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	Graduated with distinction, Moscow State University, 1978 Ph.D., Institute for Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1986 (Thesis: The Structure of Nucleosomes: Sequencing Histone Molecules on the DNA)		Graduated with distinction, Moscow State University, 1978 Ph.D., Institute for Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1986 (Thesis: The Structure of Nucleosomes: Sequencing Histone Molecules on the DNA)

	In 1980 started deeply studying Bhagavad-gita and other literatures of antient India living in different ashramas in India and abroad, and translating ~~antient~~ scriptures into Russian. Took part in The First International Conference on the Study of Consciousness Within Science (1990, San-Francisco).		In 1980 started deeply studying Bhagavad-gita and other literatures of antient India living in different ashramas in India and abroad, and translating ancient scriptures into Russian. Took part in The First International Conference on the Study of Consciousness Within Science (1990, San-Francisco).

	Studies Sanskrit and the six systems of Indian philosophy. Since the beginning of 90-s widely travels and gives lectures and seminars in different parts of the world on various topics concerning Indian scriptures in the light of the modern science.		Studies Sanskrit and the six systems of Indian philosophy. Since the beginning of 90-s widely travels and gives lectures and seminars in different parts of the world on various topics concerning Indian scriptures in the light of the modern science.

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Quotes: Mood of Separation (Srila Prabhupada)

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'''Navadvépa in an ocean of lamentation over His separation'''

SB Introduction. ''Introduction''

'''The Lord, after accepting the sannyäsa order, at once wanted to start for Våndävana. For three continuous days He traveled in the Räòha-deça (places where the Ganges does not flow). He was in full ecstasy over the idea of going to Våndävana. However, Çréla Nityänanda diverted His path and brought Him instead to the house of Advaita Prabhu in Çäntipura. The Lord stayed at Çré Advaita Prabhu's house for a few days, and knowing well that the Lord was leaving His hearth and home for good, Çré Advaita Prabhu sent His men to Navadvépa to bring Mother Çacé to have a last meeting with her son. Some unscrupulous people say that Lord Caitanya met His wife also after taking sannyäsa and offered her His wooden slipper for worship, but the authentic sources give no information about such a meeting. His mother met Him at the house of Advaita Prabhu, and when she saw her son in sannyäsa''' ''dress''''', she lamented. By way of compromise, she requested her son to make His headquarters in Puré so that she would easily be able to get information about Him. The Lord granted this last desire of His beloved mother. After this incident the Lord started for Puré, leaving all the residents of Navadvépa in an ocean of lamentation over His separation.'''

How Sri Caytanya teach as of feeling separation

[https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/13/39/ Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā 13.39]

A person who is advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness always feels separation from Kṛṣṇa because such a feeling of separation excels the feeling of meeting Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in His last twelve years of existence within this world at Jagannātha Purī, taught the people of the world how, with a feeling of separation, one can develop His dormant love of Kṛṣṇa. Such feelings of separation or meeting with Kṛṣṇa are different stages of love of Godhead. These feelings develop in time when a person seriously engages in devotional service. (<nowiki>https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/13/39/</nowiki>).

The Transcendent Science of the Mood of Separation

Radhastami: Srimati Radharani's Appearance Day. August 29, 1971, London

These are, of course, very transcendental, great science. One who is advanced in Krsna consciousness and well conversant with the sastras, they can understand. But still, we can discuss from the sastra. When Krsna wanted to understand Himself, He took the tendency of Srimati Radharani. And that is Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

'''Radha-bhava-dyuti-suvalitam [Cc Adi 1.5]. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna, but He has accepted the propensities of Radharani. As Radharani is always in feelings of separation of Krsna, similarly, in the position of Radharani, Lord Caitanya was feeling separation of Krsna. That is the teachings of Lord Caitanya, feelings of separation, not meeting. The process of devotional service taught by Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His disciplic succession is how to feel separation from Krsna. That is Radharani's position, always feeling the separation.'''

The Gosvamis, they also, when they were in Vrndavana, they never said that "I have seen Krsna." Although they were the most perfect, they never said that "I have seen Krsna." Their prayers were like this: he radhe! vraja-devike! he nanda-suno! kutah. He radhe, Radharani, he radhe! vraja-devike! ca. Radharani does not remain alone. He [She] remains always with His [Her] friends, vraja-devi, Lalita or Visakha and other damsels of Vrndavana.

So the Gosvamins are praying, in their mature stage, when they were living at Vrndavana, they were praying in this way, he radhe! vraja-devike! ca lalite! he nanda-suno! kutah: "Where, Radharani, where You are? Where are Your associates? Where You are, Nanda-suno, the son of Nanda Maharaja, Krsna? Where you are, all?" They were searching after.

They never said, "I have seen Krsna dancing with the gopis. Last night I saw." [laughter] This is sahajiya. This is not mature devotee. This is called... They are called sahajiya. They take everything very cheap -- Krsna very cheap, Radharani very cheap -- as if they can see every night.

No. The Gosvamis do not teach us like that. They're searching after.

he radhe! vraja-devike! ca lalite! he nanda-suno! kutah

sri-govardhana-padapa-tale kalindi-vane kutah

"Are you there under the Govardhana Hill or on the banks of the Yamuna?" Kalindi-vanye kutah. Ghosantav iti sarvato vraja-pure khedair maha-vihvalau. Their business was crying like this, "Where You are? Where You are, Radharani? Where you are, Lalita, Visakha, the associates of Radharani?

Where You are, Krsna? Are You near Govardhana Hill or on the bank of the Yamuna?" Ghosantav iti sarvato vraja-pure. So throughout the whole tract of Vrndavana they were crying and searching after them, khedair maha-vihvalau, as if madman. Khedair maha-vihvalau. Vande rupa-sanatanau raghu-yugau sri-jiva-gopalakau.

So we have to follow the footprints of the Gosvamis, how to search out Krsna and Radharani, Vrndavana, or within your heart. That is the process of Caitanya Mahaprabhu's bhajana: feeling of separation, vipralambha, vipralambha-seva.

Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu, feeling the separation of Krsna, He was falling down on the sea. He was coming out of His rest room, or His bedroom, and going out at dead of night. Nobody knew where He has gone. So that was His searching.

This process of devotional service is taught by Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Not that very easily, "We have seen Krsna or seen Radharani in rasa-lila." No, not like that. Feel the separation. '''The more you feel separation from Krsna, you should understand that you are advancing.''' Don't try to see Krsna artificially. Be advanced in separation feeling, and then it will be perfect. That is the teachings of Lord Caitanya.

Because with our material eyes we cannot see Krsna. Atah sri-krsna-namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaih [Cc Madhya 17.136]. With our material senses we cannot see Krsna, we cannot hear about Krsna's name. But sevonmukhe hi jihvadau, when you engage yourself in the service of the Lord...

Where the service begins? Jihvadau. The service begins from the tongue, not from the legs, eyes or ears. It begins from the tongue. Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau. If you begin service through your tongue... How? Chant Hare Krsna. Use your tongue. Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. And take krsna-prasadam. The tongue has got two business: to articulate sound, Hare Krsna, and take prasadam. By this process you'll realize Krsna.

Devotee: Haribol!

Prabhupada: Don't try to see Krsna. You cannot see Krsna with your material eyes. Neither you can hear about Him with your material ears. Neither you can touch. But if you engage your tongue in the service of the Lord, then He'll reveal Himself to you: "Here I am." That is wanted.

Devotees: Haribol!

Prabhupada: So feel separation of Krsna just like Radharani, as Lord Caitanya teaches us, and engage your tongue in the service of the Lord; then one day when you are mature, you'll see Krsna eye to eye.

Thank you very much.

I am disqualified

Lecture [Partial Recording]. March 29, 1967, San Francisco

Govinda dasi: Could you tell about Lord Caitanya asking where is Krsna and falling in the water? Or would that be not be [indistinct]?

Prabhupada: Yes, yes. Very nice. Your question is very nice. I'm very glad. Lord Caitanya, He was the greatest symbol of krsna-bhakta, a devotee of Krsna. So just see from His life. He never said that "I have seen Krsna." He never said, "I have seen Krsna." He was mad after Krsna. "Where I can see Krsna. Where is Krsna? Where is Krsna?"

'''He was mad after Krsna. That is the, I mean to say, process of Caitanya philosophy. It is called viraha. Viraha means separation. Separation. "Krsna, You are so good, You are so merciful, You are so nice. But I am so rascal, I am so full of sin, that I cannot see You. I have no qualification to see You."'''

'''So in this way, if one feels the separation of Krsna, that "Krsna, I want to see You, but I am so disqualified that I cannot see You," these feeling of separation will make you enriched in Krsna consciousness. Feeling of separation. Not that "Krsna, I have seen you. Finished. All right. I have understood You. Finished. All my business finished." No! Perpetually think of yourself that 'I am unfit to see Krsna." That will enrich you in Krsna consciousness.'''

Caitanya Mahaprabhu displayed this, these feelings of separation. This is Radharani's separation. When Krsna went from Vrndavana to His place, His father's place, and Radharani was feeling in that way, always mad after Krsna. So Krsna Caitanya, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, took the separation feeling of Radharani. That is the best way of worshiping Krsna, or becoming Krsna conscious.

So you know that Lord Caitanya fell on the sea. "Krsna, if You are in the sea? Krsna, if You are here? Krsna, if You are here?" Similarly, the next devotees, Lord Caitanya's direct disciples, Gosvamis, Rupa Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami, they also, the same disciplic succession, they also worship Krsna in that separation feeling. There is a nice verse about them: [sings]

he radhe vraja-devike ca lalite he nanda-suno kutah

sri-govardhana-kalpa-padapa-tale kalindi-vane kutah

ghosantav iti sarvato vraja-pure khedair maha-vihvalau

vande rupa-sanatanau raghu-yugau sri-jiva-gopalakau

[Sri Sri Sad-gosvamy-astaka]

These Gosvamins also, later on, when they were very much mature in devotional service, what they were doing? They were daily in the vrndavana-dhama, just like a mad man: "Krsna, where You are?" That is the qualification. It is very nice question.

I am insignificant

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.10.14. June 27, 1973, Mayapur

'''Real Caitanya Mahaprabhu sampradaya is that he should be feeling like Caitanya Mahaprabhu, separation. Not sambhoga. Vipralambha. Vipralambha-seva: "Oh, I am so wretched, I could not serve Krsna. How I can see Krsna? It is not possible." In this way. That is the teaching of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. "But even though I do not see Him, neither it is possible for me to see Him..." Means: "What I am? I am insignificant person. Why Krsna come and see me?" This is right. "Why shall I aspire after seeing Krsna? What qualification I have got?" This is bhajana. This is bhajana. Why should I be proud that "Now I shall see Krsna"? What I am?'''

