There are 7 layers of our small 4 billion mile diameter ''Bhu-Mandala'' Universe that has 14 planetary systems in it. Each layer of element our small universe is surrounded by is 10 times thicker than the previous layer. Starting with the small 4 billion mile diameter Bhu-Mandala Universe

Each Egg shaped Universe, below (Brahmanda) in Painting, is coming from Maha Vishnu.

Our small Universe is deep inside one of them. Our small earth globe is 24,901 miles in circumference and is 7,917.5 miles in diameter.

It is NOT the Bhu-Mandala Universe described in Srimad Bhagavatam as 4 billion miles in diameter or 12.6 billion miles in circumference that has 14 Planetary Systems in it.

Here is the proper bona fide understanding our earth globe, the Universe known as Bhu-Mandala we live in and the greater Universe that the Bhu-Mandala universe is deep inside of -

There are 7 layers of our small 4 billion mile diameter ''Bhu-Mandala'' Universe that has 14 planetary systems in it.

Each layer of element our small universe is surrounded by is 10 times thicker than the previous layer
Starting with the small 4 billion mile diameter Bhu-Mandala Universe that is very deep within the Brahmanda Egg shaped larger ''gigantic'' universe that come from Maha Vishnu along with millions of others.

So just multiply each layer by 10.

For example the 4 billion miles diameter Bhu-Mandala = 40 billion.

Then you multiply 40 billion by 10.
Like this for all 7 layers of material elements and it adds up too.

44 Quadrillion 444 Trillion 444 billion miles.

The first covering of the universe is earth, and it is ten times thicker than the universe itself. If the universe is four billion miles in size, then the size of the earthly covering of the universe is four billion times ten.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.11.40
This phenomenal material world is expanded to a diameter of four billion miles, as a combination of eight material elements transformed into sixteen further categories, within and without, as follows.

PURPORT

As explained before, the entire material world is a display of sixteen diversities and eight material elements. The analytical studies of the material world are the subject matter of Sāńkhya philosophy.

The first sixteen diversities are the eleven senses and five sense objects, and the eight elements are the gross and subtle matter, namely

earth,
water,
fire,
air,
sky,
mind,
intelligence,
ego.

All these combined together are distributed throughout the entire universe, which extends diametrically to four billion miles.
Besides this universe of our experience, there are innumerable other universes.

Some of them are bigger than the present one, and all of them are clustered together under similar material elements as described below.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.11.41

TRANSLATION

The layers or elements covering the universes are each ten times thicker than the one before, and all the universes clustered together appear like atoms in a huge combination.

PURPORT

The coverings of the universes are also constituted of the elements of earth, water, fire, air and ether, and each is ten times thicker than the one before. The first covering of the universe is earth, and it is ten times thicker than the universe itself.

If the universe is four billion miles in size, then the size of the earthly covering of the universe is four billion times ten.

The covering of water is ten times greater than the earthly covering, the covering of fire is ten times greater than the watery covering, the covering of air is ten times greater than that of the fire, the covering of ether is ten times greater still than that of air, and so on.

The universe within the coverings of matter appears to be like an atom in comparison to the coverings, and the number of universes is unknown even to those who can estimate the coverings of the universes.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.11.42

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is therefore said to be the original cause of all causes. Thus the spiritual abode of Viṣṇu is eternal without a doubt, and it is also the abode of Mahā-Viṣṇu, the origin of all manifestations.

PURPORT

Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu, who is resting in yoga-nidrā on the Causal Ocean and creating innumerable universes by His breathing process, only temporarily appears in the mahat-tattva for the temporary manifestation of the material worlds.

He is a plenary portion of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and thus although He is nondifferent from Lord Kṛṣṇa, His formal appearance in the material world as an incarnation is temporary.

The original form of the Personality of Godhead is actually the svarūpa, or real form, and He eternally resides in the Vaikuṇṭha world (Viṣṇuloka).

