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skaushik_at_MIT.EDU
Date: Tue Apr 30 1996 - 15:57:22 PDT
Badri writes in his epilogue: *** However, I am not willing to become a "blind" follower *** even if that is the only way to attain knowledge. I will *** try to be as humble as possible but will continue to *** question the beliefs and accept them only if I find a *** satisfactory answer. I can very well understand that view. I myself find it hard, with all my "scientific" training, to accept anything blindly. There are those with the same scientific training (if not better) who view religion completely differently. For example, the Nobel Laureate CV Raman was once to have gone home to bathe during a Surya Grahanam. When asked how this was in accord with his scientific training, he replied (paraphrased), "Science is science, and religion is religion." Perhaps some can make fun and laugh at him, but he has one Nobel Prize more than most of us. *** If you so desire, I will stop making further comments *** that could be of controversial nature, in this forum and *** look elsewhere for the answers. For what it is worth, I think that would be a mistake. I think *respectful* questioning of our shastras is always to be encouraged, and feel that a healthy diagalogue is always in the best interest of philosophical inquiry. sk