Moon Landings and Vedic Cosmology!

[BhaktaRaja]

First Timer from Long time student!

Just wanted to know how many of you don't think men have landed on the moon! Also do you think the Sun is closer to the Earth than the moon.
I have read some Richard Thompson's explanations. Sorry, I'm
not convinced with his interpretations.
What do you think, and why?

[JK Hauraki]

Haribol,

Please accept my obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Here is an excerpt from Journey to other planets by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada.

We have knowledge of many universes, and in each universe there is a sun. Thus there are millions and billions of universes and millions and billions of suns and moons and planets. But Krsna says that if one tries to go one of these planets, he will simply waste his time.

Now someone has gone to hte moon, but what will human society gain from it? If after spending so much money, so much energy and ten years of effort, one goes to the moon and simply touches it, what is the benefit of that? Can one remain there and call his friends to come? And even if one goes there and remains, what will be the benefit? As long as we are in this material world, either on this planet or other planets, the same miseries-birth, death old age and disease- will follow us. We cannot rid ourselves of them.

How one goes to the moon, how he comes back etc, is a great story and this is all described in the Vedic literature. It is not a very new process.

The Sun is 93 million miles from this earth, and is fourteen hundred thousand times bigger than earth.

The duration of life on the moon is according to Vedic information, ten thousand years and one day there is equal to six months here. Thus ten thousand mulitiplied by one hundred eighty years is the duration of life on the moon. However it is impossible for earthmen to go th the moon and live there for very long. Other wise the Vedic literature would be false.

This is a good book for you to read it is very short book but full of knowledge regarding your question. cost about $5 and can be purchased from www.krishna.com.

Your servant :D

JK

great information.. can you please tell the name of the book ?.

[JK Hauraki]

Hari,

The name of the book is- Easy Journey to Other Planets by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada.

Happy reading :)

your servant

JK

[Badri]

The name looks new to me. But i asked my dad to search the book for me.

AGTSP
AGTHHBTS
PAMHO

Haribol. Yes, i personally believe men HAVE gone to the Moon but, as Srila Prabhupada suggests in BG As It Is, the moon's inhabitants (who would actually be considered "demigods") cannot be perceived by our gross material senses. They have bodies that are adequately supported by whatever (similarly subtle, no doubt) resources are available to them there. i will defer comment on the sun/moon problem, saying only that i'd no doubt accept Dr. Thompson's explanation.

ys,

BMD.