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April 8, 2009

Prophet Muhammed and Christ Jesus may have inspired millions of people to surrender to God but never did they describe to us a God who is fully decorated who stands with His body curved in three ways, whose eyebrows are always moving, who appears as a cowherd boy, a newly grown youth who plays the flute.

Thanks Melvin, good point, yes Muhammed and Christ only revealed to us that God is a person - but at least more than Lord Buddha and Sankaracarya revealed.

On the other hand, are we able to actually understand even the ABCs of vedic knowledge? When it comes to understand even simple things like is a mahabhagavat fully present in his teachings, is Prabhupada fully present in his books, can his books give spiritual guidance and absorb sins = grant diksa, present intellectually say, no, Prabhupada is dead and gone.

So it should be clear why Jesus and Muhammed couldn't reveal more knowledge, same as today, people's brain cannot grasp it.

April 8, 2009

For the same reason he appointed unqualified disciples to be sannyasis, GBCs and leaders of his movement - because he thought his movement needed these positions to be filled, and these people were all he had.

You definitely must know that Prabhupada said he wants to stop giving sannyasa because so many fell down. But still you propagate that he did the opposite.

This is very misleading and not honest. Vaishnava should be honest. Why don't you admit that Prabhupada said, no more giving of sannyasa, too many fall downs?

"This should be strictly outlawed, no more sannyasis. And those sannyasis who have fallen, you get them married, live like a gentleman. No more this showbottle, cheating. It is very ludicrous. Even there is a promise that “We shall not fall down again,” that is also not believable. What is the use? Better go and speak philosophy in your grhastha dress, not this dress, but you have nice coat, pants, gentleman. Who says no? I never said. Rather I shall be glad to see that up-to-date gentlemen with tilaka and sikha are speaking. That is very prestigious everywhere…”

“And this kind of hypocrisy–they have taken sannyasa and mixing with woman. This is not to be allowed. If you want woman you get yourself married, live respectfully. We have no objection. But this hypocrisy should be stopped. There have been so many fallen down. First of all there will be no sannyasi anymore. I have got very bad experience.”

(Room Conversation, 7th January, 1977)

April 7, 2009

What kind of a guru is Prabhupada talking about?
See here:

Prabhupada: "Like father, like son." You should be.

In other words he wants his disciples (sons) to be a guru like him (father).

He is certainly not making himself a "diksa guru for the next 10,000 years" - such a concept is completely bogus to the core - another invention of his untrained disciples.

Well yes, for you it is in the same way bogus like there are people who consider Lord Jesus as bogus, religion as bogus, animals have a soul as bogus, etc etc. Whenever people run out of logic and reason things are labeled as bogus.

Like father, like son, no, Prabhupada never ordered anyone to become his successor.

And why should he? Just before 35 sannyasis fell down, 8 GBCs left the movement.

What Prabhupada hated most is when disciples fell down.

So why should he have created yet another position from which people would fall down like they fell from sannyasa? And! Prabhupada considered the position of diksa-guru the most confidential. Why would he have appointed people for this office who would later on fall down?

But I can see through your logic, you are all the time trying to point out how Prabhupada made so many mistakes, Moon explanation, women are inferior, etc and therefore he also appointed neophytes to become acaryas. Very misleading policy.

April 7, 2009

"Similarly, if a spiritual master cannot direct his disciples to become free of sinful activities, he becomes responsible for their sinful acts." (SB 4.20.14, purport)

"The spiritual master has to take the responsibility for all the sinful activities of his disciples." (PQPA 6)

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Prabhupada: "Like father, like son." You should be. Gaurangera bhakta..., jane. Everyone. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, amara ajnaya guru hana tara' ei desa. He asked everyone, "Just become guru." Follow His instruction. You become guru. Amara ajnaya. Don't manufacture ideas. Amara ajnaya. "What I say, you do. You become a guru." Where is the difficulty? "And what is Your ajna?" Yare dekha tare kaha krsna-upadesa. Bas. Everything is there in the Bhagavad- gita. You simply repeat. That's all. You become guru. To become a guru is not difficult job. Follow Caitanya Mahaprabhu and speak what Krsna has said. Bas. You become guru..."

May be people here are still impressed whenever the term "guru" is pronounced.

