Professor: If one is following different stage, status of knowledge...
Prabhupāda: Yes. Different stage of knowledge means different types of body. Just like a child. A child is talking in some way. The same child, when he will get a different body, youthful body, he'll talk differently. What do you think?
Guest (1) (German Man): I would like to ask you a question. Once Leibnitz, who is one of the fathers of the Western tradition, formulated the question which was the beginning of metaphysics in a way, Western metaphysics. The question is "Why there is anything?" What is your stand about this classic point?
Prabhupāda: Why?
Guest (1): Why there is anything?
Hṛdayānanda: Why anything exists? What is the reason for the existence of...?
Prabhupāda: (chuckles) "Why anything exists?" (laughter) What do you mean by anything?
Guest (1): Well, that's precisely the point. What is the purpose? What is the sense, if there is any, or does the very question make sense?