Recognize material suffering as Krishna's mercy, awakening the soul to eternal spiritual reality and absolute surrender.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — July 3, 1975, Denver 750703MW-DENVER [31:20 Minutes] Walk_750703MW-DENVER [in car] Brahmānanda: ...the sun is the center. In that way, above the sun. [break]
Prabhupāda: Huh? This [indistinct] is not center. It is above the sun. It has his own orbit.
Prabhupāda: Sun is situated in the middle of the universe. [break] ...diameter of the universe is... Four million or forty million? [break] Sun is situated 200 billion from the circumference of the universe.
But the earth is between the sun and the circumference. Therefore it appears to be almost correct, 93 million. Apart from these differences, these people say there was no civilization before two thousand years? Harikeśa: Three thousand.
Prabhupāda: Three thousand. [break] ...this knowledge is there in the Bhāgavatam, which was written in words five thousand years ago, but the knowledge was known millions and millions of years. Harikeśa: Some of the scholars say that because Lord Buddha is predicted in the Bhāgavatam that it proves that the Bhāgavatam was written after Lord Buddha appeared.
Prabhupāda: Huh? Harikeśa: They say that because Lord Buddha is mentioned, it was written after he appeared. This is the opinion of the...
Prabhupāda: Buddha said like that? Harikeśa: The scholars, they say. Brahmānanda: They say it's not possible to predict a person's appearance. Prabhupāda: Huh? Brahmānanda: They say because it's not possible by ordinary means to predict a person's birth, because Lord Buddha is mentioned in Śrīmad-Bhāgava... Prabhupāda: Still there is a science, Bhṛgu-saṁhitā, which will give you prediction of your next birth. Still there is science, Bhṛgu-saṁhitā. He'll give you description of three lives: your past life, present life and future life. Bhṛgu-saṁhitā.