Prabhupada, when the universes are emanated from the body of Maha-Visnu, they begin to expand... Is the universe still expanding?

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"Is the universe still expanding" |"Prabhupada, when the universes are emanated from the body of Maha-Visnu, they begin to expand"

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks

Yes. That is scientific theory... Yes... Yes. Not contracting. They'll be finished. Destroyed. Bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate. This is the nature, material nature. It will grow. Just like the tree has grown. One day there will be no more, finished. Your body has grown and one day it will now finish. That is material nature. Similarly, this universe. It has grown, and one day it will be finished.

Morning Walk -- December 6, 1973, Los Angeles:

Bali Mardana: Prabhupāda, when the universes are emanated from the body of Mahā-Viṣṇu, they begin to expand.

Prabhupāda: Yes, yes.

Bali Mardana: Is the universe still expanding?

Prabhupāda: Yes. That is scientific theory.

Bali Mardana: Yeah. I think Einstein agreed with that also. Many scientists, they also have come to that conclusion.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Yes, Einstein followed the theory that the universe is expanding. So people accept it.

Karandhara: While the exhaling is going on, the universe is expanding. In the inhaling...

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Karandhara: ...the universe is contracting.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Not contracting. They'll be finished. Destroyed. Bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate (BG 8.19). This is the nature, material nature. It will grow. Just like the tree has grown. One day there will be no more, finished. Your body has grown and one day it will now finish. That is material nature. Similarly, this universe. It has grown, and one day it will be finished.