(By Narasimha das)
Recently I heard an odd accusation from a so-called senior devotee. He suggested that those who teach what Srila Prabhupada taught or repeat what he said about various controversial facts are trying to embarrass Srila Prabhupada because they hate Srila Prabhupada and His mission. This came up recently because some devotees in the Hare Krishna Society sent out excerpts from Bhagavatam regarding eclipses. They did this apparently in response to the recent eclipse-event mania, wherein hundreds of thousands of people drove hundreds of miles, both north and south, to bask in the darkness of a total solar eclipse.
Apparently this above-mentioned devotee is himself embarrassed by some of Srila Prabhupada’s statements and teachings, which he believes are obviously mistaken and should therefore be hidden, ignored, or totally forgotten. Those who aspire to create their own congregations worry that talk of certain subjects will scare away potential converts and thus impede their own sense gratification in the name of preaching.
Srila Prabhupada, on the other hand, was not afraid to mention things which may, in the view of some people, tend to create a backlash of contempt and doubt about Him, the Hare Krishna movement or the authority of the Vedas. Since he mentioned these things often in public lectures and in His books, it would be foolish to conclude that He wanted us to hide these facts in our own preaching.
What are the contentious issues? The structure of the universe. The size of women’s brains. The social roles of women. The relative social status and intelligence of various races and classes. The existence of hell, and so on. Srila Prabhupada didn’t harp on contentious issues but also didn’t shy away from talking about them or writing about them in them in proper context. He never agreed that the material bodies of all men and women are created equal. He saw distinctions in this world and taught us that real equality, real happiness and real knowledge free from illusion existed in the spiritual world—not in Maya’s kingdom.
We have seen several devotees leave the mission over these contentious issues, particularly the Vedic view that the moon is further away than the sun and that eclipses are due to the influences of the evil planet Rahu. For thousands of years people in India of all classes accepted the Vedic version of things because, in part, they had no other recourse.
Modern people think they know everything because they watch TV and have computers. They prefer to blindly accept the version dished out by modern science because they see that science has answered many vital questions such as, “How can we make bombs and missiles that can kill millions of people?” “How can we create technological addictions to enslave millions of people?” “How can we exploit the earth by force and enjoy lives of luxury and ease?” “How can we engage in all manner of unhealthy habits yet remain fit through taking FDA-approved drugs?” “How can we abort unwanted embryos by popping a pill?” “How can we make synthetic pain killers so we don’t need poppy fields?” and so on. Although the answers to such inquiries are important to many, this won’t help anyone solve the actual problems of life, namely birth, old age, disease and death. Nor should we readily accept the computer simulations that appear to show barren moon surfaces or the moon planet in relation to the Earth. All of this is contrived. Even Nasa, when pressed, will admit this. We have no real photos of the moon or outer space. These are all photo-shopped digital reproductions.
Ironically, while so-called devotees have left the mission or become critical of Srila Prabhupada over these controversies, a large percentage of the American people understand or suspect that the moon landing was a hoax. There are several books by intelligent people that practically prove the hoax. Recently I saw a thorough documentary on mainstream media that points to many glaring inconsistencies in the claims of moon-landing promoters. In another instance, one famous show called “Myth Busters”, as the name suggests, tries to bust popular urban myths, and on one show, they decided, for some reason, to go after a myth that wasn’t very popular but propagated mostly by avid “moon-landing deniers.” The myth was this: The famous moon boot print photo could not possibly be real because such a perfect imprint would have been impossible on the moon, since, according to scientists, the moon’s dusty surface is very cold, dry and a near vacuum. They were very keen to debunk this “myth”, so they created a similar moon environment in a lab but were surprised and somewhat aghast to find out that it was in fact impossible to make a print. The boot-print they tried to create would crumble immediately and look like nothing distinguishable. Thus, in this rare episode, they frankly admitted they were unable to disprove this “myth” promoted by moon-landing deniers.
Some people claim that the scientists must know everything about the moon because they are able to predict eclipses and various moon phases. Vedic astrologers, however, can do the same, following the Vedic models and ideas. Also, just because you can predict an event doesn’t mean you understand what’s really going on. But people in general feel great devotion to science, because it has given us cars, computers, nuclear weapons, jet planes, birth control pills, amazing drugs, TV, cell phones, hospitals, slaughter houses, big cities like Houston, and safe abortion clinics. Such people are not interested in the Vedas, which teach us how to live on the land, protect the Earth and go back to Godhead.
