Table of Contents

Part I Theory of Quantum Reality.- 1. Quantum Reality, Spiritual concepts and Modern Optics Experiments Devulapali V. Rao & Lalitha D Rao.- 2. Beyond Materiality: Quantum Mechanics and the Problem of the Observer Subhash Kak.- 3. Can a quantum field theory ontology help resolve the problem of consciousness? Anand Rangarajan.- 4. Emergent Reality in Quantum to Classical Transition Tabish Qureshi.- Part II Concept of Sunya.- 5. Sunya and Purna S.S. Rama Rao Pappu.- 6. Quantum Reality and the theory of Sunya Amalkumar Mukhopadhyay.- Part III Comparative Analysis of nature of Quantum Reality and Theory of Sunya.- 7. Two aspects of Sunyata in quantum physics: relativity of properties and quantum non-separability Michel Bitbol.- 8. Sunya, Sunyata and Reality in Modern Physics Herbert Bernstein.- 9. Quantum Reality and the Concepts of Infinity, Infinitesimal and Zero in Mathematical and Vedic Sciences Radhey Shayam Kaushal.- 10. Concepts of Reality, Sunya and Sunyata from the perspective of a physicist Kashyap Vasavada.- 11. Intrinsic property, Quantum vacuum and Sunyata Sisir Roy.- 12. Beyond Vedanta: Speculations of a Quantum Realist Rajendra Bajpai.- 13. Quantum Vacuum and Beyond: An Exegesis in the Light of the concept of Sunya Rajeshwer Mukherjee.- 14. How to approach Sunyata as the Quantum Reality through Biological consciousness Bal Ram Singh.- 15. Quantum Physics, Consciousness and Sunya S. Rammohan.- 16. The concept of Reality in Quantum Mechanics and Sunyavada from the perspective of Yoga Geo Lyong Lee.- 17. Quantum Mechanics shows the limit of Naive Realism Bhakti Vijnana Muni.- 18. Subjective Evolution of Consciousness in modern Science and Vedantic Philosophy: Particulate concept to quantum mechanics in modern science and Sunyavada to Acintya-bhedabheda-tattva in Vedanta Bhakti Niskama Shanta.- 19. Is Nagarjuna's Sunyavada Complimentary to Quantum Field Theory Sreekala Nair.- 20. Quantum Reality and Concept of Sunya: Need for an Integrative Approach Surendra Singh Pokharna.- 21. The Concept of Sunya with Reference to the pancasakhas, the Mahima and Modern Quantum Reality Bijayananda Kar.- 22. Quantum Reality and Sunya Jayant Burde.- 23. Ontological Reality: Quantum theory and Emptiness in Buddhist Philosophy Geshe Damdul.- 24. Logical Interface between Quantum Physics and Sunyata with special reference to Theravada and Madhyamika Philosophy Rana Purushottam.- 25. How the Pancakosa Model of experience fits the understanding of Sunya and how it help Explain Quantum Reality R.M. Shetkar, Alex Hankey and H.R.Nagendra.- 26. How Physics would look like if based on the metaphysical guidelines of Sunyavada? Debajyoti Gangopadhyay.

About the Author

Professor Siddheshwar Rameshwar Bhatt is an eminent philosopher and Sanskritist. Presently, he is Chairman, Indian Council of Philosophical Research. He is also Chairman of Indian Philosophical Congress and Asian Congress of Philosophy. He retired as Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, Delhi. He is internationally known as an authority on ancient Indian culture, Buddhism, Jainism and Vedanta. His research areas include Indian philosophy, logic, epistemology, ethics, value-theory, philosophy of education, philosophy of religion, comparative religion, social and political thought, etc. He has lectured in many universities and research institutes of the United States, Canada, Finland, Trinidad, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand. He is a member of many national and international associations. He is a Member of Board of Advisors of Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington D.C., USA, which has brought out 300 volumes on world cultures and civilizations.