ancient_paztriot Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Hayagriva dasa: Freud further writes: “The riddles of the universe only reveal themselves slowly to our inquiry. To many questions science can as yet give no answer; but scientific work is our only way to the knowledge of external reality… No, science is no illusion. But it would be an illusion to suppose that we could get anywhere else what it could not give us.” Srila Prabhupada: First of all, we have to learn what the object of knowledge is. The word veda means “knowledge,” and anta means “ultimate.” Unless you come to the ultimate point of knowledge, or Vedanta, your knowledge is imperfect or insufficient. The ultimate object of knowledge is God, and if we cannot define God or explain His nature, we have not reached the ultimate point of knowledge. God is a fact, but unfortunately we have no clear idea of Him. This means that our knowledge has not reached the ultimate point––that is, it is imperfect. If the knowledge of a philosopher or scientist is imperfect, of what value is it? According to the Vedic method, we recieved our knowledge from the perfect person: Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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