Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Puranas and Einstein - similarity

Einstein established the relativity of time in his ‘Theory of Relativity’. He said that the concept of time on the various planets varies. Time is related to the movement of the planet. Hence, the measurement of time on various planets is different.
Time is large and small. We get indications of this in our scripture. There is a story in the Puranas that Rewati, the daughter of King Raiwatak, was very tall. So, it was difficult to find a suitable bridegroom for her. For a solution, the king took her to Brahmalok with the power of yoga. When he reached there, a Gandharva gaan was going on. So, he waited for some time. When the gaan was over, Brahma saw the king and asked him how he had come there? The king asked him if he had made any groom for his daughter. Brahma laughed out aloud and said, “While you were here, listening to the gaan, 27 chaturyugis have already passed on earth and the 28th, dwaapar, is about to finish. Go back and marry her off to Balaram, the brother of Krishna. He also said that it was good that he had brought Rewati with him because now, she had not grown older. This story shows the difference in time if one goes at great speed from the earth to Brahmalok.

In the Yogavashishtha and other scriptures, one finds descriptions of going back into time and experiencing previous birth and going into the future too, through yoga sadhana.

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