Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture & Education

presents

A Six Session Certificate Course

~ Designed by ~
Radheshyam Das, M.Tech., IIT, Mumbai
Discover Your Self
 Radheshyam Das
M.Tech, IIT, Bombay

 Author of the book ‘Discover Your Self’

 Director of Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture & Education (VOICE)
 Top ranker during his DME, BE.Mech Engg and M.Tech.
 Worked with CECRI, THERMAX and MATHER AND PLATT
 Youth counselor and Corporate Advisor
 Author of a five volume series on ‘Spirituality for the Modern Youth’
 Author of a five volume series on ‘Essence of Bhagavad gita’
 Trained in Communication, Mediation, Leadership & Time Management
 Obtained ‘Global Excellency Award’ in the year 2004 for innovative
youth outreach & obtained ‘Jiva Goswami Award’ in the year 2005
 Session 2
Summary
Access Perfect Absolute Truth
Vedic wisdom (Shabda), gives
The Truth perfect knowledge of
Absolute Truth, which is free
beyond from four defects.

Imperfect Relative truth

We keep discovering
Four Defects better and better imperfect
relative truths, because humans
have four defects.
 Session 2
Six blind men & one wise man story

Three ways to gain knowledge

Four defects lead to imperfect knowledge

Scientific research, due to four defects has
resulted in mistakes leading to disasters
Vedas offer perfect and complete knowledge
Six Blind Men & One Wise Man Story

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3 Ways of Gaining Knowledge

Pratyaksha Praman

? Anuman Praman

Shabda Praman
 Pratyaksha Praman ~ Direct Perception

We cannot acquire COMPLETE knowledge

using our material senses like eyes, ears etc.
 Four Defects
Information and theories in Science are changed, updated
and modified due to humans possessing Four defects.

2. To be Illusioned
1. Imperfect Senses
4. Cheating Propensity
3. Tendency to Commit Mistakes
 1 Four Defects : (1) Imperfect senses
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sensesEYES
have ARE BLINDthey
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try tothe
use
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get more to 700 milli
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OUR EARS ARE DEAF outside the
Noble Prize winningrange
Physicist
of 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Eugene Wigner points out:
“Even if we photograph stars,
- eventually we have to take in by
our senses what the photo shows.
- furthermore, without our senses
we cannot handle a camera.
- even if we amplified/refined by
instruments the knowledge is no
more perfect than our imperfect senses.”
TONGUE
2 Four Defects : (2) To Be Illusioned

Observe and Identify

Orange after sugar = sour
Orange
Each picture has at least two ways afterdepending
to see lemon = sweet
on
what you choose to discard.

Use your creativity and identify

Waterthe TWOwith
touched different
warm
SKIN

ways of perceiving each of the

hand pictures.
appears cool
Water touched with cold
What do you infer from hands
such observations?
appears warm
3 Four Defects : (3) To Commit Mistakes
WILDLY INCORRECT ACCOUNTS IN RESEARCH

Brain was thought of as

an organ to cool the blood

Pituitary or Master glands were

considered a vestige or useless
tissue in a human body !

Value of Hubble Constant (used as a

cosmic yardstick) has been changed 3 times
!
Is it Hubble Constant or Hubble variable?

SMALL MISTAKES CAN LEAD TO LARGE

DISASTERS.
4 Four Defects : (4) Cheating Propensity

1912 - Connecting Link

“Made-up”
1953 - Fraud Revealed :
Human Skull & Filed Jaw
 ?Anuman Praman ~ Theories based on Observation
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 What is the problem with making mistakes in research?

2.
1. Mobile use (or
A Bisleri close to ears has
polyvenyl) proved
Bottle to be healthsubstitute for a glass bottle.
- a convenient
hazardous : stored in a Bisleri bottle for 6 months turns poisonous.
But water
- damage to brain if used for a long period of time.
- heart problems if kept in the shirt pocket.
- impotency if kept in pant pocket.
- phone call sound can’t be heard if kept in a jeans
pocket below knees

Half knowledge is a dangerous thing !

3. During Bubonic plague
researchers claimed that the cats were the cause
of plague; so they killed all cats
and then realised that rats are the real cause; it
was too late.
Now there were too many rats, but no cat to eat
rats! Now plague epidemic was spreading
violently.
 The solution for one problem
becomes another BIGGER problem...

Give an example to show how modern man’s solution to one

problem leads to another bigger problem and ultimately deprives us
of Happiness.

..Half knowledge is dangerous! We need full ABSOLUTE knowledge.

 Man thought he can be happy without God,
If only he has money and comforts…….
We can never obtain complete knowledge
by Pratyaksha / Anumana pramana.
Its dangerous to operate a machine with half knowledge. Similarly , it
?
is dangerous to manipulate the Universal cosmic machine without
knowing about it, from the Creator who created it.

Where is the Manual that can explain operation of

this Cosmic machine?
If we can get it, then we have the key to happiness.
With dollar notes in pocket, surrounded by luxuries and comforts, all
he found was only Stress and Depression. Where is happiness?
FOUR DEFECTS KEEP US IN ILLUSION

1 We have IMPERFECT SENSES…….

2 That leads to ILLUSION….

Due to which we
3
COMMIT MISTAKES…….

To hide the mistakes one tends to

4
CHEAT OTHERS…….
Just see! My dear friend! How Is there no other way other than Pratyaksha
Four defects keep us blind to or Anumana to know the complete truth
the Truth! that is free from all danger?
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KNOWLEDGE
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DEDUCTIVE
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We will check your genes and

tell you who your father is
 ~ The Vedic Process of Learning ~
Authorised College ~ Parampara / Sampradaya
Professors ~ One who has heard from his Guru
Authorised Books ~ Vedic texts like Bhagavad Gita
 …tene brahma hṛdā ya VEDIC
VEDIC KNOWLEDGE
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This Vedic wisdom ādi-kavaye…

Revealed absolute Truth
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 Summary
Six blind men & one wise man story

Three ways to gain knowledge

Four defects lead to imperfect knowledge

Scientific research, due to four defects has
resulted in mistakes leading to disasters
Vedas offer perfect and complete knowledge
 Session 3

Practical Vedic
Solutions
Problems of Life
to
Science & Technology offers many unsatisfactory
superficial stopgap solutions to problems of life.
Being superior to animals, humans can inquire about Root
cause of all problems & the Ultimate goal of life.
Vedic wisdom teaches the art of putting a full-stop to all
problems by aligning with laws of Nature and God.
 ….wishes you a happy life
in harmony with Nature and
God, The Supreme without
whose sanction
not a blade of grass can move.

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