# Science and God *On the relationship between science and spiritual knowledge* --- ### Real Science > This is the real science—to understand what you are, what is God, what is your relationship with God. This science is not taught in any university. They are teaching so many things, but they do not know what they are. — [[spoken/1976/760619sb.tor|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.3, Toronto, 1976]] --- ### Who Is the Creator? > The scientists say that everything came from a big bang, from chemicals. But who created the chemicals? They cannot answer this question. We say Kṛṣṇa created everything. This is more scientific. — [[spoken/1976/760630sb.nv|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.16, New Vṛndāvana, 1976]] --- ### Cannot Create Life > The scientists cannot create even a small insect. They cannot create even a blade of grass. And they are claiming that life came from chemicals? Let them create life in the laboratory. They cannot. — [[spoken/1976/760619sb.tor|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.3, Toronto, 1976]] --- ### Intelligence Behind Creation > When you see a nice motorcar, you understand that there is a manufacturer, a designer. When you see a nice building, you understand there is an architect. Similarly, when you see this wonderful cosmic manifestation, you should understand there is a creator. — [[spoken/1968/680816jm.mon|Janmāṣṭamī Lecture, Montreal, 1968]] --- ### Not Against Science > We are not against science. But science should acknowledge that there is a supreme intelligence behind everything. Without that acknowledgment, science is incomplete. — [[spoken/1976/760630sb.nv|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.16, New Vṛndāvana, 1976]] --- ### Four Defects > The scientists have four defects: they commit mistakes, they are illusioned, they have imperfect senses, and they have a tendency to cheat. So how can they give us perfect knowledge? Perfect knowledge comes from Kṛṣṇa, who is perfect. — [[spoken/1970/701219sb.sur|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.34–39, Surat, 1970]] --- ### Cannot Solve Real Problems > The scientists cannot solve the real problems of life—birth, death, old age, and disease. They have made so many inventions, but can they stop death? Can they stop old age? No. So what is the value of their science? — [[spoken/1976/760619sb.tor|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.3, Toronto, 1976]] --- ### Kṛṣṇa Is the Supreme Scientist > Kṛṣṇa is the supreme scientist. He has created everything. The sun is rising on time, the moon is rising on time, the seasons are changing—everything is working so nicely. This is the work of the supreme scientist. — [[spoken/1968/680816jm.mon|Janmāṣṭamī Lecture, Montreal, 1968]] --- ### Material Progress Incomplete > Material progress without spiritual progress is like a body without a soul. It is dead. So the scientists should combine material knowledge with spiritual knowledge. Then it will be complete. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- ### Ultimate Knowledge > The ultimate knowledge is to understand Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ. One who knows Kṛṣṇa in truth is immediately liberated. This is the highest science. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- *10 quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda on science and God* [[wiki/quotes|Back to Quotes]]