Toronto, Ontario
Soul Search/Research
The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust's publication, The Science
of Self Realization, is one of its most popular books, either in hard or
soft copy, and it continues to be a good introduction to bhakti-yoga. In 1968, an article appeared in the Montreal
Gazette. Our guru, Prabhupada, read with
interest the topic on soul research, which appears in the SSR. He did respond to it. Here is an excerpt from that Gazette Headliner.
Heart Surgeon Wants to Know What a Soul Is
WINDSOR- A world-famous Canadian heart surgeon says he
believes the body has a soul which departs at death and the theologians ought to
try to find out more about it.
Dr. Wildfred G. Bigelow, head of the cardiovascular surgery
unit at Toronto General Hospital said that "as a person who believes there
is a soul, he thought the time had come "to take the mystery out of this
and find out what it is..."
There are certain cases where you happen to be present at
the moment when people pass from a living state to death and some mysterious
changes take place. One of the most
noticeable is the sudden lack of life or luster to the eyes. They become opaque and literally lifeless.
Said Bigelow, "in modern medicine when something was
encountered that could not be explained, "the watchword is discover the
answer, take it into the laboratory, take it somewhere where you can discover
the truth."
“The central question,” said Bigelow, was "where is the
soul and where does it come from?"
As mentioned, Prabhupada responded to the article with an
elaboration based on Vedic wisdom. It
was informative.
May the Source be with you!
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