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Based on the works of
His Divine GraceA. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaFounder-Acharya of
ISKCON
Contents•Introduction - The Search for Happiness
•Does GOD exist? What is Scripture? •
•Who is GOD?
•Who am I? The Science of the
Soul.
•Why bad things happen to good
people? - The Law of Karma.•
•The Science of Yoga and the
topmost Yoga system
•Practical application of the
Bhagavad-Gita
The search for happiness
• Always looking for relief – Vacation --- a break!
• All activities are performed in hope of happiness
• Many anxieties:– College education– Job– Family– Retirement– DEATH (the biggest
anxiety)
As humans, we can question the cause of our unhappiness – is there permanent happiness?
Does
G O Dreally exist?
Definition of God
• Cause of all causes & the source of everything that exists• Supreme controller
• Supreme proprietor
• Supreme Enjoyer.
EXISTENCE OF
G O D
AS A CONCRETE PRINCIPLE
Artist: Leonardoda Vinci
Mona Lisa
Landscape
Artist: David Copenhagen
Artist: JohnGreen
Landscape
Who is theARTIST?
Creation implies Creator
SPACETechnology
Satellite
Control Room
Satellite MonitoringSatellite Monitoring
Round-the-clock critical observation of the critical parameters
Critical Parameters to monitor
1. Orientation 5. Earth-Satellite distance
2. Spin
3. Velocity
4. Orbit decay corrections
6. Heat dissipation
7. Cosmic radiation
Earth
Earth21Mass: 6x10
Speed around theSun: 106,000 kmph
metric tons
Earth
Who is inControl?
Control implies controller
ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE
Artificial Intelligence
Dept. of Artificial Intelligence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
HumanBrain
The Most Sophisticated Computer in the Universe
The human brain can store
more information than all the
libraries in the world.
-Dr Richard Restak, MD Author, The Brain
The human brain is made of a trilliion brain cells.
…and each one of theseis more powerfuland sophisticated
than most computers around the planet today.
- Dr. Tony BuzonBritish Psychologist, educator
& author.
Who made thenatural
intelligenceof this incredibly
complex computer:
THE HUMAN BRAIN
Look at the groundreality
WHO DECIDES ?
We choose• A job
• A wife or a husband
• The type of car
• An apartment
• And many more things
We don’t choose
• Our parents
• Our beauty
• Our intelligence
WHO CHOOSES ?AND ON
WHAT BASIS ?
Decision implies
Decision Maker
IS IT BY CHANCE?
We see order and systematic arrangement in the universe…
Laws of Mechanics
Laws of Physical Optics
Laws of thermodynamics
Macro world
Precise laws of mathematical accuracy govern this world
Precise laws of mathematical accuracy govern this world Micro world
How can our birth, beauty, intelligence… only be random events ?
Isn’t there a law that govern these ?
Law implies law maker
Cause & Effect Principle
A Midsummer
Night's Dream
Entire play
ACT ISCENE I. Athens. The palace
of THESEUS.
Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and
Attendants THESEUS Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial
hourDraws on apace; four happy
days bring in…
A Midsummer
Night's Dream
Entire play
ACT ISCENE I. Athens. The palace
of THESEUS.
Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and
Attendants THESEUS Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial
hourDraws on apace; four happy
days bring in…
Complex material nature with all its laws implies a higher intelligence & thus an intelligent person - “GOD”
Can you show meG O D?
Can you show me God?
A fundamental mistake in the
understanding of God
God is not our order
carrier
Mistake No.1
Can you show me God?
Do youhave the
qualification to see God?
Mistake No.2
Can you show me God?
Electro-magnetic spectrum
Mistake No.2
R V
X-RaysRadio Waves
Visible Range
Can you show me God?
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