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science failed to create what Nehru called "a scientific temper" in human beings. It brought irrationality in the form of war and in rejection of other creative values. Therefore, Dr. Raja Ramnna says, "Scientific temper is not an environment for the preservation of existing rationality. It is the utilisation of the irrational aspects of man for creative and positive purposes and be able to recognise that it can also be used for self-destruction. The recogni. tion of this possibility of irrationality is one that requires a scientific temper." (In an International Seminar in Dec. 1986, New Delhi) A real scientific temper according to Vihoba consits in dispassionate objective and universal outlook. There is no room for bias and prejudices in it. And in this sense it is not different from the spiritual outlook. (Gandhivad Ko Vinoba Ki Den, 1975 P101). In a different sense, Vinoba holds a scientific temper means a temper of experimenting theoretical knowledge into practice' (Ibid, PP. 74-75).
Thus, the value of science can be accepted in the form of our rational, universal, objective, impartial, practical as well as realistic outlook towards the world. The value of spirituality can be judged from a different point of view,
Spirituality refers to the values of consciousness, creativity and solidarily of both organic and inorganic phenomena of nature. It comprehends a vast field of moral, psychological, spiritual, social and humanitarian values. From the points of view of psychology and morality it stands for all the virtues like Ahimsa, Love, Compassion, Charity, Co-operation, Synthesis and others. As objective of life, it prescribes Peace, tolerance happiness, progress, Moksha, freedom, feeling of oneness with all, Nirvan and other ultimate state of our consciousness. Thus, the values of spirituality consistis in the transformation of man and his consciousness where as the value of science rests in the refinement of external objects and environmeet. The former are values directly concerning in the form of life and higher life, whereas the latter are
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