Collection
Science and evolution
127 lectures
Conversations and morning walks in which Śrīla Prabhupāda challenges the theories of modern science — Darwinian evolution, the origin of life from matter, the Moon missions — and presents the Vedic view: life comes from life, and consciousness can never be reduced to chemistry.
The Soul Arranges the Cells
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The Moon Planet and Spiritual Qualification
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1968
Doctors and Hospitals Make Experiments
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Gorakhpur · 1971
Water and the History of Creation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Sydney · 1971
Limitations of Material Understanding
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1971
Conversations About Moon Travel and Spiritual Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Auckland · 1972
Nature Works Under Krishna's Superintendence
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1972
Conversation with a Marine Biologist
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mexico City · 1972
Electronic Impulses and the Mind
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mexico City · 1972
Scientists Worry About the Unknowable Future
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Energy Resources and Natural Laws
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Nature's Energy and the Source of Creation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Material Science and Utopian Dreams
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Exploring the Wonders of Nature
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Proving Kṛṣṇa's Existence Through Science
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Nature Works Under Krishna's Superintendence
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Scientific Progress and Material Suffering
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Life Cannot Come From Matter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Life Comes from Life, Not Matter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Teaching Life From Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Establishing Matter From Life, Not Life From Matter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Life Is the Source of Matter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Mystic Power and Nature's Inconceivable Energy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Matter Comes from Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Navadvipa · 1973
Happiness Beyond the Moon Planet
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1973
Discussing International Clocks and Time Zones
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1973
Origin of Life and Matter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Scientists Cannot Solve the Real Problem
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Cause and Effect in Nature
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
The Rascal Scientist
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
The Law of Gravitation Works Under Condition
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Astrology as a Vedic Science
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Life on Mars and Venus
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1974
Scientists and the Moon Planet
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Geneva · 1974
Truth and Energy in Scientific Research
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Geneva · 1974
Nature's Standard and Human Foolishness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Caracas · 1975
Life Cannot Come From Matter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Atlanta · 1975
Life and Matter in Material Bodies
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Atlanta · 1975
Scientists Should Give Credit to God
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hyderabad · 1975
The Operator Behind the Machine
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Science and Belief Are Both the Same
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Space Travel and Spiritual Progress
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Cosmology and the Moon Landing Hoax
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Mental Disease and God Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Nature, Gravity, and Divine Arrangement
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Evolution and the Purpose of Human Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Melbourne · 1975
Species of Life and Planetary Government
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Melbourne · 1975
Scientists and the Question of Creation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1975
Coining Words Without Meaning
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1975
Psychological Benefits of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1975
Vedic Cosmology and Limitations of Modern Science
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Chicago · 1975
Modern Psychology and Animal Behavior
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1975
Science Cannot Solve the Problem of Death
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1975
Dogs Swimming and Scientists Failing
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1975
Morning Walk on Spiritual Science and Pollution
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1975
Spiritual Knowledge and Life on Other Planets
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1975
Science and Faith in Knowledge
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1975
Trees Living for Thousands of Years
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Diego · 1975
Science and God Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mauritius · 1975
Nature's Order Supersedes Human Pride
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Durban · 1975
Nature's Power and Human Humility
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Durban · 1975
Science and Vedic Knowledge
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Johannesburg · 1975
Genetic Engineering and True Culture
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mauritius · 1975
Challenging False Claims About Ancient Knowledge
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Independence and Control of Nature
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Life in Fire and the Sun
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1975
Trees and the Varieties of Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1975
Life in the Elements and Beyond
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Madras · 1976
Science Cannot Overcome Nature's Laws
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1976
The Movement of the Earth and Sun
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1976
Material Nature Always Existed or Created
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1976
The Limitations of Scientific Materialism
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1976
Atoms and the Source of Creation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1976
The Atheism of Modern Science
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1976
Moon and Sun Rising From Same Side
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1976
The Moon's Own Shadow
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1976
Science and Spiritual Knowledge
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1976
The Challenge of Creating Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Melbourne · 1976
The Living Entity and the Machine
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Fiji · 1976
Modernization and the Future Body
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Fiji · 1976
Moon's Light and Vegetation in Desert
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1976
Life Force in Plants and Matter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1976
Life Comes from Life, Not Matter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1976
Sun's Movement and Temple Planning
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Detroit · 1976
Detroit Morning Walk on Moon Landing Claims
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Detroit · 1976
Modern Science and Materialistic Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Toronto · 1976
Evolution and Temple Maintenance
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Toronto · 1976
The Mosquito's Perfect Design
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New Vrindaban · 1976
Prajapatis and Propagation of Species
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New Vrindaban · 1976
Scientific Theories About the Moon and Mars
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New Vrindaban · 1976
Moon Travel and Spiritual Progress
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Washington, D.C. · 1976
Matter Manifests from Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Washington, D.C. · 1976
The Five Gross Elements and Matter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Washington, D.C. · 1976
Inductive Knowledge is Always Imperfect
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Baltimore · 1976
Origin of Life and Chemical Reductionism
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Washington, D.C. · 1976
Scientist Joining the Movement
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Washington, D.C. · 1976
Life Does Not Come from Chemicals
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1976
Science and Spiritual Knowledge
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New Vrindaban · 1976
Life on Other Planets
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tehran · 1976
Water the Foundation of All Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tehran · 1976
Scientists Claim Knowledge Without Understanding
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tehran · 1976
Life's Origin and Chemical Creation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tehran · 1976
Scientific Research and Futility
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1976
Evolution and Dinosaur Bones
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1976
Technology and the Body Machine
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Controlling Nature and Spiritual Progress
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Kolkata · 1977
Rejecting Foolish Theories About Creation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Science and the Limits of Human Power
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Spirit and Matter in the Material World
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Life and Matter in Scientific Perspective
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Life is the Essential Element
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Science and Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Modern Medicine and Vedic Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Apollo Moon Landing Hoax Discussion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Cosmology of Jambudvipa Planetary System
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Science Cannot Solve the Body Problem
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Life Sciences and Krishna Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Scientists and Darwin's Theory
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Darwin's Theory Against Vedic Understanding
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Meru Mountain and the Cosmic Geography
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Cosmography and Flight Around the Earth
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Western Science and Spiritual Knowledge
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Darwin's Theory and Universal History
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Britain's Decline and Vedic Cosmology
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Technology's Waste and Spiritual Purpose
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Bhaktivedanta Institute's Origin of Life Conference
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Scientists Visit Vrindavan Temple
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977