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 A quote from Noble Laureate Nobel
physicist Erwin Schrodinger
‘Iam very astonished that the scientific picture of the
real world around me is very deficient. It gives a lot of
factual information, puts all our experience in a
magnificently consistent order, but it is ghastly silent
about all and sundry that is really near to our heart, that
really matters to us. It cannot tell us a word about red
and blue, bitter and sweet, physical pain and physical
delight; it knows nothing of beautiful and ugly, good or
bad, God and eternity. Science sometimes pretends to
answer questions in these domains, but the answers are
very often so silly that we are not inclined to take them
seriously.’
Is there Something beyond Science?

Reality.
Ex: Mind, Emotions:
Medical science has
no pain meter

World Of Science
(Gross Material Reality)
How Are They Diverging
Operating Platform

SCIENCE SPIRITUALITY

Spirit

Gross Subtle

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How Are They Diverging
Operating Platform

SCIENCE SPIRITUALITY

Spirit

Gross Subtle

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PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE

GOD

BEYOND SCIENTIFIC BEYOND

KNOWLEDGE SCIENCE
KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE

BOUNDARY
(INTERFACE)
KNOWLEDGE IS POROUS
… …
Based on
Assumptions
Axioms GOD

SCIENCE
SCIENCE

Leads to
Incomplete
understanding
… AND IMPERFECT
Silent about
Existence
Purpose GOD
Value

SCIENCE Faith and

inquiry can
Coexist
Complement
Reinforce
 3 Possibilities in contradiction

1. Science is Wrong
Ex: Darwinian Evolution

2. Science is Incomplete
Ex: Big-Bang

3. Science & Vedas Observe from different Scales

Ex: Vedic Cosmology
How may science be
?incorrect or incomplete
Nonscientific extrapolation of
scientific data

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 Vedic cosmology: Understanding how science &
scriptures can see from two different perspetives?
White Chalk Powder + (mix) Black Charcoal Powder

=Grey powder

+ =
Same Grey Powder under microscope

=
Appears as

White + Black Particles

Which is real??????
Vedic cosmology - two main sources
Puranas – divine perspective
Jyotisha Shaastras – human perspective- astronomical siddhanta –
similar to info in modern cosmology

Surya siddhanta- 253,000 miles

Modern measurement – 252,710 mile

s

Earth’s dia – 7840 miles compared

to modern measurement of
7926.7 miles
Did humans go to the moon?
Three Possibilities:
1. Humans went to a 3 D projection of
Chandraloka
2. High-tech diversion by demigods.
3. Might not have gone at all
2 D projection of a 3 D object contains only a few of
its actual features

Space crafts cannot take us more than 3 D.

So astronauts –may go to a 3 D projection of Chandraloka

but not experience its higher dimension- residents,
heavenly opulences etc.,
If a person moves his finger from
Pune to Mumbai in the map he does
not experience the people and the
skyscrapers.
 Math book says 3+3=6.
3+3≠6  surely wrong

Vedic scriptures say Chandraloka

is a higher dimensional planet for
higher living beings.
As cosmonauts didn’t experience
that, we can’t know for sure where
they went
Where modern cosmology
falls short??
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in his
book Ignited Minds, quotes
Albert Einstein recalling
Werner Heisenberg’s words to
him: ‘You know in the West we
have built a large, beautiful
ship. It has all the comforts in
it, but one thing is missing: it
has no compass and does not
know where to go.’
Different things work at different
levels
Goal – improve external
comforts and control –
then science

Goal – to improve
internal life – then spi
technology
•Science cannot even explain life on this
planet.
•It says life comes from chemicals but cannot
demonstrate.
It cannot explain
how
and
why
life arises?
Book Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy –
by Dr. Richard L.Thompson – scientist
disciple of Srila Prabhupada

Classical Physics –
compatible with quantum
physics in the domain it
was originally applied.
Similarly Vedic cosmology-
compatible with modern cosmology with
regards to astronomical measurements
and
Complete due to its ability to account for
higher-dimensional cosmic realms, higher
living beings and ultimately the higher
purpose of life.
 Thus Vedic scriptures
offer us a more complete
Cosmology
 THE
ULTIMATE COSMIC FLIGHT
Vedic culture – not against cosmic
travel…….
- become transcendental
cosmonauts and fly beyond moon ,
sun, entire universe to spiritual
world(our eternal home).
Is sun closer to earth
than moon?
Vedic(Puranic literature) –
•based on evolution of consciousness of the
residents of the cosmos
• vertical dimension(unknown to modern
science)
•Places planets in hierarchy according to the level
of their consciousness
Consider three flats…..
•Flat A (ground floor)

• Flat B(20th floor of the next building)

• Flat C(3rd floor of another building far

away from Flat A)
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Flat B 22
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CONCS.
2
2 2
1
1 1 0
0
Flat C 0

Flat A
 HORIZONTALLY
Flat B is much closer to Flat A than B.

DIAGONALLY
Flat C is farther away from Flat A than Flat B.

VERTICALLY
Flat C is much closer to Flat A
On the basis of hierarchy of consciousness

Flat A is like Earth

Flat B is like Moon
Flat C is like Sun

Modern Science – super speculative

w.r.t cosmology

Vedic understanding –
•intellectually coherent
•holistic and
•based on higher dimensional
perspective
HARIBOL!!!!!
Thank you very much