Guest guest Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 > > 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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