Guest guest Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 > Hare Krsna. > > I received this letter as personal oonly, it didn't go to conference. > > I feel you need to adjust receivers each time you send mail. If you just > press reply, letter goes only to sender personally, but not to conference. > > If you are using Wincom, please click on Comment instead on Answer. Then, > after clicking Comment, click on sender and click Subtract button on left. > MGd: Then Add Rec, and select the Prabhupada Siddhanta Study Group (with conclusions) >Then your letter will only go to conference. > > In any case, always check receivers and adjust if needed, so that letter > goes to conference. > > Please resend letter to conference, so that everybody can follow. > > ys gnd > > > > > > > Prabhupada`s position on the moon. Prabhupada says the moon is > > > > farther away from the earth then the moon, but if one study`s > > > > Sadaphuta`s (Richard Thompson`s) book (Vedic Cosmography And > > > > Astronomy (new98))then one can undertsand that this is not the case. > > > > It is a little technical (and in order to discuss this one must read > > > > this book) but the situation is as follows. The moon is further away > > > > from the Bhu mandala then the sun (in height) (the bhu mandala being > > > > a higher dimensional disc in the middle of the universe (from this > > > > came the idea of the flat earth) , the earth situated as part of the > > > > bhu manadala (floating in that higher dimensional disc). But the sun > > > > is further away (in distance) from the earth then the moon. (the > > > > sun goes around the whole bhu mandala) So off course the question is > > > > how do we understand this, relating to Srila Prabhupada. > > > > > > Sun is closer to Bhumandala than Moon. Moon is closer to Jambudvipa > > > and Bharata-varsa. Moon is closer to planet Earth than Sun. I hope we > > > can explain this in more detail later on. > > > > > > > > > The point is Prabhupada said the moon is further away then the sun...... > > > > > > > > > > There are more topics concerning this e.g. the size of the universe, > > > > the story of Vamanadeva lifting the earth (actually the bhu > > > > manadala), etc. > > > > > > Varahadeva. > > > > Varahadeva, yes, sorry. > > > > > > > > > > And then there is another topic concerning Prabhupadas position > > > > concerning Hitler. How to understand that. > > > > > > Maybe you can explain these two a bit more? > > > > > > > Let us first discuss the moon bit ok? > > > > > > > > > > The main point is, is Srila Prabhupada all knowing? I think most of > > > > us know the answer to that question but that does not fully solve > > > > the issues at hand.(Yes, those twelve symptoms of the spiritual soul > > > > are correct, except for ``all-knowing''. All-knowing it cannot be, > > > > but full of knowledge."Letter to: Rupanuga--Montrea,l3 July, 1968) > > > > and " Acarya is not God, omniscient. He is servant of God. His > > > > business is to preach bhakti cult. That is acarya."Morning Walk, > > > > April 9, 1975, Mayapur). At the same time we must be carefull not to > > > > see the "spiritual master as ordinary human being, these are hellish > > > > considerations."Morning Walk--June 29, 1974, Melbourne. > > > > > > I'd say that the question is not "if Prabhupada is all knowing", but > > > "how he is all knowing". > > > > > > > Exactly! > > > > > > Ys MGd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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