That is the teaching of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam marma-hatam karotu va adarsanat [Cc Antya 20.47]. Adarsana. "Without giving me audience, You kill me, You break my heart; still, You are my Lord, You are my worshipable Lord, nobody else." This is love. This is love. Asena krsna galaya diba na hale bejara thakaba.

Not like that. "Krsna may not come. I may not see Krsna for thousands and thousands of life. I may rot in the hellish condition of life for many, many births. That doesn't matter. Still, I cannot give up Krsna consciousness." This is required. I may be sent to hell, heaven; it doesn't matter. What qualification I have got that I want to see back to home, back to Godhead? It is not so easy thing. So why should I be sorry for that? I should be happy even in the hell, simply by thinking of Krsna. That is wanted. That is wanted. That is Krsna consciousness.

So here is the example. Tears by force are coming out: "Oh, Krsna is going away." At the same time, they want to check: "There may not be any inauspicity for Krsna." They're thinking Krsna, for Krsna, not for personal self. "Oh, I am now crying. I have become very much fortunate. I am crying for Krsna." No. "My crying will create inauspicity to Krsna. I must check it." This is Krsna consciousness.

Humbleness of acaryas

The Nectar of Devotion. October 23, 1972, Vrndavana

But when you are raised to the highest platform of devotional service, then there is no more dvisatsu. No more friend, no more dvisat. Everyone, a maha-bhagavata sees that "Everyone is engaged in the service of the Lord except myself." That is maha-bhagavata's vision. But we should not imitate that. Just like I was, I was giving the example of Caitanya-caritamrta author, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami. He's speaking that,

'''jagai madhai haite muni se papistha'''

'''purisera kita muni se lagistha'''

'''[Cc Adi 5.205]'''

'''He's not imitating or he's speaking falsely. He feels like that. A maha-bhagavata feels like that, that "I am the lowest." Just like Bhaktivinoda Thakura has sung, amara jivana sada pape rata nahika punyera lesa[?]. He says like that, that "My life is always engaged in sinful activities. I've not a trace of pious activity." Amara jivana sada ape rata nahika punyera lesa. "I have given so much distress to all other living entities." He's representing common man, but he's feeling like that. It is not that artificially speaking. He's feeling like that.'''

Just like Radharani. She thinks always Herself as the lowest of the devotees. She thinks always. She sees always that the gopis, other gopis, they are better qualified to serve Krsna, and She is not qualified, so much qualified. Therefore in Vrndavana, you'll find the devotees approach Radharani: "Jaya Radhe," because if Radharani advocates for him to Krsna, it is very easily accepted. And Radharani says... If Radharani's pleased, then He [She] represents the devotee's case that "Here is a devotee. He's better than Me. Kindly accept his service, Krsna." So Krsna cannot deny. So maha-bhava. Radharani is maha-bhava.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu displayed that maha-bhava. That maha-bhava is not possible for ordinary man. It is especially prerogative of Srimati Radharani and who played the part of Radharani, although He's Krsna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So maha-bhava, the ecstasies, that is not to be imitated by us, but to be aware of this fact that how maha-bhagavata, maha-bhava, they treat with Krsna.

Don't try to see but

Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.16. February 23, 1976, Mayapur

'''So Krsna is always kind, but when He sees that you are very eager to go to Krsna, He calls. He calls. Just like He explained to Arjuna, "My dear Arjuna, because you are My very dear friend," sarva-guhyatamam, "I am just disclosing the most confidential part of knowledge." [Bg 18.64] Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg 18.66]: "This is the most confidential part of knowledge. Don't be entangled with this pavarga. Take shelter of Me." So this is calling Arjuna. So Prahlada Maharaja expecting, "When the Lord will call me?" That is real mercy. You cannot call God, or Krsna, "Please come me and save me." Krsna is not your servant; He does not agree to be your servant. But when He's pleased, He says, He calls you, "Please come and surrender unto Me." Therefore we must expect, "When the master will call me?" Don't try to see God, but act in such a way that God will call you, "Please come here." That is wanted. That is bhakti, not that "O God, please come. I will see You." Why God will come to see you? He is very busy. What you have done that you want to see God? If you say, "O Indira Gandhi, please come here. I'll see you," she will come? Be qualified, and she will see you. Similarly, don't try... This is not bhakti. Naciye naciye aire gopala. [Bengali saying] No. Gopala is not anyone's servant that He'll come dancing and dancing. You be qualified, and He'll see you. He'll call you, "Yes, come back. Come back home, back to home, back to Godhead." Be qualified. [aside:] Why you are standing? Stand here.'''

So this is Prahlada Maharaja's instruction. Everyone should be anxious how Krsna will call him back to home, back to Godhead. And that is done, that is possible, when you are engaged in service. Otherwise it is not po... Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau svayam eva sphuraty adah [Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu

'''separation from the Spiritual Master or Krishna'''

Letter to : Krsna dasa, Seattle, 21 October, 1968

'''To feel separation from the Spiritual Master or Krishna is very good position. That means one who is in pure love with Krishna and His Representative, Spiritual Master, he thinks always of Them. And this thinking process is Krishna consciousness. If we can think always of Krishna even in separation, that is Krishna Consciousness. And in the absolute platform, there is no difference of separation and meeting. The separation is also meeting, rather in separation one relishes the loving relationship more tasty. So don't be disappointed that you are separated from me, I am also always thinking of you how you are making progress there. And I am always expecting your letters that you have already opened a center there, and you are working very nicely.'''

'''Letter to : Uddhava'''

'''--'''

'''Los Angeles'''

'''5 March, 1968'''

'''68-03-05'''

'''My Dear Uddhava,'''

'''Please accept my blessings. I am just in receipt of your letter forwarded from New York. Please be happy in separation. I am separated from my Guru Maharaja since 1936 but I am always with him so long I work according to his direction. So we should all work together for satisfying Lord Krishna and in that way the feeling of separation will transform into transcendental bliss.'''

'''greater ecstasy than meeting with''' '''Spiritual Master'''

Letter to : Jadurani. Los Angeles. 13 January, 1968

'''Yes, the ecstasy of separation of Spiritual Master is even greater ecstasy than meeting with Him.'''

'''Please continue your excellent service and I will always be so pleased with your sincere service, as I am so much happy with you.'''

contact with guru through vibration

Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.12. August 18, 1968, Montreal

Rukmini: I feel so far away from you, you know, when you're not here.

'''Prabhupada: Oh, that you should not think. If... The words... There are two conceptions: the physical conception and the vibration conception. So physical conception is temporary. The vibration conception is eternal. Just like we are enjoying, or we are relishing, the vibration of Krsna's teachings. So by vibration He is present.'''

'''As soon as we chant Hare Krsna or chant Bhagavad-gita or Bhagavata, so He is present immediately by His vibration. He's absolute. Therefore vibration is more important than physical presence. When you feel separation from your spiritual master, you just try to remember His words of instruction; you'll not feel separation. You'll feel that He is with you.'''

So we should associate by the vibration, and not by the physical presence. That is real association. Sabdad anavrtti [Vedanta-sutra 4.4.22]: by sound. Just like we are touching Krsna immediately by sound, sound vibration. So we should give more stress on the sound vibration, either of Krsna or of the spiritual master. Then we'll feel happy and no separation. When Krsna departed from this world, at that time Arjuna was overwhelmed with sorrow, and he began to remember the instruction of Bhagavad-gita. You'll find in the Srimad-Bhagavatam.

Then he was pacified. He immediately began to remember the teachings which was taught to him in the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, and he was pacified. He was his constant friend, so when Krsna went to His abode he was feeling overwhelmed, but he began to remember His teaching. So whenever we shall feel separation, the best thing is to remember the teachings. Then it will be very nice.

'''He is still distributing'''

Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.30. November 30, 1974, Bombay

'''So they were mad after Krsna: "Where is Krsna?" They never said, "We have seen Krsna." And Caitanya Mahaprabhu also, He said, "I was dreaming of Krsna, and why you awake Me? I have lost the chance." In this way they were making bhajana. This is called viraha-bhajana, viraha-bhajana, separation. That is very recommended process. So we should be awakened, awaken our consciousness, Krsna consciousness, in such a way that being separated from Krsna, we shall become mad after Him. This is called krsna-prema. That prema was being distributed by Caitanya Mahaprabhu. And He is still distributing.'''

So how this prema can be awakened easily, that has been recommended by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, quoting from Lord Brahma's prayer to Krsna, jnane prayasam udapasya namanta eva. Don't try to understand Krsna by your teeny knowledge. We are imperfect. How we can speculate on Krsna? That is not... Because there are certain persons, jnanis, they want to know. Just like theosophists: they want to know the Absolute Truth by speculation. But that is not possible.

'''Everything is vacant, but Krsna consciousness is there'''

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.39. May 1, 1973, Los Angeles

Just like in Vrndavana. In Vrndavana, when Krsna left Vrndavana for Mathura... So in the sastra it is said, vrndavanam parityajya na padam ekam gacchati: Krsna does not go even one step from Vrndavana. He doesn't go. He's so much attached to Vrndavana. Then we see that Krsna left Vrndavana, went to Mathura. So how is that, He went so far away? And did not return for many years? No. Krsna actually did not leave Vrndavana. Because since Krsna left Vrndavana, all the inhabitants of gopi, they were simply thinking of Krsna and crying. That's all. That was their business. Mother Yasoda, Nanda Maharaja, Radharani, all the gopis, all the cows, all the calves, all the cowherd boys, their only business was to think of Krsna and cry. Absence, separation.

'''So Krsna can be felt, Krsna can be present more acutely in separation. That is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's teaching: to love Krsna in separation. Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu in separation: govinda-virahena me. Sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me [Siksastaka 7]. He was thinking that "Everything is vacant without Govinda, without Krsna." So everything is vacant, but Krsna consciousness is there. Krsna consciousness is there. That is the highest perfectional... When we'll see everything is nothing, simply Krsna consciousness is there, that is the highest. That is the gopis'...'''

Therefore gopis are so exalted. Not for a single moment they could forget Krsna. Not for a single moment. Krsna was going in the forest with His cows and calves, and gopis at home, they were disturbed in the mind: "Oh, Krsna is walking bare-footed. There are so many stones and nails. There is pricking Krsna's lotus feet, which is so soft that we think our breast as hard when Krsna puts His lotus feet. Still He's walking." They are absorbed in this thought. And they are crying. So they are so anxious to see Krsna back home in the evening that they are standing on the way, on the roof: "Now Krsna is coming back with His..." This is Krsna consciousness. This is... Krsna cannot be absent from a devotee when he's too much absorbed in Krsna thought. This is the process of Krsna consciousness.

