofbeliefs
•Beliefsandoccultpractices •Beliefs,cultureandvalues
•Vastu,Jyotishaandothers •Sciencebehindthebeliefs
•Ayurveda,YogaandotherMedicalPracticesincludingPranicHealing.
Theconferencewhichwillpresentawiderangediscussiononthepracticeswillbeofimmensehelp to the researchers, scholars in various �ields, social thinkers, scientists, students, lawmakersandalsogeneralpublic. *
MARCH8,2018,T
HURSD
AY 08.00am
08.45am
09.00am
09.05am
Fellowship
Assemblyattheauditorium
Invocation
Welcome
AbouttheConference:Dr.VeerendraHeggadeji09.15am
09.35am
09.55am
10.20am
10.40am
10.55am
11.10am
InauguralAddress:JusticeM.N.Venkatachalaiah,FormerChiefJusticeofIndia
KeyNoteAddress:Sri.MadhuPanditDasa,President,ISKCON,Bengaluru
AddressbytheChiefGuests:Sri.SalatonOleNtutu,Nairobi,Africa
Dr.AndrewFoss,Virginia,USA
AddressbyGuestofHonour:SriMumtazAli(Sri.M),SpiritualGuru
PresidentialAddress:Dr.K.Radhakrishnan,Advisor,DepartmentofSpace/ISRO
VoteofthanksDr.L.H.Manjunath
11.35am CosmicEnergyandSelfHealingMethods:Sri.RaeChandran,Tokyo,Japan
12.15pm CommunicationwithnatureinAfricanTribalsSri.SalatonOleNtutu,NairobiAfrica
12.55pm Moderator:Dr.D.R.Kaarthikeyan,President,LifePositiveMagazine,NewDelhi
10.30am
TeaBreak
LunchBreak
MARCH8,2018,T
HURSD
AY Mysterioushealingpowerinus/you
Sri.RamachandraGuruji,Bengaluru2.00pm
Astrologyasatoolofdiagnosisandremediesforgeneticdisorders:Dr.TanmayGoswamy,Varanasi
2.40pm
3.20pm
3.40pm ImpactofVedicMantras(duringchildhood)anditsbene�itsDr.SaraswathiHegde
4.55pm
Understandbelief:Togobeyond…:Sri.MumtazAli(Sri.M)
4.15pm
7.35pm AshtamangalaPrashna(withtheaudience)Sri.VishnuPrasadPoochakkad,Kasaragod
6.55pm SpecialLecture:OccultSciences;Beliefs&BeyondDr.JeremyCrow,Toronto,OntarioCanada
BeliefsandfaithinandaroundShreeKshetraDharmasthala:Dr.VeerendraHeggadeji
4.00pm TeaBreak
AshtamangalaAshtamangalaPrashnaPrashna
AshtamangalaPrashna
EvidencebasedtalkonRamayana:Sri.PavagadaPrakashRao
5.35pm ______:Prof.JayakumarUpadhye,NewDelhi
6.15pm MiraclesofNumerology:Dr.SandhiyaMehhta,Mumbai
09.00am
PanelDiscussionsonAstrologyandVastu:VastuShastra:Sri.NDaivajnaSomayajiKalachakra:Dr.SKJainRationalbasisofJyothish:Dr.GayathriDeviVasudevModerator:Dr.SKrishnakumar
09.40am
12.10pm
TheYogaofthePlanets:Beliefsystems&beyondinVedicAstrologyDr.AndrewFoss,Virginia,USA
MARCH9,2018,FRIDAY
03.45pm
04.25pm
05.20pm
06.00pm
02.45pm HolisticTherapy:Ms.ZeljkaCiganovic,Croatia,EuropeMs.KristinaB.,Croatia,Europe
BeliefinScience:Dr.T.R.Anantharamu
BeliefsinancientVedicteachingsformodernliving:SriSubhanuSaxena,UnitedKingdom
TriHitaKarana-TheIndigenousHinduWisdomoftheIndonesianArchipelago:Sri.AnandaSwamy,Indonesia
Valedictoryprogramme:ValedictoryAddressbyDr.D.R.Kaarthikeyan,President,LifePositiveMagazine,NewDelhi
Dr.VeerendraHeggade,Dharmadhikari,SriKhestra,Dharmastala,Presides
06.45pm CulturalProgramme:Yakshagana-'ShaneshwaraMahatme'bytheArtistsofDharmastalaYakshaganaMandali,Dharmastala
02.10pm LunchBreak
05.05pm TeaBreak
Please Note: • Entry by invitation only. • Kindly be seated by 15 minutes before the programme starts. • Mobile phones are to be switched off during the programme.
PaneldiscussiononHealthandWellbeing:Blessing&PrayerswhichminimizetheeffectsofChemotherapy:Dr.RajeevA.G.Preparingpatientbefore&afterthesurgery:Dr.ChandilnathanB................................................:Dr.GJayashreeEffectofAgnihotrainEnvironmentalmatters:Col.M.DeshpandeRoleoffaithandbeliefinMentalHealth-Dr.C.R.Chandrashekar