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[[Category:Questions asked to Srila Prabhupada]]
[[Category:Questions asked to SP... 1975]]
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<div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<div id="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="8" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1975 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1975 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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<div class="heading">No, everywhere the same process. Everywhere there are living entities in different forms.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- May 21, 1975, Melbourne|Morning Walk -- May 21, 1975, Melbourne]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Madhudviṣa: Also in the lecture last night, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you were saying that after the water subsides, then the trees come out, and then the insects, then the birds. That would indicate that the creation takes place in stages?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Hmm?</p>
<p>Madhudviṣa: It would indicate that the creation of this universe takes place in stages, over quite a long period of time, and this is what the scientists also claim. Darwin's theory is similar to that, that first there was water, then vegetation came up, and then gradually, gradually, each and every species evolved, like that. So is there some correlation between those?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: But the varieties of creation, not that everything is coming like that. Just like Brahmā was first created, the first intelligent man. So although there was water, he was above water. He was on the lotus flower, which is not in the water. So that is also creation. So suppose this part is not covered by water—you see grass. But where there is lake there is no grass. So both things are there. Somewhere where there is water, unless the water is dried up, there is no grass. But somewhere you will find, immediately, grass. But there is no water. Or above water. So far the material elements are concerned, that is this stage. But the material elementary presentation, in different places, different way.</p>
<p>Madhudviṣa: From the Bhāgavatam we understand, though, that Brahmā first created human species of life.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes, from him.</p>
<p>Madhudviṣa: So if he created the human species of life, how is the...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No, that other's creation was there. Just like Lord Śiva. He began to create all demons. The Brahmā stopped it. So somebody was creating demons, somebody was creating animals.</p>
<p>Madhudviṣa: Oh, different Manus, uh, different procreators were creating different types.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Madhudviṣa: Paramahaṁsa was... we were discussing this morning about the species of life. We understood that there is actually all the species of life on this one planet, or some species don't exist here?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No, everywhere the same process. Everywhere there are living entities in different forms.</p>
<p>Śrut akī rti: The 8,400,000 species is for the whole universe or for each planet?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. No, whole universe.</p>
<p>Devotee: So not all of those species are on this planet.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No, all of them are there.</p>
<p>Devotee: On this planet.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
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