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Souvenir Programme & Book of Abstracts “I maintain that the human mystery is incredibly demeaned by reductionism, with its claim in Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada pointing at his fingernail, promissory materialism to account eventually for all “The Bhaktivedanta Institute is greatly to be explaining how it is made of matter, that it is of the spiritual world in terms of patterns of neural congratulated for having produced so crucial manifesting because life is present in the activity. This belief must be classed as a and productive a discussion. It should be given body—matter comes from life! superstition-…we are spiritual beings with souls in every encouragement and support in going a spiritual world, as well as material beings with ahead with an enterprise so well begun.” Prof. George Wald, Nobel Laureate bodies and brains existing in a material world.” Sir John Eccles, Nobel Laureate “I think that life could be beyond “Science and technology alone cannot solve the problems of the new millennium. We the assembly of biomolecules.” need additional guidelines for our actions, for the selection of our research projects and Prof. Werner Arber, research goals. These guidelines have to do with ethics, with philosophy, and with faith.” Nobel Laureate Professor Richard R. Ernst, Nobel Laureate “In India, there is much more union between the two (science and spirituality) than there is in the West. I think that the Western scientists are coming back to that point of view - what the universe is all about. A few scientists are interested and their number is increasing.” Prof. Charles Townes, Nobel Laureate Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Goswami Maharaja (Dr. T. D. Singh) with Prof. John R. Searle, American Srila Sripad Maharaja (Dr. T. D. Singh) “Spirituality is the post graduate study of religion philosopher and currently the Slusser accepting a United Nations’ Flag from Dr. and we should rise from religion to spirituality.” Professor of Philosophy at the Robert Muller, Former Assistant Secre- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, University of California, Berkeley tary General of the United Nations Former President of India A humble offffering ttering ooo Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Goswami Maharaja (Dr(Dr(Dr. TT. .D. Singh, FF.D. ounding Director BhaktivBhaktivor edanta Institute)e)e) Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. Visionary for ‘Science and Scientist’ Annual Conference Series Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. is a direct disciple of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Srila Bhakti Rakshaka Sridhar Dev- Goswami Maharaja. In 1971 he was awarded a Ph.D. from a prominent university in USA. He is a leading Vedantic authority in all of the Gaudiya Vaishnava line of thought in the world today. Apart from that he is also a scholar in Hegelian Dialectics and is giving regular guidance to his students. Moreover, he has spent many years in Nabadwip, West Bengal, India, under the guidance of his Gurus in search of Vedantic conception of Absolute Truth. He has a profound grasp of both Vedanta and Western philosophy and due to his mood of humility and Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. complete surrender he has received much appreciation from previous acharyas. Serving Director, Bhakti Vedanta Institute, Srila Sridhar Maharaja told to Sripad Puri Maharaja, “I am just like you. My nature Princeton, NJ, USA is just like yours,” thus accepting his philosophical and devotional mood of service. Conference Chair Srila Bhakti Sundara Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaja told to the servitors of scientific sankirtan movement that “Service to Puri Maharaja is service to me.” Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Goswami Maharaja (Srila Sripad Maharaja also known as Dr. T.D. Singh) appreciated Sripad Puri Maharaja’s humility and disinterest in worldly designations. He told him, “Your consciousness is very pure.” Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. is a follower of Srila Prabhupada, the instructions of Srila Sridhar Maharaja and the direction of Srila Sripad. Srila Sripad Maharaja instructed a number of his disciples to follow and serve Sripad Puri Maharaja and learn from his deep knowledge on Hegelian spiritual dialectic as well as Vedanta. Sripad Puri Maharaja holds regular classes in Princeton as well as online Skype classes with his students all over the world. By the grace of previous Acharyas of Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya Sripad Puri Maharaja is highly empowered to guide the Scientific Sankirtan movement meant for establishing a lasting Harmony between Science and Religion. Srila Sridhar Maharaja told to Srila Sripad Maharaja and Sripad Puri Maharaja to build a temple over the tomb of Darwin. Srila Prabhupada has given two powerful transformative scientifically observed truths unrecognized by modern materialistic science, (1) Life comes from Life, and (2) Matter comes from Life. When