The word mahātmanaḥ is used here to indicate Mahā-Viṣṇu, and His real manifestation is Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is called parama, as confirmed in the Brahma-saḿhitā:

īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ
anādir ādir govindaḥ
sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam
[Bs. 5.1]

“The Supreme Lord is Kṛṣṇa, the original Personality of Godhead known as Govinda. His form is eternal, full of bliss and knowledge, and He is the original cause of all causes.”

Do the maths yourself based on Srimad-Bhagavatam and work out the massive size of our Brahmanda Egg shaped Universe.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 3 Chapter 11 Text 41

The layers or elements covering the universes are each ten times thicker than the one before. (End of Text)

Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 26 Text 52

This universal egg, or the universe in the shape of an egg, is called the manifestation of material energy.
Its layers of water, air, fire, sky, ego and mahat-tattva increase in thickness one after another.

Each layer is ten times bigger than the previous one, and the final outside layer is covered by pradhāna.

Within this egg is the universal form of Lord Hari, of whose body the fourteen planetary systems are parts.

PURPORT

Srila Prabhupada - There are seven coverings, each one ten times greater than the one preceding it.

The layer of water is ten times greater than the diameter of the universe, and the layer of fire is ten times greater than that of water.
Similarly, the layer of air is ten times greater than that of fire.

These dimensions are all inconceivable to the tiny brain of a human being.

It is also stated that this description is of only one egg like universe.

There are innumerable universes besides this one, and some of them are many, many times greater.
It is considered, in fact, that this universe is the smallest; therefore the predominating superintendent, or Brahmā, has only four heads for management.

In other universes, which are far greater than this one, Brahmā has more heads.

In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta it is stated that all these Brahmās were called one day by Lord Kṛṣṇa on the inquiry of the small Brahmā, who, after seeing all the larger Brahmās. (End of Srila Prabhupada's Purport)

There is some confusion in Bhagavatam as in one place it says the first layer is earth and in another place it says the first layer is water.

Also in many cases only 6 layers are mentioned and the names change to like Maha tattva is said to be a layer in one purport and ether is not even mentioned in others.

Srila Prabhupada says there are 7 layers 8 including the original 4 billion miles in diameter or 12.6 billion miles in circumference that has 14 Planetary Systems in it  inner Bhu-Mandala universe.

Anyway one can do their own maths, start with the size of our Universe Bhu-Mandala.

There are 7 layers of elements, do the maths and see what you get. Each layer is 10 times greater than the previous layer as Srimad Bhagavatam tells us.

1 - 4 billion miles × by 10 = 40 billion miles (Earth)
2 - 40 billion miles × by 10 = 400 billion miles (water)
3 - 400 billion miles × by 10 = 4 Trillion miles (fire)
4 - 4 Trillion miles × by 10 = 40 Trillion miles (air)
5 - 40 Trillion miles × by 10 = 400 Trillion miles (sky or ether)
6 - 400 Trillion miles × by 10 = 4 Quadrillion miles (Total material energy)
7 - 4 Quadrillion miles × by 10 = 40 Quadrillion (ego)

Now add this up and see the maths for yourself.

8 layers including the inner 4 billion miles in diameter or 12.6 billion miles in circumference that has 14 Planetary Systems in it that is deep within the Brahmanda egg shaped outer Universe.

The full size of our Brahmanda Egg shaped Universe that has the 4 billion miles diameter Bhu-Mandala smaller Universe very deep inside at its center, originates from the Body of Maha Vishnu.

Therefore our Brahmanda is 44 Quadrillion 444 Trillion 444 billion miles in diameter. This is what our small Bhu-Mandala Universe with its 14 different planetary systems that includes a small earth global sphere is deep within.

Explaining the material Universe we live in.

Our individual material universe, with its 14 planetary systems, is found deep inside a larger spherical massive Universe called a "Brahmanda" that surrounds and encases our small inner universe found deep within it.

There are billions of Brahmanda's in the material creation.

Our small Universe within one of the Brahmandas, is known as Bhu-Mandala which is just a mere 4 billion miles in diameter.

Our "Brahmanda housing dome" is a massive egg shaped, yet almost spherical covering that houses and encases our small material universe deep within it known as Bhu-Mandala.

