“... prove this
particular subject
matter, that the
soul cannot be
manufactured by a
combination of
chemicals...”
- Srila Prabhupada -

 

Above Quote: Excerpt from a letter from Srila Prabhupada to Maharaja
Below: Letters from Srila Prabhupada to Maharaja

 

Modern science proclaims that all aspects of life can be reduced to molecules and that through the manipulation of these molecules mankind will ultimately create life. Srila Prabhupada was extremely concerned that the students of the world’s colleges and universities were being misdirected by this materialistic conception. He felt that in the name of scientific and technological advancement, which is primarily motivated by mundane sense gratification and profiteering, society was drifting farther and farther away from its actual source of peace and happiness. He wanted to convey to the world’s students and intellectuals that the scientifically based “Life Comes From Life” Paradigm or Bhagavata Paradigm is the better model for attaining peace and happiness in this world. The Bhagavata Paradigm is based on the understanding that life is the ultimate non-material particle and is distinct from molecules or matter and that the Supreme Lord is the source of both life and matter. It is described in Bhagavad-gita, verse 7.6:

etad-yonéni bhütäni
sarväëéty upadhäraya
ahaà kåtsnasya jagataù
prabhavaù pralayas tathä

"All created beings have their source in these two natures. Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both the origin and the dissolution."

Srila Prabhupada, through conversations and correspondences, gave many detailed instructions to Maharaja on this spiritual paradigm. He also instructed Maharaja how to present it scientifically. Srila Prabhupada once said, “The

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