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again manifested. It is clearly indicated here by the word avaśam
that the living en es have nothing to do with this process. The state
of being in their past life in the past crea on is simply manifested
again, and all this is done simply by His will. This is the inconceivable
potency of the Supreme Personality of God. And a er crea ng different
species of life, He has no connec on with them. The crea on takes
place to accommodate the inclina ons of the various living en es,

and so the Lord does not become involved with it.”

The simultaneous crea on of all the 8.4 million species of life at the
beginning of crea on is again confirmed by Bhak vedanta Swami Prab-
hupada in a conversa on with the scien st Dr. Singh:

“Dr. Singh- Śrīla Prabhupāda, I came across a statement in
the Bhagavad-gītā to the effect that all 8,400,000 species of living en -
es are created simultaneously. Is that correct?

Śrīla Prabhupād- Yes.

Dr. Singh- Does that mean that there are some living en es who come
directly to the human species without undergoing the evolu onary pro-

cess?
Śrīla Prabhupāda- Yes. Living beings move from one bodily form to an-

other. The forms already exist. The living en ty simply transfers him-
self, just as a man transfers himself from one apartment to another.
One apartment is first class, another is second class and another is
third class. Suppose a person comes from a lower-class apartment to a
first-class apartment. The person is the same, but now, according to his

capacity for payment, or karma, Karma means "ac vity," and the law
of karma refers to the process in which higher authori es award us
favorable or unfavorable reac ons according to our pious or impious
ac vi es, respec vely. As the Bible says, "As ye sow, so shall ye
reap." Thus, our present condi on-whether we are wealthy, wise or
beau ful, or whether we have an American, an Indian or a Japanese

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