Friction (Lectures)
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Śyāmasundara: He says that there is no such thing as a cause-and-effect relationship. Just like, for example, we associate friction with heat, but he says that it's a mistake to assume that friction causes heat or possesses any power which must inevitably produce heat. He says that it is a mere repetition of two incidents, so that the effect habitually attends the cause, but it is not necessarily a consequence of it. So the fact that I rub my hands together and there is heat produced, I am used to assuming that the friction causes heat, but he says that it is not necessarily so. Whenever there is friction, there is heat, but that is only because they are associated with each other, not that one causes the other.
Prabhupāda: Then how are they associated?
Śyāmasundara: That one habitually attends the other, but not necessarily as a consequence of it.
Prabhupāda: But who made this law? As soon as they associate, immediately after friction there is heat. So there is a systematic law. The association may be accidental, but as soon as there is friction between the two associates, the law is there must be heat. So there is systematic law. Either you rub the hands, or I rub the hands, the law is that heat must be there, either in your hands or in my hands. That is law.Page Title: | Friction (Lectures) |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, ChrisF |
Created: | 29 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=11, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 11 |