“I dream of a world where Science shapes the structure of a society, rather than politics.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“The non-dual state shows the true oneness of all creatures in this universe.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“In your daily life, you make dozens of chooses between an alternative with higher overall value and a more tempting but ultimately inferior option.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“Freedom of will is born from the neurons. And that freedom allows you to sometimes make even the worst decisions ever in your life. And by making the worst decision, you simply learn what would be the better decision in future.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“I am no God. I am no Messiah. I am no divine incarnation. I am but a human in the service of humans.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“I am pain-stricken to say, since the moment I was born, I have found nothing extraordinary in this ancient land of greatness to be exceptionally proud of. I am not a proud Indian. India at its present condition has given me no reason to feel proud.However, I do feel proud of the ancient Indians, just like I feel proud of the ancient Greeks, the Mayans, the ancient Egyptians, the Babylonians and so on. Scientists are beyond borders, just like the ancient scientists of India, whom you prefer to call as sages.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“As a sign of utmost gratitude for his contributions to the Indian society in restoring equal rights of the citizens, I confer him (B.R. Ambedkar) the title “Martin Luther King Jr. of India.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“All of his (Nanak’s) progressive thinking attained absolution at the age of 30, when he had the transcendental experience, quite similar to that of Mohammed and Joan of Arc, that was about to rock the very foundation of orthodox Hinduism in India.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“To the traditional Indians, terms such as “intercourse”, “penis”, “vagina”, “clitoris”, “semen”, “masturbation”, “breasts”, etc. are exclusive possessions of the night. The traditional Indians perceive these terms as something “dirty”. No matter how old they look, they really never grow up to talk and discuss about sex.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“The majority of India’s adult and elderly population is too medieval to think as civilized, rational and progressive human beings.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“The overload of useless ceremonials and worship have crippled the whole nation. If you want to do good to your nation and yourself, then throw away your ancient ceremonials as far as possible.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“Once upon a time, there was a civilization in the eastern side of the world. It was one of the most advanced civilizations on the planet that existed during that time.This civilization was the glorious Indus valley civilization. No, I am not talking about India. I am talking about the land of greatness that got lost in time. Today, in the same geographical location of that great civilization, we have a piece of earth, which is known as “India”. But do not mistake it to be the same glorious land that existed thousands of years ago, along with other magnificent civilizations, such as the Greeks, the Mayans, the Egyptians, the Babylonians etc.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“The greatest religion you can ever have throughout your entire existence, is Love.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“To explain God after merely reading the scriptures is like explaining the city of New York after seeing it only in a map.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“A doctor’s mission should not be to prevent death, but more importantly it should be to improve the quality of life.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“No nation can truly develop unless fanaticism, primitive superstitions and metaphysical non-sense are eradicated.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“A true religious person should not think that “my religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.” Other religions are also so many paths leading to the same domain of transcendental bliss.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“By believing in an imaginary invisible supernatural entity, humans may become good citizens. But this is not religion. This is merely an illusion of religion.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“You are your brain and your brain is you.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“Why do women spend so much time in talking to their female peers? The answer can again be found in the process of biological evolution of the human mind. Just like the evolutionary expression of aggression in men, gossiping is an evolutionary feature of the female psychology. Women trade various secrets from their personal experiences through gossiping in order to create connection and intimacy with their female peers.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“You the human are the highest temple of God. I would rather worship you, than worship any temple, image or book.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“God heals as well as God kills.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“Nanak wanted to preach people that God loves both the Hindus and the Muslims the same way. Believing in his spiritual encounter, he wanted to eliminate the distance between the Hindus and the Muslims by teaching the words of equality and One God. But just like usual, he ended up forming yet another religion which became more and more hardcore with its own rituals and regulations in the hands of the subsequent nine Gurus.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“Mankind, not womankind, has slaughtered more humans in the name of God and Religion than for any other reason.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“It’s about religious acceptance, it’s no longer about religious tolerance.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“It is necessary for the future scientists interested in the field of Neurotheology, to have a bit naïve approach towards the whole idea of God and religion beyond the conventional labels of religion and atheism.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“If you think of your own mother to be the only true mother in the world and thereby start belittling people from other mothers as bastards, that makes you a bigot and a germ on the face of earth. This is an unhealthy bias, even though in your personal mental universe it may provide you extreme comfort. This is exactly what we see in the religious fundamentalists.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“The frog in the well knows nothing more grand than its own tiny well.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“The world does not need more pestilential misogynistic pricks to Christianize, Muslimize or basically dogmatize the society – the world needs passionate courageous souls to humanize the society.”
— Abhijit Naskar
“Only if the humans could make a little effort from the bottom of their heart to discard their affinity with religious dogmas, and embrace their inner divinity, the world would become a true peaceful paradise with zero conflicts on the basis of religious orientation.”
— Abhijit Naskar