Eternity and Universality of Elements of Basic Goodness in the Context of Vedic Wisdom

Abstract

After having lessons from the character of physical laws and theories with regard to conservation principles and dynamical invariants, we revisit the eternity and universality of certain ‘elements of basic goodness’ (EBGs) prevailing all through the Vedic literature and sacred texts of other religions.  (EBGs are the set of human virtues and qualities defining the humanism on the one hand, and forming the systematics of positive pursuits towards world order, on the other). In other words, attempts in mathematical terms are made here to find answers to the questions like, “what is sanātana in the Sanātana Dharma?” Or, “why is this way of life surviving even after centuries and epochs? An answer of such questions is sought by developing a general scheme of study by introducing the concept of ‘experience-based invariants’ (EBIs) of EBGs. These EBGs in the form of certain facts, phrases, sequence of facts, or a collection of facts, etc. do appear in the sacred texts of different religions. In fact, space-invariance of an EBG implies universality. time-invariance implies eternity, whereas a newly introduced experience-based invariance (with respect to a meditation variable μ) implies the sustainability of EBGs of the concerned religion. In fact, the occurrence of EBGs and hence of EBIs in a religion in abundance defines its merit and quality. Several examples to this effect from Srimad-Bhagvad-Gita (SMBG) and from other Vedic Scriptures are analyzed in detail pertaining to different classes of EBIs.