Thank you for sharing this thought-provoking video by Prof. Pratosh. He raises real and challenging questions that often go unaddressed. I appreciate his approach of posing questions as Purva Paksha and attempting to address potential answers as Siddhant. Throughout this process, he remains open to questions and exhibits a genuine curiosity to explore them further. His presentation is well-structured, articulated, and effectively delivered. He has established a strong connection with the Madhva tradition and Prof. Kashyapa. He demonstrates credibility as a Vedic student who has rigorously studied Vyakaran, Nyaya, and followed rituals. By assuming a humble position as a seeker rather than a realized person, he provides others with the opportunity to maintain an open mind and engage in active listening. His association with prestigious organizations such as IIT and IISc, coupled with his work in the cutting-edge field of AI, adds to his credibility. He has successfully positioned Purva Paksha as a platform for posing challenging questions from both himself and intelligent science and technology students. He emphasizes that for something to be considered science, it must pass three crucial tests: falsifiability, reproducibility, and pragmatism. He acknowledges the Western religions as not being dogmatic. While encouraging the flourishing study of Vedas with support from governments, he cautions against extreme interpretations, such as claiming that gravity, quantum physics, and AI are explicitly mentioned in the Vedas. He notes that Vedas contain information in seed forms, offering broad insights but not detailed processes accessible through scientific experimentation. Discussing cause and effect, he highlights the principle of causality and provides examples, such as the belief that performing sandhyavandan ensures success in exams, which can be contradicted by counter-evidence. Under the falsifiability criterion, he suggests accepting that Vedas are not science and refraining from labeling them as such. Instead, he encourages learning Vedas as literature, eliminating the issue of interpreting them as false. Vedas, he argues, promote questioning and present various possibilities for answers. Regarding reproducibility, he proposes that one must engage in Sadhana and build Adhikara to realize the esoteric truths mentioned in the Vedas. While modern law views birth as accidental, Vedas perceive life as a continuation based on one's karmas. He believes that students of science can succeed by investing time and effort. Under the pragmatic criterion, he suggests that following Vedas can provide solutions to life problems. For instance, dealing with issues like social media envy among youth can be addressed through the understanding of karma. He advocates for making individuals aware of the principles of karma, emphasizing that everyone is not born with equal opportunities and that there are both visible and invisible causes for each effect. By embracing Vedic principles, individuals can find peace and gain a deeper understanding of success metrics, moving beyond material measures like GDP to concepts such as punya and the idea of the next life. This shift in perspective can alleviate stress and foster a sense of peaceful acceptance.
You are right, the experiment one has to do is for several births, but people dont have such time or commitments. Today people dont have time to watch a video of 5 mins fully, hence there is birth of shorts ... so to find out truth one has to work across multiple janmas, Thanks for such great thought.
Excellent but view that 'dont call Vedas Science' doesn't seem to be prudent because any systematic body of knowledge is Science. Don't you think Vedas are systematic body of knowledge?
"Any systematic body of knowledge is science". This is our general understanding. But definition of science ( as defined in modern times) has to be falsifiable, repeatable, pragmatic etc., as he mentioned. He is telling that we should not bring our Vedic/ Indic knowledge under that framework, as it does not fit. But it is repeatable, extremely pragmatic and applies to a lot of things which are adrishya ( not directly perceivable)
Pathetic.Thousands of AI people are living happily without confusion. This is the inescapable pit wbere all brahmin minds end up because of their 'Karma'.
As usual Dr Prathosh is just fantastic
Brilliant talk and very clear take away points
Very much interesting sharing about veda by Dr. Pratosh ji with genuine and pragmatic approach 👏 🙏
Thank you for sharing this thought-provoking video by Prof. Pratosh.
He raises real and challenging questions that often go unaddressed.
I appreciate his approach of posing questions as Purva Paksha and attempting to address potential answers as Siddhant.
Throughout this process, he remains open to questions and exhibits a genuine curiosity to explore them further.
His presentation is well-structured, articulated, and effectively delivered.
He has established a strong connection with the Madhva tradition and Prof. Kashyapa.
He demonstrates credibility as a Vedic student who has rigorously studied Vyakaran, Nyaya, and followed rituals.
By assuming a humble position as a seeker rather than a realized person, he provides others with the opportunity to maintain an open mind and engage in active listening.
His association with prestigious organizations such as IIT and IISc, coupled with his work in the cutting-edge field of AI, adds to his credibility.
He has successfully positioned Purva Paksha as a platform for posing challenging questions from both himself and intelligent science and technology students.
He emphasizes that for something to be considered science, it must pass three crucial tests: falsifiability, reproducibility, and pragmatism.
He acknowledges the Western religions as not being dogmatic. While encouraging the flourishing study of Vedas with support from governments, he cautions against extreme interpretations, such as claiming that gravity, quantum physics, and AI are explicitly mentioned in the Vedas.
He notes that Vedas contain information in seed forms, offering broad insights but not detailed processes accessible through scientific experimentation.
Discussing cause and effect, he highlights the principle of causality and provides examples, such as the belief that performing sandhyavandan ensures success in exams, which can be contradicted by counter-evidence.
Under the falsifiability criterion, he suggests accepting that Vedas are not science and refraining from labeling them as such.
Instead, he encourages learning Vedas as literature, eliminating the issue of interpreting them as false.
Vedas, he argues, promote questioning and present various possibilities for answers.
Regarding reproducibility, he proposes that one must engage in Sadhana and build Adhikara to realize the esoteric truths mentioned in the Vedas.
While modern law views birth as accidental, Vedas perceive life as a continuation based on one's karmas.
He believes that students of science can succeed by investing time and effort.
Under the pragmatic criterion, he suggests that following Vedas can provide solutions to life problems.
For instance, dealing with issues like social media envy among youth can be addressed through the understanding of karma.
He advocates for making individuals aware of the principles of karma, emphasizing that everyone is not born with equal opportunities and that there are both visible and invisible causes for each effect. By embracing Vedic principles, individuals can find peace and gain a deeper understanding of success metrics, moving beyond material measures like GDP to concepts such as punya and the idea of the next life. This shift in perspective can alleviate stress and foster a sense of peaceful acceptance.
Wonderful and interesting presentation with command of language flowing like Ganga. Hearty congratulations Dr.Pratosh
You are right, the experiment one has to do is for several births, but people dont have such time or commitments. Today people dont have time to watch a video of 5 mins fully, hence there is birth of shorts ... so to find out truth one has to work across multiple janmas, Thanks for such great thought.
Excellent lecture. We need more such. Dhanyavada!🙏
Thought provoking
Good One
We want to take your talks very seriously and also none other could have put these thoughts across like you.
The locus of “science” and Vedas are entirely different.
Thank you for pleading that Vedas should not be called science
Excellent but view that 'dont call Vedas Science' doesn't seem to be prudent because any systematic body of knowledge is Science. Don't you think Vedas are systematic body of knowledge?
"Any systematic body of knowledge is science". This is our general understanding. But definition of science ( as defined in modern times) has to be falsifiable, repeatable, pragmatic etc., as he mentioned. He is telling that we should not bring our Vedic/ Indic knowledge under that framework, as it does not fit. But it is repeatable, extremely pragmatic and applies to a lot of things which are adrishya ( not directly perceivable)
Pathetic.Thousands of AI people are living happily without confusion. This is the inescapable pit wbere all brahmin minds end up because of their 'Karma'.