JAY SHREE POOJYASHREE SHREE AMMA
JAY MAHAN BRAHMASHREE GOPALAVALLIDASAR
JAY SHREE RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG
Science and Hinduism
Dear readers,
In our last posting we began with an altogether new topic -
'Nexus between science and hinduism.'
The objective behind this topic is to state affirmatively that the findings of modern day science have their roots in the ever existing hinduism.
To begin with; we trace the source of a scientific law to a few shloka's from the
BHAGWAD GITA which was said by THE SUPREME ONE HIMSELF,THE ONE AND ONLY, LORD SHRI KRISHNA
In this posting we discuss about the statement:'Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can be converted from one form to another.The total amount of energy in the universe always remains constant'.
This is the law of conservation of energy which students have to study in the ninth standard in their schools.
It says that energy is always present. No one can create it. Also, it is indestructible.It can be used; by conversion from one form to another to perform various operations.
E.g : potential energy of water stored at a height can be converted to kinetic energy by allowing it to fall from that height on turbines.This kinetic energy can be further transformed into electrical energy because the water falls on the large turbines and makes them to rotate and thereby activates the electrical generators.The electrical energy so created can be then used to run anything like a computer in a house, railway engines, machines in factories etc.Again when electricity is used to run a computer, electrical energy is converted to sound and light energy.
Another fact which is not covered by the above mentioned law is that energy cannot
be seen directly.It can be seen, heard and felt through its various forms.
For E.g : energy can be seen when tubelight is switched on; in the form of light, energy can be
heard when a bomb explodes; in the form of sound,energy can be felt when a windmill is started; in the form of wind,energy can be felt when a geyser is switched on; in the form of heat.See how interesting energy is.Some FORMS of it can be seen, some heard, some
felt!
Thus we can see energy through all these forms and not directly.So when a person
asks what is energy and he is shown a tubelight which emits light on turning a switch 'ON'
and is told; the thing that causes the light to be emitted; THAT IS ENERGY. However
the person might feel that oho! 'LIGHT MEANS ENERGY!!'. He is not wrong. Light is a
form of energy. But he is not right either; because energy is a concept much much
broader than just 'Light'. So observe that it is very difficult to explain what energy
actually is.
This was about the scientific explanation. Now we take you all to an altogether different
world.But not now, wait till our next posting when we come up with the spiritual version of this scientific law!!
Till then do continuous chanting Radhekrishna!!!
Sarvam Guruvarpanam
JAY MAHAN BRAHMASHREE GOPALAVALLIDASAR
JAY SHREE RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG
Science and Hinduism
Dear readers,
In our last posting we began with an altogether new topic -
'Nexus between science and hinduism.'
The objective behind this topic is to state affirmatively that the findings of modern day science have their roots in the ever existing hinduism.
To begin with; we trace the source of a scientific law to a few shloka's from the
BHAGWAD GITA which was said by THE SUPREME ONE HIMSELF,THE ONE AND ONLY, LORD SHRI KRISHNA
In this posting we discuss about the statement:'Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can be converted from one form to another.The total amount of energy in the universe always remains constant'.
This is the law of conservation of energy which students have to study in the ninth standard in their schools.
It says that energy is always present. No one can create it. Also, it is indestructible.It can be used; by conversion from one form to another to perform various operations.
E.g : potential energy of water stored at a height can be converted to kinetic energy by allowing it to fall from that height on turbines.This kinetic energy can be further transformed into electrical energy because the water falls on the large turbines and makes them to rotate and thereby activates the electrical generators.The electrical energy so created can be then used to run anything like a computer in a house, railway engines, machines in factories etc.Again when electricity is used to run a computer, electrical energy is converted to sound and light energy.
Another fact which is not covered by the above mentioned law is that energy cannot
be seen directly.It can be seen, heard and felt through its various forms.
For E.g : energy can be seen when tubelight is switched on; in the form of light, energy can be
heard when a bomb explodes; in the form of sound,energy can be felt when a windmill is started; in the form of wind,energy can be felt when a geyser is switched on; in the form of heat.See how interesting energy is.Some FORMS of it can be seen, some heard, some
felt!
Thus we can see energy through all these forms and not directly.So when a person
asks what is energy and he is shown a tubelight which emits light on turning a switch 'ON'
and is told; the thing that causes the light to be emitted; THAT IS ENERGY. However
the person might feel that oho! 'LIGHT MEANS ENERGY!!'. He is not wrong. Light is a
form of energy. But he is not right either; because energy is a concept much much
broader than just 'Light'. So observe that it is very difficult to explain what energy
actually is.
This was about the scientific explanation. Now we take you all to an altogether different
world.But not now, wait till our next posting when we come up with the spiritual version of this scientific law!!
Till then do continuous chanting Radhekrishna!!!
Sarvam Guruvarpanam
