“The essence of the Vedas is a narrative on who the experiencing self is. Ordinary science informs us of the relationships between objects and also their transformations. But the Vedas say that this ordinary science leaves out the self who observes these objects.”

— Subhash Kak

Interview The Hindu, 2014
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Indian computer scientist 1947

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