Cosmology Inquiries
By His Holiness Danavir Goswami (Vaiñëava Society Vol. 14) MOON AND MOUNT MERU QUESTION: There may be simple explanations for observed phenomenon and described phenomenon, but we just don’t have the answers. If we accept the Vedas, then what we call the moon may be Rahu, as it “eats” the…
Cosmological Discoveries
By His Holiness Danavir Goswami (Vaiñëava Society Vol. 9) Four interesting scriptural discoveries have come to light recently regarding our ongoing quest to understand Vedic cosmology as delineated in the Fifth Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam. His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada requested his disciples to construct “The Temple of…
Copernican Revolution
By His Holiness Danavir Goswami (Vaiñëava Society Vol. 7) From the historical point of view, when India was colonized by the British years ago, some Westerners, motivated by a desire to decrease the faith of the indigenous people in their own scriptures and a hope to convert them to Christianity,…
Our Tiny Universe
By His Holiness Danavir Goswami (Vaiñëava Society Vol. 1) From Vedic literature we find that our universe, compared to other universes, is relatively small. The Brahmä in charge of this universe has only four heads, whereas Brahmäs managing larger universes have proportionately more heads. “Kåñëa said, ‘Your particular universe…