The makeup of the entire material universe is difficult to comprehend, our Brahmanda, like all others coming from Maha Vishnu, is massive in size whereas our entire inner Bhu-Mandala universe is but an insignificant spec in relation to size.

Also our individual universe, with its 14 planetary systems, found deep inside the massive Brahmanda, is further found within the lotus steam coming from Garbhodakashayi Vishnu who resides in the center of our Brahmanda.

The vast number of "Brahmanda Universes" each surrounds and encases a smaller universe where Garbhodakashayi Vishnu and Lord Brahma resides.

Our small Universe in our Brahmanda is known as Bhu-Mandala which is just a mere 4 billion miles in diameter.
The 14 Planetary Systems are in the stem coming from the Body of Garbhodakashayi Vishnu.

This is explained in Srimad Bhagavatam canto 1 Chapter 3 Text 2-
"Within the stem of the lotus there are fourteen divisions of planetary systems, and the earthly planets are situated in the middle".

Srila Prabhupada - "All these planetary systems are scattered over the complete universe, which occupies an area of "two billion times two billion square miles". SB 2.5.40-41, Purport.

Question - "I have heard that all of the planets are in the stem of the lotus from which Brahma took birth. How are we to understand this?
Answer by the late Sadaputa dasa PhD -

"This is stated in SB 1.3.2p. Since the planetary systems are distributed throughout the universal globe, it must be that the stem encompasses everything within this globe.

We should note that the standard pictures we see of Brahma sitting on the lotus flower are three-dimensional representations of a scene that cannot be seen using our ordinary senses.

Although the pictures show the lotus stem emerging from the navel of Garbhodakashayi Vishnu, Brahma himself was unable to locate the origin of the stem. Thus, part of the scene was beyond the senses of Brahma, and so it is certainly beyond the reach of our senses.

We also note that the planetary systems were created by Brahma from the lotus (SB 3.10.7-8). This suggests that these systems were produced by transforming the substance of the lotus". End of Quote.

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 3 Text 2 Purport explains -

Srila Prabhupada  - "From Karanodakasayi Visnu (Maha Vishnu) skin holes innumerable universes have sprung up.

In each and every universe, the purusa enters as the Garbhodakasayi Visnu. He is lying within the half of the universe which is full with the water of His body.

And from the navel of Garbhodakasayi Visnu has sprung the stem of the lotus flower, the birthplace of Brahma, who is the father of all living beings and the master of all the demigod engineers engaged in the perfect design and working of the universal order.

Within the stem of the lotus there are fourteen divisions of planetary systems, and the earthly planets are situated in the middle.

Upwards there are other, better planetary systems, and the topmost system is called Brahmaloka or Satyaloka.

Downwards from the earthly planetary system there are seven lower planetary systems inhabited by the asuras and similar other materialistic living beings.

From Garbhodakasayi Visnu there is expansion of the Ksirodakasayi Visnu, who is the collective Paramatma of all living beings.

He is called Hari, and from Him all incarnations within the universe are expanded.

Therefore, the conclusion is that the purusa-avatara is manifested in three features —

1 - First the Karanodakasayi (Maha Vishnu) who creates aggregate material ingredients in the mahat-tattva,
2 - Second the Garbhodakasayi who enters in each and every universe,
3 - Thirdly the Ksirodakasayi Vishnu who is the Paramatma of every material object, organic or inorganic.

One who knows these plenary features of the Personality of Godhead knows Godhead properly, and thus the knower becomes freed from the material conditions of birth, death, old age and disease, as it is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita, In this sloka the subject matter of Maha-Visnu is summarized.

The Maha-Visnu lies down in some part of the spiritual sky by His own free will. Thus He lies on the ocean of karana, from where He glances over His material nature, and the mahat-tattva is at once created.

Thus electrified by the power of the Lord, the material nature at once creates innumerable universes, just as in due course a tree decorates itself with innumerable grown fruits.

The seed of the tree is sown by the cultivator, and the tree or creeper in due course becomes manifested with so many fruits. Nothing can take place without a cause.