The real fact is that no one can go the moon or live on the moon by mechanical arrangements. The real fact is that not even the greatest scientist knows what’s going on even inside his own body, or in the next room. (Just see the atheist freak Steve Hawkins. He looks like a demon already.) The real fact is that the powerful instruments of scientists, as well as their senses, are imperfect. Instruments are meant to circumvent limitations and illusions, but, in fact, they only increase these limitations and illusions.
This material universe is called maya for a reason. It is colossal hoax, a shared dream. Nothing here is substantial, nothing is as it seems. Any magician at a cheap carnival can trick even the greatest scientists with a house of mirrors and make great men like Einstein bump into walls and get lost, even in a small space. Yet even a second-rate magician is not needed to fool great scientists. They are constantly fooled by their own minds and senses. Just because many imperfect people agree on something doesn’t make it real. Nor does the predicting or partial understanding of relative and illusory causes and effects make one a great scientist or thinker.
Srila Prabhupada didn’t want blind followers but preferred blind following to no following. He wanted intelligent and sincere disciples, not those with ulterior motives. He may have sometimes deliberately said or done things that tested our faith. Unless we carefully understand the limitations and imperfections of our minds and senses in understanding this complex and illusory world, we will be unable to stick to the path of hearing from real authorities; and thus we will take birth again and again in the darkness of ignorance. This is my prediction.
Once while trying to preach I was challenged by a listener who said, “We have faith in modern science because science is confirmed by experiments and observation. Science has given us jet travel, global communications, great medical advancements and comfortable living.” I countered, “Yes technological sciences provide some good for those who think life is an accident with no meaning or purpose but the cost of our modern society to the planet and all living things is not yet understood. We don’t understand how our fast-paced modern life is making us weak, immoral, lazy and dependent. We don’t understand the damage we are doing to the environment or whether this can be ever reversed. Modern science has made us so stupid that we are willing to risk killing the planet we live on for sake of supporting extravagant exploitation that benefits a few at the expense of many.”
“Those who are engaged in the culture of nescient activities shall enter into the darkest region of ignorance. Worse still are those engaged in the so-called culture of knowledge.” (Sri Isopanisad, Mantra 9)
Purport: “In this mantra there is a comparative study of vidya and avidya. Avidya, or ignorance, is undoubtedly dangerous, but vidya, or knowledge, when mistaken or misguided, is even more dangerous. In modern human civilization this explanation of Sri lsopanisad is more applicable than at any other time in the past. Modern civilization has advanced considerably in the matter of mass education, and yet the result is that people are more unhappy than before on account of too much stress on material advancement, without any taste for the most important aspect of life, the spiritual aspect.
As far as vidya is concerned, the first mantra of Sri lsopanisad has explained very clearly that the Supreme Lord is the Proprietor of everything, and forgetfulness of this fact is called ignorance. The more a man forgets this fact of life, the more he is in darkness; and in view of this, a Godless civilization directed toward the so-called advancement of education is more dangerous than a civilization in which the mass of people are less advanced.”
There are two key points in this purport of Srila Prabhupada:
1. Material education has made people more unhappy.
2. Today’s scientifically advanced civilization is more dangerous than a civilization of less educated people.
This is Veda, true knowledge. God is the compiler of Veda and He has perfectly described Himself in the Vedas. To know Veda means to know the Supreme Lord, and how everything in this world is related to Him only. Everything else is ignorance.
Here the word ‘so-called knowledge’ is very important. It refers to the knowledge of modern science. It is actually not knowledge at all, because it is based on ignorance (denying the supremacy of God or how everything is related to Him), and thus it is even more dangerous than plainly living an animal life. Vedic astrology (Jyotish) or astronomy (Surya siddhanta) are also considered dangerous if they are used for the advancement of Godless civilization.
There are no controversies in the knowledge of Vedas. Vedas are meant for the realization of the Supreme Truth, nothing else. Vedas are never in harmony with advancement of material sense enjoyment or the so-called scientific knowledge of how to improve material condition of life so people can enjoy better life. According to Vedic knowledge this is Maya, or illusion, or just a dream.
