Is Ceylon the Lanka mentioned in Ramayana?

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It is clear from the following that Srila Prabhupada did not think Ceylon

was the same as Lanka. He suggests other possibilities without insisiting

that those are Lanka, he just makes suggestions.

 

Shyama

 

 

 

 

Bhakti-prema: Except this Kimpurusa-varsa and other varsas in the mountain

area, these are part of subtle world. So how we will mention it?

Prabhupada: Mention by picture.

Bhakti-prema: So how we will expose it before scientists?

Prabhupada: We do not require to satisfy the scientists. We have to describe

according to our book. That's all. If they can understand, let them

understand. Otherwise... It is not our business to satisfy the so-called

scientists. We are giving the real description. [break] That Sokimala.(?)

[break] (indistinct)

Upendra: Not like that, no. There have been some clouds.

Prabhupada: Something in the sea turns right, and the whole thing becomes

(indistinct). [break]

Tamala Krsna: ...the original Lanka. Ceylon, of course, is there, but it is

not Lanka.

Prabhupada: Ceylon is different.

Tamala Krsna: Yes. Who knows what else we will discover today. These

things... When we are actually...

Prabhupada: The Andaman, Nicobar Islands...

Tamala Krsna: What did you say, Srila Prabhupada?

Prabhupada: There are other islands.

Tamala Krsna: Yes.

Prabhupada: Andaman, Nicobar, like that.

Tamala Krsna: Oh. But we're not... Bhakti-prema Maharaja said that yesterday

he was going to look through the commentaries to try and understand which

these referred to in present-day geography. He wasn't certain about. He only

knew that one was...

Prabhupada: There are nearby islands. I don't know whether it is... Andaman,

Nicobar Islands. So those islands similarly from India were sent. Now it is

inhabited. [break] ...work is stopped on account of your (indistinct)?

 

 

 

 

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June 18, 1977, Vrndavana