So here Kuntidevi is very much anxious that Krsna will be absent. But the effect will be, when Krsna will be absent physically, He will be more, I mean to say, accurately present within the mind of the devotee. So Caitanya Mahaprabhu's teaching is that vipralambha-seva. By His practical life. He's finding out Krsna: govinda-virahena me. Sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me. What is that verse? Caksusa pravrsayitam. Caksusa pravrsayitam, sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me. He's crying like torrents of rain coming out of the eyes, and He's feeling everything vacant for want of Krsna. Separation. Vipralambha. So sambhoga and vipralambha. There are two stages of meeting Krsna. Sambhoga means when He's personally present. That is called sambhoga. Personally talking, personally meeting, personally embracing, that is called sambhoga. And there is another, vipralambha. The two ways a devotee can be benefited.

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Room Conversation with George Harrison & the Shankars. August 5, 1973, London.

Because Krsna is always engaged with the gopis, so the Gosvamis, they are searching, "Now I have come to Vrndavana. Where you are?" He radhe vraja-devike ca lalite he nanda-suno kutah. Kutah means "Where you are all?" Just like the same thing: "Krsna, where You are?" [laughter] It is very nice. Vira. This bhajana is recommended by Caitanya Mahaprabhu, to feel separation for Krsna. That is best motive, to feel separation. The more you feel..Y

So just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu demonstrated, for want of Krsna He was becoming mad, ecstatic. This is Radharani's attitude when Krsna went to Vrndavana, er, Mathura, leaving the gopis in Vrndavana. So Krsna knew that "All the gopis will be overwhelmed on account of My separation," so He sent Uddhava to pacify them. At that time Radharani displayed just like mad. So these songs are following the footsteps of Radharani, feeling the separation of Krsna. I think this morning I have explained one verse,

'''ayi dina-dayardra natha he'''

'''mathura-natha kadavalokyase'''

'''[Cc Antya 8.34]'''

'''So this bhajana in separation of Krsna, that is our Gaudiya Vaisnava philosophy: to feel separation from Krsna. Caitanya Mahaprabhu, govinda-virahena me.'''

'''yugayitam nimesena'''

'''caksusa pravrsayitam'''

'''sunyayitam jagat sarvam'''

'''govinda-virahena me'''

'''[Siksastaka verse 7]'''

'''Yugayitam nimesena, "In one moment is appearing to me just like twelve years," yugayitam nimesena caksusa pravrsayitam, "and tears coming down just like torrents of rain." Sunyayitam jagat sarvam: "The whole world appears to be vacant." Why? Govinda-virahena me: "On account of separation from Govinda." So this bhajana is very perfect bhajana: feeling separation of Krsna, "Krsna, where You are? Krsna, where You are?" This is our bhajana. It is not that "Krsna I have now seen; my business is finished." No. [laughter] We should always feel separation. That is best. That will advance us in Krsna consciousness very nicely.'''

So it is very nicely sung. So always feel separation of Krsna. That will make our life very successful in understanding Krsna.

... You are distributing Krsna's name and feeling separation. Which will have effect to the people. And Krsna name and Krsna is not different. Krsna is absolute. So when we utter Krsna's name, that means Krsna is on my tongue, present.

nama cintamanih krsnas

caitanya-rasa-vigrahah

[Cc Madhya 17.133]

The name cintamani, spiritual. Nama cintamanih krsnas caitanya, full spiritual, conscious. Nama cintamanih krsnas caitanya-rasa-vigrahah: the personality of all mellows. Nitya suddho..., nitya suddha-mukto, abhinnatvan nama-naminoh: there is no difference between the name and the person Krsna. There is no difference. Therefore if we chant Krsna's name, especially in vira, in separation, that is the greatest perfection of life. So Krsna is purnam. Krsna's name is also purnam, complete. So chanting Krsna's name, we get complete benefit as by meeting Krsna. As by meeting Krsna. This will be realized as we go on thinking of Krsna. So it is very nice attempt.

'''It is maha-bhava'''

Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.39. July 20, 1975, San Francisco.

Satata-yuktanam, and twenty-four hours anxious, "How to serve Krsna? How to serve Krsna?" To become mad after Krsna, such person. Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me [Siksastaka 7]: '''"I see everything vacant being separated from Govinda." This is called love. So, of course, it is not possible to come to that position like Caitanya Mahaprabhu. That is maha-bhava, maha-bhava. It is not for any human being to come to that stage. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu has shown how to become mad after Krsna by His life when He was in Jagannatha Puri, Caitanya. At night He would go out and fall down on the sea or somewhere. Nobody knows. The door was closed, and still, He would get out and go, and, "Where is Krsna? Where is Krsna?" Then His assistants, secretaries, would go out and find out Him. So for eighteen years He was in that way in Jagannatha Puri. That is called maha-bhava.''' So it is not possible for human being. But at least, not maha-bhava but bhava, that we can.

'''Ecstasy''' '''in separation of Caitanya Mahaprabhu'''

Discourse on Lord Caitanya Play. Between Srila Prabhupada and Hayagriva. April 5-6, 1967, San Francisco.

'''This is the, in the fifth act, "Ecstasy." At night Caitanya Mahaprabhu would become mad in separation of Krsna. He would dash His head on the floor. Sometimes He would write with His nails, and sometimes He would go away. Although the house was locked, He would go away, and sometimes He would be found amongst the cowshed of Jagannatha Puri. Sometimes He would be seen in the seashore.'''

One day it was so found that He fell in the ocean and some fisherman caught Him on the net. And as soon as He was in the net and the fisherman touched Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he also began to dance, "Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare." And his brothers, his fellow men, thought, "Oh, he's caught ghost, haunted."

So in the meantime, His secretary, Damodara Svarupa, came to the seashore and he saw that the fisherman was dancing. Then he could understand that he must have some connection with Caitanya Mahaprabhu, [laughs] otherwise why this fisherman is dancing and "Hare Krsna"? Then asked him, "What has happened to you?" He said, "Sir, I do not know. I am a fish-catcher. Now this morning I caught one big fish, and as soon as I caught I am haunted. So I am dancing."

So Svarupa Damodara, "Where is that fish, big fish? Let me see." So he saw in the net Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He saw Caitanya Mahaprabhu, then he told him, "Yes. I'll chant some mantra so the ghost will go away." So he made him some show. "All right. Now your ghost is over."

So he took away Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and when Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw, He told Svarupa Damodara, "Why you have brought Me in the seaside? Oh, I was seeing rasa dance of Krsna. I was enjoying." In this way He was always in ecstasy.

And in the last stage, the same ecstasy, He entered Jagannatha temple and He never came back. That is the end of [voice trails off] Caitanya Mahaprabhu's... So you have to [indistinct] scenes and sounds. That's all.

'''''More relishable than the actual meeting'''''

Ädi 4.31 p.

'''''The spontaneous attraction of Çré Kåñëa for His dearest parts and parcels generates an enthusiasm that obliges Çré Kåñëa and the gopés to meet together. To celebrate this transcendental enthusiasm, there is need of a sentiment of separation between the lover and beloved. In the condition of material tribulation, no one wants the pangs of separation. But in the transcendental form, the very same separation, being absolute in its nature, strengthens the ties of love and enhances the desire of the lover and beloved to meet. The period of separation, evaluated transcendentally, is more relishable than the actual meeting, which lacks the feelings of increasing anticipation because the lover and beloved are both present.'''''

'''Separation is simply another feature of meeting'''

Letter to : Brahmananda. San Francisco 3 April, 1969

'''So there is no cause of becoming sad. Our meeting and separation in the material world is like the flowing tide of the river. During the flowing tide of the river, so many different floating articles meet together, and with the flowing, they again become separated by the movement of the waves. That is the way of the material life. But our separation, although it resembles exactly in the material way, it is completely different. In the spiritual world, separation is more relishable than meeting. In other words, in spiritual life, there is no separation. Separation is eternal, and meeting is also eternal. The separation is simply another feature of meeting.'''
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Technology of the Founder Acharya

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===== Establishing of status of Founder-Acarya =====
Letter to : Sir. Bombay. 26 November, 1974

This is to inform you that I, the undersigned, am the Founder-Acarya of ISKCON and the world leader for all of its branches. I have appointed 12 direct representatives to manage different sectors of the world, and they are known as Governing Board Commissioners.

I have appointed Madhudvisa Swami (Mr. Michael E. Morrissey) as the GBC Secretary for Australia. Mr. Morrissey is my sole agent in Australia and my official representative, and he has supreme authority there in all matters.

Letter to : Deoji Punja. Bombay. 13 November, 1974

It is very good that you have already opened the center and registered the Society. This is good beginning. One thing, regarding registering, is that our system is to keep the name of the Founder-Acarya His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on all registration documents, as well as all stationery, books, and publications.

===== Ultimate authority of Founder-Acarya =====
Letter to : Kurusrestha, Bombay, 12 December, 1974

In that trust you must be very careful to make sure that my name is registered there as the founder-acarya and that I am to be the ultimate authority. In other words, in any case of necessity of vetoing or cancelling any decision made by the other trustees, I should be able to do like that. My decision should overrule all the other trustees combined.

===== GBC is instrument of Founder-Acarya =====
Letter to : Unknown, Bombay, 17 November, 1974

There shall be a '''Governing Body Commission whose purpose is to act as the instrument for the execution of the will of the Founder-Acarya His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.''' The GBC members will be initially selected by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. It will oversee all operations and management of ISKCON, as it receives direction from Srila Prabhupada, and Srila Prabhupada has the final approval in all matters.

===== GBC should connect to Founder-Acarya in Mayapur and do only that =====
Letter to : GBC Godbrothers. Vrindaban. 14 September, 1974

No GBC man can whimsically '''do anything without consulting Srila Prabhupada''', especially in the matter of opening a new temple and closing an old one. Such activities must be absolutely regulated and cannot be done without consultation of Srila Prabhupada and other GBC. '''In the annual meeting in Mayapur the activities of the whole year should be resolved, and the''' '''GBC cannot do more or less than that'''.

In addition Srila Prabhupada reiterates that all GBC must strictly follow the rules and regulations and do what Srila Prabhupada does. We must be the strict prototypes of Srila Prabhupada. We must be pure by preaching and chanting.

===== Srila Prabhupada will continue to lead through the technology of the Founder-Acarya =====
Press Conference. July 16, 1975, San Francisco

Reporter (2): What will happen to the movement in the United States when you die?

Prabhupada: '''I will never die.'''

Prabhupada: I shall live for my books, and you will utilize.

Reporter (2): '''Are you training a successor?'''

'''Prabhupada: Yes, my Guru Maharaja is there.''' Where is my photo of Guru Maharaja? I think... Here is.

The Unity of the Will of Krishna and the Founder-Acharya

The Perfect Plan of the Founder-Acharya

His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada's Disappearance Day. December 9, 1968, Los Angeles.

But '''I took that order of my spiritual master very seriously, but I did not think that I'll have to do such-and-such thing.''' I was at that time a householder. '''But this is the arrangement of Krsna. If we strictly try to serve the spiritual master, his order, then Krsna will give us all facilities. That is the secret.''' Although there was no possibility, I never thought, but I took it little seriously by studying a commentary by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura on the Bhagavad-gita. In the Bhagavad-gita, the verse vyavasayatmika-buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana [Bg 2.41].

