The Bhagavad Gita – 9 Objections and Reasons to Learn it (Objection 6)

Objection 6 : The Gita is not scientific.

Response: In the traditional view, the Gita is not scientific and need not be scientific.
The Gita offers a complementary perspective to scientific understanding rather than contradicting it.
Science as a body of knowledge is based on perception and inference. In dismissing notions, it uses the scientific method. The scientific method involves careful observation coupled with scepticism and creating a hypothesis through inductive reasoning. With further experimentation and statistical analysis, the hypothesis is either adjusted or discarded.
The problem with Science admitted by scientists themselves is that Absence of evidence is taken to be as evidence of absence. Since there is no evidence of God/Bhagavan as he/she/it cannot be perceived as corresponding to the ideas in one’s mind, Science dismisses the idea of God. Absence of evidence is taken to be evidence of absence.
The Gita as a part of Vedanta is a means of knowledge and what it says cannot be refuted by science, which is based on observation and inference. The Gita is similar to Science in that it uses rigorous logic and reason to explain our experiences. However, the knowledge of the Gita about Consciousness, rebirth, the law of karma, and svarga cannot be refuted by Science as their realms are different.
Many aspects of the Gita, such as the intelligence of the universe and the interconnectedness of all things, align with quantum physics and cutting-edge scientific theories.

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