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The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri
Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati
Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes
in the topmost planet of the spiritual world,
Sri Goloka Vrindavan. They are beckoning us to
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Our Mission: To help everyone awaken
their original Krishna consciousness, which is
eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss.
Such a global awakening will, in one stroke,
solve all the problems of the world society
bringing in a new era of unprecedented peace and
prosperity for all. May that day, which the
world so desperately needs, come very soon. We
request you to participate in this mission by
reviving your dormant Krishna consciousness and
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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada, our beloved spiritual
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Same Sex Marriage: Legitimate or
Illegitimate?
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Last
Sunday night I was interviewed by a college student who
asked me what is our position on same sex marriage. I
explained to him that since in the Krishna consciousness
movement our principle is that sex is only for
procreation and not for recreation, same sex marriage
does not have any legitimacy in Krishna consciousness. I
told him that if a man could make his boyfriend pregnant
or a lady could make her girlfriend pregnant, same sex
marriage would be acceptable in Krishna consciousness.
If in the Krishna consciousness movement we were to
adjust our principle that recreational sex is allowable
between husband and wife, then in all fairness we would
then also have to legitimatize same sex marriage. In
other words, if the heterosexuals are allowed to have
recreational sex, why the homosexuals should not be
allowed? Therefore to maintain the purity our
movement we must faithfully adhere to Srila Prabhupada's
principle that sex is only for procreation, not for
recreation.
Some will protest that this is artificial restraint. But
this ignores the fact that we are not these bodies, that
these bodies are only coverings of the actual self. The
real satisfaction for the self is be perfectly
dovetailed in a loving relationship with Supreme Self,
Krishna or God. Material sense gratification will
never satisfy the self and is only therefore accepted
insofar as it is necessary to keep the body healthy and
fit.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Same Sex Marriage Enjoys Increasing
Popularity
and is Sanctioned by Many Modern Churches
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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version: |
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Question:
Vedic Scriptures Compatible With Science? |
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Are Hindu Scriptures
compatible with science? Do Hindu Scriptures provide for
scientific explanations in today's world? Do they form
the basis for scientific reasoning?
Thank you in advance.
A devotee of Lord Dattatreya,
Praneet
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Answer: Real Science is
Practical, Not Theoretical |
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There is no
question of Hindu scriptures. Hindu is a termed coined
by the Muslims. This word is not found anywhere in
India's ancient scriptures. So the question should be
instead, "Are the Vedic scriptures compatible with
science?"
But even this question is not quite proper. What we
should really be asking is, "Is modern science
compatible with the Vedic scriptures?" The Vedic
scriptures present perfect scientific knowledge
regarding the universe, its origin, and what lies beyond
this universe. While modern science is constantly
changing, Vedic science remains unchanged. Knowledge
which is constantly changing is not knowledge at all. It
is mere speculation. Therefore the Vedic scriptures are
actual science while the cosmic view of modern day
science is pseudo science.
Real scientific reasoning means that is must be
practical. For example when you mix hydrogen and oxygen
and get water, that is practical; that is science. But
simply theorizing that the universe came out of
absolutely nothing, as it is now being proposed by a
so-called leading scientist, is not science. Where is
the scientific experiment to show that something can
come out of nothing? It has never been demonstrated, but
yet people are foolishly accepting this dogma in the
name of science, which is actually simply nescience
masquerading as science.
Instead of speculative hogwash, the Vedic scriptures
give the scientific researcher the tools he needs to do
the ultimate scientific experiment in the test tube of
his own consciousness and personally experience God face
to face, eye to eye. And when you know God perfectly you
scientifically know everything.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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