In simple terms, if smoke is seen in a distant mountain, one can infer there is fire or if someone found a watch in the long grass in the eighteenth century, naturally a watch maker was assumed…( see William Paley )

Similarly, the simple arguments that the complexity of a single cell ,with hundreds of nano machines, each performing different functions implies a designer and the argument that wherever you find codes you know there must be a code maker , ie dna codes that produce protein machines that produce the individual bodies of all living beings, hold up in ancient nyaya logical systems of discussion , as such any teleological arguments certainly should be taken seriously.

In a discussion about truth , the qualifications for participation are that persons are sincerely looking for truth , if a discussion takes place where one or two of the participants are affected by a subjective biased opinion , its unlikely truth will be found .

The main qualifications in discussion are that persons are sincere searchers for truth , and can conduct discussion in logical ways ,….truth actually is self evident to the sincere seeker it is said , and after careful debate with honest persons ,truth will out.

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Regulative principles of freedom or Darwinian following of mind senses and genes … ?? . The Vedas define consciousness as covered , shrunken , budding , blossoming ,or fully blooming , the Darwinian is covered because he considers the body as the self , the persons studying the science of consciousness in their progressive path moves from covered to fully blooming consciousness, technically called ananda maya . See Vedas for details of the multitudes of paths , but not all leading to the same destination

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Of the famous commentators of the 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, Rupa Gosvami and Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur are extraordinary documentors of the highest spiritual emotions.

What is an observer? Physicists puzzle over this question, as Richard Feynman once famously said, if you think you understand quantum physics ,then you know nothing of it .

But the Vedas state plainly an observer is consciousness either directly or indirectly, the Vedas further state this consciousness is eternally individual and has eternal desire. Currently, consciousness is placed within laws of nature that differ from the consciousness, so that’s a problem , how to place consciousness that has eternal desires in a fixed state , where desires can be fulfilled without interpretations such as birth ,death, old age and decease and placed in energies and laws that do not hamper the consciousness .

Thus, consciousness can be surrounded by the same energy it is fundamentally made from . That is the offer being made by the Vedas and, in one sense, all bone fide religious teaching and our best use of our God given intelligence is to seek out solutions to the most extreme difficulties we face , old age ,decease and death .

The technical term in the Vedas is apavarga and parvarga means bondage. Pa.pha.ba.bha.ma.

Pa .very hard labour.

Pha. Foam at mouth

Ba. dissapointment

Bha. Fear

Ma. Death .

The reality and truthful, accurate way of analysing our current predicament.

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Why should I have any interest in an ancient scripture called the Srimad Bhagavatam?? What does it contain anyway??  What is in it for me or society as a whole? Does such ancient literature have any relevance in today’s technological world with fast communication and instant pleasures for the body, and, as it is claimed, where economic development is liberating many from poverty and bringing far better standards of life??

These are the questions many people pose when approached by those who study the science of self-realization contained within the Bhagavatam, a science of the study of consciousness within the confines of matter, consciousness that finds itself within spacetime dimensions , as depicted by Einstein, and consciousness along with the body is under mother natures strict physical laws that everyone is forced to submit to.

The progressive spiritual seeker appreciates that the contents of the Bhagavatam do not contradict objective, empirical science.  Today, multidimensional spacetime is readily accepted by modern physicists, the Harvard PROFFESOR Lisa Randall teaches openly such mathematical observations , biologists see significations of design and mathematical symmetry in the organic world they study, and leading chemists are often aware that the theory that consciousness is an upshot of a combination of material elements is no less than derisory; an ultimately lame attempt by the Darwinian to explain subjective existence as a phenomenon of mechanistic science.

The substrata of the material universe is fundamentally atomic; so says the Srimad Bhagavatam.  Coincidentally, Niels Bohr, who helped define the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics, also studied the Vedas closely. The Bhagavatam describes material nature as a quantum reality with endless possibilities, a reality which responds to the free will and determinism of each individual within it. It also elaborates on multidimensional spacetime, and introduces the concept of three overarching principles, or modes, of material nature. As an example of the kind of quandary scientific discoveries sometimes present, whilst modern physicists believe changes in gravity can determine how nature operates, they are puzzled that gravity on earth is a relatively weak force. The Bhagavatam’s resolution for the puzzled (in keeping with Kantian logic that senses do not perceive all levels of existence) is acceptance of the ethereal plane, the as yet undetected plane of existence which modulates, and so defines, current laws of quantum and classical physics.