Actually the very term "guru" doesn't mean anything - in vedic culture everyone is a guru, tourist guide, elementary teacher, uncle, father, nephew, these are all gurus. However, when Lord Caitanya is saying everybody become guru, does He say, everyone, neophytes, kanisthas, misra-bhaktas, they all should become diksa-gurus, sit on the vyasasan and demand to be worshiped like uttama adikaris? This is an absurd idea, even non-Vaishnavas shake their heads.

Therefore, whenever somebody mentioned "guru", Prabhupada would immediately reply, "what kind of guru?"

1. Causelessmercy - Tapes - Lecture: What is a Guru? - London, August 22, 1973

What kind of guru you have got? You are talking nonsense. ... they are trying to avoid this. So imagine what kind of guru and what kind of disciple.So śāstra says,

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2. Causelessmercy - Tapes - Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.28 - Bombay, November 28, 1974

What kind of guru? Just like Kapiladeva, Kṛṣṇa, or His representative. Not a bogus guru. Then you will be cheated. Andhā yathāndair upanīyamānāḥ. The so-called rascal

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3. Causelessmercy - Tapes - Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.7 - Vrndavana, October 18, 1972

And what kind of guru? An… That is also explained in the śāstras: śābde pare ca niṣṇātaṁ brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam. Guru must be śābde pare ca niṣṇātam.

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4. Causelessmercy - Tapes - Arthur Schopenhauer

And what kind of guru? Who has seen the truth practically. That he did not do. He is simply speculating on his own experience, and although everything is there in the Bhagavad-

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5. Causelessmercy - Tapes - Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.39 - Los Angeles, December 17...

Bhagavān, what kind of brāhmaṇa he is, and what kind of guru he is? So therefore one must know the ultimate truth, Bhagavān. Brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti. Not silent,

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6. Causelessmercy - Tapes - Room Conversation - April 22, 1977, Bombay

What kind of guru? No publication, no preaching, simply bring some foodstuff… My Guru Mahārāja used to say, “Joint mess,” a place for eating and sleeping. Amar amar ara

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7. Causelessmercy - Tapes - Room Conversation - London, August 1, 1972

Oh, what kind of guru you are, you are walking on the street? You are American guru?”Devotee: I was thinking if each devotee in the United States went out…Prabhupāda: You

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8. Causelessmercy - Tapes - Room Conversation - February 17, 1971, Gorakhpur

And what kind of guru? Śabde pare ca niṣṇataṁ brahmaṇy upāśamāśrayam. So this is a big science. One has to study. One has to understand. The things are there. There

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April 7, 2009

And this was good how?

Pardon, sir, may be you forgot the name of the age we're living in - it's kali-yuga. And Krshna Himself says, that in this age things go terribly wrong, ultimately Krsna will appear as kalki-avatar. So, we shouldnt be astonished about so many rascals doing so many crazy things. Even Krsna doesn't see any other solution than to appear as kalki-avatar.

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April 7, 2009

“Queen Elizabeth II the largest landowner on Earth.”

Queen Elizabeth II, head of state of the United Kingdom and of 31 other states and territories, is the legal owner of about 6,600 million acres of land, one sixth of the earth’s non ocean surface.

She is the only person on earth who owns whole countries, and who owns countries that are not her own domestic territory. This land ownership is separate from her role as head of state and is different from other monarchies where no such claim is made – Norway, Belgium, Denmark etc.

The value of her land holding. £17,600,000,000,000 (approx).

This makes her the richest individual on earth. However, there is no way easily to value her real estate. There is no current market in the land of entire countries. At a rough estimate of $5,000 an acre, and based on the sale of Alaska to the USA by the Tsar, and of Louisiana to the USA by France, the Queen’s land holding is worth a notional $33,000,000,000,000 (Thirty three trillion dollars or about £17,600,000,000,000). Her holding is based on the laws of the countries she owns and her land title is valid in all the countries she owns. Her main holdings are Canada, the 2nd largest country on earth, with 2,467 million acres, Australia, the 7th largest country on earth with 1,900 million acres, the Papua New Guinea with114 million acres, New Zealand with 66 million acres and the UK with 60 million acres.

