Srila Prabhupada repeatedly called the modern class of scientists “rascals” and “cheaters”, and accused them of speaking “nonsense”. The fact is, he was not against science as a principle, but he did not accept the authority of modern scientists whose constantly changing conclusions are based on imperfect sense perception and speculation. “We have our authorities”, he said, “and they have theirs”. And our authorities base their understanding on revealed knowledge descending through strict successional dissemination of the Vedic scriptures, which originate from God Himself.
However, Srila Prabhupada also exhorted his scientific-minded disciples to challenge the scientists and use science to prove the existence of God, consciousness, reincarnation and, of course, the structure and nature of the universe according to the Bhagavatam and other shastras, as well as the existence of the spiritual world. Without ‘science’ the Vedic conclusions can be misunderstood to be mere theology or mythology with no concrete, fundamental proof. This is the main purpose of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium, aside from being a place of kirtan and worship, and the new home of Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Pancha Tattva and Sri Nrsimhadeva.
“Apart from Puranas and Vedic literatures, scientifically it is the modern science, according to their way, we can convince. Puranas you may not believe the authority, I may not believe. But scientific truth has to be accepted.”
Room Conversation, March 31, 1977, Mumbai
We would like to announce the creation of our new Book Marketplace on the TOVP website where you can find publications by devotee scientists and scholars on all the above subjects, and more. The books are not being sold directly on the website, but links will bring you to the specific websites where they can be purchased. Our current selection of authors includes Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami, Danavir Goswami, Sadaputa Dasa, Drutakarma Dasa and Rishiraja Dasa. More will be added over time.
We encourage all devotees to visit our Book Marketplace and become educated on these subjects in order to arm themselves against the barrage of atheistic, mechanistic and impersonal conceptions that pervade all modern explanations of life, nature and the universe.
Visit the TOVP Book Marketplace now.
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