Srila Prabhupada and …Frank Jappa weigh in about the universe.
Giriraja Swami: On his morning walk on Juhu Beach on November 11, 1975, Srila Prabhupada said, “Bhaktivinoda Thakura declares that advancement of material civilization means advancement of the influence of maya, which means forgetfulness of God. By this expansion of maya’s influence we become more attached. In this way, jiba ke karaye gadha: He is already an ass, and he becomes a first-class ass.
“So, you’ll find these materialists are all first-class asses. Every day they are discovering new theory: ‘Atom, electron, this-tron, that-tron.’ Not the jivatma. They are finding out so many atoms, electrons, this-tron, that-tron, but not that one ten-thousandth part of God. That they cannot find—the jiva, living entity—because they remain ass, more and more ass, first-class ass, scientific ass, A.I. ass, O.K. ass.”
And I recalled Frank Zappa’s words: “The universe consists of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons, and 85% morons.”