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UnderstandingGod


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Based on the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

PrabhupadaFounder Acharya International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Based on the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

PrabhupadaFounder Acharya International Society for Krishna Consciousness


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We inhabit aHUGE UNIVERSE


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We areWe areherehere

BangalorePopulation: over 6 million. One of the fastest growing cities

This huge templecomplex isrepresentedas a dot on

Bangalore map.

This huge templecomplex isrepresentedas a dot on

Bangalore map.


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However,

Bangaloreitself is a dotin map of

Karnataka

However,

Bangaloreitself is a dotin map of

Karnataka


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andKarnataka is

one of themany states

in India


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... one of the many countries onthe planet Earth.


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Earth weighing 6x10 21 Kg., is one of the many planets in our solar system.


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Sun, around which all the planetsare orbiting is 14,00,000 times

bi er than Earth.


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Astrophysicists point out

There are 2000 billion starslike sun each

having its ownfamily of planets


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...all these billions of galaxiesand trillions of stars comprise our

UNIVERSE

According to science...


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The most important question..

Who manages theseUNIVERSES in a perfect

order?

Is he a person with Super intelligence?


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Proof of Gods Super intelligence?

Unseen is proved by the seen

Even the smallest material thingneeds a creator

(? mechanism)


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Proof of Gods Super intelligence?

Unseen is proved by the seen

Gods Perfect mechanism

Universe, Stars, Eclipse, Sunset & Sunrise,Moonrise & Moonset, Seasons, Living

beings body systems.


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UNDERSTANDING THE

SUPER INTELLIGENCE

Organizer

Designer

Controller


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(1) PRATYAKSA PRAMANA(DIRECT SENSE PERCEPTION )

THREE WAYS OFGAINING

KNOWLEDGE

UNDERSTANDING THE SUPER INTELLIGENCE


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(2) ANUMANA PRAMAN(THEORIES BASED ON EVIDENCE )


KNOWLEDGE



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RELATIVE TRUTH - BLIND FAITH

(2) ANUMANA PRAMAN(THEORIES BASED ON EVIDENCE )


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(3) SABDA PRAMAN(HEARING FROM A BONAFIDE

AUTHORITY)


KNOWLEDGE



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WE CANNOT ACQUIRE ABSOLUTE KNOWLEDGETHROUGH MATERIAL SENSES.

OUR SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IS RELATIVE

PRATYAKSA PRAMAN

Is seeing believing


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WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH THROUGHOUR BLUNT MATERIAL SENSES BECAUSE OF THE

FOLLOWING FOUR DEFECTS

1. IMPERFECT SENSES

2. TO BE ILLUSIONED

3. TENDENCY TO COMMITMISTAKES

4. CHEATING PROPENSITY


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Four Defects - (1) IMPERFECT SENSES

OUR EYES ARE BLIND outside the rangeof 400 to 700millmicron

OUR EARS ARE DEAF outside the range

of 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz


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An uninformedScientist may boast:

We will use theinstrument outside therange for perceiving

things.


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Even if we photograph stars eventually we have to take in by

our senses what the photo shows. Furthermore, without our senses we cannot handle a camera.

Even if we amplified / refined by instruments the knowledge is

no more perfect than our imperfect senses.


Noble Prize winning

Physicist Eugene Wigner points out:


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Four Defects - (2) TO BE ILLUSIONED

O ptical illusion

Our eyes

imagine thelines thatform a white

triangle.


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O ptical illusion

Depending on which image you choose to discard, the drawingis either a black vase or the outline of two white faces lookingtoward each other. Both images are present, but you can't seethem, both at the same time. Consciously or unconsciously,

you select one and discard the other.


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O ptical illusionPicture shows 2 faces,either a young woman

or an old woman,depending on how youchoose to interpret the

data before you.


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Optical illusion

HOW MANY LEGS CAN YOU COUNT?


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Optical illusionWhich circle in the middle is bigger?Technically both are of the same size.



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Four Defects - (2) TO BE ILLUSIONEDIf you take a look at the following picture , let me tell you ... it is not

animated. Your eyes are making it move. To test this, stare at one spot for a

couple seconds and everything will stop moving. Or look at the black center of each circle and it will stop moving. But move your eyes to the next black center and the previous will move after you take your eyes away from it.... Weird

Optical illusion


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Optical illusion


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Are the purple lines straight or bent?

Optical illusion


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Optical illusion


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Optical illusion


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Optical illusionDo you see gray areas in between the squares?

Now where did they come from?

There are only black areas in the picture.