What is the origin of the Srimad Bhagavatam?

The Srimad Bhagavatam is a natural commentary on, and also, a companion to, the Vedanta Sutras.  ‘Veda’ means ‘knowledge’, and ‘anta’ means ‘ultimate’. The Veda-anta comprises Sutras which are condensed forms of information, sort of codes or dense stanzas that can be greatly expanded upon. The Vedanta sutra itself is a distillation of the knowledge of the original four Vedas written by the Indian sage Vyasadeva. These voluminous original four Vedas give directions to mankind to develop and progress in every conceivable way, but at the same time, they underline the main purpose of human life as love of God.

All living beings already have a connection with God.  Inspiration, for example, is a phenomenon that clearly exists.  Researchers, philosophers and scientists often comment that ‘eureka’ moments confront them at the unlikeliest of moments, shopping in the tinned veg isle, or perhaps feeding the budgerygar. The physicist Richard Feynman has  commented that an intense focus of attention to a sticky problem predictably leads to an extraordinary emergeance of solutions. Similar experiences are shared by many in all manner of creative and artistic fields.

The achievements of writers and philosophers from time out of mind should not be overlooked, but rather judged by their merits. Vyasadeva compiled the Vedas many thousands of years ago, but these are inspired works by any estimation.  As an incarnation of God himself, as the source of all inspiration, one discovers on inspection, he has some very pertinent things to say about the purpose of life.  An interesting thought regarding perennial questions of mankind such as “What is consciousness?” and “How do we understand the world that surrounds us?” is, where on earth these questions come from?

The Srimad Bhagavatam presented to you by the scholar and devotional practitioner A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is a commentary on the original four Vedas along with their summary, the Vedanta Sutra. It incorporates the teachings of four original professors of spiritual knowledge, namely Lord Brahma, Sri Laksmidevi, the Kumara sages, and the enigmatic Lord Shiva.  These professors established lineages, known as ‘sampradayas’, that protect and pass down the Vedic knowledge from one generation to another. Scholars that have risen to prominence in these four ‘sampradayas’ over the last couple of millenniums have been Madhvacarya, Ramanujacarya, Nimbarkacarya and Vallabhacarya. Their teachings are incorporated into AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s purports on the Srimad Bhagavatam texts.  Prabhupada was himself taught by his own teacher, or spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami , who was the son of Srila Bhaktivinod ThakurBhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami was a disciple of Srila Gour Kisor das babaji .

Historically, and according to time and circumstance, the above historical scholars of the Indian sub-continent presented the full picture of the Absolute Truth incrementally.  The full picture of the individual living being and God is that they are inconceivably one and different from one another.  A familiarity with the emphasis that each of the eminent scholars brings to the fore informs us of this bigger picture. An appreciation of the ‘advaita-vada’, or ‘oneness’, of one scholar, should be balanced with a good appreciation of the ‘dvaita-vada’ or ‘difference’ from God, of the other.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami is a follower of the teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is the chief, and most recent exponent of the Truth of inconceivable oneness and difference, and also an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna.  Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu entrusted His teachings to His direct disciples Sanatana Goswami, Rupa Goswami, Jiva Goswami and Raghunatha das Goswami, who in turn established His teachings on a sound scriptural and philosophical basis.  Today, the erudition of these Goswamis is greatly respected in universities throughout the world.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s ultimate teachings is that all living beings have an eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, in one of five ‘rasas’ or varieties of loving mellows, from neutrality through to divine conjugal love. These relationships are described in the Vedas as confidential, more confidential and most confidential.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami explains in his introduction to the Bhagavatam that the broad conception of ‘God’ is not on the same level as a realisation of the Absolute Truth. The Srimad Bhagavatam brings into focus the Absolute Truth, that is, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna, who Himself possesses innumerable energies which are manifested in perfect design and perfect order.  He is the cause of all causes, who acts to facilitate the free will of the individual being in this world, but who also fashions nature in such way as to guide and correct living entities so that they are restored to their constitutional position of spontaneous love for Him.

