View source for Material science can discover the nuclear bomb to accelerate the process of death, but it cannot discover anything that can protect man from the cruel hands of old age, disease and death

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"Material science can discover the nuclear bomb to accelerate the process of death, but it cannot discover anything that can protect man from the cruel hands of old age, disease and death"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|Mayapur}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|01May12}}
{{last|01May12}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=1|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:Material Science]]
[[Category:Can]]
[[Category:Discover]]
[[Category:Nuclear]]
[[Category:Bomb]]
[[Category:Accelerate]]
[[Category:Process Of]]
[[Category:Death]]
[[Category:But]]
[[Category:Cannot]]
[[Category:Discover]]
[[Category:Anything]]
[[Category:That Can]]
[[Category:Protection]]
[[Category:Man]]
[[Category:From]]
[[Category:Cruel]]
[[Category:Hand]]
[[Category:Old Age]]
[[Category:Disease]]
[[Category:Death]]
</div>
<div id="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" class="section" sec_index="3" parent="compilation" text="Other Books by Srila Prabhupada"><h2>Other Books by Srila Prabhupada</h2>
</div>
<div id="Sri_Isopanisad" class="sub_section" sec_index="8" parent="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" text="Sri Isopanisad"><h3>Sri Isopanisad</h3>
</div>
<div id="ISO11_0" class="quote" parent="Sri_Isopanisad" book="OB" index="13" link="ISO 11" link_text="Sri Isopanisad 11">
<div class="heading">The law of nature, however, does not allow anyone immunity from old age, disease or death. Nor has the advancement of material knowledge solved these problems. Material science can discover the nuclear bomb to accelerate the process of death, but it cannot discover anything that can protect man from the cruel hands of old age, disease and death.
</div>
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:ISO 11|Sri Isopanisad 11, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Only one who can learn the process of nescience and that of transcendental knowledge side by side can transcend the influence of repeated birth and death and enjoy the full blessings of immortality.</p>
</div>
<div class="purport text"><p>Since the creation of the material world, everyone has been trying to attain a permanent life, but the laws of nature are so cruel that no one has been able to avoid the hand of death. No one wants to die, nor does anyone want to become old or diseased. The law of nature, however, does not allow anyone immunity from old age, disease or death. Nor has the advancement of material knowledge solved these problems. Material science can discover the nuclear bomb to accelerate the process of death, but it cannot discover anything that can protect man from the cruel hands of old age, disease and death.</p>
<p>From the Purāṇas we learn of the activities of Hiraṇyakaśipu, a king who was very much advanced materially. Wanting to conquer cruel death by his material acquisitions and the strength of his nescience, he underwent a type of meditation so severe that the inhabitants of all the planetary systems became disturbed by his mystic powers. He forced the creator of the universe, the demigod Brahmā, to come down to him. He then asked Brahmā for the benediction of becoming amara, by which one does not die. Brahmā said that he could not award the benediction because even he, the material creator who rules all planets, is not amara. As confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (8.17), Brahmā lives a long time, but that does not mean he is immortal.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>