Tirupati: There is no conflict between Science and Dharma, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Friday.
Both Science and Dharma aim at arriving at the fundamental truth, though they follow different paths to reach it, he said while addressing the Bharatiya Vigyan Sammelan at Tirupati on Friday, as reported by News18.
Dharma is often wrongly understood as religion, the RSS Sarsanghchalak said. He explained that Dharma should instead be seen as a universal principle that governs how creation functions.
“Dharma is not religion. It is the law by which creation runs. Whether one accepts it or not, no one can function outside it,” he said.
When this balance of Dharma is disturbed, it leads to destruction, Bhagwat said, adding that Science has historically maintained a distance from Dharma, largely due to the belief that spiritual ideas have no place in scientific thinking. He called this assumption flawed, leading to an unnecessary divide between the two.
Both science and spirituality are driven by the same curiosity – the search for truth, Bhagwat said, adding that the difference lies only in the method each uses. While science relies on observation, experimentation and logic, spirituality follows inner experience and introspection.
“There is no conflict between Science and Dharma or spirituality. The methodologies may differ, but the destination is the same -knowing the truth,” Bhagwat said.
