Category:Antimaterial
Theme Analysis
In a fascinating bridge between modern physics and ancient metaphysics, Śrīla Prabhupāda adopts the scientific term "antimatter" to explain the nature of the spirit soul. While material scientists discover unstable antiparticles, the Bhagavad-gita describes the "antimaterial particle" as the eternal, indestructible living force. This category explores the properties of this superior energy, which animates the material body but remains unaffected by material annihilation.
- The Real Antimatter: The living entity is identified as the antimaterial particle. Unlike matter, which is temporary and mutable, the antimaterial particle is eternal, unchanging, and conscious. It is the "positive" energy compared to the "negative" energy of matter.
- Indestructibility: The defining characteristic of the antimaterial particle is that it cannot be destroyed by any material means—fire cannot burn it, water cannot wither it, and weapons cannot cut it. It survives the annihilation of the material body and the entire universe.
- The Antimaterial World: Just as there is a material sky filled with temporary planets, there is an antimaterial sky (sanatana-dhama) filled with eternal planets. This world is constituted of superior energy and is the home of the Supreme Lord and liberated souls.
- Antimaterial Activities: To reach the antimaterial world, one must engage in antimaterial activities, specifically bhakti-yoga. These activities act as a medicine to cure the soul of its material infection and facilitate its return to the spiritual realm.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Indestructible Nature of the Antimaterial Particle.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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Pages in category "Antimaterial"
The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total.
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- According to one of the fundamental assumptions of the new theory (matter exists in two forms - as particles and antiparticles), there may exist another world, or an antiworld, built up of antimatter
- After a certain period its (antimaterial particle) encagement by material particles is annihilated. This same principle also operates in the case of the material and antimaterial worlds
- Although the living being has the tendency to be illusioned and trapped by the material energy, he belongs to the antimaterial energy, or spiritual energy. In this sense the living being is the positive energy, whereas matter is the negative
- Although the living being has the tendency to be illusioned by the material energy for sense enjoyment, he belongs to the antimaterial, or spiritual energy. In this sense the living being is the positive energy, whereas matter is the negative energy
- Anyone who trains the mind to turn from matter to the spiritual form of the Godhead by performance of the prescribed rules of devotional service can easily attain the kingdom of God, in the anti-material sky
- Apart from these (eight material energies) is the living force, or the antimaterial principle, which is described as the superior energy. These are called "energies" because they are wielded and controlled by the supreme living being, the PG - Krsna
- At the end of each duration of 4,300,000 x 1,000 x 2 x 30 x 12 x 100 solar years, the entire cosmic manifestation is merged into the antimaterial body from whence the material principles emanate, manifest and merge after annihilation
- At the end of their investigation, the Sankhyaites finally accept only a transcendental (antimaterial) nonactive principle
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- Because both the material and antimaterial energies are emanations of the Supreme Transcendence, the Personality of Godhead, it is proper to conclude that I (Lord Krsna) am the ultimate cause of all creations and annihilations
- Because it (the antimaterial particle) is eternal, it can enter into and leave any sort of body. Being steady by constitution, its qualities are always fixed
- By such means (with spaceships, rockets, etc.) he cannot even approach the material planets in the higher regions of the material sky, and what to speak of those planets situated in the antimaterial sky, which is far beyond the material universe
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- Even the yogis who have perfectly controlled mystic powers have great difficulty entering into that region - of antimaterial
- Exactly as material atoms create the material world, the antimaterial atoms create the antimaterial world with all its paraphernalia. The antimaterial world is inhabited by antimaterial living beings
- Expert scientists have thus distinguished the different qualities of the material and antimaterial particles as temporary and permanent respectively
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- For a long time the materialist was limited within the boundary of the eight material principles mentioned above. Now it is encouraging to see that he has a little preliminary information of the anti-material principle and the anti-material universe
- From all data available it is to be assumed without the slightest doubt that the antimaterial world is situated in the antimaterial sky, a sky which is mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita as sanatana-dhama, or the eternal nature
- From childhood to boyhood, from boyhood to youth to old age (the material body is progressively changing because of antimaterial particles), after which the antimaterial particle leaves the old, unworkable body and takes up another material body
- Full details of the anti-material universe can be known only from the infallible source of liberated authorities who have thoroughly realized the constitution of the anti-material principle
- Full details of the antimaterial universe can be known only from the infallible source of liberated authorities who have thoroughly realized the constitution of the antimaterial principle
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- If matter is destructible or separable, antimatter must be indestructible and inseparable. We shall try to discuss these propositions from the angle of authentic scriptural vision
