Life comes from life—a universal law proven by nature itself, not speculative chemistry.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk "The Origin of Life" — May 2, 1973, Los Angeles 730502MW-LOS ANGELES [40:09 Minutes] Walk_730502MW-LOS ANGELES Svarūpa Dāmodara: Recently I went to a lecture called "The Origin of Life." It was given by a well-known biochemist whose name is Professor Stanley Miller. He was talking about the origin of life.
Prabhupāda: Yes. So what is origin of life? Svarūpa Dāmodara: He said there are twenty amino acids, twenty of them, which are necessary for the maintenance of life, the living entities. So he was discussing how these amino acids are formed before the dawn of creation, and he had so many theories, all nonsense.
Prabhupāda: So did you not protest? Svarūpa Dāmodara: Yes. Then there was... After his lecture...
It was a one hour long seminar, and there was question and answer. So they invited questions. Nobody asked.
Prabhupāda: So you did not ask? Svarūpa Dāmodara: No, I asked later on. I asked that "Your topic is about origin of life, but you are not talking about the origin of life. So there is no basis of your argument." Prabhupāda: Very good.
[laughs] Svarūpa Dāmodara: Then I asked, "Supposing I give you all the chemical materials, say, the molecules likes amino acids and the big molecules like DNA and RNA..." These are the molecules which they think necessary for the maintenance of life. "Supposing I give you all these chemical compounds, then do you think that you will be able to put life into it? If you get all the chemical materials necessary, but will you be able to put life into it?" Then he said, "I do not know." Prabhupāda: "Then why you are talking nonsense?" [laughter] Then? People did not laugh? Svarūpa Dāmodara: Yes.
No, everybody was silent. Everybody was silent, because everybody believes that life started from matter, all the..., in the audience. So I said, "Your basis means life started from matter. That means..." He was saying that when the earth..., before the life started, there was no living entities on earth.