To study a banyan tree is like to study the whole cosmic manifestation


Prabhupada, Los Angeles, April 14, 1973 — […] Just like in the seed there is potency, in a small seed, mustardlike, but if you sow it, in due course of times it comes out a big banyan tree. As much potency in that seed…Where is that scientist?

Just prepare a seed in which there is a big, gigantic banyan tree. Where is your science? But that is not possible. Krishna says, bijo ’ham sarva-bhutanam: “I am that seed.” So anyone can appreciate. Suppose you… The banyan seed, you have seen the fig fruit. There are hundreds and thousands of seeds.

And each seed, there is a banyan tree. Each seed. If you simply study a fig of banyan tree, you can study the whole cosmic manifestation. If you simply think over… This is a small seed, insignificant. And there are millions of seeds like that, millions of fruits. And each seed containing the potency of fructifying into big banyan tree.

So who has made it? How much His brain is sharp that He has made it? It is, it is, it is done by brain. It has not come out automatically. This is rascaldom. Whatever… What is coming, rascaldom… No. There is brain. Janmady asya yatah [Bhag. 1.1.1]

The Vedanta-sutra says that everything is coming from Him, coming from His brain. Big brain. Krishna has got big brain. We haven’t got such brain. Still we rascals, we claim that “I am as good as Krishna. I am God.” What nonsense. You are God? You cannot create anything. Full Lecture

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