Out of season, the flowers came out

Sudama: In Japan, Srila Prabhupada, there was a cherry tree that usually in the springtime it gives off flowers. So about three, two years ago, in the middle of winter, this tree gave off all flowers. All the scientists, everyone was running. “It is not time. It is not time. It is not the season. Why is it giving the flowers?”

Prabhupada: Therefore the best education, scientific advancement, is to recognize God behind everything. That is perfection. We are canvassing, “Accept God, accept God.” But if the modern scientist, philosopher, they present, “Yes, here is God,” by calculation, then people will take it more seriously. “Oh, the scientist is saying.” That is wanted. We are fighting with the scientists and others because they do not accept God. That is their fault. Otherwise, they are friends. They are giving more stress on the physical laws, nature, but they do not know under whose indication the physical laws are working, the nature is working. That they do not know. Yasyajnaya bhramati sambhrta-kala-cakrah. It is the… In Vedic literatures it is said, chayeva yasya bhuvanani vibharti durga. The nature is working just like shadow, shadow of God. Just like master says, “Go there.” Immediately the servant goes there. The servant is not independent. by the indication of the master, goes there. So that is nature. And because the arrangement is so perfect… Just like you said, “Out of season, the flowers came out.” So they cannot explain. The arrangement is so perfect that God desired, “Now there, let be these flowers,” and nature immediately produces. The arrangement is so perfect that these people, they cannot understand. They become amazed, “How it happened?”

Svarupa Damodara: That is called acintya.

Prabhupada: Yes. Yes, everything is acintya. No scientist can explain anything. Even a straw. What is the constitution of the straw. They cannot do.

Svarupa Damodara: Cellulose, they’ll say. They’ll say this is cellulose.

Prabhupada: But they cannot produce. That is the difficulty. They’ll speak all nonsense, but cannot produce. No experiment. Simply theoretical observation. That’s all. So observation is not perfection of science. You must produce it by experiment. Then it is perfect. Two departments.

Hrdayananda: So if you can produce something, that means you actually understand it.

Prabhupada: Yes. You say that it is a combination of such and such chemicals… Just like these rascals say, “Life…” Now he said that “You take the chemicals. Can you produce?” He said, “That I cannot say.” You see? Avoiding the issue. This was discussed in the meeting. What is that gentleman?

Svarupa Damodara: Professor Stanley Miller. He’s from San Diego, physicist.

Prabhupada: Miller. Yes, he has got Nobel Prize. And his theory is that from chemicals, life has begun. So he said in the meeting that “If I give you the chemicals, can you produce life?” He said, “That I cannot say.” Just see. And he has got Nobel Prize. He has no pure idea, still he has received the Nobel Prize.

Prajapati: Number one speculator.

Prabhupada: Eh?

Prajapati: They’re giving prize to the number one speculator.

Prabhupada: Yes. That’s all. Jugglery of words. That’s all. Speculation means jugglery of words. Just like doctors prescribe. They give the medicine, and then water mixed. So they will never say “water” because ordinary people will understand. They’ll write “aqua distillata.” So ordinary man cannot understand whether it is water or medicine. But that is water. But they’ll… So these scientists, they’ll manufacture some word which you cannot understand… “Vyaghra mane sardula.” One student asked the teacher, “What is the meaning of ‘vyaghra’ ?” He said, “Sardula.” It is still difficult. You see ? This is going on.

Prajapati: Most theologians, they write like that, also, Srila Prabhupada…

Prabhupada: Yes, that is their business. Because they want to cheat people, they’ll manufacture some words which they cannot understand, and they’ll be: “Oh, very nice. How nice word it is.”

Svarupa Damodara: Therefore they’re called genius. One can make…

Prabhupada: A genius for the fools. They are genius for the fools. Not for the person.

Yasomatinandana: They say… In Hindi it is said: dhuniya yukti hai duhkkhana vana caye. (?)

Prabhupada: Ah, (Hindi)

Svarupa Damodara: When Srila Prabhupada goes, we are going to miss this morning walk.

Prabhupada: Eh? Eh?

Svarupa Damodara: We are going to miss this morning…

Prabhupada: No, you remember, you manipulate, you expand it. That is your business.

Hrdayananda: Boy, they’re so enlightening.

Devotees: All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Prabhupada.

Prabhupada: Hare Krsna. Jaya. All glories to the assembled devotees. (end)
Morning Walk Conversation
with His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
December 10, 1973, Los Angeles