Guest guest Posted September 19, 1999 Report Share Posted September 19, 1999 > > Every grade schooler knows that the earth is > > some 93 million miles from the sun, whilst the moon is only > > about 250,000 miles from the earth. Those who claim the > > contrary can only expose Krsna consciousness to general > > ridicule. > > What do you do about Srila Prabhupada's emphatically clear > statements that the sun is closer than the moon? Sada-puta das has explained and reconciled it in the following way: The moon is further above the plane of Bhurmandala than the sun. In that sense it is further away from the earth. If we instead of thinking of earth as a globe think of it as a plane it makes sense to say that the moon is further away from that plane than the sun. The explanations of the Puranas are not un-scientific, they are just offering some extra dimensional angles of vision. I do not share your faith in modern science, Ananda prabhu. I think modern science in many areas, especially in the astronomical field, don't know much more about the universe than they did in Europe in the middle-ages. I don't know if you read Sada-puta's book Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy. I can highly recommend it for an academically minded devotee like you. It is in the latest version of the Folio. I think the Vedic understanding and explanation of the universe far surpasses that of modern science. Ys, Jahnu das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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