- Immortality is obtained only by those who return to Godhead by practice of anti-material activities
- In order to realize the real position of the antimaterial principle, one must rise to the transcendental plane of superior energy. Bhakti-yoga is the very activity of superior energy
- In the Bhagavad-gita and in all other Vedic literatures the superior energy (antimaterial principle) is accepted as the vital force, or the living spirit. This is also called the jiva
- In the continuous clashing between the two particles, the nonmaterial particle is never annihilated. No one can destroy the antimaterial particle at any time - past, present or future
- In this statement (of the Times of India (Oct. 27, 1959) news regarding antimatter), the following propositions are put forward: One. There is an antimaterial atom or particle which is made up of the antiqualities of material atoms
- In this statement (of the Times of India (Oct. 27, 1959) news regarding antimatter), the following propositions are put forward: Three. The antimaterial and material worlds may clash at a certain period and may annihilate one another
- In this statement (of the Times of India (Oct. 27, 1959) news regarding antimatter), the following propositions are put forward: Two. There is another world besides this material world of which we have only limited experience
- Intelligence is even finer (than the mind). Finer than intelligence is the soul, which is not matter like mind and intelligence but is spirit, or antimatter
- Intelligence is even finer. Finer than intelligence is the soul, which is not matter like mind and intelligence but is spirit, or antimatter
- It (the antimaterial particle) is eternally existing, and therefore it is the oldest of the old, and yet it is always fresh and new. Although the material particle is annihilated, the antimaterial particle is never affected
- It (the antimaterial particle) is inexplicable, because it is contrary to all material qualities. It is unthinkable by the ordinary brain. It is unchangeable. No one, therefore, should ever lament for what is an eternal, antimaterial principle
- It (the antimaterial particle) is neither cut into pieces by any material weapon, nor is it burnt by fire. Nor is it moistened by water, nor withered, nor dried up, nor evaporated in the air. It is indivisible, nonflammable and insoluble
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- Master yogis who control the antimaterial particle within the material body by practice of mystic powers can give up their material bodies at will at a certain opportune moment and can thus enter the antimaterial worlds through a specific thoroughfare
- Matter as it is constituted is subjected to annihilation, but antimatter - if it is to be free from all material symptoms - must also be free from annihilation, by its very nature
- Matter does not develop unless in contact with the superior spiritual, or antimaterial, energy, which is directly part and parcel of the spiritual whole
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- Of course the very word "antimaterial" indicates that the principle is in opposition to all material qualities
- Of the Vedic literatures, Srimad-Bhagavatam deals elaborately with these matters (of material and antimaterial). The Bhagavad-gita is the preliminary study of the Srimad-Bhagavatam
- One group (the gross materialists) either denies the antimaterial principle or admits only the disintegration of material combination at a certain stage - death
- Out of these three items (mentioned in Times of India (Oct. 27, 1959) regarding antimatter), we, the students of theistic science, can fully agree with items 1 & 2, but we can agree with item 3 only within the limited scientific definition of antimatter
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- Stockholm, Oct. 26, 1959-Two American atomic scientists were awarded the 1959 Nobel Physics Prize today for the discovery of the antiproton, proving that matter exists in two forms - as particles and antiparticles
- Such liberation (of antimaterial particle from the association of nonpermanent, material particles) would mark the culmination of scientific progress
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- Taking advantage of the good will of these administrators (demigods), leave their (perfect yogis') material bodies at will during opportune moments arranged for entrance into the antimaterial universe or into the highest planets of the material sky
- The antimaterial particle has immense potency in comparison to the material particle, and consequently it cannot be destroyed
- The antimaterial particle is finer than the finest of material particles. This living force is so powerful that it spreads its influence all over the material body
- The antimaterial particle is never created, and consequently it is never annihilated. This also is corroborated in the Bhagavad-gita
- The antimaterial particle, is separated from the material body, the latter becomes useless for all purposes. As such, the antimaterial particle is undoubtedly superior to the material energy
- The antimaterial particle, which is the vital force, is never born or created. It exists eternally. It has neither birth dates nor death dates. It is neither repeatedly created nor repeatedly destroyed
- The assumption of an antimaterial universe is also found in the Bhagavad-gita
- The Bhagavad-gita explains the nature of the antimaterial particle, which can never be annihilated
- The Bhagavad-gita gives the following vivid description of the antimaterial particle: This antimaterial particle is within the material body. Because of the presence of this antimaterial particle, the material body is progressively changing
- The Bhagavad-gita recommends that one adopt the means of devotional service, or anti-material activities, if one wishes to enter the anti-material world
- The candidate (of easy journey to the Vaikuntha (antimaterial) planets) should live in a spiritual atmosphere
- The difficulty lies in the fact that the scientists' conception of antimatter extends only to another variety of material energy, whereas the real antimatter must be entirely antimaterial
