[Advaita-l] Accepting Error

[Swami Sarvabhutananda]

*OM
Scientist discovering the helplessness in the process of research has the
right attitude and the MIND to appreciate and understand VEDANTA!
SWAMI SARVABHUTANANDA
*
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 5:05 PM, ramesam vemuri <ramesamvijaya at yahoo.com>wrote:

> * This can be even more appreciated in the case of a
> scientist by profession believing or accepting or appreciating the
> discoveries of science who can also be an Advaitin.  His appreciating
> science will never come in the way of his Advaitic
> understanding/realization. -- V Subrahmanian *
>
> Excellently expressed.  Thank you, Sir.
>
> In fact, the Quest in Science and Advaita is the same --  to arrive at the
> Ultimate Truth.
>
> (Please see:
> http://www.advaita-academy.org/blogs/ramesam/The-Quest-in-Science-and-Advaita.ashx
>
> and also the PowerPoint "Inquiry in Science and Vedanta" at:
> http://beyond-advaita.blogspot.com/  )
>
> Both the groups, Vedantins and Scientists, are deeply aware of the
> possible errors that could occur in their deductive and inductive logic at
> every stage - from observation to drawing inference.
>
> Science is not a dry laundry list of statements. It is like 'breaking
> story."  It is an Upanishad in devlopment.
> It is an inestigative methodology.
>
>
> Carlo Rovelli (Author of the Book: The First Scientist):
> * ..... scientific thinking
> is not limited to the confidence in observation (Francis Bacon) or
> rationality (Descartes), or restricted to
> truths that are verifiable (positivism) or falsifiable (Popper). Nor is
> science
> restricted to its predictions, to constructing models for classes of
> phenomena,
> or to providing certain (“scientifically demonstrated”) knowledge. Real
> science
> is more than all this. ......  The source of the strength of scientific
> thinking lies not in the
> certainties it reaches but, quite the opposite, in a radical awareness of
> their
> provisional character and of the vastness of our ignorance. This awareness
> allows us to keep questioning our own knowledge, and therefore to continue
> learning. *
> Lisa Randall (Author of the Book: Knocking at Heaven's Door):
> * Science
> certainly is not the static statement of universal laws we all hear about
> in
> elementary school. Nor is it a set of arbitrary rules. Science is an
> evolving
> body of knowledge. Many of the ideas we are currently in­vestigating will
> prove
> to be wrong or incomplete. Scientific descriptions certainly change as we
> cross
> the boundaries that circumscribe what we know and venture into more remote
> territory where we can glimpse hints of the deeper truths beyond. ....  The
> paradox scientists have to contend with is that, while aiming for
> permanence,
> we often investigate ideas that experimental data or bet­ter understanding
> will
> force us to modify or discard. The sound core of knowledge that has been
> tested
> and relied on is always surrounded by an amorphous boundary of
> uncertainties
> that are the domain of current research. The ideas and suggestions that
> excite
> us today will soon be forgotten if they are invalidated by more persuasive
> or
> comprehensive experimental work tomorrow.     *
>
> ________________________________
> From: V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>  Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Accepting Possibility of Error in Sastras
>
> I had mentioned recently that the details about creation, the world,
> loka-s, etc. have no more value than chitta shuddhi and are primarily aimed
> at showing a certain entity, Brahman, as the jagat-kAraNam.
>
> **********
>
> This can be even more appreciated in the case of a
> scientist by profession believing or accepting or appreciating the
> discoveries of science who can also be an Advaitin.  His appreciating
> science will never come in the way of his Advaitic
> understanding/realization.
>
> ******************** (snip)
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