Hindustan Times articles
Can science lead us to God?
Submitted by Mukunda Goswami on Wed, 2003/03/05 - 2:00am(The following article was posted in the "Meditations" column of the Hindustan Times, one of India's largest english language daily newspapers, on 3 February 2003.)
SCIENCE HAS more monopoly on taste than McDonalds. Only knowledge burgeoning from the non-Vedic viewpoint satisfies. So the existence of God cannot be proven. Or can it?
Cloning blind to soul's eternal identity
Submitted by Mukunda Goswami on Tue, 2003/03/04 - 2:00am(The following article was posted in the "Meditations" column of the Hindustan Times, one of India's largest english language daily newspapers, on 27 January 2003.)
CLONING A human being is not a fanciful future hope, or a Hollywood sci-fi production. It's already occurred, according to some.
The value of the "old" over the "new"
Submitted by Mukunda Goswami on Sun, 2003/02/09 - 2:00am(This article was posted in the ?Meditations? column of the Hindustan Times on 16 December 2002.)
I've got to admit it's getting better, a little better all the time
- a Beatles song
"COMPARISONS ARE odious," said an English Bard, but who doesn't indulge? For example, are things getting better or worse? Time-honoured tests inform that the soul is indestructible (Gita 2.20). But the surroundings are troubling, because we tend to be concerned with Planet Earth?s and the human condition.
True strength needs humility
Submitted by Mukunda Goswami on Sat, 2003/02/08 - 2:00am(This article was posted in the ?Meditations? column of the Hindustan Times on 2 December 2002.)
BILL GATES is investing two thousand crore rupees (US$400 million) in India over the next three years, his foundation announced last month. The money is for ?boosting education, business partnerships, and software development.?
Good solutions need to be repeated
Submitted by Mukunda Goswami on Sun, 2003/02/02 - 2:00am(This article was posted in the ?Meditations? column of the Hindustan Times on 24 October 2002.)
MEAT-EATING IS unhealthy and expensive. It?s ostentatious and becoming unfashionable. It?s also environmentally unfriendly, and causes starvation. But what to do with all the ownerless cows loitering in the streets of Delhi, draped over traffic islands and eating piles of garbage? Ship them all off to Brindaban? That?s what some think. Maybe it?s not such a bad idea. Or create animal shelters and keep them there? That?s another thought.
Why atonement doesn't work
Submitted by Mukunda Goswami on Sat, 2003/02/01 - 2:00am(This article was posted in the "Meditations" column of the Hindustan Times on 8 October 2002.)
WHAT?S WRONG with the scent of a lotus, with music, cake, sunset or the softest touch? What?s wrong with an exhilarating risk? Nothing, if we perceive things in the right way, but sought after without discrimination, the results can be disastrous.
Desire that exceeds need easily get out of hand and can lead to illegal actions. This is the start of criminality: Unnecessary cravings must be uprooted, but this is only possible if something better is on offer.
The religious angle to evolutionary theory
Submitted by Mukunda Goswami on Sun, 2003/01/26 - 2:00am(This article was posted in the ?Meditations? column of the Hindustan Times on 1 October 2002.)
SHOULD CHARLES Darwin?s evolutionary theory still be the reigning philosophy of biological science and the general understanding of our origin? Many think not.
Credit God to clear the earth's debt
Submitted by Mukunda Goswami on Sat, 2003/01/25 - 2:00am(This article was posted in the "Meditations" column of the Hindustan Times on 25 September 2002.)
THE WORLD Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg just ended on September 4th (the South African government spent US$58 million). First, few can be proud of our world, because too many of us have been hoarding, dumping, and making deals such that the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the air, water and earth get increasingly toxic.
"Signs" gives God a starring role
Submitted by Mukunda Goswami on Sun, 2003/01/19 - 2:00am(This article was posted in the "Meditations" column of the Hindustan Times on 14 September 2002.)
MANOJ NIGHT Shyamalan's parents, who emigrated to the US, wanted him to be a doctor like them. They were hurt when he announced that he would attend film school at New York University. But after Sixth Sense earned over US$325 million, their attitude softened.
Let's not reject the past as doctrinaire
Submitted by Mukunda Goswami on Sat, 2003/01/18 - 2:00am(This article was posted in the "Meditations" column of the Hindustan Times on 18 June 2002.)
MODERN SCHOLARSHIP demands discovery from "original" sources, while Vedic scholarship relies more upon knowledge from historical roots (Siddhanta). Both systems have their validity. Practitioners of these two systems tend to conflict, but can converge.