VEDIC COSMOLOGY & THE BOGUS KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS PROPAGANDA
ISKCON is building a massive "Temple of the Vedic Planetarium" in West Bengal to showcase its founder's belief that Vedic cosmology--though obviously a compendium of ancient myths--is factual. What follows is the reaction of the Hare Krishna cult's founder, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, to the Apollo 11 moon landing on 20 July 1969:
So they never worshipped Chandra [the moon-god], and how can they go to the Chandra planet? Then Krishna is false. Krishna is imperfect. They are defying Krishna's instruction. They have gone to the moon planet.
Any student of comparative religion knows that the cosmology of major religions share many similarities and, however ingenious and complex, are all products of the human imagination. They are all as "scientific" as fortune-telling and astrology.
When we look up into the sky we see the source of that light, the sun planet, powerful and brilliant. And if we could somehow go to that planet we could meet the sun-god, the person who rules the sun.
Do the editors of the Hindu Forum Britain assume that its readers actually believe in Vedic cosmology and therefore regard the sun as a planet ruled by a demigod? Clearly, something is wrong.
It goes without saying that modern-day Hindus, who are well-represented internationally in science, medicine, and other STEM-related fields, can be trusted to know the difference between myth contained in scripture and knowledge derived from the scientific method.
Why, then, does the "Beliefs" section of the Hindu Forum Britain's webpage contain this ad verbum quotation from an ISKCON webpage:
When we look up into the sky we see the source of that light, the sun planet, powerful and brilliant. And if we could somehow go to that planet we could meet the sun-god, the person who rules the sun.
Do the editors of the Hindu Forum Britain assume that its readers actually believe in Vedic cosmology and therefore regard the sun as a planet ruled by a demigod? Clearly, something is wrong.
The answer is obvious to anyone who has visited the Hindu Forum Europe (http://www.hinduforum.eu) and Hindu Forum Britain (http://www.hfb.org.uk). The ISKCON membership is evident from the lists of member organizations as well as the publicity materials (event photographs, etc.). Under the cover that Hinduism is primarily a cultural rather than purely religious affliation for most Hindus, ISKCON has crawled under the gate, so to speak, and has used its public relations expertise to great effect.
That the Hare Krishna cult uses the various Hindu Forum groups to promote itself as the most successful proponent of Hindu Dharma internationally is a slap on the face to any genuine Hindu.
I have written about how the founder/acharya of ISKCON openly denounced major Hindu saints and ridiculed Hinduism itself, but if you haven't read any of it, here are a few representative essays:
https://harekrishnacultexposed.blogspot.com/2012/09/standing-on-shoulders-of-giants.html.
Buzz Aldrin: Moonwalk July 1969
Comments
Thanks for writing and remembering.
I also wish you much success in your life, happiness, and that you never fall under the grip of one of these destructive cults. We all come here, as the poet Wordsworth so eloquently wrote, “trailing clouds of glory”. The divine in each of us is both our best friend and our conscience. Never let anyone tell you something that is irrational and based on fairy tales.
Again, thanks
I lived on the "fring" In San Diego for 32 years. Always kept what I thought was a healthy distance while trying to maintain what I believe to be true and now no longer do.
What I saw and heard in my six months in India, on the inside, behind the scenes I am just now pretty much recovered from. It was extremely psychologically and emotionally traumatic. However ultimately revealing.
God bless you and keep up the good work.
The Guy Pointed out the existence of Lizard monters from his texts and said it was evidence of Humans and dinosaurs coexisting and evolution being false.
I simply asked him, how come his billion year old purana which records even the existence of dinosaurs doesn't even mention an Ice age?
Dude had no answer and Kept ducking.