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EARS

Cannot distinguish hissingof a cooker and train



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EARS


1. Human hearing extends from 20 Hz up to 20,000 Hz.

2. We are deaf to any vibration above or below this range.

3. That's why when you blow dog's whistle all street dogswill come running to you, but you cannot hear!


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Orange taken after eatingsugar tastes sour

Orange taken after eatinglemon tastes sweet

TONGUE


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SKIN

Same water touched withwarm hand appears cool;

touched with cold handsappears warm


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Four Defects - (3) TO COMMIT MISTAKES

STARS WERE CONSIDERED PINPRICKS ONA CRYSTAL GLOBE (!)

WILDLY INCORRECT ACCOUNTS INSCIENCE


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ELECTRICITY & HEAT WERECONSIDERED FLUIDS (!!)



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BRAIN WAS THOUGHT OF AS AN ORGANTO COOL THE BLOOD (!!!)



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Four Defects - (4) CHEATING PROPENSITY

1912 - CONNECTING LINK MADE-UP

1953 - FRAUD REVEALED :HUMAN SKULL & FILED JAW

THE PILTDOWN MAN FRAUD


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ANUMANA PRAMAN(Theories based on Evidence)

It may have been like this, or perhaps it was like this...Hypothesis on the knowledge acquired

by direct perception

Charles Darwin'stheories and

much of archaeology and

anthropology


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RECORD OFTHE ROCKS

MAN CAME FROM MONKEYS

HUMAN BEINGS

AND MONKEYSSIMULTANEOUSLYEXISTED MILLIONS

OF YEARS AGO

40,000

100,000

400,000

1 million

1.5 million

2 million

Age of Rock Strata in Years

ANUMANA PRAMAN(Theories based on Evidence)


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KRISHNA

BRAHMA

NARADA

CHAITANYAMAHAPRABHU

A C BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI

SABDA PRAMANHearing from a Bonafide Authority


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How do we understand

GOD who is ...

Creator & maintainer of many such universes.

Beyond this giganticmanifestation.


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All methods of acquiring

knowledge can be broadlyclassified into two

categories


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Inductive(Ascending)Trying to find the truth by

ones own endeavor or speculation.

If a child wants to know whohis father is, he makes a

survey of the male population of the city.


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Deductive(Descending)

To learn the truth byaccepting an authority &

inquiring from him.

If a child wants to knowwho his father is, he

should ask his mother.


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How can an ant living in one corner of this classroom know about...


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What are the latestdevelopments in Iraq?


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The wars in the other side of the globe?


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Who is

President of United States

of America ?


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Arafat & ethnic

conflicts inPalestine and

Lebanon


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Logically speaking ant cannever know through its own

efforts through ASCENDINGPROCESS of acquiring

knowledge


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Its tooooo...small & haslimited sense perception

Ground Reality...


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Then how can we go aboutunderstanding GOD who is creator of infinite gigantic UNIVERSES?


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...but to accept thedescending method of acquiring knowledge

We have no choice...


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Accept an authority & learn the truth byinquiring submissively.


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Lord Krishna in

Bhagavad-Gita mentionsthe process of acquiring

knowledge.


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tad viddhi praiptenaparipranena sevay


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Just try to learn the truth byapproaching a Spiritual Master and

inquire submissively


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Who is thatauthority?


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THE VEDICLITERATURES


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But arent the Vedaswritten by man !!!


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NOThe Vedas are

apaurusah they are not man-made


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Moriz Winternitz concludes,Vedic literature extends

from an unknown past (sayx) to 500 B.C.

Ruth Reyna, Introduction to Indian Philosophy. p. 16

Vedic History


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tene bramhahriday adi

kavaye

Vedic History


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The Vedic knowledge was revealed bythe Supreme Person, in the heart of the

first created being, Brahma.

Vedic History


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The oral tradition begansimultaneous to the cosmic

creation, when Supreme Being

spoke Vedic knowldege to thefirst living being , Brahma.Srimad-Bhagvatam, First Canto, vol.1, p.44

Vedic History


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This Vedicwisdom camedown indisciplic

succession

through auralreception


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Knowledge from Vedas

Acintya - not of material nature(Absolute knowledge)


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Srimad Bhagavatam predicts about

people in Kali-yuga mand lazy ;

sumanda-mataya misguided; manda-bhgy unlucky ;

hi upadrut and above all disturbed


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Vysadeva, a literary incarnation of God,

shaktyavesa avtara, records allthe Vedas in every Dvapara yuga in the concised form

in writing.

Matasya Purana 53.9-11, VisnuPurana 3.4.5

S f V di K l d


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1. Sruti-prasthana - Vedas, & Upanisads

Sources of Vedic KnowledgePrasthana-traya

2. Smrti-prasthana - Puranas, Ramayana,Bhagavad-gita, Mahabharata,

3. Nyaya-prasthana - Vedanta-sutra

Vedas, Mahabharata & Puranas are breathedout by the Absolute TruthBrhad-aranyaka Upanisad 2.4.10

Sh i & S i i


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Shruti: Hearing Acquiringknowledge by by hearing (mother).

