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Following is from Bhagavad gita As It IS, introduction by Srila Prabhupada:

 

Those belonging to some sectarian faith will wrongly consider that

sanätana-dharma is also sectarian, but if we go deeply into the matter and

consider it in the light of modern science, it is possible for us to see

that sanätana-dharma is the business of all the people of the world—nay, of

all the living entities of the universe.

 

My question is:

I want more explanation of this statement with specific understanding of "in

the light of modern science"?

Does this mean that modern science also has a similar conclusipon?

 

Thank you.

 

Your servant,

Bhakta Gopal

 

 

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On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Bhakta Gopal wrote:

> Following is from Bhagavad gita As It IS, introduction by Srila Prabhupada:

> Those belonging to some sectarian faith will wrongly consider that

> sanätana-dharma is also sectarian, but if we go deeply into the matter and

> consider it in the light of modern science, it is possible for us to see

> that sanätana-dharma is the business of all the people of the world—nay, of

> all the living entities of the universe.

> My question is:

> I want more explanation of this statement with specific understanding of "in

> the light of modern science"?

I just heard Srila Prabhupada speaking about this. He says dharma

isn't merely faith, which can change, but it is actual fact--which is

eternal. The dharma (this word also means "intrinsic nature") of all

living beings is service to Krsna. This jaiva-dharma can never be erased;

it can only be defaced, here in worldly existence. According to Krsna,

faith is actually what we are (cf. Gita 17.3), yet it is poorly expressed

in bad association, such that a faithful person who is in the mode of

ignorance might believe that he is somehow making the world a better place

by steering a jetliner full of unsuspecting noncombatants into a densely

populated center of the whole world's trade.

In my understanding, it is because we have an authoritative, time

tested process for testing and purifyng our perverted faith that Krsna

consciousness is called "scientific." In other words, we have a theoretical

hypothesis, its experimental application (which, like other experiements,

involves strictly controlled conditions), and the conclusions we draw from

personal experience of the same. But this is about all it has in common

with most modern science--which is usually driven by pretty transparent

motives, as well as faith in the lower modes of material nature. Everyone

has faith; modern science often involves a severe perversion of this

faith. I think this is why Srila Prabhupada often strongly attacked such

scientists in his inimitably bold manner.

 

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