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"According to the Vedas, there are three kinds of proof: pratyakṣa,  anumāna and śabda. One is by direct visual perception. If a person is  sitting in front of me, I can see him sitting there, and my knowledge of  his sitting there is received through my eyes. The second method,  anumāna, is auricular: we may hear children playing outside, and by  hearing we can conjecture that they are there. And the third method is  the method of taking truths from a higher authority. Such a saying as  "Man is mortal" is accepted from higher authorities. Everyone accepts  this, but no one has experienced that all men are mortal. By tradition,  we have to accept this. If someone asks, "Who found this truth first?  Did you discover it?" it is very difficult to say. All we can say is  that the knowledge is coming down and that we accept it. Out of the  three methods of acquiring knowledge, the Vedas say that the third  method, that of receiving knowledge from higher authorities, is the most  perfect. Direct perception is always imperfect, especially in the  conditional stage of life. By direct perception we can see that the sun  is just like a disc, no larger than the plate we eat on. From  scientists, however, we come to understand that the sun is many  thousands of times larger than the earth. So what are we to accept? Are  we to accept the scientific proclamation, the proclamation of  authorities, or our own experience? Although we cannot ourselves prove  how large the sun is, we accept the verdict of astronomers. In this way  we are accepting the statements of authorities in every field of our  activities. From newspapers and radio we also understand that such and  such events are taking place in China and India and other places all  around the earth. We're not experiencing these events directly, and we  don't know that such events are actually taking place, but we accept the  authority of the newspapers and radio. We have no choice but to believe  authorities in order to get knowledge. And when the authority is  perfect, our knowledge is perfect.." | Link to get  your own copy or read: www.biglink.to/rajavidya | Find us on social  media:  Facebook "Sravanam Diaries" | Instagram & Tumblr  @sravanamdiaries | Email:  sravanamteam@gmail.com