In connection with that verse, Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura gives his commentary that we should take up the words from the spiritual master as our life and soul. We should try to carry out the instruction, the specific instruction of the spiritual master, very rigidly, without caring for our personal benefit or loss.

So I tried a little bit in that spirit. '''So he has given me all facilities to serve him.''' Things have come to this stage, that in this old age I have come to your country, and you are also taking this movement seriously, trying to understand it. We have got some books now. So there is little foothold of this movement.
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Quotes: Vedic Religious Studies (Srila Prabhupada)

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	•(5 уровней познания абсолюта) БГ 13.5 к. В «Тайттирия-упанишад» (2.5) сказано: брахма пуччхам̇ пратишт̣ха̄. Энергия Верховного Господа проявляется сначала как анна-майя, зависимость живого существа от пищи. Это сугубо материалистическая концепция Всевышнего. Далее следует прана-майя: осознав Высшую Абсолютную Истину как пищу, живое существо затем постигает Ее в признаках жизни, то есть в разных ее проявлениях. На уровне гьяна-майи живое существо не только осознаёт различные проявления жизни, но и начинает мыслить, чувствовать и желать. Затем оно постигает Брахман (вигьяна-майю), то есть перестает отождествлять себя с умом и признаками жизни в теле. Следующей, высшей, ступенью самопознания является ананда-майя — осознание живым существом исполненной блаженства природы Брахмана. Итак, существует пять ступеней постижения Брахмана, называемых брахма пуччхам.		•(5 уровней познания абсолюта) БГ 13.5 к. В «Тайттирия-упанишад» (2.5) сказано: брахма пуччхам̇ пратишт̣ха̄. Энергия Верховного Господа проявляется сначала как анна-майя, зависимость живого существа от пищи. Это сугубо материалистическая концепция Всевышнего. Далее следует прана-майя: осознав Высшую Абсолютную Истину как пищу, живое существо затем постигает Ее в признаках жизни, то есть в разных ее проявлениях. На уровне гьяна-майи живое существо не только осознаёт различные проявления жизни, но и начинает мыслить, чувствовать и желать. Затем оно постигает Брахман (вигьяна-майю), то есть перестает отождествлять себя с умом и признаками жизни в теле. Следующей, высшей, ступенью самопознания является ананда-майя — осознание живым существом исполненной блаженства природы Брахмана. Итак, существует пять ступеней постижения Брахмана, называемых брахма пуччхам.

			===== Levels of concentration of truth =====
			Conversation with Professor Hopkins. July 13, 1975, Philadelphia

			'''Prof. Hopkins: So the truth may be there somewhere...'''

			'''Prabhupada: Truth is everywhere.'''

			'''Prof. Hopkins: ...but you can't find it.'''

			'''Prabhupada: Just like there is butter in the milk, but the milk is not butter. You churn it, and then the butter will be there. Similarly, in every religious system... Every milk there is butter, but churning the milk and giving direct delivery of butter, that is the Srimad Bhagavad-gita and Bhagavata.'''

			Prof. Hopkins: So by saying that the Gaudiya Vaisnavism is..., and Caitanya, are the central way of... You are not excluding...

			Prabhupada: No.

			Prof. Hopkins: You are not excluding the Pandharpur tradition of Tukarama, Ramavithoba, Vitthala; you are not excluding the Alvars and Ramanuja, but you are saying all of these groups, all of these teachers.

			Prabhupada: Oh, yes.

			rof. Hopkins: And you would see the worshipers of Siva as impersonalists?

			Prabhupada: They are all impersonalists. They are pancopasana: [the five god worship]. Pancopasana means the ultimate, Absolute Truth is impersonal, and Sankaracarya recommended that you cannot worship the impersonal, so you conceive a personal form. So that he recommended five: the sun-god, Lord Siva, Durga and Ganesa and...? What else? And Visnu also. But after you are per..., become, you are perfect, then you merge into the impersonal. That is Sankara.

	== Цитаты Шримад Бхагаватам ==		== Цитаты Шримад Бхагаватам ==

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			'''MBI Vision and Mission read [[:File:MBI Vision and Mission.pdf\|here]]'''

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Bhakti Vijnana Goswami

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	== Academic biography ==		== Academic biography ==
	DR. VADIM TUNEEV, aka Bhakti Vijnana Goswami		DR. VADIM TUNEEV, aka Bhakti Vijnana Goswami

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Scientific Paradigm Shift: Vedic Alternative (Bhakti Vijnana Goswami)

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	The modern scientific paradigm narrows consciousness and leads human civilization towards crisis. The Vedic alternative offers another path — to expand consciousness through understanding the personal essence of the universe based on the Vedas. This approach is truly scientific, logical, practical, and capable of bringing happiness to all people on Earth.		The modern scientific paradigm narrows consciousness and leads human civilization towards crisis. The Vedic alternative offers another path — to expand consciousness through understanding the personal essence of the universe based on the Vedas. This approach is truly scientific, logical, practical, and capable of bringing happiness to all people on Earth.

			'''Registration''': https://forms.gle/fRYFYsx2jEYXAe518

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			Paradigm test (for practitioners): https://forms.gle/zaeWmmwnENJRnt7N6

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Mayapur Bhaktivedanta Institute

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	=== Education ===		=== Education (see [[MBI: Education]]) ===
	We are launching a 2-year course “Vedic Paradigm" in Russian:		We are launching a 2-year course “Vedic Paradigm" in Russian:

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Quotes: Ethics (Srila Prabhupada)

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 '''Religion, religion is the source of moral and ethics'''. Because religion means to come to the perfectional point. '''So as soon as there is perfection, moral and ethics are already there.''' So-called moral ethics, that is artificial. Harav abhaktasya kuto mahad-gunah [SB 5.18.12]. If one is not a devotee of the Lord, his morality has no value. That is artificial. Harav abhaktasya kuto mahad-gunah. Mahad-gunah, high qualities, moral, ethics, they are high qualities. So Bhagavata says that unless one is devotee of God, he cannot have high qualities. That is artificial.
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 ==== Ethics of duty (deontology) ====

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	~~The~~ Mayapur Bhaktivedanta Institute is an international division of the Bhaktivedanta Institute, ISKCON Mayapur scientific and educational center, developing the Vedic paradigm (achintya-bheda-abheda) through research, educational courses and popular materials, offering an alternative to materialistic science.		Mayapur Bhaktivedanta Institute is an international division of the Bhaktivedanta Institute, ISKCON Mayapur scientific and educational center, developing the Vedic paradigm (achintya-bheda-abheda) through research, educational courses and popular materials, offering an alternative to materialistic science.

	Established since 2023 by HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaja.		Established since 2023 by HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaja.
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			* MBI office: 201, 2nd floor, Community Hall, Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir Area, Mayapur, Nadia, West Bengal, Bharata
			* MBI Ashram: 101-104, 1st floor, Sri Ji Bhavan (near Bhakti Kutir), Tarampur Road, Mayapur, Bamanpukur, Nadia, West Bengal, Bharata

	== Destiny ==		== Destiny ==

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The Mayapur Bhaktivedanta Institute is an international division of the Bhaktivedanta Institute, ISKCON Mayapur scientific and educational center, developing the Vedic paradigm (achintya-bheda-abheda) through research, educational courses and popular materials, offering an alternative to materialistic science.

Established since 2023 by HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaja.

Head - Vasushreshtha das

Director - [[Bhakti Vijnana Goswami]]

Scientific leader - Damodara Pandit das

== Destiny ==
We are expanding the scientific paradigm to help truth seekers restore their consciousness in a relationship with Superconsciousness.

The materialistic scientific paradigm narrows human consciousness, immersing it in matter, and leads civilization to a crisis.

The [[Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: The Vedic Paradigm|Vedic alternative]] expands consciousness through the restoration of relations with Superconsciousness. This approach is truly scientific, logical, and practical.

== Three directions ==

=== The science ===
We are creating a system of intellectual cooperation between Vaishnava scientists who

* burning with Srila Prabhupada's mission
* inspired by the vision of the MBI and Bhakti Vijnana Goswami

We are creating the foundation for the future scientific school of the IIB:

* archive of materials with achievements of all Bhaktivedanta Institutes
* Wikipedia knowledge base on the Vedic paradigm:
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* AI service for working with materials:
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* map of the scientific schools and experts in the main areas of science and technology
* retreats for scientists in Mayapur and special seminars and parikramas for Mayapur community (so far in Russian)

=== Education ===
We are launching a 2-year course “Vedic Paradigm" in Russian:

* On the Bhaktivedanta University platform: Course: Scientific Paradigm Shift: a Vedic Alternative | Bhaktivedanta University https://study .bhuri.ru/course/view.php?id=39
* We are forming a team of well-wishers proactively helping the MBI.

We are launching the Vedic Paradigm course in English in order to establish contacts with and serve the international community: [[Scientific Paradigm Shift: Vedic Alternative (Bhakti Vijnana Goswami)]]

=== Preaching ===
Scientific conference preaching

=== Contacts ===
email: mayapurbi@gmail.com

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 ... That's all. This is love. "I go away from Guru Maharaja and live four hundred miles away, and I love Guru Maharaja." This is not..t Nonsense. You show some symptoms of love, that "My Guru Maharaja wants to do this. Oh, I must help him." Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted, prithivite achhe yata nagaradi gram: "As many towns and villages are there, everywhere must there be -- I mean to say -- broadcasting My missionary activities." So my Guru Maharaja attempted that. Everyone should attempt.
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			===== Continuous passage of Vaidhi to Raganuga through sadhu sanga =====
			Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.9.11

			The purport of this statement by Dhruva Mahārāja is that devotional service in the association of devotees is the cause of the development of further devotional service. By devotional service only is one elevated to the transcendental planet Goloka Vṛndāvana, and there also there is only devotional service, for the activities of devotional service both in this world and in the spiritual world are one and the same. Devotional service does not change. The example of a mango can be given here. If one gets an unripe mango, it is still a mango, and when it is ripe it remains the same mango, but it has become more tasteful and relishable. Similarly, there is devotional service performed according to the direction of the spiritual master and the injunctions and regulative principles of śāstra, and there is devotional service in the spiritual world, rendered directly in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But they are both the same. There is no change. The difference is that one stage '''is unripe and the other is ripe and more relishable'''. It is possible to mature in devotional service only in the association of devotees.


