based on the works of his divine grace a. c. bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada founder-acharya of...

Based on the works of

His Divine GraceA. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaFounder-Acharya of

ISKCON

Contents•Introduction - The Search for Happiness

•Does GOD exist? What is Scripture? •

•Who is GOD?

•Who am I? The Science of the

Soul.

•Why bad things happen to good

people? - The Law of Karma.•

•The Science of Yoga and the

topmost Yoga system

•Practical application of the

Bhagavad-Gita

The search for happiness

• Always looking for relief – Vacation --- a break!

• All activities are performed in hope of happiness

• Many anxieties:– College education– Job– Family– Retirement– DEATH (the biggest

anxiety)

As humans, we can question the cause of our unhappiness – is there permanent happiness?

Does

G O Dreally exist?

Definition of God

• Cause of all causes & the source of everything that exists• Supreme controller

• Supreme proprietor

• Supreme Enjoyer.

EXISTENCE OF

G O D

AS A CONCRETE PRINCIPLE

Artist: Leonardoda Vinci

Mona Lisa

Landscape

Artist: David Copenhagen

Artist: JohnGreen

Landscape

Who is theARTIST?

Creation implies Creator

SPACETechnology

Satellite

Control Room

Satellite MonitoringSatellite Monitoring

Round-the-clock critical observation of the critical parameters

Critical Parameters to monitor

1. Orientation 5. Earth-Satellite distance

2. Spin

3. Velocity

4. Orbit decay corrections

6. Heat dissipation

7. Cosmic radiation

Earth

Earth21Mass: 6x10

Speed around theSun: 106,000 kmph

metric tons

Earth

Who is inControl?

Control implies controller

ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE

Artificial Intelligence

Dept. of Artificial Intelligence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

HumanBrain

The Most Sophisticated Computer in the Universe

The human brain can store

more information than all the

libraries in the world.

-Dr Richard Restak, MD Author, The Brain

The human brain is made of a trilliion brain cells.

…and each one of theseis more powerfuland sophisticated

than most computers around the planet today.

- Dr. Tony BuzonBritish Psychologist, educator

& author.

Who made thenatural

intelligenceof this incredibly

complex computer:

THE HUMAN BRAIN

Look at the groundreality

WHO DECIDES ?

We choose• A job

• A wife or a husband

• The type of car

• An apartment

• And many more things

We don’t choose

• Our parents

• Our beauty

• Our intelligence

WHO CHOOSES ?AND ON

WHAT BASIS ?

Decision implies

Decision Maker

IS IT BY CHANCE?

We see order and systematic arrangement in the universe…

Laws of Mechanics

Laws of Physical Optics

Laws of thermodynamics

Macro world

Precise laws of mathematical accuracy govern this world

Precise laws of mathematical accuracy govern this world Micro world

How can our birth, beauty, intelligence… only be random events ?

Isn’t there a law that govern these ?

Law implies law maker

Cause & Effect Principle

A Midsummer

Night's Dream

Entire play

ACT ISCENE I. Athens. The palace

of THESEUS.

Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and

Attendants THESEUS Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial

hourDraws on apace; four happy

days bring in…

A Midsummer

Night's Dream

Entire play

ACT ISCENE I. Athens. The palace

of THESEUS.

Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and

Attendants THESEUS Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial

hourDraws on apace; four happy

days bring in…

Complex material nature with all its laws implies a higher intelligence & thus an intelligent person - “GOD”

Can you show meG O D?

Can you show me God?

A fundamental mistake in the

understanding of God

God is not our order

carrier

Mistake No.1

Can you show me God?

Do youhave the

qualification to see God?

Mistake No.2

Can you show me God?

Electro-magnetic spectrum

Mistake No.2

R V

X-RaysRadio Waves

Visible Range

Can you show me God?