We should be intelligent and search after Lord Krsna and try to understand His words in Bhagavad-gita As It Is, and not go to alternatives or shortcuts somewhere else. Srila Prabhupada said millions of times, “Krsna only can make us truly happy, no one else. Not even the demigods, scientists, politicians, men, women, or anyone else. Only Lord Krsna.”
Hare Krsna. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
If so called ”senior” devotee is “embarrassed” by some of Srila Prabhupada’s comments (as described in the beginning of this article) then what sort of “senior” devotee is this? How can such a person hold such a misguided view, that ”there must be some mistake in the statements of the Acharya!” This is such a nonsense idea arising from a lack of understanding of the position of Srila Prabhupada. This indicates that the very beginning stage of spiritual life, shraddhah is not present in this person SO HOW CAN THIS PERSON HAVE ANY REALIZATION BY BELIEVING THAT THE ACHARYA IS MISTAKEN?
These are the comments of a fool, who has been made a hapless victim of so-called ”mundane academic authorities” be they pseudo-scientists, pseudo-educators or media propagandists!
Just as Balaram Prabhu has stated “Sri Isopanishad informs us that we should understand the paths of ‘transcendence and nescience’ side by side, whilst in the material predicament.”
This is crucial as in this example of “The Moon Hoax”, many people cannot put the jigsaw pieces together! They are thinking “why would they pretend to go to the Moon?, this doesn’t make sense to me!”, but by understanding that these demons are highly organized and “invisible” just like Rahu, then one can understand the material situation and even predict what they are going to do next! The whole world is full of fools and rascals all being conned and brainwashed and the demons are the elite predators, who make political and financial profit from their stupidity, meeting together in secret, plotting and scheming.
George Harrison (Brainwashed Album) Rising Sun………..”On the street are villians, taken for a ride……..You can have the Devil for a guide!”
Daso Smi
Sudarsana
Apollo 11 ”Command Module” pilot Michael Collins, When asked about stars said:
“I don’t remember seeing any!”
National Geographic made a statement denying that the “moon landing” was a hoax. They presented an “expert” from The Smithsonian Institute to refute accusations of a hoax.
The Smithsonian was founded by member of the Freemason Illuminati in the early 19th century (by the name of James Smithson) and has been run by Freemasons ever since its inception nearly two centuries ago.
“Control of space means control of the World. From space “the masters of infinity” would have the power to control the Earths weather, to cause drought and flood, to change the tides and raise the levels of the sea, to divert the gulf-streams and to change the climates…….”
Lyndon B Johnson
All of these films were Directed or Written (or both) by members of the Freemason Illuminati:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind…………………………………………………………….S Spielberg
ET The Extraterrestial…………………………………………………………………………………..S Spielberg
Taken……………………………………………………………………………………………………………S Spielberg
Alien 1-4……………………………………………………………………………………………………….Ridley Scott
Independence Day……………………………………………………………………………………….Roland Emmerich
2001 A Space Odyssey………………………………………………………………………………..Stanley Kubrick
Star Wars……………………………………………………………………………………………………..George Lucas
Star Trek……………………………………………………………………………………………………….Gene Roddenberry
Men in Black…………………………………………………………………………………………………Barry Sonnenfeld
Apollo 13………………………………………………………………………………………………………Ron Howard
War of the Worlds…………………………………………………………………………………………Barry Haskin/S Spielberg
The X Files……………………………………………………………………………………………………Chris Carter
Apollo 13 is an interesting one. Instead of a ”retelling of a true event” it is just a lie meant to REINFORCE ANOTHER LIE!……THE ONE FILMED BY STANLEY KUBRICK (A MEMBER OF THE “THREE EYES UR LODGE” ILLUMINATI) IN THE ARIZONA DESERT!