	(цель - танец раса) “Manah-siksa” purport, Songs of the Vaisnava Acaryas. The aim of this Krsna consciousness movement is to enable us to approach Radha-Krsna and associate with the Supreme Lord in His sublime pleasure dance.3		(цель - танец раса) “Manah-siksa” purport, Songs of the Vaisnava Acaryas. The aim of this Krsna consciousness movement is to enable us to approach Radha-Krsna and associate with the Supreme Lord in His sublime pleasure dance.3

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 (пыль со стоп садху выше) 5.12.12 My dear King Rahūgaṇa, unless one has the opportunity to smear his body with the dust of the lotus feet of great devotees, one cannot realize the Absolute Truth. One cannot realize the Absolute Truth simply by observing celibacy, by worshiping the Deity, by taking sannyāsa, by perfectly following the rules of the gṛhastha āśrama, nor can one attain the truth by accepting severe penances and austerities, by studying the Vedas, nor by worshiping the gods of water and sun. Only by bathing in the dust of the lotus feet of a pure devotee is the Absolute Truth revealed.
-(прасанга)  3.25.25 Общение с чистыми преданными пробуждает в человеке горячее желание слушать повествования о Моих играх. Эти повествования доставляют наслаждение сердцу и ушам, и потому тот, кто слушает их, быстро достигает освобождения и вступает на путь преданного служения, в процессе которого в нем развивается трансцендентная любовь к Богу.
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			Scientific autobiography of '''Bhakti Vijnana Goswami''': https://youtu.be/yKflVbqqYws?si=wDNcO7k7hNkMqgmA

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== Academic biography ==
DR. VADIM TUNEEV, aka Bhakti Vijnana Goswami

Graduated with distinction, Moscow State University, 1978 Ph.D., Institute for Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1986 (Thesis: The Structure of Nucleosomes: Sequencing Histone Molecules on the DNA)

In 1980 started deeply studying Bhagavad-gita and other literatures of antient India living in different ashramas in India and abroad, and translating antient scriptures into Russian. Took part in The First International Conference on the Study of Consciousness Within Science (1990, San-Francisco).

Studies Sanskrit and the six systems of Indian philosophy. Since the beginning of 90-s widely travels and gives lectures and seminars in different parts of the world on various topics concerning Indian scriptures in the light of the modern science.

In 2001 accepted renounced monastic order in Gaudiya Vaishnava line.

In 2010, the Public Awards Council of the Russian Federation awarded him the 3rd degree medal for Professionalism and Business Reputation in recognition of strengthening Russian-Indian ties and for his contribution to the popularization of the spiritual and literary heritage of India.

Scientific Advisor, BIHS Florida & GBC Emeritus, ISKCON, Emeritus professor of the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi)

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	The modern scientific paradigm narrows consciousness and leads human civilization towards crisis. The Vedic alternative offers another path — to expand consciousness through understanding the personal essence of the universe based on the Vedas. This approach is truly scientific, logical, practical, and capable of bringing happiness to all people on Earth.		The modern scientific paradigm narrows consciousness and leads human civilization towards crisis. The Vedic alternative offers another path — to expand consciousness through understanding the personal essence of the universe based on the Vedas. This approach is truly scientific, logical, practical, and capable of bringing happiness to all people on Earth.

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== Bhakti Bhagavatamrita Kesava Swami ==
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	The modern scientific paradigm narrows consciousness and leads human civilization towards crisis. The Vedic alternative offers another path — to expand consciousness through understanding the personal essence of the universe based on the Vedas. This approach is truly scientific, logical, practical, and capable of bringing happiness to all people on Earth.		The modern scientific paradigm narrows consciousness and leads human civilization towards crisis. The Vedic alternative offers another path — to expand consciousness through understanding the personal essence of the universe based on the Vedas. This approach is truly scientific, logical, practical, and capable of bringing happiness to all people on Earth.
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	His Holiness Bhakti Vijnana Goswami - Ph.D., Director of the Mayapur Bhaktivedanta Institute, Chair of the Mayapur Education Board, Adjunct Professor of the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi), GBC Emeritus in ISKCON. In 1980 started deeply studying Bhagavad-gita and other literatures of ancient India living in different ashrams in India and abroad, and translating ancient scriptures into Russian.		His Holiness Bhakti Vijnana Goswami - Ph.D., Director of the Mayapur Bhaktivedanta Institute, Chair of the Mayapur Education Board, Adjunct Professor of the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi), GBC Emeritus in ISKCON. In 1980 started deeply studying Bhagavad-gita and other literatures of ancient India living in different ashrams in India and abroad, and translating ancient scriptures into Russian.

			Scientific autobiography of '''Bhakti Vijnana Goswami''': https://youtu.be/yKflVbqqYws?si=wDNcO7k7hNkMqgmA

			== 1st lesson ==

			1. Two Ways of Presenting Krishna Consciousness. Bhakti Vijnana Goswami: https://youtu.be/6HJa9rBNRrA

			[[:File:How to Prevent Krishna Consciousness from Turning into a Religion.pdf\|File:How to Prevent Krishna Consciousness from Turning into a Religion.pdf - MBI Vedapedia]]

	This thought-provoking article explores the current developments within ISKCON as it transitions into the hands of a new generation. How can we preserve the essence of Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission as a scientific movement?		This thought-provoking article explores the current developments within ISKCON as it transitions into the hands of a new generation. How can we preserve the essence of Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission as a scientific movement?

	~~🔗 Link~~: ~~articles.goswami~~.ru/en		by Bhakti Vijñāna Gosvāmī 🗓 25.01.2025

			== 2nd lesson ==
			2. Logic of the Scientific Paradigm Shift. Bhakti Vijnana Goswami: https://youtu.be/6HJa9rBNRrA

	~~📖 "How Not~~ to ~~Turn ISKCON into a Religion"~~		== 3rd lesson ==
			3. Inductive and Deductive approach to Science. Bhakti Vijnana Goswami: https://youtu.be/XUlNUt3Aehs

	~~by Bhakti Vijñāna Gosvāmī~~

	~~🗓 25.01.2025~~
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== Part 1 ==
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This lecture explores the structure of consciousness based on the ancient Sankhya philosophy and examines its correlations with modern neuroscience. The cognitive model of Sankhya provides a profound understanding of how the mind processes reality, forms addictions, and can be systematically controlled for a more successful and balanced life.

== The Sankhya Model of the Mind (Antahkarana) ==
According to the Sankhya system, the internal cognitive mechanism consists of a unified field of consciousness with four primary components, sequentially filtering our experience of the external world:

# '''Chitta (The Memory Bank):''' Chitta acts as a profound collection or storage of all experiences, existing as a subtle element conceptually located in the region of the heart. Its primary function is to reflect the external reality and store subliminal impressions known as ''samskaras''. Like files on a computer's hard drive, these impressions carry emotional energy (positive or negative) that can be triggered by future encounters. The strength of a ''samskara'' is amplified by emotional intensity and repetition. Pure Chitta can reflect higher universal truths (Yogic Pratyaksha).
# '''Ahankara (The Ego):''' Ahankara represents the "I" consciousness. Formed by the collection of memories (samskaras) within the Chitta, it creates an individual's unique sense of self and separates the self from the rest of the world. The ego operates on two levels: subconscious (regulating bodily functions like heartbeats) and conscious (projecting one's personality and identity, evaluating how external things relate to "me" and "mine").
# '''Manas (The Emotional Mind):''' Manas functions as the emotional evaluator. Operating on a simple binary mechanism—"I like it" (raga/attachment) or "I don't like it" (dvesha/aversion)—it reacts instinctively based on the past experiences recorded by the ego.
# '''Buddhi (The Intelligence):''' Buddhi is the cognitive, discriminative faculty. Its purpose is to evaluate whether a desired object or action is ultimately beneficial or harmful, overriding the impulsive emotional mind. However, when Buddhi is weak, it becomes subordinate to the emotional mind (Manas), creating justifications for harmful impulsive behaviors rather than controlling them.

== The Mechanism of Cognition ==
The sequence of perception according to Sankhya flows as follows:

# '''Nirvikalpa:''' Indefinite, pure awareness of something existing (Chitta).
# '''Relational recognition:''' The ego evaluates if the object is relevant to "me" (Ahankara).
# '''Emotional response:''' The mind reacts with attraction or repulsion (Manas).
# '''Discriminative judgment:''' Intelligence decides the appropriate action (Buddhi).

== Correlation with Modern Science: The Triune Brain Theory ==
The ancient Sankhya model closely mirrors Paul MacLean's "Triune Brain" model from modern neuroscience, demonstrating remarkable convergence:

* '''The Reptilian Brain (Brainstem):''' Correlates with the subconscious ''Ahankara''. It controls vital, unconscious functions (like respiration and heartbeat) and governs primary survival instincts and self-preservation.
* '''The Mammalian Brain (Limbic System):''' Correlates with ''Manas''. It is the emotional center of the brain, processing feelings of pleasure, pain, liking, and disliking.
* '''The Primate Brain (Neocortex):''' Correlates with ''Buddhi''. It is responsible for higher cognitive functions, rational thinking, decision-making, and impulse control.

== Conclusion and Relevance ==
Mastering this inner mechanism is critical. Just as driving a car without understanding its controls leads to a crash (manifesting physically as disease or suffering), an uncontrolled mind leads to poor life choices and destructive addictions. Developing a strong ''Buddhi'' through conscious discipline enables one to govern the lower impulses of ''Manas'' and ''Ahankara'', leading to ultimate success and psychological freedom.
'''Sources:'''
# 2023.04.25 - Consciousness according to sankhya and modern science. Class 1 (IIT Mandi) - BV Goswami https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hIAObxS4p4
# Samkhya Philosophy: Mind, Intelligence, and False Ego <nowiki>https://iskconeducationalservices.org/HoH/concepts/104.htm</nowiki>
# The Triune Brain in Evolution: Role in Paleocerebral Functions (Paul D. MacLean) <nowiki>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15715017/</nowiki>
# Cognitive Science and Indian Philosophy of Mind <nowiki>https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mind-indian/</nowiki>

== Part 2 ==
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwNjA0_iG9M

'''Consciousness According to Srimad Bhagavatam's Sankhya and Modern Neuroscience'''

In this analytical discourse, we explore the intricate structure of consciousness as delineated in the classical text ''Srimad Bhagavatam'', comparing its advanced Sankhya model with modern neurological frameworks, specifically Paul MacLean’s "Triune Brain" theory.

'''The Fourfold Framework of Consciousness (Antahkarana)''' Unlike classical Sankhya, which typically highlights three cognitive elements, the Bhagavatam's Sankhya synthesizes a more comprehensive fourfold model.

# '''Chitta (The Core Intelligence/Mahat-tattva):''' Chitta is the fundamental, translucent base of consciousness, conceptualized as corresponding to the "air" element. It is conceptually situated in the heart region. Its primary, unadulterated function is to perfectly reflect reality, and ultimately, the Divine (Bhagavat-bimba).
# '''Ahankara (The False Ego):''' The deepest contamination overlaid on Chitta. Ahankara is the rigid, "earth-like" element characterized by ''prithag-bhava'' — the profound sense of separateness, independence, and uniqueness. It aggregates our subliminal impressions (samskaras) and generates the core survival instincts.
# '''Manas (The Emotional Mind):''' The "water-like" element. It reacts automatically to the environment based on the value system deeply ingrained in the Ahankara, categorizing experiences strictly as "I like" (acceptance) or "I dislike" (rejection).
# '''Buddhi (The Executive Intelligence):''' The active, "fire-like" rational mind. It functions as a search engine, retrieving memories, recognizing objects, and foreseeing the consequences of actions.

