Śrīla Prabhupāda: [holding a rose in his hand]. Can any scientist create a flower like this in the laboratory? Dr. Singh: That is not possible. Śrīla Prabhupāda: No, it is not. Just see how wonderfully Kṛṣṇa’s energy is working! No scientist can create a flower like this in his laboratory. They cannot create even a few grains of sand, yet they claim to possess the most advanced intellects in the universe. This is foolish. Dr. Singh: They take matter from Kṛṣṇa, manipulate it, and then claim that they have created something wonderful. Śrīla Prabhupāda: At least if they would admit that they have taken the matter from Kṛṣṇa, that would be good. We understand that everything comes from Kṛṣṇa. Dr. Singh: But they will not admit that they are taking anything from Kṛṣṇa. Instead they say that they are the creators. Śrīla Prabhupāda: How have they created anything? They take the sand and mix it with some chemicals and make glass. They have not created the sand or the chemicals; they have taken them from the earth. How have they created anything? Dr. Singh: They say, “We have taken the materials from nature.” Śrīla Prabhupāda: “From nature” means from a person. They have taken from nature, but they are thieves because everything in nature belongs to Kṛṣṇa. Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam: “Everything is God’s creation.” (Īśopaniṣad 1) In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa states that if one does not perform yajña [sacrifice], he is a thief. Yajña means acknowledging that things have been taken from Kṛṣṇa. We should think, “Kṛṣṇa, You have given us many, many things for our maintenance.” This much acknowledgement Kṛṣṇa wants; that’s all. Otherwise, what can He expect from you? What are you in His presence? We should acknowledge Kṛṣṇa’s kindness. Therefore, before we eat we offer the food to Kṛṣṇa and say, “Kṛṣṇa, You have given us this nice food, so first You taste it.” Then we eat it. Kṛṣṇa is not hungry, yet He can eat the whole world and then again produce it exactly as it was. Pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate (Īśopaniṣad Invocation). Kṛṣṇa is so perfect that if you take from Kṛṣṇa all of Kṛṣṇa’s energy, all the original energy is still with Him. That is perfect conservation of energy.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 11:00:18 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015