Traditional dates vs scientific dates

[Guest guest]

I agree with Murli that there is no reason for followers of Ramanuja

and His illustrious successors to even waste time and energy

pondering over works of "modern scholars" with regard to time and

dates. The entire current scientific process is to prove a theory by

taking all evidence that support that theory and ignoring evidence

that oppose those theories. About a decade ago when I was in England

I watched a "scientific presentation" where the scientist showed

evidence about instinctive behaviour in the case of bees and selected

birds and concluded that all animals including dogs, dolphins etc act

only by instinct. He totally ignored evidence of how dogs have saved

their owners from fires, storms, blizzards etc and in which case the

behavioral pattern is very different from instinctive behaviour.

 

All this goes back to the example of mistaking a rope for a snake

episodes quoted (I believe from the Chandogya Upanishad) in reference

to evidence of conclusion based on the external senses. It is

accepted unanimously by all schools of Vedanta philosophy (this

includes Advaita, Visisthadvaita and Dwaita) that evidence based on

inference of what can be perceived by the bodily senses are prone to

inaccuracies. In order to lead us out of this world of Samsara

Sriman Narayana has sent his trusted aides in the form of Acharyas

who are no more controlled by material nature than is Narayana. It

is only their word that we should trust.

 

Jaganath.