'''Correlation with the Triune Brain Model''' This ancient structural model strongly parallels the modern ''Triune Brain'' concept:

* '''Reptilian Brain (Brainstem):''' Correlates with ''Ahankara''. It controls subconscious, foundational survival mechanisms and automatic bodily functions, echoing the ego's instinct for self-preservation and rigid identity maintenance.
* '''Mammalian Brain (Limbic System):''' Correlates with ''Manas''. The center of emotional processing and reactive behavior (pleasure/pain, attraction/aversion).
* '''Primate Brain (Neocortex):''' Correlates with ''Buddhi''. It handles executive functions, speech, complex thought, and the rationalization of future outcomes.

'''The Process of Purification (Sharanagati)''' All spiritual traditions aim to purify the ''Chitta'' from the disturbances (waves) created by the overlying Ahankara, Manas, and Buddhi. While methods like psychological therapy or repentance deal with the surface symptoms (Manas and Buddhi), the path of ''Bhakti'' uniquely targets the root cause: the ''Ahankara'' (the illusion of independence).

This is achieved through ''Sharanagati'' (complete surrender), which involves:

# '''Purifying the Mind:''' Accepting God's or the scriptures' definitions of "good" and "bad" over one's own ingrained emotional programs.
# '''Purifying the Intelligence:''' Recognizing that one is not the ultimate maintainer or protector; recognizing a higher divine force orchestrating reality.
# '''Purifying the Ego:''' Cultivating deep humility and entirely dismantling the ''prithag-bhava'' (separateness), realizing oneself as an eternal, dependent part of the Supreme.

''Supplementary Information: Biomarkers of Chitta'' Recent intersections of this philosophy with neuroscience suggest that delta waves (0.5 to 2 Hz) observed during deep, dreamless sleep (where Ahankara, Manas, and Buddhi are inactive) may serve as a biological marker for the pure state of Chitta. Furthermore, the robust neural networks transmitting signals from the heart to the brain support the Vedic assertion that the core seat of consciousness lies in the heart.

'''Sources:'''

# 2023.04.27 - Consciousness according to sankhya and modern science. Class 2 (IIT Mandi) - BV Goswami http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwNjA0_iG9M
# Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Chapter 13: Nature, the Enjoyer, and Consciousness <nowiki>https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/13/</nowiki>
# The Concept of Mind in Indian Philosophy <nowiki>https://iep.utm.edu/ind-mind/</nowiki>
# Evolutionary Neuroanatomy and the Triune Brain <nowiki>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2500057/</nowiki>

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'''Mayapur Bhaktivedanta Institute Invites You to the Course "Scientific Paradigm Shift: the Vedic Alternative" of His Holiness Bhakti Vijnana Goswami'''

The modern scientific paradigm narrows consciousness and leads human civilization towards crisis. The Vedic alternative offers another path — to expand consciousness through understanding the personal essence of the universe based on the Vedas. This approach is truly scientific, logical, practical, and capable of bringing happiness to all people on Earth.

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His Holiness Bhakti Vijnana Goswami - Ph.D., Director of the Mayapur Bhaktivedanta Institute, Chair of the Mayapur Education Board, Adjunct Professor of the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi), GBC Emeritus in ISKCON. In 1980 started deeply studying Bhagavad-gita and other literatures of ancient India living in different ashrams in India and abroad, and translating ancient scriptures into Russian.

This thought-provoking article explores the current developments within ISKCON as it transitions into the hands of a new generation. How can we preserve the essence of Śrīla Prabhupāda's mission as a scientific movement?

🔗 Link: articles.goswami.ru/en

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Quotes: Ethics (Srila Prabhupada)

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Transcendental morality

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 (естественное право) ШБ 6.3.19 Истинные законы морали (дхармам) устанавливаются Самим (са̄кша̄т — непосредственно;) Верховным Господом (бхагават). Этого не могут сделать ни великие риши с высших планет, ни полубоги, ни правители Сиддхалоки, хотя все они пребывают в гуне благости. Что уж говорить об асурах, обычных людях, видьядхарах и чаранах?
 ===== Transcendental morality =====
 Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.3.20–21. June 17, 1972, Los Angeles. So not you; everyone. Nothing belongs to us. There is no question of morality unless one surrenders to Krsna. Everything immoral for a person who is not Krsna conscious. Everything immoral. Therefore Caitanya-caritamrta says,
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 [Cc Antya 4.176]
-In this material world, which is called duality, these, our listing, "These things are good. These things are bad," bhadra abhadra -- bhadra means good; abhadra means bad -- these are all the same. It is simply mental concoction. Here, the so-called morality, ethics -- all nonsense. Because you, you are trying to lord it over on the property of somebody else. So where is your morality? So these sentiments -- morality, immorality, good, bad -- they are simply manufactured. Actually, unless one surrenders to Krsna, there is no question of this ethics and morality. We are now discussing in our philosophical class Huxley's morality. These are all crazy man's proposals. Actually, there is no morality.
+In this material world, which is called duality, these, our listing, "These things are good. These things are bad," bhadra abhadra -- bhadra means good; abhadra means bad -- these are all the same. It is simply mental concoction. Here, the so-called morality, ethics -- all nonsense. Because you, you are trying to lord it over on the property of somebody else. So where is your morality? So these sentiments -- morality, immorality, good, bad -- they are simply manufactured. Actually, unless one surrenders to Krsna, there is no question of this ethics and morality. We are now discussing in our philosophical class Huxley's morality. These are all crazy man's proposals. Actually, there is no morality <...> Don't manufacture. You are not so expert that you can manufacture things. That is illegal. Just like we do not read any rascal's book. They are manufacturing so many ideas. We read Bhagavatam, authorized. We read Srimad Bhagavad-gita. We read Brahma-samhita. Not rascal's book. What these rascals can write? They're imperfect.
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 === '''Normative Ethics''' ===

Quotes: Limitations of Materialistic Physics (Srila Prabhupada)

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В двадцатом веке ученые Земли пытаются своими методами определить дату возникновения и грядущего уничтожения вселенной. Но что знают эти ученые? Даже Брахма и тот однажды впал в заблуждение, решив, что он – единственный Брахма, избранник Господа. Позднее по милости Господа он узнал о том, что существует великое множество куда более могущественных Брахм, которые правят другими вселенными, во много раз превосходящими эту по размерам, и что все эти вселенные вместе составляют капад-вибхути – всего лишь одну четвертую часть проявления созидательной энергии Господа. Остальные три четверти Его энергии приходятся на духовный мир. Так что же может знать об Абсолютной Личности Бога ничтожный ученый с его ничтожным умом? (ШБ 2.6.37 к.).

ШБ 3.10.11 к. В метафизике различают абсолютное и реальное время. Абсолютное время непрерывно и не зависит от скорости протекания материальных процессов. Астрономы и математики измеряют время, увязывая его со скоростью того или иного объекта, изменениями этого объекта или периодом его существования. Однако, по сути дела, время никак не зависит от относительных по своей природе вещей и явлений, наоборот, все объекты этого мира принимают свою форму и поддаются измерению только благодаря тому, что существуют во времени. Время является шкалой, лежащей в основе деятельности наших чувств, им мы измеряем прошлое, настоящее и будущее, хотя на самом деле у времени нет ни начала, ни конца. … Время не зависит от субъективного психического восприятия, но вместе с тем его мгновения сами по себе не являются объективной реальностью – они связаны с нашими ощущениями.

(атомизм) ШБ 5.12.9 к. Приверженцы атомистической теории считают, что весь мир обязан своим существованием протонам и электронам... Подобные теории – плод воображения недалеких людей, разумный же человек понимает, что истинной причиной возникновения вселенной является Верховный Господь. <nowiki>https://vedabase.io/ru/library/sb/5/12/9/</nowiki>

(о роли полубогов) ШБ 2.3.11 к. Полубоги так же реальны, как и мы с вами, но они гораздо могущественнее нас, поскольку непосредственно служат Господу, отвечая за разные сферы деятельности в управлении вселенной. Это подтверждает и “Бхагавад-гита”, где описаны планеты различных полубогов, в том числе и верховного полубога, Господа Брахмы. Но '''закоренелые материалисты не верят ни в существование Бога, ни в реальность полубогов. Не верят они и в то, что полубоги управляют различными планетами'''. <nowiki>https://vedabase.io/ru/library/sb/2/3/11/</nowiki>

==== They see the middle work only ====
Morning Walk. April 25, 1973, Los Angeles:

Why the scientists are searching out protons, neutrons? To find out the original cause. So they could not find the original cause. They see the middle work only, how the proton is working, neutron is working, atom is working. But wherefrom this arrangement came, how they are working systematically, they do not know. So what is their science?

Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: The Vedic Paradigm

Damodar Pandit — Thu, 07 May 2026 01:42:28 GMT

The revelation concerning the Absolute shapes both the postulates and the technologies of the paradigm

