In various forms his reality overflows into the world of our experience, and sacred texts such as the Bhagavata try to capture and relate to us the essence of that expression.

Bhaktivinoda sought to revive and continue that tradition of enlightened reform exemplified by Caitanya, whose message of bhakti to Krishna challenged caste barriers and brought the Bhagavatam forward as the “ripened fruit of the tree of Vedic knowledge.”

A number of the university scientists suggested that their colleagues begin to change their perspective by rejecting scientism, a disciplinary imperialism that leads them to assert that science is the only valid way of knowing and that it can be used to interpret all other forms of knowledge.