Sripad Puri Maharaja explained to the Nobel Biologist Professor George Wald, who was a very big atheistic evolutionist of his time, that why don’t you consider that, “Matter comes from Life”, he became convinced. After this Professor Wald wrote a series of articles denouncing his own earlier stance towards materialism in understanding life and instead talked about how life was prior to matter and is therefore its source. Sripad Puri Maharaja is engaging the scientists to think about higher order concepts of Life and its utmost relevance for conceiving our true identity for more than four decades. He is the visionary behind the ‘Science and Scientist’ annual conference series and we are all eternally indebted to him for his love, affection and extraordinarily meritorious guidance. Nobel Biologist Prof. George Wald (middle) with Sripad Bhakti Nobel Biologist Prof. George Wald (right) interacting with Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. (right) and Srila Bhaktisvarupa Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. (left) Damodara Goswami Maharaja, Ph.D. (left) Canadian mathematician and biologist Prof. B.C. Goodwin Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. (left) (right) from University of Sussex interacting with Sripad interviewing Dr. Rene Thomas from Institut Des Hautes Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. (left) Etudes Scientifiques, France (right) Dr. G. Malli, (middle) Prof. Emeritus, Dept. Chemistry, Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. (right) Simon Froser College, Canada discussing with Sripad receiving instructions from his spiritual master, Srila A.C. Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. (right) Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja Prabhupada (left) Scientific Sankirtan Under the Guidance of Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. mr?for (^t m ) cn ' c\ AMBASSADOR OF INDIA KATHMANDU (NEPAL) Message It gives me immense pleasure to learn that 3rd International Conference on Science and Scientist - 2015 is being organised in Kathmandu by Nepal Bharat Friendship Society in association with DAV Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharti, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Institute, India, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and Biotechnology Department of Tribhuvan University. We live in the era of science and technology. Science and technology can help developing countries leapfrog in achieving their goal of sustainable development. In the economic, scientific and research field, India has shown steady growth and achieved new targets. Recently, India successfully launched the Mangal Yaan (Mars Orbiter), and became the 6th country in the world to send Inter-planetary unmanned missions. The recent visit of the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India to Nepal in 2014, has further opened doors for institutional partnerships between India and Nepal in diverse areas. His address in the Constituent Assembly cum Parliament of Nepal envisaged partnership between India and Nepal, focusing on Highways, Information-ways and Trans-ways. Addressing the inaugural session of the 18th SAARC Summit in Kathmandu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India is ready to develop a satellite specifically for the region by 2016. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has decided the SAARC satellite would be a communication-cum- meteorology satellite to aid the neighbouring countries for communication and weather forecasting. India's satellite-based navigation system will serve the interests of the entire region. India and Nepal can cooperate in the field of science and technology, health, dairy, sustainable agriculture and disaster management. India remains committed to working in partnership with Nepal in its quest for economic stability, and graduation from LDC states. I wish the International Conference on Science and Scientist -2015 every success. Ranjit Rae Ambassador SOUVENIR PROGRAMME & BOOK OF ABSTRACTS Third International Conference “Is Science able to explain the Scientist?” Science and Scientist – 2015: www.scsiscs.org/conference Organised by: Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Institute, Siliguri, West BengalBengal,Bengal , IndiaIndia:::: www.scsiscs.org Bhakti Vedanta Institute of Spiritual Culture & Science, Princeton, NJ, USAUSA:::: www.bviscs.org Nepal Bharat Friendship SocietySociety,, Kathmandu, Nepal D.A.V. Sushil Kedia Vishwa BharatiBharati,, Lalitpur, NepalNepal:::: www.davnepal.com Central Department of Biotechnology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, NepalNepal:::: www.biotechtu.edu.np OOOrganizOrganizrganizinging CommitteeCommittee:::: CONFERENCE CHAIR Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D., Serving Director, Bhakti Vedanta Institute of Spiritual Culture & Science – Princeton, NJ, USA PATRONS Sri Anil Kedia, Chirman, DAV Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharati – Lalitpur, Nepal Prem Lashkari, President, Nepal Bharat
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