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	== Understanding of the Absolute Determines the Scientific Paradigm and Civilization ==		== Understanding of the Absolute Determines the Scientific Paradigm and Civilization ==
	The word "''atma''" literally translates as "the self"—the personal foundation of consciousness. Srila Prabhupada explains that the meaning of this word depends on one's level of knowledge. The breadth of consciousness and knowledge reflects the level of a civilization's paradigm. Srila Prabhupada cites the narrowness of the modern civilization's paradigm as an example—one that lacks the two highest levels of knowledge concerning eternal consciousness and Superconsciousness:<blockquote>"The word ''atma'' has different meanings. Sometimes the word ''atma'' means this body, sometimes ''atma'' means this mind, ''atma'' means the soul, and ''atma'', Paramatma, means the Supreme Lord. [...] There are so many departments. All these departments are practically on the knowledge of this body. Then above this, ''atma'', if you take it as 'mind,' there is psychology department, speculative department, philosophical department, so many departments of the mind. Then intellectual department. '''But there is no department for the atma, the soul. That is the defect of the modern civilization.''' Therefore ''Bhagavata'' says, ''apasyatam atma-tattvam'' [SB 2.1.2]. They do not see the real ''atma'', the real position, the real background of all these activities. They do not see." (Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.1.2-5, October 23, 1968, Montreal) [4]</blockquote>The level of one's understanding of the Absolute is also reflected in one's understanding of His energies—that is, of all other knowledge. And upon the basis of this theoretical knowledge (''jnanam''), practical knowledge and experience (''vijnanam'') are formed. Srila Prabhupada explains this using the example of the highest knowledge—Krishna consciousness:<blockquote>"''Jnanam'' means theoretical knowledge. [...] And ''sa-vijnanam'' means practical knowledge. Just like in the scientific department of colleges, there are, for understanding anything scientifically, there are two division: practical and theoretical. [...] '''Simply to know there is God, this is theoretical knowledge. But when actually you become connected with God, you practice the godly activities, that is called ''vijnanam''.''' [...] If you simply understand Krsna, because Krsna is everything, so if you understand Krsna, automatically you understand what is this world, what is this earth, what is this water, what is this fire — this is material things — what is this air, what is this sky, what is this mind, what is this intelligence, where is this ego and where is the soul. [...] As there are energies and the energetic, just like the fire: the fire has got two energies — one energy is the heat, and one energy is light. [...] We cannot see directly Krsna, but as soon as you see the energy or you perceive the energy, you can understand there is Krsna, there is God. That is called intelligence. This is called ''jnanam''. And when you are directly in connection with Krsna, or directly in His service, that is called ''vijnanam''." (Lecture on Bhagavad-gita 7.2, April 28, 1974, Hyderabad) [5]</blockquote>A limited understanding of the Absolute limits interaction with the energies of the Absolute as well, as Srila Prabhupada explains using the example of materialism:<blockquote>"A material scientist may study a portion of the Supreme Lord's energy. Usually scientists take up one of the energies and try to study it with their limited knowledge, but they can never understand the Absolute Truth by such material methodology." (Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.11.23, purport) [6]</blockquote>It is the presence or absence of a certain level of conception of the Absolute that determines the level of human civilization as a whole:<blockquote>"And r'''eligion means order of God. Just like law means order of the state. Law means order of the state. So if there is no state, where is the order? You can manufacture your own order.''' That is going on. '''There is no conception of God'''. We have got clear conception of God. Here is God, Kṛṣṇa. And He's giving orders. We accept it... Then there is religion. And if there is no God, where is religion? Bogus. Therefore declining. They have no conception of God, and therefore there is no understanding of religion. '''Therefore it is declining'''."<ref name=":0">[https://vanisource.org/wiki/760629_-_Conversation_B_-_New_Vrindaban,_USA Bhavan's Journal, Answers to a Questionnaire, June 28, 1976]</ref> ([https://vanisource.org/wiki/760629_-_Conversation_B_-_New_Vrindaban,_USA Bhavan's Journal, Answers to a Questionnaire, June 28, 1976]) [7]</blockquote>		The word "''atma''" literally translates as "the self"—the personal foundation of consciousness. Srila Prabhupada explains that the meaning of this word depends on one's level of knowledge. The breadth of consciousness and knowledge reflects the level of a civilization's paradigm. Srila Prabhupada cites the narrowness of the modern civilization's paradigm as an example—one that lacks the two highest levels of knowledge concerning eternal consciousness and Superconsciousness:<blockquote>"The word ''atma'' has different meanings. Sometimes the word ''atma'' means this body, sometimes ''atma'' means this mind, ''atma'' means the soul, and ''atma'', Paramatma, means the Supreme Lord. [...] There are so many departments. All these departments are practically on the knowledge of this body. Then above this, ''atma'', if you take it as 'mind,' there is psychology department, speculative department, philosophical department, so many departments of the mind. Then intellectual department. '''But there is no department for the atma, the soul. That is the defect of the modern civilization.''' Therefore ''Bhagavata'' says, ''apasyatam atma-tattvam'' [SB 2.1.2]. They do not see the real ''atma'', the real position, the real background of all these activities. They do not see." (Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.1.2-5, October 23, 1968, Montreal) [4]</blockquote>The level of one's understanding of the Absolute is also reflected in one's understanding of His energies—that is, of all other knowledge. And upon the basis of this theoretical knowledge (''jnanam''), practical knowledge and experience (''vijnanam'') are formed. Srila Prabhupada explains this using the example of the highest knowledge—Krishna consciousness:<blockquote>"''Jnanam'' means theoretical knowledge. [...] And ''sa-vijnanam'' means practical knowledge. Just like in the scientific department of colleges, there are, for understanding anything scientifically, there are two division: practical and theoretical. [...] '''Simply to know there is God, this is theoretical knowledge. But when actually you become connected with God, you practice the godly activities, that is called ''vijnanam''.''' [...] If you simply understand Krsna, because Krsna is everything, so if you understand Krsna, automatically you understand what is this world, what is this earth, what is this water, what is this fire — this is material things — what is this air, what is this sky, what is this mind, what is this intelligence, where is this ego and where is the soul. [...] As there are energies and the energetic, just like the fire: the fire has got two energies — one energy is the heat, and one energy is light. [...] We cannot see directly Krsna, but as soon as you see the energy or you perceive the energy, you can understand there is Krsna, there is God. That is called intelligence. This is called ''jnanam''. And when you are directly in connection with Krsna, or directly in His service, that is called ''vijnanam''." (Lecture on Bhagavad-gita 7.2, April 28, 1974, Hyderabad) [5]</blockquote>A limited understanding of the Absolute limits interaction with the energies of the Absolute as well, as Srila Prabhupada explains using the example of materialism:<blockquote>"A material scientist may study a portion of the Supreme Lord's energy. Usually scientists take up one of the energies and try to study it with their limited knowledge, but they can never understand the Absolute Truth by such material methodology." (Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.11.23, purport) [6]</blockquote>It is the presence or absence of a certain level of conception of the Absolute that determines the level of human civilization as a whole:<blockquote>When you come to the real cause of everything, then you come to religion. '''Religion is the science of sciences'''. Because you are trying to find out the original cause, and as soon you come to the original cause, He is '''God, original cause. So as soon as you come to God, then there is religion.''' (Morning Walk. April 25, 1973, Los Angeles)

			"And r'''eligion means order of God. Just like law means order of the state. Law means order of the state. So if there is no state, where is the order? You can manufacture your own order.''' That is going on. '''There is no conception of God'''. We have got clear conception of God. Here is God, Kṛṣṇa. And He's giving orders. We accept it... Then there is religion. And if there is no God, where is religion? Bogus. Therefore declining. They have no conception of God, and therefore there is no understanding of religion. '''Therefore it is declining'''."<ref name=":0">[https://vanisource.org/wiki/760629_-_Conversation_B_-_New_Vrindaban,_USA Bhavan's Journal, Answers to a Questionnaire, June 28, 1976]</ref> ([https://vanisource.org/wiki/760629_-_Conversation_B_-_New_Vrindaban,_USA Bhavan's Journal, Answers to a Questionnaire, June 28, 1976]) [7]</blockquote>

	== The Goal of the Scientific Paradigm is the Expansion of Consciousness in Interaction with Energies ==		== The Goal of the Scientific Paradigm is the Expansion of Consciousness in Interaction with Energies ==
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	<blockquote>Postulates are the basic self-evident propositions in knowledge. They are axiomatic, not fully provable, and are associated with the free acceptance of evidence from authorities:<blockquote>"Things which are inconceivable by you, you cannot argue. Then it will be a failure. '''You have to accept that axiomatic truth. It is not dogmatic. It is not dogmatic in this sense: because our predecessor acaryas, they accepted.''' What you are that you are arguing? So that is the proof: ''mahajano yena gatah sa panthah'' [''Caitanya-caritamrta'', Madhya 17.186]"<ref>[https://www.vanisource.org/wiki/700507_-_Lecture_ISO_05_-_Los_Angeles ''Sri Isopanisad'', Mantra 5. May 7, 1970, Los Angeles]</ref> ([https://www.vanisource.org/wiki/700507_-_Lecture_ISO_05_-_Los_Angeles ''Sri Isopanisad'', Mantra 5. May 7, 1970, Los Angeles])[15]		<blockquote>Postulates are the basic self-evident propositions in knowledge. They are axiomatic, not fully provable, and are associated with the free acceptance of evidence from authorities:<blockquote>"Things which are inconceivable by you, you cannot argue. Then it will be a failure. '''You have to accept that axiomatic truth. It is not dogmatic. It is not dogmatic in this sense: because our predecessor acaryas, they accepted.''' What you are that you are arguing? So that is the proof: ''mahajano yena gatah sa panthah'' [''Caitanya-caritamrta'', Madhya 17.186]"<ref>[https://www.vanisource.org/wiki/700507_-_Lecture_ISO_05_-_Los_Angeles ''Sri Isopanisad'', Mantra 5. May 7, 1970, Los Angeles]</ref> ([https://www.vanisource.org/wiki/700507_-_Lecture_ISO_05_-_Los_Angeles ''Sri Isopanisad'', Mantra 5. May 7, 1970, Los Angeles])[15]

