In
Hindu tradition, the Vedas are considered as an eternal source of knowledge.
Followed by Vedas there are many Hindu scriptures describing the creation and
the end of the universe. They describe almost all the natural questions that
come to one’s mind such as: Who is God? Does God exist? What is his relevance
to us? Why did he create this world? Where did we come from? Why did we come in
this world and so many others? Scriptures (e. g. Sri Ramcharitmanas, Vinay
Patrika, Srimadbhagvat Puran etc.) shed light on these questions. In order to
explain these questions they use many arguments that are considered now as
scientific facts.
In this article we consider to most
legitimate questions about the existence of God and provide possible answers
using mathematical and scientific arguments.
There are two most legitimate questions
related to the existence of God. The first one is why is he not visible? People
generally think if God is not visible, nobody has seen him so far, this implies
that God does not exist. Another question is who did create God?
For
the first question answer is that it is scientifically wrong to think that the
things which are not visible do not exist in nature. As per Quantum Mechanics the
basic building blocks of matter are not visible. We cannot see them. But they
exist and we and every other thing exist because they exist. Hence how can we
say that the thing which is not visible does not exist? Similarly as per
Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and further studies based on this,
there are two types of matter: white matter and black matter. White matter is
one that we can see. For example, stars, sun, moon, trees, buildings, animals
and people etc.. On the other hand black matter is one which we cannot see and
science says that of the total matter in the universe most part is the black
matter. The white matter is only few percentage of the total matter. Black matter is also not visible. Shall we
conclude that black matter does not exist?
Answer to the second question is that God is
the source of the universe and the source cannot be created. In another words
God is the point from which the world begins and so he is creator and no one
can create him. This explanation is mathematical and logical. There is a branch
of Mathematics called Number Theory. In this theory the positive integers are
introduced through Peano’s postulates, one of which says that every positive
integer has successor but the number one does not have successor because it is
unit/ source. It is the beginning. With the help of this all other positive
integers (even all other numbers) can be created but none of the numbers can
create the number one. First of all we have to assume the existence of one
(source), and then only we can move forward.
Thus, even Mathematics
which is considered to be the mother of all sciences admits such concepts that
everything does not need to be created and hence it does not seem scientific to
think that there should be someone to create God.
It is worth to note that in Hindu scriptures
there is a concept of incorporeal/ formless God. In this structure though God
does not have body nevertheless he does have several properties and he does all
actions. Similarly modern science, namely, Quantum Mechanics admits that the
basic building blocks of matter do not have shape and size but they do have
several properties. Also as per Hindu
scriptures God exists inside each and every thing (people, animals, rocks, air
etc.) and God can appear in different forms. Similarly Quantum Mechanics also
includes that the basic building blocks of matter are found in each and every
thing (people, animals, rocks, air etc.) and they may also have different
appearance in different experiments.
What has
been emphasized suggests that Hindu scriptures incorporate various logical
arguments to explain the existence of God and similar arguments are found to be
involved in modern Mathematics and Physics in a fundamental way.
Sometimes due to lack of knowledge or
understanding and having arrogance one thinks or just says that ‘God does not
exist and science also says the same’. However people do not know that neither
does science say that God does not exist nor has it any agency (as it has
limitations due to the limitation of human mind and complex mathematical
structure of the universe) to say the
same. Also people generally think that what is applicable to them or their
surroundings same should be applicable to God. However scriptures warn that the
worldly rules do not apply on God as he is beyond these and at that level
worldly laws break. In the same line modern science admits that the rules or
laws at classical level need not apply at quantum level and these usually break
at this level.
JAI SRI RAM
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