Scientific speculation crumbles under scrutiny; only consistent logic and direct experience reveal truth in all matters.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: ...met recently our Lalitā cācā [uncle] You did not? Bhavānanda: Who is that?
Prabhupāda: Lalitā, Lalitā. Lalitā Ṭhākur or... Bhavānanda: Lalitā. Pañcadravida: Lalitā Prasād?
Prabhupāda: Huh, huh. Bhavānanda: In Birnagara, no. Jayapatākā has been there, but I haven't been there in years. [break]
Prabhupāda: ...moon is hot, they say, because the shade of the earth is obstructing. Pañcadravida: Yes.
Trivikrama: They say that the sun is hitting like that.
Prabhupāda: Eh? The sun is there, and the earth is there. How it becomes...? Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: The earth is bet...
The earth is between the sun and the moon. Therefore there's some...