She is the world’s largest landowner by a significant margin. The next largest landowner is the Russian state, with an overall ownership of 4,219 million acres, and a direct ownership comparable with the Queen’s land holding of 2,447 million acres. The 3rd largest landowner is the Chinese state, which claims all of Chinese land, about 2,365 million acres. The 4th largest landowner on earth is the Federal Government of the United States, which owns about one third of the land of the USA, 760 million acres. The fifth largest landowner on earth is the King of Saudi Arabia with 553 million acres

<table class="data"><caption>Largest five personal landowners on Earh</caption> <tbody> <tr> <td>Queen Elizabeth II</td> <td class="num">6,600 million acres</td> </tr> <tr> <td>King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia</td> <td class="num">553 million acres</td> </tr> <tr> <td>King Bhumibol of Thailand</td> <td class="num">126 million acres</td> </tr> <tr> <td>King Mohammed IV of Morocco</td> <td class="num">113 million acres</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sultan Quaboos of Oman</td> <td class="num">76 million acres</td></tr></tbody></table>

April 6, 2009

This is what scholars publish at Wikipedia, become one with God, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu

Chaitanya's epistemological, theological and ontological teachings are summarized as ten roots or maxims dasa mula:<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference">[27]</sup>

Vedic scriptures such as Bhagavad-gita and Upanishads are the highest form of evidence by whose authority the following nine truths are established:
Krishna is the supreme absolute Reality.
Krishna is endowed with all energies summarized as internal (transcendental), marginal (living entities), and external (material nature).
Krishna is an ocean of unity.
The living entities are in reality Krishna and not individuals.
Some living entities are in a conditioned state under the influence of the material energy and thus believe themselves to be individuals rather than spirit.
Other living entities are in a state of transcendence free from material conditioning - Jivanmuktas.
The living entities and the material nature are Achintya Bheda Abheda inconceivably one with and different from Krishna.
Bhakti or pure devotion for Krishna is one of many means of relief from material conditioning.
Prema or absolute love for Krishna culminates with oneness with God..

April 6, 2009

Yes, I agree with you prabhu, but I also want to bring up the point that Suchandra prabhu was mentioning earlier. That it is possible to accept "diksha" from a guru who is not on the planet, I disagree, because clearly the scripture delineates the relationship of guru/sisya and one that is a mutual agreement, between two living embodied souls. The Guru accepts the disciple after the disciple accepts the authority of the guru. It is a two way road, that is what regulates the process of accepting a guru/disciple. There can only be reciprocation through the formality of diksha between the two when they are both alive and breathing. What to speak of the actual performance of the yajna, which is supposed to be performed in the presence of the guru? The only exception which has been made, to my knowledge was the sannnyas initiation of Sri Srimad Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaj... isn't it? This only emphasizes the point that you have to be extremely advanced to even attempt such rituals. So my advice is, if you are a pure devotee on the level of Srila Prabhupada, then yes you can do your own initiation ceremony with a photo of your guru. However, let it be clear that I totally disagree with the rtvik philosophy altogether, because of the fact that there has to be mutual reciprocation. Again, that means, disciple will accept the guru, and guru has to accept the disciple through the formality of harinam diksha. Otherwise, anyone can claim anyone as his guru, just like any girl can say "Justin Timberlake is my boyfriend."

Lord Jesus gave clear parameters what it means to be a genuine follower. These parameters were passed on by priests. Same with Prabhupada, he ordered priests to do the same, find out if people properly follow, only then they received initiation.

Coming back to Jesus, if you consider Jesus as avatar but simultanously conclude, Jesus is dead and gone, he cannot give diksa anymore, only avatars who are alive can give diksa, you are in conflict with the great acaryas like Ramanuja, Madhva, Nimbarka, Vallabha, etc etc. who never taught that the way Jesus is worshiped is false.

None of the acaryas ever mentioned that Lord Jesus is dead and the way he's worshiped by priests is a mistake. And! None of the priests say, they are giving diksa, rather they say, it is Lord Jesus who gives diksa.

To say I accept Lord Jesus but reject the way he ordered to be worshiped through ritviks, immediately makes you reject Jesus also, aparadha. Drags you right on the level of an aparadhi.