The Karana Ocean is therefore called the Causal Ocean. Karana means "causal." We should not foolishly accept the atheistic theory of creation. The description of the atheists is given in the Bhagavad-gita.
The atheist does not believe in the creator, but he cannot give a good theory to explain the creation.

Material nature has no power to create without the power of the purusa, just as a prakrti, or woman, cannot produce a child without the connection of a purusa, or man.

The purusa impregnates, and the prakrti delivers. We should not expect milk from the fleshy bags on the neck of a goat, although they look like breastly nipples.

Similarly, we should not expect any creative power from the material ingredients; we must believe in the power of the purusa, who impregnates prakrti, or nature.

Because the Lord wished to lie down in meditation, the material energy created innumerable universes at once, in each of them the Lord lay down, and thus all the planets and the different paraphernalia were created at once by the will of the Lord.

The Lord has unlimited potencies, and thus He can act as He likes by perfect planning, although personally He has nothing to do. No one is greater than or equal to Him. That is the verdict of the Vedas". SB 1.3.2p End of Quote.

Our small inner Universe's 14 Planetary Systems are situated inside the lotus stem surrounded and encased by the larger universal Brahmanda.

This massive Brahmanda outer shell or covering is made up of  7 material layers that is collectively 44 quadrillion, 444 trillion, 444 billion miles in diameter.

The 7 layers are - (From S B Canto 6 Chapter 16 Text 37)

1 - EARTH,
2 - WATER,
3 - FIRE,
4 - AIR,
5 - SKY,
6 - TOTAL MATERIAL ENERGY,
7 - FALSE EGO.

Srimad Bhagavatam says there are millions of individual Brahmanda universes coming from Maha Vishnu making up the entire material creation (1/4 of the Spiritual Sky) that also house their own inner universe.
All smaller universes inside their Brahmanda are of different sizes, some, like ours, are only 4 billion miles in diameter.

The "4 billion miles (500,000,000 Yojanas)" diameter of our universe with its 14 planetary systems is one of the smallest. Ours is called Bhu-Mandala.

In Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 26 text 52 in Purport Srila Prabhupada states -

"The space within the hollow of the universe cannot be measured by any human scientist or anyone else."
This also suggests that something unexpected must happen to space (as well as time) as one approaches the outer universal Brahmanda shell, for it hardly seems impossible to measure a distance of 2 billion miles in ordinary space.

Srila Prabhupada - ''We have to imagine that these universes (Brahmandas), which according to our limited knowledge are expanded unlimitedly, are so great that the gross and subtle ingredients—the five elements of the cosmic manifestation, namely

earth,
water,
fire,
air,
sky,
total material energy,
false ego—

All are not only within the universe but cover the universe in seven layers, each layer ten times bigger than the previous one.

In this way, each and every universe is very securely packed, and there are numberless universes. All these universes float within the innumerable pores of the transcendental body of Mahā-Viṣṇu.

It is stated that just as the atoms and particles of dust are floating within the air along with the birds and their number cannot be calculated, so innumerable universes are floating within the pores of the transcendental body of the Lord. For this reason, the Vedas say that God is beyond the grasp of our knowledge. '' Krsna Book 87

We CANNOT see from one universe to another, this is because our individual universe is surrounded and encased by 7 thick material layers that is our outer egg shaped universe called a Brahmanda.

So it is impossible to see the millions of other Brahmandas outside our inner universe (inside a massive Brahmanda) because of those 7 thick material layers that only rare mystic yogis and advanced devotees like Arjuna can see and pass through.

So of course Krishna and Arjuna did not encounter such limitations that we experience with the combination of these elements like earth, water, fire all gross elements as Bhagavad Gita explains.

Srila Prabhupada - ''The Lord is not visible to the eyes of ordinary men, those who are beyond the covering layers because of their transcendental devotional service can still see Him''. Krsna Book 87.

We cannot see through our Brahmanda that surrounds and encases our small universe, Srila Prabhupada is clear on this.
Srila Prabhupada - ''Lord Krishna and Arjuna crossed over the great region of darkness covering the material universes.