The principles of the Bhagavatam can be applied in all fields; political, social, economic, judicial, military etc., and they’re principles that can raise the merit of any value system. There is much that can be gleaned here for the spiritual upliftment of all living beings, and the spiritual perfection of love for Krishna encompasses love for every living thing, since all living things are eternally parts and parcels of Him.  The symptoms of someone completely on the spiritual platform is the absence of all anxieties, and a satisfaction and bliss wherein there is no concern for material loss, and no hankering for material, temporary gain whatsoever. This state is termed the “param gatim”, the supreme goal of life superseding all other goals, and quite naturally the goal which should always be born in mind.

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The four ‘Vedas’, namely Rig-Veda, Atharva-Veda, Yajur-Veda and Sama-Veda contain the complete knowledge of Krishna in all His aspects , namely His personality and His separated enegies including his individual parts and parcels and the Maha Tattva ie.‘Physical universe’. Rig-Veda explains the ‘cosmic order’ stating that physical as well as moral laws govern the entire universe and that  transgression of these laws should be prohibited Vedic philosophy derives infinite creativity, actions and power from universal laws of Nature, or ones God given talent should be correctly adopted in the service of Divinity. Twentieth century has witnessed increasing focus on growth and accumulation of wealth at the cost of society resulting in many socio-economic, political and environmental problems. It has led to mass exploration of everyone and everything . In Vedic philosophy, core function of business is to create wealth for society based on ‘Sarva Loka Hitam’ which means “Well being of all stakeholders”. Krishna indicates in ‘Bhagavad Gita’  leaders  should be ‘wisdom workers’ who focus on Education, Values, Principles and Wisdom leading to spiritual consciousness in service to Divinity. Sustainable growth comes by earning money following ‘Values’. Key to success lies in ‘Yajna’, sacrifice ultimately to Divinity through his bone fide representatives . The long-term interest of any society are best served by adopting an integrated approach .  In essence, Vedic way for sustainable growth ensures continuous flow of knowledge, finances, physical resources, learning and information like a river for the prosperity of ‘Global Society’ – but each administrated locally with out global exploration of a few dominating and shaping everyone’s future .

Thesis .antithesis, synthesis. The perfection of understanding , Krishna says one who sees Me everywhere and everything in Me is never lost to Me
One essential project of Prabhupada was the Bhaktivedanta Institute, this body examines in a scientific way all aspects of the Vedas and along with the intelligent design movement explaining to the public  objectively how the material world functions, the five  topics of Bhagavad Gita are Divinity, the individual entity, nature , space time and karma  , Or  synchronicity effects  on an individual human being within the laws of free will and determinism. 

We want to hold scientific conferences bringing further understanding of the Vedas , Niels Bohr one of the great thinkers in the feild  of quantum physics studied the vedas  ,and his Copenhagen interpretation of consciousness and its effect on matter parallels the Vedic conclusions .

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We have in mind a project relating to the ever changing high streets , Srila Prabhupada , the founder of ISKCON ,wanted centres of Krishna consciousness in every major town , we invite investors to lease to us shops that can be purchased as a long term investment by investors , that are returned back to the investors after 10 years , leasing it at a nominal fee , to help develop cafe yoga reading rooms , George Harrison did a similar arrangement at Bhaktivedanta Manor leasing it to devotees for a nominal fee. These centres will be the foundations of Bhaki yoga education where Krishna consciousness is taught and practiced , but in slightly different ways ,which can fit into a working life or a young person’s education commitments . The important feature of these centres is they will teach all aspects of the philosophy of science and Vedic sciences and will be directed by PHds in particular fields, who are members of ISKCON, and the cafe buisness will have recognised persons in the business world who advise on the most efficient means to run successful organic catering companies , with some of the profits used for our food for all Charity that distributes daily thousands of hot fresh meals to the vulnerable sector.

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