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ALT.HINDU: Re: The Moon (was Re: ISKCON etc)
psista@gilbreth.ecn.purdue.edu (Prasad S. Sista) wrote:
>In article <4iidq1$s5p@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
>Hari Krishna Susarla <susarla.krishna@studentserver1.swmed.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>
>>What Sadaputa dasa said (and he backed it up with references from the
>>Bhaagavatam) was that the higher planetary systems like Candraloka require a
>>higher state of consciousness to perceive. Therefore, he concluded that
>>Prabhupada was referring to the fact that the astronauts did not see
>>Candraloka, but saw only what they were allowed to see according to their
>>consciousness- a lifeless rock.
>>--
> **** Similarly advaita says that you see what you are allowed to see
> according to your consciousness, which is the world you see.
> So cool what have we proved here. Whoever you were referring to here
> was quoting from ADVAITA. So he was also an advaitin!!
Paramahamsa Yogananda talks about the Astral world entered by the soul on
death of the body as a plane of existence. Thus according to advaita
( Paramahamsa Yogananda was an advaitin ) Indraloka, Chandraloka etc
would be planes of existence just like a dream is or our own universe is.
So Chandraloka would be a universe different from our universe rather
than a planet within our universe.
>
> Regards
> Prasad S Sista
regards,
Suresh.
