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Tamala Krsna: Well, what you've explained, if it's a lotus petal, then you could fly around it. That's all right. Then the answer is there. But if there's no lotus petal and it's simply flat, then it's a problem. That's a problem.    (More...)

Tamala Krsna: We've pictured it like that. There's some defect in our picture. If you recall, there's a picture we drew...    (More...)

Prabhupada: That is the explanation. Petal.    (More...)

Prabhupada: You are Western. You are prejudiced. That is reason. If I can understand why you don't...    (More...)

Prabhupada: Bhagavatam, one portion may not be exactly like... Just like if you are in the midst of the petal, you cannot understand it is petal. You see it is flat. You have shown in the map, every point so many miles. So that petal, middle portion, you can take it flat. It is not flat. It is curved. Whatever conception you make, that is defective. Rascals. First of all you have to understand this. So don't make it like this, like this, like this, like... Whatever it is said, that is all right. Therefore Krsna said asraddadhanaḥ.    (More...)

Prabhupada: Krsna is never dead. Just like sun. Sun is never out of the sky. It is in my eyes I see that sun is gone. Formerly these rascals were believing sun is dead at night. The Christians believed like that. Is it not? Some of the Christians believed that at night, sun is dead. And the world is square, flat. This is their knowledge. Lord Buddha, he rejected Vedas. Nindasi yajna-vidher ahaha sruti-jatam [Gita-govinda]. We were being taught that "You cannot deny the authority of Vedas," and Lord Buddha, he denied the authority of Vedas. But the devotees, they are worshiping, kesava dhrta-buddha-sarira jaya jagadisa hare [Gita-govinda]: "Lord Buddha, we can understand your pastime. Still, you are Lord. I offer my obeisances unto you." So the devotees can understand. You cannot understand why Lord Buddha denied the authority of Vedas-to keep you in darkness. He wanted to stop animal-killing, and he preached ahimsa, nonviolence. That was his mission. Now these rascals came forward that "In the yajna vidhi animal-killing is recommended. So why you are stopping animal-killing?" The Buddha... Buddha replied, "I don't care for your Vedas." Does it mean that he did not care? Veda na maniya bauddha haila nastika. [Cc Madhya 6.168]    (More...)