Transcript Srila Prabhupada on Civilisation

Srila Prabhupada says…
• “You have got some false thing,
you have to make propaganda
to prove it, that it is real.”
• “This is called propaganda. By
propaganda you can establish a
false thing as real. That's all.
This is going on. They know how
to do it. They're expert because
they're cheaters. They know
how to do it.”
The Philosophy of falsification
"Truth . . .
. . . is the daughter of
time.“
-Aulus Gellius
To which Francis Bacon
added: ". . . not of
authority."
Where are we heading?
Global Warming
Warning to humanity? Issued by 1600
scientists @ Earth Summit in 1992
“Human beings and the natural world are on
a collision course… that may so alter the
living world that it will be unable to sustain
life in the manner that we know.”
Where are we heading?
Life after the Oil Crash?
Deal with Reality or Reality will deal with you!
Beginning The Vedic Venture
The Path of Progress?
Becoming Human
Inventing Civilisation
Developing a Conscience
Seeking a Lasting Peace
Achieving Rationality
Uniting The Planet
Releasing Nature’s Energies
The Clue to Lost Civilisation
The Clue to Lost Civilisation
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Unknown Sailors – A Discovery in Bali.
Laetoli footprints in Tanzania.
Angkor Wat – Largest Vishnu Temple
Easter Islands – Ingenuity in action.
Mohenjo-Daro & Harrappa Civilisations
Pyramids of Egypt.
Discovery of City of Troy.
Discovery of Viking long ship.
Spanish conquest of Aztecs.
Upsetting Evidences
• Anatomically modern man walked on the
earth about 2.5 million years ago.
• Sea voyagers have organised sea journeys
800,000 – 880,000 years ago.
• 2,500 year old remains of Pharonic cities that
have mentioned in Greek tragedies.
The Classical Prejudice…
• Eurocentricism – Predisposition to attribute
the origin of all civilisation to the Greeks &
Romans.
“It might be said that they are mentally
incapable of crossing the Mediterranean.”
Rene Guenon, French Philosopher
Vedic Civilization- Worldwide
Civilisation with Interplanetary Connections
Problem with Existence of Advanced
Civilisations
• Where is the proof?
• The Idea of Evolution of Modern Man
• The “Linear Progression” Prejudice
• Euro centrism
• History of History
Samudra Manthan @
Bangkok Airport
Indonesia
Marine Archaeology (Dvaraka)
An entire submerged city at
Dvaraka, the ancient port city
of Lord Krishna with its
massive fort walls, piers,
wharfs and jetty has been
found in the ocean as
described in the
Mahabharata and other
Vedic literatures.
Satellite imagery of
Sarasvati River Basin
•Pure in her course from
the mountains to the
ocean, alone of streams
Sarasvati hath listened."
The Heliodorus Column and
Cultural Links to India
•An example of these exchanges is
found in the inscriptions on the
Heliodorus Column, erected in 113
B.C.E. by Heliodorus, a Greek
ambassador to India, and convert to
Vaisnavism, as well as the 2nd
century B.C.E. Coins of Agathocles,
showing images of Krishna and
Balaram. These artifacts stand
testimony that Sanatan Dharma
predates Christianity.
The Glory that India was…
"India has left a deeper mark upon the
history, the philosophy, and the religion
of mankind, than any other terrestrial
unit in the universe."
"While we hold onto India, we are a first
rate power. If we lose India, we will
decline to a third rate power. This is the
value of India."
Lord Curzon, British Viceroy of India,
(1859-1925):
In the late 19th century,
British victors turned
looters. After Bhonsles
of Nagpur, were
defeated.
An estimated 14 trucks of
Gold and 125 trucks of
Silver, apart from a horde
of ornaments, precious
and semi-precious
stones, rich treasures,
horses and elephants
were looted and sent to
Kolkata.
Records reveal that
they were auctioned
at Kolkata. From their
proceeds was born
the Lord's Bank in
England!
It has been estimated that the total amount of treasure that the British looted
from India had already reached £1,000,000,000 (£1Billion) by 1901.Taking into
consideration interest rates and inflation this would be worth close to
$1,000,000,000,000 ($1Trillion) in real-terms today.
Priceless Indian treasures that are
part of the Queen's collection
Among the riches on display are
the famous Shivaji's sword
and some of the possessions
of Guru Gobind Singh
and Bird of Paradise from the
throne of Tipu Sultan.
Some of the artifacts belonging
to Maharaja Ranjit Singh's
regime have been displayed at
Victoria Albert Museum,
(including his golden throne)
The Glory that India was…
“ We owe a lot to the
Indians, who taught us
how to count, without
which no worthwhile
scientific discovery
could have been
made.”
