Life and Spiritual Evolution

Today, the concept of evolution has influenced the whole world. It is taught in almost all schools and colleges of the world and is influencing thousands of students around the globe every moment. Life, according to this paradigm, is a product of the evolution of particles (atoms and molecules), which have no meaning and purpose. However, all religious traditions of the world proclaim a divine meaning and higher purpose in life. Vedanta, the topmost philosophical treatise of the spiritual and cultural heritage of India, provides a vivid description of life, its origin, and its meaning. TakinginsightsfromtheVedanticliteratures, the author, Dr. T. D. Singh, presents a new holistic paradigm about life incorporating the spiritual dimension of life and the evolution of consciousness. ThisVedanticparadigm has the potential to look deeper into the nature of life. Dr. Singh, who is a unique blend of being a scientist and a spiritualist, has authored and edited a number of books in an attempt to understand the nature of reality including life from the interdisciplinary approach of science and religion/spirituality. About the author- Dr. T. D. Singh (HisHolinessBhaktisvarupaDamodaraSwami) has a unique background. He is a scientist with a Ph.D. in PhysicalOrganicChemistryfromtheUniversity of California, Irvine, USA, as well as a spiritualist in the bhakti-Vedantatradition of India. He has authored and edited over thirty books on science and religion, including his famous dialogue with Prof. Roger Penrose: Science, Spirituality and the nature of Reality. He is the founder Director of the theBhaktivedantaInstitute and has been one of the pioneers in advancing the dialogue between science and religion over the past three decades.