Foundational Understanding

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Mayesvara Prabhu (of Ireland) has done great work and I refer to him often. This foundational understanding regarding Srila Prabhupada’s conventional use of the terms globe and planet and similar parts of speech that seem to indicate that ‘Earth’ is a ‘sphere’–are essential to understand in context. Please read these four articles in order. You will then be immune to all the “Prabhupada said” arguments made by those who have not studied the Vedic cosmology of the 5th canto of Srimad Bhagavatam in depth.

Shastra Never Says “flat” –Srila Prabhupada’s Statements on ‘Flat-Earth’ in Context

Part One

https://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/10-22/editorials19824.htm

Part Two

https://harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/12-22/editorials19930.htm

Part Three

https://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/01-23/editorials19974.htm

Part Four

https://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/01-23/editorials20009.htm