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Science is “the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment”. This definition applies to Hinduism as well since it has a deep history of experimentation, proof and logical argumentation. To the extent that Science is the opposite of dogma (“a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true”), Hinduism is completely compatible with science.
However, scientists are not always above dogma, but in some cases kneeling towards authority figures or clinging to tired theories and retired data. In those cases, dogmatic scientists might find Hinduism’s open-mindedness baffling and contrary to their own unscientific temper.
The two words that seldom go together are “Hindu” and “Belief”. Hindu philosophy, texts, and schools of spirituality follow a deeply investigative and systematic progression of building knowledge – shravana (listening), manana (reflecting), pariprashna (questioning), and nididhyasana (meditating). It is this underpinning of enquiry that led to the establishment of a scientific approach in Hindu scholarship. Ayurveda, Vastu, Nakshatra, Yoga are some examples of areas of Hindu thought that are scientific in nature. Even traditions such as chanting mantras are deeply rooted in the science of sound.
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