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Re: The Moon
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Subject: Re: The Moon
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From: jai@mantra.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj)
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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 03:23:43 GMT
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Organization: Mantra Corporation, USA
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References: <4it16i$6rb@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
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Reply-To: Dr. Jai Maharaj <jai@mantra.com>
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In the article <4it16i$6rb@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
of 22 Mar 1996 01:53:22 UTC,
M Suresh <msuresh@india.ti.com> wrote:
> . . . So Chandraloka would be a universe different from our
> universe rather than a planet within our universe.
However, the ISKCON literature in question is talkin about the
physical Moon. Why, they even suggest the Moon landings to be
government hoaxes! Please read:
=== ISKCON Says Lunar Landings A Government Hoax ===================
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: From: epement@ripco.com (Eric Pement)
: Subject: Re: Vedic scriptures and language meaning
: Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995
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: . . . When I first heard that the Krishna devotees had an
: unusual cosmology, it was from a young man in his mid-twenties
: who had been very close to the devotees and had visited several
: Krishna temples. He told me (circa 1980 or 1981, I think) that
: he has personally been present when Prabhupada had spoken in a
: lecture that the moon landings were faked because the moon is a
: spiritual planet, and that since the astronauts didn't see what
: he (Prabhpada) "knows" is there - I can't fill in the gaps here
: -- that therefore the U.S. government's claim to have visited
: the moon must be false. The man left the Krishna movement, and
: was astounded at this belief.
:
: I didn't think much more about ISKCON cosmology for a year or
: two until Jim Valentine, a religious scholar in Milwaukee with
: an incredibly good library of ISKCON/BBT literature, told me
: about the Srimad Bhagavatam, 5th canto, part 2, where the
: cosmology is laid out (along with the Vedic concept of hell or
: "hellish planets", which makes the Krishnas' often-voiced
: condemnation of the Christian concept of hell seem rather
: ironic).
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: Then in 1992 or 1993, I bought a copy of VEDIC COSMOGRAPHY AND
: ASTRONOMY, by Richard L. Thompson (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust,
: 1990). Although Thompson has a Ph.D. in mathematics from
: Cornell, I was amazed at the things he was attempting to explain
: or scientifically justify. I will grant that Thompson is an
: educated man -- however, he is in the unfortunate position of
: having to intellectually justify some very bizarre assertions.
:
: If you will read pages 130-134, you will see an extended
: discussion in which Thompson attempts (unsuccessfully, I
: believe) to justify Prabhupada's claims about the moon. "Srila
: Prabhupada has often said that the astronauts have never
: actually visited the moon." (pg. 130) From here there are many
: references and quotes from Prabhupada, fully documented. I
: don't have time to reproduce them here.
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: The point is, this book is published by the Bhaktivedanta Book
: Trust, and gives the full source quotes, with Thompson's
: attempts to rescue Prabhupada's credibility. In desperation,
: even Thompson himself suggests that moon landings might have
: been intentional government hoaxes (pg. 133, 163-164). You
: might like to look at this in more detail.
:
: Kind regards,
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: Eric Pement <epement@ripco.com>
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