Upanishads to fire Sunita Williams’ spiritual odyssey in space

Desi Mind Meld .1 day ago

"The last time she went into space, I had given her a copy of the Bhagavad Gita," the Indian American +NASA astronaut +Sunita Williams father Deepak Pandya told TOI. "She was full of questions when she came back. She wanted to know why it became necessary for Krishna to narrate the Gita, what were its eternal teachings, was it not possible to gain similar knowledge from other works, and many such questions. I feel that she will find some of the answers in the Upanishads." via +Santhosh Prabhu

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Upanishads to fire Sunita Williams’ spiritual odyssey in space
AHMEDABAD: When Sunita Williams is thousands of miles above the earth taking a bird's eye view of the universe from her space shuttle window, she will try to understand universal truths of the... 0    0 Powered by socialditto

Desi Mind Meld1 day ago

"The last time she went into space, I had given her a copy of the Bhagavad Gita," the Indian American National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA astronaut Sunita Williams father Deepak Pandya told TOI. "She was full of questions when she came back. She wanted to know why it became necessary for Krishna to narrate the Gita, what were its eternal teachings, was it not possible to gain similar knowledge from other works, and many such questions. I feel that she will find some of the answers in the Upanishads."

Upanishads to fire Sunita Williams’ spiritual odyssey in space
Indian American astronaut who will spend six months in space is carrying with her one of the most important Hindu scriptures.

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