Post-nonclassical understanding of time: cognitive and heuristic characteristics of the Bhagavad-Gita i n the context of modern problems of science and philosophy

Post-nonclassical (according to V.S. Stepin) character of the modern trends of science and philosophy actualises significant interest to the study of sources of traditional cultures and rationality systems under their basis. In the present work the content of time concept according to the Bhagavad-Gita is analysed in various aspects and modern philosophical and scientific contexts including ontology, axiology, psychology, quantum physics and cosmology. On the example of comparison textological analysis of the Bhagavad-Gita with ancient (Par-menides) and Puranic (Bhagavata Purana) texts it are noted existential, dialogical, teleological and personal aspects of time concept of the Bhagavad-Gita. As a reconstruction of time concept content of the Bhagavad-Gita two its aspects are highlighted: absolute (coherent to super-conscious) and relative (coherent to individual consciousness) ones. The of time-consciousness problem is analysed on the example of comparative analysis of narrative and cognitive content of the Bhagavad-Gita and the concepts of quantum consciousness (M. B. Menskiy) based on the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics of H. Everett. A certain consonance between the teleological dynamic concept of consciousness of M. B. Menskiy and teaching of the Bhagavad-Gita is noted. At the same time it is also emphasized that the ontolog-ical system of the Bhagavad-Gita is more multi-dimensional because along with the individual consciousness it includes super-conscious also. This opens the opportunity for more rich and complete ontology, in particular, by introducing a concept of ontological memory and a principle of historicism of the individual consciousness. In the context of value-psychological model of consciousness (V.P. Zinchenko) a reconstruction of consciousness levels according to the Bhagavad-Gita's content is carried out. Examples of the interaction of these levels as well as the subjective and objective components of consciousness are given. Chronotopical particularities of the existential crisis of Arjuna and value-psychological features of the universal form vision are analysed. The important role of communicative aspects of consciousness and various communicative resources (cognitive, moral, aesthetic and emotional) of its formation is underlined on the example of the Bhaga-vad-Gita. The conclusion is made about the high development of the rational system of the Bhagavad-Gita, the great degree of coherence of its components and its significant cognitive and heuristic resources for solution of a wide range of modern post-nonclassical problems of man, society, culture, philosophy and science.

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