April 6, 2009

I demand that you take this statement back, Srila Prabhupada never spoke "lies" or was dishonest. He spoke clearly from the scriptural(sastra)point of view, from what he heard directly from his Guru Mahraj(guru), and what was confirmed by other Vaishnava acharyas(sadhu). This is the text to provide ample evidence that Jesus is factually acceptable as an avesa avatar. Srila Prabhupada would never say that Jesus Christ was an avatar just to kiss some Christian ass! He said it because he has faith in the words of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! Just because so-called Vaishnavas can not accept Jesus or other prophets as avatar on the basis of scripture, that does not mean that it is not true. They are merely kali-cela. I have highlighted the relevant subject matter. Here you have it in plain black and white now I want you to apologize for this offensive statement. Whomsoever will dare and challenge Srila Prabhupada's statements in regards to Guru and Vishnu-tattva should shut his goddamn mouth and you should tell him to learn the scripture. First read the Bhagavatam and Caitanya Caritamrta then you can talk. According to this statement, a distributor of spiritual knowledge is avesa-rupa or sakta-avesa-avatar, that is the fact. Srila Prabhupada was such a divinely empowered avatar. CC Madhya lila Chapter 20 verse 165

svayaḿ-rūpa, tad-ekātma-rūpa, āveśa — nāma

prathamei tina-rūpe rahena bhagavān

SYNONYMS

svayam-rūpa — the original form; tat-ekātma-rūpa — the same form, nondifferent from svayaḿ-rūpa; āveśa — especially empowered; nāma — named; prathamei — in the beginning; tina-rūpe — in three forms; rahena — remains; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead exists in three principal forms — svayaḿ-rūpa, tad-ekātma-rūpa and āveśa-rūpa.

PURPORT

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has described the svayaḿ-rūpa in his Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta, Pūrva-khaṇḍa, verse 12: ananyāpekṣi yad rūpaḿ svayaḿ-rūpaḥ sa ucyate. "The form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead that does not depend on other forms is called the svayaḿ-rūpa, the original form." This form is also described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (1.3.28). "Kṛṣṇa is the original form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." That Kṛṣṇa's form as a cowherd boy in Vṛndāvana is the original form of the Personality of Godhead (svayaḿ-rūpa) is confirmed in the Brahma-saḿhitā (5.1):

īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ

anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam

There is nothing superior to Govinda. He is the ultimate source and the cause of all causes. This is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (7.7), where the Lord says, mattaḥ parataraḿ nānyat: "There is no truth superior to Me.

The tad-ekātma-rūpa forms are also described in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (Pūrva-khaṇḍa, verse 14):

yad rūpaḿ tad-abhedena svarūpeṇa virājate

ākṛtyādibhir anyādṛk sa tad-ekātma-rūpakaḥ

"The tad-ekātma-rūpa forms exist simultaneously with the svayaḿ-rūpa form and are nondifferent. At the same time, their bodily features and specific activities appear to be different." The tad-ekātma-rūpa forms are divided into two categories — svāḿśa and vilāsa.

Lord Kṛṣṇa's āveśa forms are also explained in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (Pūrva 18):

jñāna-śakty-ādi-kalayā yatrāviṣṭo janārdanaḥ

ta āveśā nigadyante jīvā eva mahattamāḥ

"A living entity who is specifically empowered by the Lord with knowledge or strength is technically called āveśa-rūpa." As stated in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya 7.11), kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana: Unless a devotee is specifically empowered by the Lord, he cannot preach the holy name of the Lord all over the world. This is an explanation of the word āveśa-rūpa.

Thanks Xochitl for this straight forward approach! Fully agree what you say. Only problem is that present Vaishnava institution are getting in big trouble as soon we say, Lord Jesus is a bona fide avatar.

Present Vaishnava institutions say, you can only receive diksa from a living guru, a guru that is physically present. ISKCON even is banning people who preach that Prabhupada can still give diksa. As soon we accept Lord Jesus, we also have to accept the way he is worshiped by ritvik priests.

The only solution for the Vaishnava institutions therefore is to never mention Jesus. In this way they get around answering additional questions like, why can Jesus still grant diksa, but not Prabhupada?

April 6, 2009

thats interesting !! which text ?

Thanks Sambhya for asking this question, yes right, we always have to back up by sruti.

Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.3.19:

sva-vid-varahosta-kharaih samstutah purusah pasuh na yat-karna-pathopeto jatu nama gadagrajah

Translation: “Men who are like dogs, hogs, camels and asses praise those men who never listen to the transcendental pastimes of Lord Sri Krsna, the deliverer from evils.”