	"'''Your claim also is myth. Who believes you? If you don’t believe me, I don’t believe you. Finished'''... If you don’t believe me I don’t believe you. Finished business. '''You have got your authority, I’ve got my authority.''' What is your age? You are all scientists within two hundred years. And our ''Bhāgavata'' is written five thousand years ago. Why shall I accept yours? You have become all scientists, and everything within two hundred years. What is the age of your European, Western civilization? It cannot go more than three thousand years? Our ''Bhāgavata'' is written five thousand years ago. And before that, Śukadeva Gosvāmī says, ‘I have heard like this.’ That’s all. Millions and millions of years ago."<ref>[https://prabhupadavani.org/bio/transcendental-diary/volume-3/chapter-2/ ''Transcendental Diary'', Vol. 3, Ch.2., July 6th, 1976]</ref>([https://prabhupadavani.org/bio/transcendental-diary/volume-3/chapter-2/ ''Transcendental Diary'', Vol. 3, Ch.2., July 6th, 1976]) [16]. </blockquote>Postulates are the result of hearing in both the material and spiritual scientific paradigms:<blockquote>"We have to understand very clearly that '''sound is the beginning of the creation of all material objects for our sense gratification.''' Similarly, if sound is purified, our spiritual necessities also are produced from sound.... '''By hearing only can we have access to either material or spiritual enjoyment... Modern economic advancement for creation is also a product of hearing''', and similarly one can create a favorable field of spiritual activities by hearing from the right source... Hearing is very important, and that hearing is produced from the sky. '''By hearing only can we make proper use of that which already exists. The principle of hearing to properly utilize preconceived materials is applicable to spiritual paraphernalia as well.''' We must hear from the proper spiritual source."<ref>[http://vanisource.org/wiki/SB_3.26.32 ''Srimad-Bhagavatam'', 3.26.32, purport]</ref> ([http://vanisource.org/wiki/SB_3.26.32 ''Srimad-Bhagavatam'', 3.26.32, purport]) [17].</blockquote>As a consequence of a certain understanding of the Absolute and the world, a mood and method of knowing this world, or methodological postulates, are formed:<blockquote>"'''Since materialistic philosophers and scientists are too much engaged with their imperfect senses, naturally they conclude that the living force is a product of a material combination'''... When one advances in research work by studying a limited substance within the limits of space and time, '''one is amazed by the various wonderful cosmic manifestations, and naturally one goes on hypnotically accepting the path of research work or the inductive method'''. Through the deductive way of understanding, however, one accepts the Supreme Absolute Person, the Personality of Godhead, as the cause of all causes, who is full with diverse energies and who is neither impersonal nor void."<ref>[http://vanisource.org/wiki/CC_Adi_6.14-15 ''Sri Caitanya-caritamrta'', Adi-lila 6.14-15, purport]</ref> ([http://vanisource.org/wiki/CC_Adi_6.14-15 ''Sri Caitanya-caritamrta'', Adi-lila 6.14-15, purport]) [18].</blockquote>The highest understanding of the Absolute includes all levels of cognition:<blockquote>"'''There are different stages of knowledge: ''pratyakṣa, parokṣa, aparokṣa, adhokṣaja, aprākṛta''. So we have to approach the ''aprākṛta'', transcendental, above the material nature'''.... So ''prākṛta'' stage is ''pratyakṣa'' knowledge, direct perception; and knowledge received from ''paramparā'' ''[— parokṣa]. . . pratyakṣa, parokṣa'', then ''aparokṣa'', self-realization, then ''adhokṣaja'', ''aprākṛta''. '''So Kṛṣṇa consciousness is ''aprākṛta'' knowledge. It is the topmost platform of knowing Kṛṣṇa, ''aprākṛta'' knowledge'''. So, so long we are up to the ''adhokṣaja'' knowledge, that is regulative principles. We have to follow the regulative principles strictly. '''And ''aprākṛta'' knowledge is for the ''paramahaṁsa''. There is . . . that is called ''rāga-bhakta''. In these stages, ''pratyakṣa, parokṣa'', they are called ''viddhi-bhakti''. But without ''viddhi-bhakti'' you cannot reach to the platform of ''rāga-bhakti''''', although that is our aim. ''Rāgānugā, rāga-bhakti'' is executed following the footprints of the devotees in Vṛndāvana. That is called ''rāga-bhakti''. Kṛṣṇa's personal associates."<ref>[http://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_SB_3.26.35-36_--_Bombay,_January_12,_1975 Lecture on ''Srimad-Bhagavatam'' 3.26.35-36, January 12, 1975, Bombay]</ref> ([http://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_SB_3.26.35-36_--_Bombay,_January_12,_1975 Lecture on ''Srimad-Bhagavatam'' 3.26.35-36, January 12, 1975, Bombay]) [19].</blockquote>Technology and concepts of progress are determined by the paradigm:<blockquote>"They do not know what is progress. The Vedic civilization is not interested in this so-called false progress. Just like '''from hut to skyscraper, they think this is progress. But the Vedic civilization thinks how much he is advanced in self-realization, either he is in cottage or in skyscraper'''. But if he wastes his time to turn the huts into skyscraper, then the whole life is finished. And next time he is going to be a dog. He does not know. That's all."<ref name=":0" /> ([https://vanisource.org/wiki/760629_-_Conversation_B_-_New_Vrindaban,_USA Bhavan's Journal, Answers to a Questionnaire, June 28, 1976]) [7].</blockquote>Lower-order paradigm technologies cannot fully solve the problems of individual consciousness, nor can they be harmonious and entirely beneficial:<blockquote>"The ignorance of the people in general, who do not know that for a living entity, changing his body in this material world is eternal, has caused the degradation of modern human society, which in turn has given rise to many problems that only multiply as people carry out their plans. '''All these plans, designed to solve the problems of society, only aggravate the situation'''" (''Srimad-Bhagavatam'', 2.3.18, purport) [20].</blockquote></blockquote>		"'''Your claim also is myth. Who believes you? If you don’t believe me, I don’t believe you. Finished'''... If you don’t believe me I don’t believe you. Finished business. '''You have got your authority, I’ve got my authority.''' What is your age? You are all scientists within two hundred years. And our ''Bhāgavata'' is written five thousand years ago. Why shall I accept yours? You have become all scientists, and everything within two hundred years. What is the age of your European, Western civilization? It cannot go more than three thousand years? Our ''Bhāgavata'' is written five thousand years ago. And before that, Śukadeva Gosvāmī says, ‘I have heard like this.’ That’s all. Millions and millions of years ago."<ref>[https://prabhupadavani.org/bio/transcendental-diary/volume-3/chapter-2/ ''Transcendental Diary'', Vol. 3, Ch.2., July 6th, 1976]</ref>([https://prabhupadavani.org/bio/transcendental-diary/volume-3/chapter-2/ ''Transcendental Diary'', Vol. 3, Ch.2., July 6th, 1976]) [16]. </blockquote>Postulates are the result of hearing in both the material and spiritual scientific paradigms:<blockquote>"We have to understand very clearly that '''sound is the beginning of the creation of all material objects for our sense gratification.''' Similarly, if sound is purified, our spiritual necessities also are produced from sound.... '''By hearing only can we have access to either material or spiritual enjoyment... Modern economic advancement for creation is also a product of hearing''', and similarly one can create a favorable field of spiritual activities by hearing from the right source... Hearing is very important, and that hearing is produced from the sky. '''By hearing only can we make proper use of that which already exists. The principle of hearing to properly utilize preconceived materials is applicable to spiritual paraphernalia as well.''' We must hear from the proper spiritual source."<ref>[http://vanisource.org/wiki/SB_3.26.32 ''Srimad-Bhagavatam'', 3.26.32, purport]</ref> ([http://vanisource.org/wiki/SB_3.26.32 ''Srimad-Bhagavatam'', 3.26.32, purport]) [17].</blockquote>As a consequence of a certain understanding of the Absolute and the world, a mood and method of knowing this world, or methodological postulates, are formed:<blockquote>"'''Since materialistic philosophers and scientists are too much engaged with their imperfect senses, naturally they conclude that the living force is a product of a material combination'''... When one advances in research work by studying a limited substance within the limits of space and time, '''one is amazed by the various wonderful cosmic manifestations, and naturally one goes on hypnotically accepting the path of research work or the inductive method'''. Through the deductive way of understanding, however, one accepts the Supreme Absolute Person, the Personality of Godhead, as the cause of all causes, who is full with diverse energies and who is neither impersonal nor void."<ref>[http://vanisource.org/wiki/CC_Adi_6.14-15 ''Sri Caitanya-caritamrta'', Adi-lila 6.14-15, purport]</ref> ([http://vanisource.org/wiki/CC_Adi_6.14-15 ''Sri Caitanya-caritamrta'', Adi-lila 6.14-15, purport]) [18].</blockquote>The highest understanding of the Absolute includes all levels of cognition:<blockquote>"'''There are different stages of knowledge: ''pratyakṣa, parokṣa, aparokṣa, adhokṣaja, aprākṛta''. So we have to approach the ''aprākṛta'', transcendental, above the material nature'''.... So ''prākṛta'' stage is ''pratyakṣa'' knowledge, direct perception; and knowledge received from ''paramparā'' ''[— parokṣa]. . . pratyakṣa, parokṣa'', then ''aparokṣa'', self-realization, then ''adhokṣaja'', ''aprākṛta''. '''So Kṛṣṇa consciousness is ''aprākṛta'' knowledge. It is the topmost platform of knowing Kṛṣṇa, ''aprākṛta'' knowledge'''. So, so long we are up to the ''adhokṣaja'' knowledge, that is regulative principles. We have to follow the regulative principles strictly. '''And ''aprākṛta'' knowledge is for the ''paramahaṁsa''. There is . . . that is called ''rāga-bhakta''. In these stages, ''pratyakṣa, parokṣa'', they are called ''viddhi-bhakti''. But without ''viddhi-bhakti'' you cannot reach to the platform of ''rāga-bhakti''''', although that is our aim. ''Rāgānugā, rāga-bhakti'' is executed following the footprints of the devotees in Vṛndāvana. That is called ''rāga-bhakti''. Kṛṣṇa's personal associates."<ref>[http://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_SB_3.26.35-36_--_Bombay,_January_12,_1975 Lecture on ''Srimad-Bhagavatam'' 3.26.35-36, January 12, 1975, Bombay]</ref> ([http://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_SB_3.26.35-36_--_Bombay,_January_12,_1975 Lecture on ''Srimad-Bhagavatam'' 3.26.35-36, January 12, 1975, Bombay]) [19].</blockquote>Technology and concepts of progress are determined by the paradigm:<blockquote>"They do not know what is progress. The Vedic civilization is not interested in this so-called false progress. Just like '''from hut to skyscraper, they think this is progress. But the Vedic civilization thinks how much he is advanced in self-realization, either he is in cottage or in skyscraper'''. But if he wastes his time to turn the huts into skyscraper, then the whole life is finished. And next time he is going to be a dog. He does not know. That's all."<ref name=":0" /> ([https://vanisource.org/wiki/760629_-_Conversation_B_-_New_Vrindaban,_USA Bhavan's Journal, Answers to a Questionnaire, June 28, 1976]) [7].</blockquote>Lower-order paradigm technologies cannot fully solve the problems of individual consciousness, nor can they be harmonious and entirely beneficial:<blockquote>"The ignorance of the people in general, who do not know that for a living entity, changing his body in this material world is eternal, has caused the degradation of modern human society, which in turn has given rise to many problems that only multiply as people carry out their plans. '''All these plans, designed to solve the problems of society, only aggravate the situation'''" (''Srimad-Bhagavatam'', 2.3.18, purport) [20].</blockquote></blockquote>"We have got simple formulas in the sastras. Simply on the basis of those formulas... Whole Vedic literature is like that. Just like Ayurveda, Ayurveda or astrology. Everything is like that. Ayurveda, the medicine, they have to learn only the beating of the pulse. If one becomes expert in which way the pulse beating is going on... They have got example. Just like some birds jump over like this; some bird goes like this.

			So they have got example how the pulse is beating, jumping or easily going. So the symptoms, if one can study, he becomes physician, first class. Immediately. Because as soon as he can study the pulse, how it is beating, in which way -- that is, that requires little experience -- then immediately the formula is that if the pulse is beating in this way, then these symptoms will be there. And he will ask the patient<...> If he says, "Yes," then immediately diagnosis is there. And as soon as diagnosis is there, the medicine is there. Simple method. Similarly, astrologer, they will see the constellation of the stars, and then the formula is there: "If this star is now with this star, if that planet is with that planet, then this is the result." So this Ayurvedic astrologer and physician requires little clear brain. Otherwise, very nice. The research work is already there.

			Just like we are... So we have got very easy method. And because we are receiving all this information from the most perfect, therefore our knowledge is perfect. That's all." (Morning Walk. April 25, 1973, Los Angeles)

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	[1] Vanisource: [http://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_BG_13.1-2_--_Paris,_August_10,_1973 Lecture on BG 13.1-2 -- Paris, August 10, 1973]		[1] Vanisource: [http://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_BG_13.1-2_--_Paris,_August_10,_1973 Lecture on BG 13.1-2 -- Paris, August 10, 1973]