Srishti-Sthiti-Laya – A Perspective From Ayurveda And Genetics

Please join us for a Series of Webinars on “Srishti-Sthiti-Laya” jointly brought to you by INDICA and Heritage.

This is the 3rd in this Series where an Eminent Panel of three is in a discussion on “Srishti-Sthiti-Laya” from the “Perspective from Ayurveda and Genetics”.

This Series of Talks is a run up to “GUDIYA SAMBHRAMA – THE TEMPLE FESTIVAL 2024”

Brahma, Vishnu, Maheshwara – the Trimurti in Sanatana Dharma and the Tridevi– Saraswathi, Lakshmi and Parvathi are ever present performing their divine functions – Srishti (creation), Sthiti (preservation) and Laya (dissolution). The three aspects guide the bhakta’s expression of devotion and the expression of that devotion in the arts.

According to Advaita Vedanta, there is a beginning-less and endless cycle of creation, maintenance and dissolution or resolution, called ‘srishti’, ‘sthiti’, and ‘laya’. This is indeed fascinating as it strongly complies with the concept of matter converting into energy and back.

Energy converting into matter is called srishti. In each srishti, or creation, the variety and pattern of objects, the attributes of the bodies and minds and the events and situations have to be fashioned to suit the energy it carries. This is also related to the concept of karma.

Matter in various modes of motion is sthiti. This is the mode of existence that human beings normally refer to. This is the stage of maintenance.

The third stage of this cycle is laya or the stage of resolution. Laya is matter converting into energy. This conversion can be at any level. In-fact, on a large-scale, laya can even attain the form of ‘pralaya’.

Pralaya, often misunderstood as Dooms-Day, is anything but that. It is a part of a never-ending cycle of creation (srishti), maintenance (sthiti) and resolution (laya), which is endless and has no beginning either.

Speakers

Dr Ramkumar Kutty

A Lifelong Student Of Ayurveda & Traditional Indian Knowledge Systems An Internationally Renowned Speaker, Founder Vaidyagram, Coimbatore

Dr. Ramkumar is a lifelong student of Ayurveda and other traditional Indian knowledge systems. Over the last 2 decades, he has given talks and conducted workshops in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Australia and many parts of Asia, promoting health, happiness and contentment.

Dr Rajendra

Expert In Genetics, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Board Member Of Central Sanskrit Research University

Dr Rajendra has a Masters in Zoology and a PhD in Genetic and Molecular Basis of Stress reponse.

His Areas of Specialization, by research:

Technical Areas:

Genetics and Molecular Biology; biotechnology, biochemistry

Biological/Functional Areas:

Inherited Neuromuscular Disorders (with emphasis on Spinal Muscular Atrophy), Cellular and Molecular Basis of Nuclear and Genome Organization, Genetic and Molecular Determinants of Pattern Formation in Early Development, Stress Response, Non-Coding RNAs and RNA Biology

 

Positions Held:

• Senior Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Assistant Professor (Research), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
• Former Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarath
• Former Dean, Faculty of Sciences, University of IAR, Gandhinagar, Gujarath
• Former Professor of Genetics and Molecular Biology, DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune
• Member (Current), Research Development Committee, Central Sanskrit University, Delhi

Dr Latha Venkatram

Senior OBGYN Specialist, A Spiritualist And Eternal Student Of Vedanta

Dr. Latha Venkatram has an unusual combination of being an Obstetrician and Obstetric Physician. She heads the Sringeri Sharada Peetam OBG dept of Rangadore Hospital. She has a deep interest in Vedanta and has a good sense of humour.