Religion means obedience to the Supreme Lord -Prabhupada, ISKCON Bangalore

July 25, 2011 - PRLog -- Hamsaduta: The following speech was recorded by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Gosvami Maharaja at the Lal Bhag Palace before Their Highnesses Maharaja Tukoji Rao Halokar, Maharani Sarmistha Bhai Halokar, on December 11, 1970 at five p.m. in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Prabhupada: These are not legends. They are fact. Those who are not intelligent, they take it as legend. There are so many descriptions which is not within our experience -- we take it as legend. Now, I gave some gentleman the example that the coconut tree, on the tree there are coconut and there are one-kilo water. Now, how the water is transported there? Where is the pipe? Where is the pumping? Because you have got experience if you want to get water high, you have to pump and you must have pipe. So where is the pipe and where is the pumping machine?

Indian man (1): In the tree.

Prabhupada: So as you see, actually it is packed up nice, two pounds of water, very nice... And so nicely packed. How it has happened? What is the explanation of the scientists? According to their calculation, there must be pipe. There must be pumping. Somebody must be pumping. Where are all these? Then is it legend? It is fact. Now you explain how it is happening. If you are scientist, you explain how it is happening. Or you do that. Simply observation will not do. You must make experiment. You make a log standing like that, keep anything, and the, it, water must go.

Indian man (1): Keep the water there...

Prabhupada: Yes.

Indian man (1): And distill it.

Prabhupada: Distill it. (laughter) Then your science will be all right. And where is that, your...? Then what is the value of your science? If you cannot explain which is within your experience and you set aside, "Oh, it is all legend," it is all foolishness. You have no knowledge about that. You admit that. How it is done, you cannot do it, or you have not attained to that standard of knowledge. You say that. Don't say it is legend. That is foolishness. You admit your weakness. If you are as equal, equal in intelligence, then explain how this water is being...

Indian man (1): I had one discussion. So I was given to understand that the pressure in the earth sends.

Prabhupada: That's all right. You do it practically. Show. (laughter) No explanation will do.

Indian man (1): Only when a living thing goes into the earth, just like trees, then, only then, that thing can happen.

Prabhupada: So why don't you make a living thing like that?

Indian man (1): The thing was made... That is nature.

Prabhupada: Then the nature is more intelligent than you. So then there are many intelligent works of nature. You do not know.

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