218 THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION
conclusions are not based on blind faith; they are most scientific. Matter
comes from life. In life—in the origin—there are unlimited material
resources; that is the great mystery of creation.

Modern scientific research is just like Sankhya philosophy, which
analyzes material elements. Sankhya means ‘‘to count.’’ We are also
Sankhya philosophers to some extent because we count and analyze the
material elements; this is land, this is water, this is air, this is sunshine,
this is fire. Furthermore, I can count my mind, my intelligence, and my
ego. Beyond my ego, however, I cannot count. But Krsna says that there
is existence beyond the ego, and that existence is the living force—the
spirit soul. This is what the scientists do not know. They think that life is

merely a combination of material elements, but Krsna denies this in the
Bhagavada-gita [5.12]. Apareyam itas tv anydm prakrtim viddhi me param:
‘*Besides this inferior nature there is a superior energy of Mine.”’ The in-
ferior energy is the material elements, and the superior energy is the liv-

' ing entity.
bhimir apo ’nalo vayuh
kham mano buddhir eva ca
ahankara itiyam me
bhinna prakrtir astadha

‘‘Rarth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and false ego—all
together these eight comprise My separated material energies.’ [Bg. 7.4]
Krsna explains here in the Bhagavad-gitd that vdyu (gas) comes from
Him, and that finer than the gases is Kham (ether). Finer than ether is the
mind, finer than the mind is intelligence, and finer than the intelligence
is the soul. But the scientists do not know this. They can perceive only
gross things. They mention vdyu, but where does the vayu come from?
Where does the gas come from?
Dr. Singh: That they cannot answer.
Srila Prabhupada: But we can answer. We have the knowledge that gas
comes from kham, or ether, and ether comes from mind, mind comes
from intelligence, and intelligence comes from Krsna’s superior energy,
the spirit soul.
Dr. Singh: Are both inferior and superior energies studied in Sankhya
philosophy?
Srila Prabhupada: No. Sankhya philosophers do not know of superior
energy. They simply analyze the material elements, just as the scientists
do. Neither the scientists nor the Sankhya philosophers know anything of
