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On Thursday, July 1, 2004, at 01:21 pm, Madana-mohana MG wrote:

 

>>> My question: Does this mean that Srila Prabhupada first thought that

>>> they

>>> went to Rahu but later on changed his opinion?

>>

>> If even the materialistic society have been saying the so-called moon

>> landing was a hoax, and had produced lots of documentary to prove it,

>> it is

>> sheer foolishness of any devotee who doubt the conclusion of our

>> acaryas

>> regarding the subject. It also amounts to faithlessness.

>

> Sheer foolishness well slammed, Isvara prabhu. But how does your answer

> address the initial question by Mahat-tattva prabhu? Could you please

> elucidate?

 

Forgive me for interjecting, but is this the right way to talk about

such things? Branding other people's notions sheer foolishness, and

talking about slamming them? Sure, these people are only interested

with material things - like seeing how far they can fling rockets at

satellites - but for me it still beggars belief how devotees seemingly

like to deride the unfortunate materialistic tendencies of others.

 

And as for the moon thing, is it really important? Devotees seem very

hung up on it, but really it is not about Krsna, it is rather Sukadeva

giving an account of the cosmology of the universe as perceived at the

time. I do not doubt the conclusions of the acaryas, but at the same

time I do not thing it best to become overly concerned about whether

people got to the moon or not. Not about Krsna, not important!

 

Please forgive me any offences I have caused, but I've been wanting to

say this.

 

Ys., Rama Kesava das

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> My question: Does this mean that Srila Prabhupada first thought that they

> went to Rahu but later on changed his opinion?

 

His conviction was that they did not go to the moon. Where they went

he didn't say. As your quote states: "they might have gone to Rahu." He also

said that their real business was in Arizona. At another time he once said

that even if they landed there, they could not enter into the life that is

there. But the vast majority of his comments were that they never went to

the moon.

 

Your humble servant,

Hari-sauri dasa

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