Albert Einstein
EVIL DESIGNS
Oxford’s Chair & Mueller’s ghost
• Oxford praises for attacking
Vedic Knowledge.
• Distorting sacred & cultural
presentation of Vedas.
• Mueller bribed for
discrediting sacred texts of
India.
• Discrediting is better than
exterminating; “Pen is
mightier than the sword”
Colonisation & Evangelism
In 1868, writing to the Duke of
Argyll, then Secretary of State
of India, Muller proclaimed,
“The ancient religion of
India is doomed, and if
Christianity does not
step in, whose fault will
it be ?”
Mueller’s own words
I hope I shall finish the
work, and I feel convinced, though I
shall not live to see it, yet the
edition of mine and the translation
of the Veda will hereafter tell to a
great extent on the fate of India…. It
is the root of their religion, and to
show them what the root is, I feel
sure, is the only way of uprooting all
that has sprung from it during the
last three thousand years.
Mueller’s own words
Max Mueller, the propagator of the
Aryan invasion theory, wrote to his wife,
"It took only 200 years for us to
Christianize the whole of Africa,
but even after 400 years India
eludes us, I have come to realize
that it is Sanskrit which has
enabled India to do so. And to
break it I have decided to learn
Sanskrit.”
The Intellectual Conspiracy
Divide & Rule
We are not outsiders
We are superior races and
to help you all
Destroy the Faith in the
culture
Discredit the authenticity
of Vedas
Christianize the nation
The Ghost continues to haunt us…
• Some objectionable mistakes from Std 7 th book 'Our
Past - 2‘
• 60 pages given to Mughal’s history and Mughal rulers who
made the Hindus slaves.
• Not even a single photo of valorous Chattrapati Shivaji
Maharaj is printed. The place for the photograph is left
blank.
• While the photos of atrocious, tyrannical Muslim kings,
Babar and his descendants starting from 700 AD are
printed.
• No mention at all of Maharana Pratap who had fought with
Mughal and who sacrificed the leisure of royal palace and
used to sleep on the grass like ordinary people.
Was there ever an Aryan Invasion?
Max Mueller’s Biblical Bias
No traces of war, chariots &
horses
No European Homeland
Linguistic Evidence was the
limitation of time
Astronomical Evidence for
Dating the Vedas
No record of Aryan Invasion
in the Vedas
Archeological Breakthroughs
The Cutting edge Evidence
The Discovery of Indus
Valley Civilization
Numerous Sites
discovered in
Mohendaro-Harrapan
Civilisation
Vedic Altars & Deities
Discovered
Trade & Industry
corroborated in Rg Veda
The Mighty Saraswati
River
The Extinction of
Saraswati-Indus Valley
Astronomical Evidences
The Sarasvati Indus Valley Civilisation
The Discovery of MEHRGARH
“The site covers an area of
about 500 acres [200 hectares]
with
only
pre-Harappan
remains” and shows “evidence
of continuous occupation for
more than three millennia prior
to the Harappan civilization.”
French archaeologist Jean-François Jarrige
The Sarasvati Indus Valley Civilisation
LOTHAL –
ADVANCED PORT
The Lothal dock is noted
for its unique waterlocking device, which
makes Lothal dock was
far ahead of the
Phoenician and Roman
docks of later days.
The world's first tidal
dock is believed to
have been built at
Lothal around 2300 BC
during the
Harappan civilization,
near the present day
Mangrol harbor on the
Gujarat coast.
The Sarasvati Indus Valley Civilisation
Mohenjo daro & Harrapan Civilisations
The excavations of civilization of
“Mohenjodaro’ ruins indicate that the art of
construction of buildings, planning of roads,
construction of planned towns or cities was
well known to the Indians at that time.
The Sarasvati Indus Valley Civilisation
The Dating of River Saraswati -3000 B.C.
Dried up around 1900 B.C.
Mention of Saraswati in the Vedic texts.
“The holy flow of Saraswati joins the sea impetously.
- Mahabharata
The Vedas are a body of Knowledge
At least 5000 yrs old.
The Authenticity of Vedas
The Authenticity of Vedas
eka-viàçati-bhedena åg-vedaà kåtavän purä
çäkhänäà tu çatenaiva yajur-vedam athäkarot
säma-vedaà sahasreëa çäkhänäà prabibheda saù
atharväëam atho vedaà bibheda navakena tu
Kürma Puräëa (52.19–20)
Vyäsadeva’s followers further divided the four Vedas into 1,130 branches:
vyadadhäd yajïa-santatyai
vedam ekaà catur-vidham
(Bhäg. 1.4.19)
iginally the Veda was one, and at
the advent of the current age, Kali-yuga,
Çréla Vyäsadeva divided it into four:
The Authenticity of Vedas
The Åg Veda was divided into 21 branches, the Yajur Veda into 100 branches, the Säma
Veda into 1,000 branches, and the Atharva Veda into 9 branches.