Daso Smi
Sudarsana
…..Modern people think they know everything because they watch TV and have computers. They prefer to blindly accept the version dished out by modern science because they see that science has answered many vital questions such as, “How can we make bombs and missiles that can kill millions of people?” “How can we create technological addictions to enslave millions of people?” “How can we exploit the earth by force and enjoy lives of luxury and ease?” “How can we engage in all manner of unhealthy habits yet remain fit through taking FDA-approved drugs?” “How can we abort unwanted embryos by popping a pill?” “How can we make synthetic pain killers so we don’t need poppy fields?” and so on. Although the answers to such inquiries are important to many, this won’t help anyone solve the actual problems of life, namely birth, old age, disease and death. Nor should we readily accept the computer simulations that appear to show barren moon surfaces or the moon planet in relation to the Earth. All of this is contrived. Even Nasa, when pressed, will admit this. We have no real photos of the moon or outer space. These are all photo-shopped digital reproductions……
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S1D65NMBfmo
déjà vu ??
This sounds all so familiar today, 5 years on from the time this article was written. What will people think in 50 years about how dewy-eyed, naive, uncritical and unwary people were in 2022? They will think the same of and than make funny videos about us, as we think today of and laugh about how gullible the public was in 1969. It will take another 50 years for people to realise they have been cheated wholesale AGAIN. By than another big scam will have been created to cheat the public again and so on and on and on and on. Material world means cheating. The cheaters and the cheated, with no end in sight. Cheating forever, for eternity, in the cycle of 1000 x the four yugas, until the end of Brahmas day, than Brahmas night, than another day of Brahma starts and sets the cheating ball rolling again. All because we are greedy for and crave sense enjoyment. GREED EATS BRAIN. This than has a name, it is called stupidity and stupidity killed the cat.
Luckily the Lord has a real plan. We cannot ascertain it, it is useless to inquire about it. The best policy is simply to abide by the orders of the Lord without argument, by taking shelter of a devotee of the Lord descending from the parampara system of Narada.
VICE CANNOT CONQUER VIRTUE.
For example: The sufferings of the Pāṇḍavas were never due to their past deeds. The Lord had to execute the plan of establishing THE KINGDOM OF VIRTUE, and therefore His own devotees suffered temporarily in order to establish THE CONQUEST OF VIRTUE. Bhīṣmadeva was certainly satisfied by seeing the triumph of virtue, and he was glad to see King Yudhiṣṭhira on the throne, although he himself fought against him. Even a great fighter like Bhīṣma could not win the Battle of Kurukṣetra because the Lord wanted to show that VICE CANNOT CONQUER VIRTUE, regardless of who tries to execute it. Bhīṣmadeva was a great devotee of the Lord, but he chose to fight against the Pāṇḍavas by the will of the Lord because the Lord wanted to show that a fighter like Bhīṣma CANNOT WIN ON THE WRONG SIDE.
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/1/9?d=1 Text 16
Freemason liar and fake “Buzz” Aldrin’s death-bed confession!
“I have lived with this lie for nearly 46 years and I have nothing to lose by telling everyone the truth now,” said Aldrin. “I’ve been sworn to secrecy by the US government. But I’m going to tell you now. The moon landing was not real. We never went there. It was all staged with a backdrop. We cannot go to the moon, because it is occupied by alien beings on the dark side. We have seen them with satellites and we have been sent messages and threats from them. It’s all been a huge lie. All of it. Everything you see is faked, Photo-shopped. I never stepped foot on the moon. I’m telling you the truth so I can die in peace. This is all I ever wanted, everyone to know the truth.”
Freemason and fake “astronut” Aldrin, of course is not dead but in his 90’s didn’t think he would make it out of the hospital alive, so decided he had better ‘come clean’ to reduce his Karmic baggage!
Similarly, Film Director, Stanley Kubrik (Three Eyes Illuminati Lodge) left dozens of clues in the film ‘The Shining’ before he died, as he was involved in the filming of the fake moon landing in the USA, desert location.
Pamho agtacbsp,SRILA PRABHUPADA books said:the moon is very cold we can’t go there with this body machine but need a proper body machine deliver to us by the maya agency yantrarudani mayaya,like the sun planet is very hot just ksatriya go there and their bodies is make by fire,on planet earth our bodies is making by water etc.. I mean there are different species of aliens and their bodies is all different ,the best thing is to go back to our original spiritual body because all these aliens been evicted from their homes .anyway there will be big fighting between all the alien in future we also get harassment from alien and must be ready to fight .agtacbsp ys haribol