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Page 1: Based on the works of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder-Acharya of ISKCON

Based on the works of

His Divine GraceA. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaFounder-Acharya of

ISKCON

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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

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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?

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Does

G O Dreally exist?

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Definition of God

• Cause of all causes & the source of everything that exists• Supreme controller

• Supreme proprietor

• Supreme Enjoyer.

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EXISTENCE OF

G O D

AS A CONCRETE PRINCIPLE

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Artist: Leonardoda Vinci

Mona Lisa

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Landscape

Artist: David Copenhagen

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Artist: JohnGreen

Landscape

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Who is theARTIST?

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Creation implies Creator

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SPACETechnology

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Satellite

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Control Room

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Satellite MonitoringSatellite Monitoring

Round-the-clock critical observation of the critical parameters

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Critical Parameters to monitor

1. Orientation 5. Earth-Satellite distance

2. Spin

3. Velocity

4. Orbit decay corrections

6. Heat dissipation

7. Cosmic radiation

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Earth

Earth21Mass: 6x10

Speed around theSun: 106,000 kmph

metric tons

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Earth

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Who is inControl?

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Control implies controller

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ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE

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Artificial Intelligence

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Dept. of Artificial Intelligence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

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HumanBrain

The Most Sophisticated Computer in the Universe

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The human brain can store

more information than all the

libraries in the world.

-Dr Richard Restak, MD Author, The Brain

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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.

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Who made thenatural

intelligenceof this incredibly

complex computer:

THE HUMAN BRAIN

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Look at the groundreality

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WHO DECIDES ?

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We choose• A job

• A wife or a husband

• The type of car

• An apartment

• And many more things

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We don’t choose

• Our parents

• Our beauty

• Our intelligence

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WHO CHOOSES ?AND ON

WHAT BASIS ?

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Decision implies

Decision Maker

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IS IT BY CHANCE?

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We see order and systematic arrangement in the universe…

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Laws of Mechanics

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Laws of Physical Optics

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Laws of thermodynamics

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Macro world

Precise laws of mathematical accuracy govern this world

Precise laws of mathematical accuracy govern this world Micro world

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How can our birth, beauty, intelligence… only be random events ?

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Isn’t there a law that govern these ?

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Law implies law maker

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Cause & Effect Principle

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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…

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Complex material nature with all its laws implies a higher intelligence & thus an intelligent person - “GOD”

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Can you show meG O D?

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Can you show me God?

A fundamental mistake in the

understanding of God

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God is not our order

carrier

Mistake No.1

Can you show me God?

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Do youhave the

qualification to see God?

Mistake No.2

Can you show me God?

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Electro-magnetic spectrum

Mistake No.2

R V

X-RaysRadio Waves

Visible Range

Can you show me God?

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