The Glory of God : A Summary of the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapuranam : 2.3- Swami Krishnananda
=========================================================== Swami Sivananda Asramam. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Friday, May 22, 2020. Chapter 2: The Process of Creation-3. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Here is a little departure in the story of the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana. There is the vast ocean, the vast Earth, the entire physical universe before us—sun, moon, stars, all things. God created vegetation first. The plant kingdom manifested itself in the process of evolution. In this context, a question arises: Did God create all things at one stoke with a fiat of His will, or did He allow things to grow gradually from lower to higher species in a systematic manner? Both seem to be a valid answer in this connection. It is something like what goes on in the dream world. Do we suddenly dream mountains, rivers and things in our perception of dre