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SCIENCE   &  SPIRITUALITY BHAKTIVEDANTA  INSTITUTE
Dr. T. D. Singh Director, Bhaktivedanta Institute President, Vedanta and Science Educational Research Foundation Scientific and religious paths are like two streams of the creative human mind. The scientific path tries to explain the nature of reality within rationality, whereas the religious or spiritual path does so within and beyond rationality.
“ I think in this century, science will be admitted to the spiritual aspects of mankind, and vice versa…”    Prof. Karl H. Pribram Neuropsychologist,  Georgetown University, USA
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Science and Eastern Thought “ Our science – Greek science, is based on objectification…But I do  believe that this is precisely the  point where our present way of  thinking does need to be amended, perhaps  by a blood-transfusion from Eastern thought.”    Erwin Schroedinger
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What is Life? What is Consciousness?
LIFE Chemical and Biological   Spiritual  Science     Spirit
“ In my search for the  secret of life, I ended  up with atoms and  electrons which have  no life at all. Somewhere along the line, life has run out through my  fingers. So, in my old age I am now  retracing my steps.”      A. Szent Gyorgi 1937 Nobel Laureate in Medicine
“ Although a biologist, I must confess that I do not understand how life came about… To me,  auto-replication of a macromolecule does not yet represent life. Even a viral particle is not a live organism, it can only participate in life processes… ”      Werner Arber Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine
“ We can admittedly find nothing in physics or chemistry that has even a remote bearing on consciousness. Yet all of us know that there is such a thing as consciousness, simply because we have it ourselves. Hence consciousness must be part of nature, or more generally, of reality, which means that, quite apart from the laws of physics and chemistry, as laid down in quantum theory, we must also consider laws of quite a different nature.”     Niels Bohr
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“ RNA alone is not life…”   “… I think that life could be beyond the assembly of biomolecules.”    Werner Arber Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine
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Science and Religion point to Reality “ In the history of science, ever since the  famous trial of Galileo, it has repeatedly  been claimed that scientific truth cannot  be reconciled with the religious  interpretation of the world. Although I am  now convinced that scientific truth is  unassailable in its own field, I have never found it possible to dismiss the content of religious thinking as simply part of an outmoded phase in the consciousness of mankind, a part we shall have to give up from now on. Thus in the course of my life I have repeatedly been compelled to ponder on the relationship of these two regions of thought, for I have never been able to doubt the reality of that to which they point.”      Werner Heisenberg
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“ The most beautiful and  most profound emotion  we can experience is in  the sensation of the  mystical. It is a shower of all true science… That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power which is revealed in the comprehensible universe forms my idea of God.”   - Albert Einstein
“ I believe that more thoroughly  science is studied, the further  does it take us from anything  comparable to atheism…If you  think strongly enough, you will be forced  by science to believe in God.” - Lord Kelvin
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Inspiration Indication of a Divine Guide
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  Free Will and Science “ Many scientists will say, ‘I can’t  believe in religion, I can’t be  religious. On the other hand, if you  ask them, ‘Do you think you have  some free will,’ almost every scientist instinctively thinks so. He has free will. He can choose some things. He can decide to go this way or that way. There is, in fact, no room for free will in present scientific laws and yet almost every scientist essentially assumes he has it.”      Charles H. Townes Nobel Laureate in Physics
Matter from Life?   “ You place matter before life and decide  that    matter has existed for all eternity. How do    you know that the incessant progress of    science will not compel scientists… to    consider that life has  existed during eternity    and not matter? You pass from matter to life    because your intelligence of today … cannot    conceive things otherwise. How do you know    that in ten thousand years one will not consider it more likely that matter has emerged from life?” - Louis Pasteur.
Bhagavad Gita on Life   The symptoms of life occur on the basis of a spiritual, living entity. An infinity of living entities exist, and they are known as  cit-kana  or literally small conscious atoms. When the  cit-kana  acquires a body, then the changes of birth, growth, maintenance, reproduction and death are manifested in matter.
Life In the Center “ I began as a physicist drawing parallels  between physics and the Eastern  tradition. I now believe that physics  cannot be placed in the center of the  world view.  The most appropriate  center is the theory of living systems.  You put life in the center, and you study life in its multiple manifestations, and you make statements about what life is, what mind is, and what consciousness is in this context. Physics would be defined as the science of nonliving systems.” - Fritjof D. Capra , Physicist and system theorist
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“ Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man.” Albert Einstein
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Science & spirituality

  • 1. SCIENCE & SPIRITUALITY BHAKTIVEDANTA INSTITUTE
  • 2. Dr. T. D. Singh Director, Bhaktivedanta Institute President, Vedanta and Science Educational Research Foundation Scientific and religious paths are like two streams of the creative human mind. The scientific path tries to explain the nature of reality within rationality, whereas the religious or spiritual path does so within and beyond rationality.