Prabhupada: "Therefore Vedas are called sruti. Sruti means this is not experimental knowledge. This knowledge is acquired by hearing, that’s all. If you have got nice receptive power through the ear, then your life can be successful. You don’t require to use any other sense. This one sense will make you correct. Therefore those who are not taking advantage of this facility of hearing… He may be a very big man in the estimation of persons who are like dogs, asses, camels, and such nice animals. You can say, “Oh, here is a big man, and… Mr. such and such, such a great politician, great scientist, great… So we must praise.” But the Bhagavata says, “Whether he has given any aural reception about Krsna, that is the test.” No. He has no knowledge about Krsna. Then he must be praised by persons who are like camel, asses, dogs, hogs. That means, “No human being will praise him.” If he is voted or praised, the vote must be coming from the asses, dogs, hogs, like that. That is going on. Asses, hogs, dogs, camels, they are giving vote."

Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.3.19

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Los Angeles, June 14, 1972

April 4, 2009

Suchandra, it sounds like you are attempting to compare India to the terrorists because they both receive weaponry from other countries. But India is a legitimate country, whereas the terrorists are the dogs from hell, representing no one except their own perverse ideas, even terrorizing their own brother Muslims in countries like Pakistan. How can you possibly compare the two ? India, at least as of today, still has the dharma wheel on its flag, if I am not mistaken. What flag do the terrorists carry ? The black flag of tamo guna ? They respect nothing except their own highly convoluted conception of religion. As I said in an earlier post, their cup is 10% full, but that leaves them 90% empty. They cause so much more harm than good. They should be shot on sight, and there cannot be negative karmic implications from killing demons such as they. Only the politically correct would think so, who still would appease these miscreants. Politically correct means unable to stand up for the truth for fear of offending someone; that means that the politically correct must therefore accede to the demands of miscreants, since they are unwilling to oppose them. Political correctness is the disease of the times.
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Good thing is that there are presently no demons in the karmi societies - they're just ignorant sinful people who can be uplifted. Real demons are those who are in full knowledge about the vedic siddhanta but purposefully destroy dharma and religion in human society.

Yes, India still has the dharma wheel on its flag but there are many people, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, etc. who believe that India's politicians, India's government, are not working for the benefit of the Indian population but for their own profit. Ok, this is probably the same anywhere else, corrupt politicians, corrupt governments are all over the world.

But since India is special in that sense that it is the land of religion and the land where Lord Krishna incarnates, this is especially not tolerable. Now the global players want to stop overpopulation. First they created materialistic societies, now they want to shrink world population back to 5000.000.

And India's government supporting this policy. Artificially devaluing the Rupee to suppress the population, introducing modified seeds, pro-choice abortion propaganda, cow killing in full swing, allowing huge slums to develop, allowing foreigners to import and create monopolies with things that can be produced in India, leading India into the globalization trap where everything is imported from outside, purposefully leading India into unpayable indebtedness, etc etc.

All this has to be stopped and people given real knowledge how to live in actual prosperity and wealth by protecting the cows and produce one's own food. First thing what Krsna is ordering, produce food.

April 4, 2009

Yeah, I was a Biology major in college for awhile and found it depressing as hell to study science so I just started reading a bunch of religous and philosophy books to combat the incredibly depressing material view of the Universe that science is boxed into. In general I do not put much faith in anything scientists come up with and would even venture to a lot of them are serving the military industrial complex eugenics programs either knowingly or unknowingly.

The mystic beauty of Krishna makes material science seem like a dried up turd lieing on the side of the road. I don't begrudge scientists for making a living at thier professions or anything as long as they don't take themselves too seriously but when they start really believing the stuff they are coming up with they can be downright dangerous.

My uncle is a medical doctor and he calls his bachelors of science his (B)ull(S)hit degree and he calls his masters of science his (M)ore of the (S)ame degree and he calls his PHD his (P)iled (H)igh (D)eeper degree. He is refreshing because he is part of the standardized death cult priesthood of Medical doctors but has enough sense of humor to laugh at all the crapola involved in the scientific and medical community.

