“Suppose, if I
were to give you
all of the readymade
biomolecules,
DNA,
proteins, lipids,
sugars, etc., will
you be able to
produce life within
a test-tube by
combining these
molecules?”

- Sripada Bhaktisvarupa
Damodara Maharaja -

 

evolution theory is there in the Padma Purana. It is not Darwin’s theory. Darwin stole it from the Padma Purana, and he presented it in a distorted way with his own imagination. The soul is wandering within the different species. This is Vedic knowledge.” For over thirty years, Maharaja has been presenting this Vedic paradigm of evolution of consciousness versus evolution of species, as per Srila Prabhupada’s instructions.

Once, while Maharaja was doing his Ph.D. work at the University of California, Irvine, he attended a lecture on the origin of life by the world-renowned reductionist, Professor Stanley Miller. During the time allotted for questions Maharaja challenged Professor Miller on the basis of Srila Prabhupada’s ‘Life Comes From Life’ paradigm, “Suppose, if I were to give you all of the ready-made bio-molecules, DNA, proteins, lipids, sugars, etc., will you be able to produce life within a test-tube by combining these molecules?” Professor Miller replied, “That I don’t know.” When Maharaja narrated this incident to Srila Prabhupada during a morning walk on Venice Beach, California, Srila Prabhupada became very pleased. He used to narrate this

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