Arjuna then saw the effulgence of light known as the brahmajyoti. The brahmajyoti is situated ''outside the covering of the material universes'', and because it cannot be seen with our present eyes, this brahmajyoti is sometimes called avyakta''. Krsna Book, 89

Srila Prabhupada - ''Each universe is covered by various layers of material elements (The 7 layers of the outer Brahmanda covering), and therefore although the universes are clustered together, we CANNOT see from one universe to another.

In other words, whatever we see is within this one universe. In each universe there is one Lord Brahmā, and there are other demigods on other planets, but there is only one sun''.- (Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 5 Chapter 21 Text 11, Purport)

Every universe is covered by seven layers—earth, water, fire, air, sky, the total energy and false ego—each ten times greater than the previous one. There are innumerable universes besides this one, and although they are unlimitedly large, they move about like atoms in You. Therefore You are called unlimited [ananta].

PURPORT

This verse describes the coverings of the universe (saptabhir daśa-guṇottarair aṇḍa-kośaḥ).

1 - The first covering is EARTH,
2 - the second is WATER,
3 - the third is FIRE,
4 - the fourth is AIR,
5 - the fifth is SKY,
6 - the sixth is the TOTAL MATERIAL ENERGY,
7 - the seventh is the FALSE EGO.

Beginning with the covering of earth, each covering is ten times greater than the previous one. Thus we can only imagine how great each universe is, and there are many millions of universes". (Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 6 Chapter 16 Text 37)

As confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 10.42): -

athavā bahunaitena
kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna
viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam
ekāṁśena sthito jagat.

"But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe."
The entire material world manifests is only one fourth of the Supreme Lord's energy. Therefore He is called ananta''.

In the purport in Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 2 Chapter 2 Text 28-

"Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī confirms that a part of the material nature, after being initiated by the Lord, is known as the mahat-tattva.

A fractional portion of the mahat-tattva is called the false ego. A portion of the ego is the vibration of sound, and a portion of sound is atmospheric air.

A portion of the airy atmosphere is turned into forms, and the forms constitute the power of electricity or heat.

Heat produces the smell of the aroma of the earth, and the gross earth is produced by such aroma. And all these combined together constitute the cosmic phenomenon.

The extent of the cosmic phenomenon or our individual universe is calculated to be diametrically four billion miles in size.

Then the outer covering known as the Brahmanda shell begins.
The first covering of Earth is calculated to extend forty billion miles, (10 times the size of the inner universe) and the subsequent coverings of the universe are respectively of

water,
fire,
air,
sky,
total material energy,
false ego

One after another, each extending ten times further than the previous.

The fearless devotee of the Lord penetrates each one of them and ultimately reaches the absolute atmosphere where everything is of one and the same spiritual identity.

Then the devotee enters one of the Vaikuṇṭha planets, where he assumes exactly the same form as the Lord and engages in the loving transcendental service of the Lord.

That is the highest perfection of devotional life. Beyond this there is nothing to be desired or achieved by the perfect yogī."

It is also says in Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 26 Text 52 -

Srila Prabhupada  - "The dimensions of the universe are estimated here. The outer covering is made of layers of water, air, fire, sky, ego and mahat-tattva, and each layer is ten times greater than the one previous.

The space within the hollow of the universe cannot be measured by any human scientist or anyone else, and beyond the hollow there are seven coverings, each one ten times greater than the one preceding it.

The layer of water is ten times greater than the diameter of the universe, and the layer of fire is ten times greater than that of water.
Similarly, the layer of air is ten times greater than that of fire. These dimensions are all inconceivable to the tiny brain of a human being."

In Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 29 Text 43 Prabhupada says-

Srila Prabhupada  - "It is understood from this verse that all the planets in outer space are floating, and they all hold living entities.

The word svasatam means "those who breathe," or the living entities. In order to accommodate them, there are innumerable planets. Every planet is a residence for innumerable living entities, and the necessary space is provided in the sky by the supreme order of the Lord.

It is also stated here that the total universal body is increasing. It is covered by seven layers, and as there are five elements within the universe, so the total elements, in layers, cover the outside of the universal body.

