{"id":519,"date":"2013-04-05T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vnn.org\/vaisnava-news\/?p=519"},"modified":"2013-04-04T11:50:15","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T15:50:15","slug":"speed-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/speed-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USA, April 04, 2013 &#8211;\u00a0by NITYANANDA CHANDRA DAS, Minister of ISKCON, Dallas<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Speed_Of_Light_by_FX_1988-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-523\" alt=\"Speed_Of_Light_by_FX_1988-1\" src=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Speed_Of_Light_by_FX_1988-1-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Speed_Of_Light_by_FX_1988-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Speed_Of_Light_by_FX_1988-1-220x146.jpg 220w, https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Speed_Of_Light_by_FX_1988-1.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Vedic literature\u2019s \u1e5ak Veda\u2019s Saya\u1e47a Bh\u0101\u1e63ya accounts for the speed of light as 2,202 yojanas per 0.5 nime\u1e63a = 21,144.705 miles per .0114286 seconds = 185,016.169 miles per second. Which is 0.0067% different from modern calculations. \u1e5ak Veda accounts for the elliptical path of all celestial bodies. Surya Siddhanta accounts for the modern circumference of the Earth. Planetary gravity discussed in the Siddh\u0101nta \u015airoma\u1e47i. \u015ar\u012bmad Bh\u0101gavatam accounts for modern measurements of the distances between planets in our solar system. The Bh\u0101gavatam also delineates measurements of time that go from 1687.5 part of a second to 311 trillion years (the span our particular universe). Pythagoras theorem was around 1000 years in India, before it was discovered in the West, as well as the value of Pi. Similarly photosynthesis is discussed in the ancient Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata.<\/p>\n<p>While these facts are certainly interesting, they are not the cause of my faith. Faith become verified through experience.<\/p>\n<p>For example when DART tells me that bus number 60 takes me to Kalachandji\u2019s I may have faith in that claim. But when that I ride that bus and do end up at Kalachandji\u2019s, that faith becomes realized. Because of that experience, it is reasonable for me to accept the other bus routes shown by DART go to their desired destinations.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly the Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101 explains how the soul is different from the body. Not only is this conclusion given with logic but also with a practical experiments by which one can experience the conclusion directly. Faith verified.<\/p>\n<p>No one should accept or reject anything blindly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA, April 04, 2013 &#8211;\u00a0by NITYANANDA CHANDRA DAS, Minister of ISKCON, Dallas The Vedic literature\u2019s \u1e5ak Veda\u2019s Saya\u1e47a Bh\u0101\u1e63ya accounts for the speed of light as 2,202 yojanas per 0.5 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/speed-of-light\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[191,192,17],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","tag-planets","tag-speed-of-light","tag-vedic","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Speed of Light - 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