Hopefully I don't get knee jerk reactions if I offend anyone who works in or supports the modern scientific and medical communities as I am sure a lot of people in those professions are in the mode of goodness. I personally like to take control of my own health through diet and excersize and stay away from doctors unless there is some extreme emergency so I do feel there is a role for specialist doctors and I do not universally condemn modern science or medicine but I do feel like the big corporations etc. are using modern science and medicine to set up a fascist scientific dictatorship.

Thanks Ancient Mariner, great post, great realizations. Yes, you're right, we have to become decent preachers - best always using a humorous word choice. Since great Vaishnavas like Kula Prabhu are on the payroll of a science lab they somehow are pushed in the position like Arjuna's relatives who were on the payroll of Duryodhana. But still, like Bhismadeva and Karna, were all great devotees.

April 3, 2009

Neither does Prabhupada understand the anti-matter that was discovered by the scientists. Scientists did not discover spirit in their experiments as Prabhupada assumes - they simply discovered a different type of material energy. Thus the conversation is full of confusion.

By his own admission Prabhupada was not a scientist and unfortunately some of his opinions regarding scientific matters were simply wrong. He was wrong on the antimatter being spirit and he was wrong on the Moon distance to Earth for example. Pretending otherwise is not being truthful.

People of the world do not have a problem with Srila Prabhupada making an honest mistake in matters he was not expert on. People of the world have a problem with his disciples refusing to face the facts and be truthful in this matter. Liars are dime a dozen in this world, truthful people are rare and universally respected.

Prabhupada didn't care what your scientists really mean by their "anti-matter" speculations. Why should he? According sastra modern scientists are not even human beings. Please re-study tvi-pada-pasu section. Prabhupada was wrong and your scientists are right?

At least Prabhupada made you to become a devotee of Lord Krsna. Not an easy job nowadays.

April 3, 2009

The point is that anti-matter discovered by scientiststs has been proven to be just another form of material particles - not spiritual energy as Prabhupada writes in EJTOP. And it has also been proven that anti-matter is NOT indestructible (see antihydrogen experiments described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihydrogen )

Prabhupada says in the booklet that scientists believe that anti-matter would be the opposite of matter in that sense, that if both collide, everything would dissolve. In other words, Prabhupada wants to say that scientists believe that matter is just like 1 and anti-matter is -1. When both are colliding it gets = 0. Prabhupada says nowhere in this book, that scientists have a proper understanding what is anti-matter. That ISKCON considers that Prabhupada is wrong, this book shouldnt be distributed anymore, is a clear case of Vaishnava aparadha and yet another proof that ISKCOnites don't consider Prabhupada as bona fide acarya.

April 2, 2009

At that time Srila Prabhupada used the opportunity of people's great interest in space travel to promote Krsna-consciousness. However, certain statements in that book (especially those relating to anti-matter being spirit) are based on assumptions which have been scientifically disproven in later years, and that is why this book is no longer being distributed.

This is of course not true. Prabhupada says in this book that anti-matter and matter don't dissolve into nothing when they collide, rather he highlights that anti-matter is indestructible. That someone scientifically disproved that anti-matter is not indestructible is rather a false propaganda.

April 1, 2009

This link is the latest news on the Pakistani terrorist situation. Where are they getting their American-made weapons ? Captured battlefield weapons ? Or purchased by the Taliban from a country such as Saudi Arabia or Pakistan itself ? Don't some of the Islamic states receive some training and weaponry from the U.S. as part of an "aid" package ?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/world/asia/31pstan.html?partner=MOREOVERNEWS&ei=5040

jeffster/AMd

India buys weapons from Russia, China, USA, Israel, UK - just from everyone. Says, India's government is a puppet theater of all those different camps?

Friday, March 20, 2009

India Buys Israeli Spy Satellite

(NSI News Source Info) NEW DELHI - March 20, 2009: India has bought a spy satellite from Israel with day-and-night viewing capability to boost surveillance capabilities in the aftermath of the Mumbai militant attacks, a report said March 20.

