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The Vedas instruct us that knowledge must always be considered in terms of de\u015ba-k\u0101la-p\u0101tra. De\u015ba means "circumstances," k\u0101la means "time," and p\u0101tra means "the object." We must understand everything by taking these three elements into consideration. For example, a fish is living very comfortably in the water, and we are shivering on the shore of the sea. This is because my de\u015ba-k\u0101la-p\u0101tra and the fish's de\u015ba-k\u0101la-p\u0101tra are different. But if we conclude that the sea gulls will also shiver in the water, that is nonsense; their de\u015ba-k\u0101la-p\u0101tra is again different. There are 8,400,000 different species of life in the material cosmic manifestation, and each species must adjust to circumstances differently. [...]The frog is always thinking in terms relative to his well. He has no power to think otherwise. The ocean is great, but he is thinking of the ocean's greatness in terms relative to his own greatness. Similarly, God is great, but we are thinking of God in terms of relative greatness, greatness relative to our own. There are certain insects that are born at night, and they grow, bear offspring and die - all before daybreak. They never see the morning. So if they conclude that there is no morning, that is nonsense. In the same way, as soon as we hear from the \u015b\u0101stras (revealed scriptures) that Brahm\u0101's duration of life is equivalent to millions of our years, we do not believe it. We say, "How can it be?" But Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 (8.17) says, sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahma\u1e47o vidu\u1e25: "Four billion three hundred million earth years equal Brahm\u0101's twelve hours." Even a leading Indian politician who was known as a great scholar of the G\u012bt\u0101 could not accept this information. He said it is mental speculation. Such a rascal! Yet he is passing as an important scholar. This is the problem. Rascals and fools are passing as scholars, scientists and philosophers, and therefore the whole world is being misguided. | Read along with us: biglink.to/lifecomesfromlife