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Srila Prabhupada, is there a jiva, is there a spirit soul in every sperm cell?

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"Srila Prabhupada, is there a jiva, is there a spirit soul in every sperm cell"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

Yes. The sperm, generally in every sperm there is spirit soul. But sometimes we put checks. The contraceptive method means putting check. Just like you pollute the milk. Then it loses his strength. So similarly, there are other circumstances which checks the sperm to inject soul.
Morning Walk -- April 2, 1975, Mayapur:

Pañcadraviḍa: Well, a hundred years ago we couldn't make this movie camera either. But now they are producing easily.

Prabhupāda: That's all right. But you cannot do this business. This is an art. Hundred years ago, people could not produce electricity by mixing two wire.

Pañcadraviḍa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: That is an art. It is artist's... What is called? Craftmanship. Hundred years, could not produce motor car. But that does not mean you have become God, you rascal.

Pañcadraviḍa: Well, isn't God just a craftsman also? He's just an...

Prabhupāda: Yes, He is everything. He's everything—but not a fool like you. That's all.

Madhudviṣa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, is there a jīva, is there a spirit soul in every sperm cell, or does that...? Does the spirit soul only come to a particular sperm cell, or is there one in every sperm cell, and the condition isn't right, so then it dies before, I mean, it leaves before it actually forms a body?

Prabhupāda: Yes. The sperm, generally in every sperm there is spirit soul. But sometimes we put checks. The contraceptive method means putting check. Just like you pollute the milk. Then it loses his strength. So similarly, there are other circumstances which checks the sperm to inject soul. (Break) ...exposing themselves that they are rascal number one. That's all.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: It's a little slippery, Prabhupāda. We'll go around here.

Śruta-kīrti: It's all right here.

Prabhupāda: I'll do. Mūḍhas. They are mūḍhas, means rascals, and they're exposing more and more that yes, they are mūḍhas. And another set of rascals, what is called, recognizing that "Yes, take this degree." Avyāpare suvyāparaṁ yo naraḥ kartum icchati sa mūḍhaḥ hanyate 'khilotpad iva vānaraḥ.(?) Vānara means monkey. Monkey... One monkey... there was a woodcutter. What is called, woodcutter?

Page Title:Srila Prabhupada, is there a jiva, is there a spirit soul in every sperm cell?
Compiler:JayaNitaiGaura, Rishab
Created:14 of Jul, 2011
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