Each of these branches has 4 subdivisions, called Saàhitä, Brähmaëa, Äraëyaka, and
Upaniñad.
All together the Vedas consist of 1,130 Saàhitäs, 1,130 Brähmaëas, 1,130 Äraëyakas, and
1,130 Upaniñads, a total of 4,520 titles.
By the influence of time, however, many texts have been lost.
At present only about 11 Saàhitäs, 18 Brähmaëas, 7 Äraëyakas, and 220 Upaniñads are
available.
This constitutes less than 6% of the original Vedas.
The Authenticity of Vedas
Descriptions of
Mahabharata,
Ramayana, Srimad
Bhagavatam are proven
scientifically
Srila Vyasadeva compiles
Srimad Bhagavatam
sa kadäcit sarasvatyä
upaspåçya jalaà çuciù
vivikta eka äséna
udite ravi-maëòale
Once upon a time he [Vyäsadeva],
as the sun rose, took his
morning ablution in the
waters of the Sarasvati and sat
alone to concentrate.
The Fall of Vedic Empire
Srngi’s curse upon Maharaja Parikshit
So What?
Attack on Faith in Transcendence
Western Civilization only encourages &
entices to sense gratification
Philosophy without Culture will make it
extremely difficult to appreciate.
Preservation by Propagation.
Srila Prabhupada’s contribution
Çrémad-Bhägavatam will fill
this need, for it is a cultural
presentation for the
respiritualization of the entire
human society.
Srila Prabhupada on Civilisation
In modern human society, spiritual knowledge is
neglected, and cow killing is encouraged. It is to
be understood, then, that human society is
advancing in the wrong direction and is clearing
the path to its own condemnation.
Civilization is how to go back to home, back to
Godhead. That is civilization. One should be
intelligent enough. Education must be directed
in that way.
Srila Prabhupada urges…
Determination with a purpose
vyavasäyätmikä buddhir
ekeha kuru-nandana
bahu-çäkhä hy anantäç ca
buddhayo 'vyavasäyinäm
Those who are on this path are resolute in purpose,
and their aim is one. O beloved child of the Kurus,
the intelligence of those who are irresolute is
many-branched.
• Faith
• Knowledge
• Guidance
Srila Prabhupada warns…
Brainwashing by Consumerism
Therefore this modern
civilization is most dangerous
civilization, soul-killing
civilization. The human being
got the chance of understanding
God, but they are being refused
by the authorities to understand
God. Rather, if somebody wants
to understand, he is checked, he
is harassed by the name of
brain-washing and mind control.
This is Kali-yuga.
Srila Prabhupada advocates…
Assume Responsibility
A degraded civilization of
sense gratification and
economic development is
the by-product of a godless
or kingless government of
the people, by the people,
and for the people. The
people should not,
therefore, begrudge the
poor administrations they
themselves elect.
Srila Prabhupada appeals…
Don’t Keep Knowledge Static
Although India has the sublime knowledge of
Bhagavad-gétä, Indians have not done their
proper duty of distributing it. Therefore the
proper distribution of knowledge has begun by
which not only will the whole world benefit, but
India's glory will be magnified in human society.
yäre dekha, täre kaha 'kåñëa'-upadeça
ämära äjïäya guru haïä tära' ei deça
Srila Prabhupada wants us to…
One must be ready very vigorously. And
that is Caitanya Mahäprabhu's also order.
Caitanya Mahäprabhu never said that
"You chant." He has given certainly the
chanting, but so far His mission is
concerned, He said that "Everyone of you
become guru." Ämära äjïäya guru haïä
tära' ei deça
Srila Prabhupada reveals …
a deeper secret
We have learned from our Guru Mahäräja
that preaching is very, very important thing,
and when one is actually an experienced
preacher, then he is able to chant Hare
Kåñëa mantra without any offense. Before
that, this so-called chanting of Hare Kåñëa
mantra, you may practice without any
offenses
Srila Prabhupada pledges on Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s behalf
ekalä mäläkära ämi kähäì kähäì yäba
ekalä vä kata phala päòiyä viläba
“I am the only gardener. How many
places can I go? How many fruits can I
pick and distribute?
Srila Prabhupada’s order
to one & all…
bhärata-bhümite haila manuñya janma yära
janma särthaka kari’ kara para-upakära
“One who has taken his birth as a human being in
the land of India [Bhärata-varña] should make his
life successful and work for the benefit of all other
people.