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scientists that spirituality without science is lame and the science without spirituality is blind. Unfortunately today, there are very few dedicated and celebrated spiritualists who try to unerstand and appreciate the modern science and similarly few enlightened scientists who try to understand and apply the concept of spirituality. Some names of eminent personalities like that of Vivekanand, Aurobindo, Gandhi, Bertrand Russell, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Eccles, Vinoba, Schrodinger, Whitehead, Heisenberg, Huxley, J. Krisnamurti and Dr. D.S. Kothari among others can be given, who combined both science and spirituality in their life and thoughts.
Albert Einstein, said abought Gandhi : "Generations to come, it may be, well scarcely believe that such a one as this man ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth". He further says "The most important human endeavour is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Our morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life".
It is true that science alone can solve the problems related to hunger, poverty, insanitatron, illiteracy, Environmetal pollution, illness and unemployment but then through the process of spirituality one can achieve compassion, love, honesty and integrity, peace, tolerance, Ahimsa, Anekant, morality, discpeine and humanism without which the very existence of mankind will be at stake. Morality, discipline and meditation are essential for spiritual development The ultirr ate goal of science and all moral and spiritual strivings are the same. These objectives are well defined in spirituality but in science, the goals and objectives are not clearly defined, Moreover, in science, the application either depends on the politicians primar.ly or on the behaviour and attitude of humans, who would like to exploit it to their fullest advantages. Morality is mainly a refliction of spiriturlity. It is impossible for a spiritual man to be immoral and indisciplined. This is not true with science as it's application will depend
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