Monday, August 5, 2013

Radhanath swami on Faith and Science

The scientific approach is that I will only accept if there is tangible proof, I will believe it if you can show me. If you cannot show me God, if you cannot put Him before me to see, to touch, to smell, to taste, to experience directly with my senses, how do you expect me to believe it and remain scientific? This is a great fallacy because factually everything in your life that you believe is true, you have no means to prove it directly through sense perception and yet you accept it. Gandhi was the father of India. How do you know? Can you see him, can you meet him? You cannot show me Gandhi any more than I can show you God with your senses. How do you know that Mahatma Gandhi existed? Through books and through persons who knew him, through faith. There are thousands of times more books explaining the nature and the history of God’s events in this world than there are about Mr. Gandhi. There are saints and sages from all traditions throughout history who explain that they have met him, they have experienced him. Faith is a part of our life, which is the basis of practically everything we believe to be true. And this faith is on what we never will perceive with our senses.

8 comments:

  1. Faith is the first step towards understanding God

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  2. Wonderful reasons for everyone to believe in existence of God......

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  3. Very convincing article....

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  4. Faith is the prerequisite for knowledge.

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  5. True! We have to have faith in the unseen!

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  6. Mother is the only and the right authority for the child to know who is his/her father.Therefore going by this logic scriptures are the words of the God and saintly people are the right authorities to know from them.By this method oe increases faith in God and become eligible for self realization.

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  7. Great explanation by Radhanath Swami Maharaj!

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  8. Radhanath Swami clarifies the doubt on faith with absolute logic and facts, only a person who has covered his eyes with hands in the mode of denial can not believe in God. Thank you for sharing.

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