LCL: The Challenge
The Challenge
(note: some exalted titles like Srila have been removed in the following and 'strikeouts' have been used in outdated titles like Svami, read Srila Prabhupada's comments on this exchange here)
Dr. Abraham T. Kovoor is president of the Sri Lanka branch of the Rationalist Association, an organization especially dedicated to disproving the existence of God and the soul. On August 14, 1977 the Colombo (Sri Lanka) Sunday Times published an article by Dr. Kovoor entitled "Is There Life After Death?" In this article, Dr. Kovoor maintained that life is merely a complex chemical activity and that the soul cannot survive death, since there is actually no such thing as the soul. This article led to a heated debate, both in the Sunday Times and in correspondence, between Dr. Kovoor and members of the Sri Lanka branch of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The Sunday Times articles and a portion of the correspondence are reproduced here.
Sunday Times
August 21, 1977
August 21, 1977