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Indian Remote Sensing satellites (IRS) are a series of Earth Observation satellites, built, launched and maintained by Indian Space Research Organisation of India as part of the Indian space program. The IRS series provides remote sensing services to the country.*

Following are the remote sensing satellites planned by ISRO to be launched next strengthening the fleet of IRS satellites and widening their applications:

*RISAT (Radar Imaging Satellite): A microwave remote sensing mission with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) operating in C-band and having a 6 x 2 meter planar active array antenna based on trans-receiver module architecture. SAR is an all weather-imaging sensor capable of taking images in cloudy and snow covered regions and also both during day and night. RISAT weighs 1,750 kg. It is slated to be launched in 2008-2009.

*Oceansat-2: It is envisaged to continue the service of OCEANSAT-1. It will carry an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Ku-band pencil beam scatterometer. It is scheduled to be launched in March 8 2008 on board PSLV.

*Resourcesat-2: It will have imaging sensors similar to RESOURCESAT-1. Payload electronics have been miniaturised to reduce the overall weight. RESOURCESAT-2 is planned for launch by PSLV in 2009-10.

*Resourcesat-3: A follow on to Resourcesat-2, it will carry more advanced LISS-III-WS (Wide Swath) Sensor having similar swath and revisit capability as Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS), thus overcoming any spatial resolution limitation of AWiFS. Satellite would also carry Atmospheric Correction Sensor (ACS) for quantitative interpretation and geophysical parameter retrieval. It slated to be launched during 2011-12.

*CARTOSAT-3: A continuation of Cartosat series , it will have a resolution 30 cm and 6km swath suitable for cadastre and infrastructure mapping and analysis. It would also enhance disaster monitoring and damage assessment. It is slated to be launched during 2011-12.

*Oceansat-3: Oceasat-3 would carry Thermal IR Sensor, 12 channel Ocean Color Monitor, Scatterometer and Passive Microwave Radiometer. IR Sensor and Ocean Color Monitor would be used in the analysis for operational Potential Fishing Zones. Satellite is mainly for Ocean biology and sea state applications. It is slated to the launched aboard PSLV in 2012-13.

The satellite, which can see through clouds and carry out day-and-night all-weather imaging, has been one of the long-standing demands of the Indian military, the NDTV news channel said.

The 650-pound RISAT 2 will be launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket in the next few weeks, the report said.

Indian scientists were in the process of integrating the satellite and the rocket at the Sriharikota space port in southern India, it said.

The acquisition was fast-tracked after the Nov. 26-29 Mumbai siege in which 10 gunmen went on a shooting spree.

India says the attackers came by boat from the Pakistani port city of Karachi to Mumbai, based on its investigations and the confession of the lone gunman captured alive after the 60-hour siege, in which 165 people were killed.

India's existing satellites get blinded at night and in the monsoon season.

NDTV said the new acquisition would also provide New Delhi with the capability to track incoming hostile ballistic missiles.

India treated Israel like a pariah for decades, but has forged close military links with Tel Aviv in recent years with the Jewish state replacing France in 2007 as its second-largest arms supplier after Russia.

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India, Russia sign $1.5 billion deal on Gorshkov aircraft carrier By IANS

Tuesday,20 January 2004, 00:00 hrs

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday signed a $1.5 billion deal with Russia for refurbishing and supplying the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier to the Indian Navy, a move that is expected to bolster India's strength in regional waters.

Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes and his Russian counterpart Sergei Ivanov announced the signing of the deal, after years of protracted negotiations, at a joint news conference here.

April 1, 2009

This link is the latest news on the Pakistani terrorist situation. Where are they getting their American-made weapons ? Captured battlefield weapons ? Or purchased by the Taliban from a country such as Saudi Arabia or Pakistan itself ? Don't some of the Islamic states receive some training and weaponry from the U.S. as part of an "aid" package ?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/world/asia/31pstan.html?partner=MOREOVERNEWS&ei=5040

jeffster/AMd

India buys weapons from Russia, China, USA, Israel, UK - just from everyone. Says, India's government is a puppet theater of all those different camps?

Friday, March 20, 2009

India Buys Israeli Spy Satellite

(NSI News Source Info) NEW DELHI - March 20, 2009: India has bought a spy satellite from Israel with day-and-night viewing capability to boost surveillance capabilities in the aftermath of the Mumbai militant attacks, a report said March 20. RISAT+2.jpg Indian Remote Sensing satellites (IRS) are a series of Earth Observation satellites, built, launched and maintained by Indian Space Research Organisation of India as part of the Indian space program. The IRS series provides remote sensing services to the country.*