Creation of Universe
An Alternative View on GOD, Space, Time and
Creation based on Vedanta and Bible
John T Eapen
Creation of Universe
John T Eapen
First Edition: 2009
Published by:
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Foreword
This book on Creation of Universe is a wonderful treatise to converge upon the converging values of culture and religion from Christian and Vedantic perspectives.
We often find books that attempt to diversify views rather than converge upon the same. The true goal of any religion is spirituality, and hence spirituality is the final distilled essence of all religions.
Dr. Eapen has outlined many commonalities between Christianity and Vedanta in the book to visualize the spiritual culture Lord Jesus Christ, the famous son of God, had propagated. The book also presents the views from modern science and attempts to provide bettering one’s conception towards understanding God, creation and the purpose of creation.
The book is an excellent resource for a person who wishes to understand the higher reality in religion and the science and attempt to compliment the views for bettering one’s own understanding. As the book concludes, evil exists in the deviation from God’s wonderful plan of the cosmos and human intention to become independent of God. The converging views of the book in such a unique direction is a useful guide for the younger generation to evolve from pessimistic and speculative frameworks and gradually pave the way to a definitive and positive future. The simple and lucid diagrams in the book convey the clarity with which the author attempts to convey the finest aspects of human quest in the spiritual dimension of life.
I hope the book is a useful resource for all those who wish to study and understand contemporary views of religion in transcending the rituals and practices and enter the glorious framework of spirituality. The book enables a Hindu to appreciate the qualities of Lord Jesus Christ and also provides a devout Christian to see commonalities between Bhagavad Gita and The Holy Bible. In a nutshell, the book is an excellent guide to develop a true love of God, a universal brotherhood, and sublime peace. Such books are the need of the hour in a society that is obsessed with the externals of religion but does not delve deep to visualize the oneness of all religious faiths and to seek refuge in the absolute surrender to God in always.
Prof. Ramgopal Uppaluri
(Prof. Ramgopal Uppaluri is Professor at Chemical Engineering Department at IIT Guwahati, India. He advocates for the Synthesis of Science and Spirituality for Peace, Prosperity and Harmony. According to him, a deeper study of ethical principles opens the front to the domain of spirituality that amalgamates the principles of universal brotherhood, compassion, humility, morality and forgiveness.
He is a follower and disciple of: a) H. H. Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami (Dr. T. D. Singh), the Founding Director of Bhaktivedanta Institute established by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, (Founder Acharya of ISKCON, BBT and BI). b) H. H. Subhag Swami, a disciple of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acharya of ISKCON, BBT and BI. He derives great inspiration and pleasure from the Life and Teachings of The Founding Fathers of Modern Science and Vaishnava Saints).
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