- The discoverers of the two forms of matter have yet to find out the qualities of antimatter. But a vivid description is already given in the Bhagavad-gita as follows. The scientist can make further research on the basis of this valuable information
- The discovery of the two forms of limited energies by the modern scientists is just the beginning of the progress of science. Now they must go further to discover the source of the two particles or atoms which they term material and antimaterial
- The fine and immeasurable anti-material particle is always indestructible, permanent and eternal. After a certain period, however, its encagement by material particles is annihilated
- The fine and immeasurable antimaterial particle is always indestructible, permanent and eternal
- The finest form of the antimaterial particle is encaged within the gross and subtle material bodies. Although the material bodies (both gross and subtle) are subject to destruction, the finer, antimaterial particle is eternal
- The individual living being can very easily enter the antimaterial world by practicing antimaterial activities while residing in the material world
- The learned man who knows perfectly well that the anti-material particle is indestructible knows that it cannot be annihilated by any means
- The living entity is constitutionally an antimaterial particle. But unless he elevates himself to the region of the antimaterial worlds by cultivation of antimaterial activities, he is destroyed materially at the annihilation of the material worlds
- The material body is destructible, and as such it is changeable and temporary. So is the material world. But the antimaterial living force is nondestructible, and therefore it is permanent
- The name "Krsna," indicating the Supreme Lord, is the only truly intelligible name of the highest order. He is the controller of both material and antimaterial energies, and the very word "Krsna" signifies that He is the supreme controller
- The nonmaterial particle, which is the living entity, influences the material particle to work. This living entity is always indestructible
- The other group accepts the antimaterial principle as being in direct opposition to the material principle with its twenty-four categories. This group is known as the Sankhyaites, and they investigate the material principles and analyze them minutely
- The perfection of science will occur when it is possible for the material scientists to know the qualities of the anti-material particle and liberate it from the association of nonpermanent, material particles
- The perfection of science will occur when it is possible for the material scientists to know the qualities of the antimaterial particle and liberate it from the association of nonpermanent, material particles
- The Personality of Godhead is the supreme truth, and He is the whole antimaterial principle. The material principle as well as the antimaterial principle is an emanation from His person. He is the root of the complete tree
- The principle (of antimaterial particle is never annihilated) is also applicable to the antimaterial universe as well as to the antimaterial particle. When the material universe is annihilated, the antimaterial universe exists in all circumstances
- The principle is also applicable to the anti-material universe as well as to the anti-material particle. When the material universe is annihilated, the anti-material universe exists in all circumstances
- The scientist may also learn the following from the Bhagavad-gita: The learned man who knows perfectly well that the antimaterial particle is indestructible knows that it cannot be annihilated by any means
- The scientists have recently discovered that there are two forms of perishable matter, but the Bhagavad-gita describes most perfectly the concept of matter and antimatter in terms of two forms of energy
- The speaker of the Bhagavad-gita, Lord Sri Krsna, asserts the importance of the antimaterial universe, which is His abode
- The Supreme Lord and the living entities are both antimaterial in quality, we are informed. Thus, we can have an idea of the Supreme Lord by an elaborate study of the living entities. Every living entity is an individual person
- The Supreme Lord, who is the controller of both material and antimaterial energies, descends out of His causeless mercy and gives us complete information of the antimaterial world. In this way we can know what the antimaterial world is
- There are two worlds—the material and antimaterial. The material world is composed of inferior qualitative energy divided into eight material principles. The antimaterial world is made of superior qualitative energy
- There are, of course, the mental speculators who comment upon the antimaterial principle. These fall into two main groups, and they arrive at two different erroneous conclusions
- There is partial truth in the scientists' suggestion that there may exist also another world consisting of antimaterial atoms and that a clash between the material and antimaterial worlds will result in the annihilation of both
- They (the gross materialists) are bewildered by the influence of the material manifestation and are devoid of knowledge of things antimaterial
- This information (of the antimaterial universe) is received by aural reception by a submissive disciple of the Personality of Godhead
- This personality (Krsna) and His plenary expansions can be known only by antimaterial activities commonly known as bhakti-yoga, or devotional service
- Those who desire eternal life enter into the antimaterial universe through mystic powers at certain opportune moments created by the demigod-administrators of cosmic affairs
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- What are these antimaterial activities? They are medicines. For example, when a man falls ill, he goes to a physician who prescribes medicines which eventually cure the suffering patient
- Without troubling himself with materialistic research work, the transcendentalist acquires the truths concerning matter and antimatter in the most perfect way (through this disciplic succession) and thereby saves himself much botheration