Everyone is in ignorance because the evolution is coming from the lower species of life, and in Western countries the Darwin's theory of evolution is very prominent, and they believe that man is coming from monkey. Of course, the Vedic sastra also says the birth of human being are from three sources: one from the cow, the other from the lion, and the other from the monkey. The "monkey" word is there. Those who are coming in the sattva-guna, modes of goodness, their last birth is as cow. And those who are coming through the rajo-guna, their last birth is lion. And those who are coming through the tamo-guna, their last birth is monkey.
Srila Prabhupada, Lecture: Bhagavad-gita 9.3 -- Melbourne, April 21, 1976
Srila Prabhupada, Lecture: Bhagavad-gita 9.3 -- Melbourne, April 21, 1976