Shruti & Smriti

Smriti: Remembering - Scriptureswhich further explain Vedas (sister).

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Veda means know and denotesdivine knowledge

Four Vedas: (Rg Veda, Yajur Veda,Sama Veda, Atharva Veda)

Vedas are mainly hymns, chanted by priests, in praise of the gods.

Shruti sastras - Vedas

Sh i V d


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Vedas mainly encourage satisfaction of material desires through worship of

demigods & karma-kanda.


Worship of Agni for power, Indra for sex,Durgadevi for fortune, Vasus for money, Asvini

Kumaras for long life.


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Sama Veda - Veda of chants -1549 verses praises heavenly

beverage soma.



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Sh i U i d


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Disciple sitting beside his guru -receives transcendental knowledge.

Shruti sastras - Upanisads

Upa-ni-sat means sit closely

Marks the beginning of

transcendental life

Sh i U i d


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Upanisads: 220 in total - main 108Establish the absolute as non

material.


Every Upanisad first presents the

Supreme Brahman as impersonal,at the end the personal form of Bhagavan emerges.

Hayasirsa Pancaratra

Sh i U i d


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Upanisads - emphasize meditationupon the impersonal Brahman.


Upanisads - do not deny that theAbsolute Truth has personality.

Upanisads - do assert theGodheads spiritual personality.

Smriti sastras Vedanta s tra


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Smriti sastras Vedanta sutra

Vedanta sutra

Most concise form of all Vedicknowledge

S iti t P


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Smriti sastras Puranas

Puranas: The Histories

18 in no - Originally 100 crore slokas(now 4 lac)

Offer vedic knowledge in the form of stories & historical incidents.

S iti t P


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Smriti sastras Puranas

Deal with the superhumanactivities of Bhagavan and hisvarious incarnations in various

ages.


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Smriti s str s M h bh r t


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Smriti sastras Mahabharata

Mahabharata: The Histories - (1 lac slokas -four line stanzas each)

Story of the greater kingdom of Bharatavarsa, - History of ancient world

empire.

Also called pancamah Veda - includes Bhagavad-gita in Bhisma parva Ch. 25-42

Matasya purana 53.69

Smriti sastras Ramayana


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Smriti sastras Ramayana

Bramhaji to Narada to Balmiki100 crore slokas - 5.25 slokas

now 12500

Matasya purana 53.70


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Knowledge from Vedas


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Knowledge from Vedas compatible with modern day

knowledge

Bhugol, Saptadvipa,Embryology, Life in plants,

Fire bacteria mentioned inVedas.

V d di i


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Buddha (Bhag 1.3.24)

Vedas predictions

Christ (Bhavisya Purana),

Allaha (Bhavisya Purana, AtharvaVeda Kanda 20, Shukta 127,Mantra 1-3)

V d di i


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Caitnaya Mahaprabhu (Bhag 11.5.32, Mahabharata 127.92.75),

Vedas predictions

Chanakya (Bhag. 12.1.11),

Chandragupta & Asoka (Bhag.12.1.12,


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What the world

renowned personalitiessay about the Vedic

literatures ?

h d h h d h


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When I read the Bhagavad-gita, the

only question left is how God createdthe universe. Everything else seems to be superfluous.

Albert EinsteinPhysicist


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The balance of mindwhich few highly-

civilized individuals,

such as Arjuna, the heroof Bhagavad-gita, canmaintain in action, is

difficult for most of useven as observers.

T. S. EliotAmerican-EnglishPoet


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The deeper you dive intoit, richer the meaning youget...with every age, the

important words will carrynew and expanding

meanings. But its centralteachings will not vary.

Mahatma

GandhiIndias Father of

Nation


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Let the Gita be to you amine of diamonds as it

has been to me. Let it beyour constant guide andfriend on lifes way. Let

it light your path anddignify your labour.

Mahatma

GandhiIndias Father of

Nation


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It gives utterance tothe aspirations of the pilgrims of all sects

who seek to tread theinner way to the city

of God.

Dr. S. Radhakrishnanformer President of India


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In the morning I bathe my intellect

in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita,

in comparison with which our modern world and its literature

seem puny and trivial.

Henry David Thoreau


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What is the purpose of my

existence ? Who is God ? How am I related to God ?

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Since, these questions deal withvery fundamental aspects of our

existence , we can immensely benefit by daily studying thesevedic literatures & sharpening our

Spiritual Intelligence SQ.


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Hare Krishna


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