  • 3. “ I think in this century, science will be admitted to the spiritual aspects of mankind, and vice versa…”  Prof. Karl H. Pribram Neuropsychologist, Georgetown University, USA
  • 4.
  • 5. Science and Eastern Thought “ Our science – Greek science, is based on objectification…But I do believe that this is precisely the point where our present way of thinking does need to be amended, perhaps by a blood-transfusion from Eastern thought.”  Erwin Schroedinger
  • 6.
  • 7. What is Life? What is Consciousness?
  • 8. LIFE Chemical and Biological Spiritual Science Spirit
  • 9. “ In my search for the secret of life, I ended up with atoms and electrons which have no life at all. Somewhere along the line, life has run out through my fingers. So, in my old age I am now retracing my steps.”  A. Szent Gyorgi 1937 Nobel Laureate in Medicine
  • 10. “ Although a biologist, I must confess that I do not understand how life came about… To me, auto-replication of a macromolecule does not yet represent life. Even a viral particle is not a live organism, it can only participate in life processes… ”  Werner Arber Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine
  • 11. “ We can admittedly find nothing in physics or chemistry that has even a remote bearing on consciousness. Yet all of us know that there is such a thing as consciousness, simply because we have it ourselves. Hence consciousness must be part of nature, or more generally, of reality, which means that, quite apart from the laws of physics and chemistry, as laid down in quantum theory, we must also consider laws of quite a different nature.”  Niels Bohr
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  • 14. “ RNA alone is not life…” “… I think that life could be beyond the assembly of biomolecules.”  Werner Arber Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine
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  • 19. Science and Religion point to Reality “ In the history of science, ever since the famous trial of Galileo, it has repeatedly been claimed that scientific truth cannot be reconciled with the religious interpretation of the world. Although I am now convinced that scientific truth is unassailable in its own field, I have never found it possible to dismiss the content of religious thinking as simply part of an outmoded phase in the consciousness of mankind, a part we shall have to give up from now on. Thus in the course of my life I have repeatedly been compelled to ponder on the relationship of these two regions of thought, for I have never been able to doubt the reality of that to which they point.”  Werner Heisenberg
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  • 23. “ The most beautiful and most profound emotion we can experience is in the sensation of the mystical. It is a shower of all true science… That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power which is revealed in the comprehensible universe forms my idea of God.” - Albert Einstein
  • 24. “ I believe that more thoroughly science is studied, the further does it take us from anything comparable to atheism…If you think strongly enough, you will be forced by science to believe in God.” - Lord Kelvin
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  • 31. Free Will and Science “ Many scientists will say, ‘I can’t believe in religion, I can’t be religious. On the other hand, if you ask them, ‘Do you think you have some free will,’ almost every scientist instinctively thinks so. He has free will. He can choose some things. He can decide to go this way or that way. There is, in fact, no room for free will in present scientific laws and yet almost every scientist essentially assumes he has it.”  Charles H. Townes Nobel Laureate in Physics
  • 32. Matter from Life? “ You place matter before life and decide that matter has existed for all eternity. How do you know that the incessant progress of science will not compel scientists… to consider that life has existed during eternity and not matter? You pass from matter to life because your intelligence of today … cannot conceive things otherwise. How do you know that in ten thousand years one will not consider it more likely that matter has emerged from life?” - Louis Pasteur.
  • 33. Bhagavad Gita on Life The symptoms of life occur on the basis of a spiritual, living entity. An infinity of living entities exist, and they are known as cit-kana or literally small conscious atoms. When the cit-kana acquires a body, then the changes of birth, growth, maintenance, reproduction and death are manifested in matter.
  • 34. Life In the Center “ I began as a physicist drawing parallels between physics and the Eastern tradition. I now believe that physics cannot be placed in the center of the world view. The most appropriate center is the theory of living systems. You put life in the center, and you study life in its multiple manifestations, and you make statements about what life is, what mind is, and what consciousness is in this context. Physics would be defined as the science of nonliving systems.” - Fritjof D. Capra , Physicist and system theorist
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  • 38. “ Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man.” Albert Einstein
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