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7th International Conference Science and Scientist 2019: Understanding the Source and Nature of Consciousness and Life

Subjective Evolution of Consciousness

Vedanta and Hegelian Philosophy

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Bhakti Niskama Shanta, Ph.D.

Bhakti Niskama Shanta, Ph.D. Gen. Secretary
Bhakti Niskama Shanta, Ph.D.
Gen. Secretary

Bhakti Niskam Shanta completed his undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Utkal University in 2000. He then obtained his postgraduate degree in Fluid and Thermal Science from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, in 2003. This was followed by a Ph.D. in Coastal Hydrodynamics from the Ocean Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 2008. Furthermore, he held an esteemed position as an invited Scientist at Korea Ocean Research and Development Center from May 2007 to May 2008. His academic achievements are complemented by numerous publications in international and national journals and conferences.

During his doctoral studies, he encountered his Spiritual Master, His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Goswami Maharaja (Dr. T.D. Singh), whose guidance inspired his research focus on fundamental scientific topics, including the origins of matter, life, and the universe, as well as consciousness. Presently, he serves at the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Institute under the expert guidance of his Siksha-Gurudev, Srila Bhakti Madhava Puri Goswami Maharaja, Ph.D., advancing the vision and direction imparted by his spiritual master.

Dr. Shanta’s travels have taken him extensively throughout India and abroad, advancing the integration of Vedanta and Science through educational endeavors. His scientific lectures have been presented at diverse institutions worldwide, including schools, colleges, and universities in India, Nepal, London, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Ireland, and Singapore. Dr. Shanta’s daily Zoom lectures, translated into multiple languages, have a profound impact on scholars and individuals globally. In May 2021, he was appointed as the Sevaite-President-Acharya of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nrishinga Palli, Nabadwip Dham, West Bengal, India, a position he currently holds.

Email: bns@scsiscs.org

Phone: +91-9748906907

Selected Publications: (ORCID || Research Gate || Academia || Researcherid || LiveDNA)

  1. Shanta B.N. Subjective Evolution of Consciousness in Modern Science and Vedāntic Philosophy: Particulate Concept to Quantum Mechanics in Modern Science and Śūnyavāda to Acintya-Bhedābheda-Tattva in Vedānta. In: Bhatt S. (eds) Quantum Reality and Theory of Śūnya. Springer, Singapore, 2019; 271-282. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-1957-0_17
  2. Shanta, B.N. and Muni, B.V. Why Biology is Beyond Physical Sciences? Advances in Life Sciences 2016; 6(1):13-30. doi: 10.5923/j.als.20160601.03
  3. Shanta, B.N. Life and consciousness – The Vedāntic view. Communicative & Integrative Biology 2015; 8(5):e1085138. doi: 10.1080/19420889.2015.1085138
  4. Shanta, B.N. The Chronology of Geological Column: An Incomplete Tool to Search Georesources. In Geo-Resources, Ed Shrivastava KL, Kumar A, Srivastav PK, Srivastava HP, Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India, 2014; 609-625 (chapter available as pdf at doi: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4409.4808).

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"Darwin has given the theory of evolution— Fossilism. Vedanta has given subjective evolution. In Darwin’s theory of objective evolution, matter evolves consciousness. The object exists first, and by its development, life is coming, consciousness is coming— from stone. That is objective evolution. But an object is a relative term; without the subject, an object cannot stand. The subject is the primary substance. Whatever is to be felt is only an idea in the subjective ocean. "
– Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaja

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
– Albert Einstein

"Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation."
– Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

"Thoughts without intuitions are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind."
– Immanuel Kant

"The soul is always in a state of living —the properties of the soul are willing, feeling and thinking. The soul can move, and the jada, the material, cannot move. But even within matter, souls are living. Within a tree is living a soul, and this has also been proved by scientists such as Jagadish Bose. But this knowledge is not new; in the ancient Vedas we will find all knowledge given in a living way. The knowledge given by the Vedas is that behind everything is the living soul, and if we study the Vedas we will find this out."
– Srila Bhakti Sundara Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaja

"When subject becomes the object of its own study then spiritual life begins."
– Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Goswami Maharaja, Ph.D.

"The study of the "knower" belongs to theology, as the knower corresponds to the soul, according to the subjective perspective of modern day understanding (produced by the Enlightenment). Of course, theology is not so shallow-minded to think that the knower is the infinitessimal soul. The particularity of the soul is grounded in that which is universal, sometimes referred to as Reason, and even more fundamentally in Spirit, and more specifically in God. Thus the category of the "knower" is placed within the wider field of the study of theology, rather than in the more narrow field of what is referred to as pneumatology."
– Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D.