The Vedic tradition that has stood for over 10,000 years as an enlightened civilization, has been a global beacon of spiritual and timeless wisdom, technology and culture. The ancient Hindu civilization of India produced more than 40% of the world's GDP.

Advances in mathematics (e.g. Indian addition of the digit '0' revolutionized mathematics, advanced concepts such as the Pythagorean theorem was already known), astronomy (they knew that the earth revolved around the sun, and had developed advanced sidereal charts), science, architecture and construction (e.g. the flush toilet and complex sewage system was developed), medicine (the scientist Sushruta had developed cataract and plastic surgery, advances in Ayurveda and Siddha medicine) are just a few examples of the scientific and economic revolution unleashed by the enlightened civilization.

Such advances were possible primarily due to the science of enlightenment (also known as Yoga) which formed the basis of the civilization. Arising from deep knowledge of body, mind and nature, Yoga was the science of uniting humans with the divine potential inherent within them (also called Advaita or Oneness) which led to extraordinary achievements.