The first layer is of earth, and it is ten times greater in size than the space within the universe;

The second layer is water, and that is ten times greater than the earthly layer;

The third covering is fire, which is ten times greater than the water covering. In this way each layer is ten times greater than the previous one.

In the above mentioned purports to Srimad  Bhagavatam seemingly gives contradictory information that can make things confusing to scholars.

(SB 2.2.28 and SB 3.26.52 says it is water and SB 3.29.43 says it is earth)? Furthermore, what is the breadth of the first layer?

The purport to Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 2 Chapter 2 Text 28 says it is 80,000 000 miles while the diameter of the universe is 4 000,000,000 miles.

 This does not add up.

On the other hand Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 29 Text 43 says the first layer based on the diameter of our Bhu-Mandala Universe which is 4 billions miles diameter, is 10 times greater in size than our 4 billion mile diameter inner Bhu-Mandala Universe, this adds up to 4 billion miles in diameter for our fist covering or layer of our small Universe.

So 80 million miles diameter for our first layer said in Canto 2 Chapter 2 Text 28 is definitely not 4 billion miles multiplied by 10 that equals 40 billion miles in diameter.

Gravity, what is it? What is the force in the material Universe called Gravity?

So what causes the forces in all the material universe called gravity?

Srila Prabhupada says he does not believe in gravity, what does he mean? Einstein also did not believe in the idea of ''Newton's laws of gravity'' in his time.

Therefore, not only Prabhupada, but Einstein also did not agree with Newton's law of gravity. The meaning of the word ''gravity'' is a word trying to explain a universal force, this was not explained correctly by Newton's that Prabhupada also rejected.

Einstein's explanation of ''the universal force through all the material universe (gravity) is simple, it is objects bending spacetime. So curved space is gravity according to Einstein.

This concept was still new in the 1960s and 70s and Prabhupada never commented on this. His explanation was even more simple than Einstein space curvature and mass

**Srila Prabhupada** - ''Ultimately Krishna's laws hold the universes together, Lord Ramacandra was able to make a bridge by causing the big stones to float n the water, so counteracting the law of gravitation is the law of the Supreme''.

**Srila Prabhupada** - ''Gravitation is caused by the Supreme Lord, so He is also able to remove that law or do anything and everything at His will''.

Other than those comments, Prabhupada never really understood gravity also included the the mass of an object. This is why a stick of wood will float and a piece of steel the same size will sink in water. This ''mass of an object'' Prabhupada never understood as found in the following letter.

**He tried to explain in a letter to Rupanuga - Tokyo 3 May, 1972**

**Srila Prabhupada** - ''Another revelation about so called gravity is that the needle, when put into the water, it goes down quickly to the bottom. But a big, big log, weighing one ton, does not go down. Who has made this law? If the law of gravity is there, why does it not apply to the big log? If you know something like swimming, then the law of gravitation will not work'' Tokyo 3 May, 1972

Today in 2019 because young people are well educated, even a 6th grader will point out Prabhupada's misunderstanding above in using the word gravity.

But Prabhupada's main point is who knows better than Lord Krishna how to do everything, so Krishna can change anything, therefore we worship Him as the greatest Scientist.

Not only Prabhupada but Einstein also did not agree with Newton's law of gravity.

It became apparent during the latter part of the nineteenth century that there is a conflict between Newtonian mechanics and classical electrodynamics. Einstein, and a few others before him addressed this conflict in a variety of ways.

Einstein’s way was to find a new mechanics, which is consistent with electrodynamics, but reduces, in approximation, to Newtonian mechanics for objects moving at speeds that are small compared to the speed of light in vacuum.

Experiments with subatomic particles (particularly muons in secondary cosmic rays created high in the atmosphere) moving at nearly the speed of light have shown that Einstein’s theory of special relativity explains the behavior of these particles, but Newton’s mechanics does not.

More recently, with satellites used by GPS, it has been necessary to use Einstein’s special and general relativity to keep the calculated positions of objects on Earth accurate.

Both the special theory and the general theory of relativity have passed every experimental and observational test we have been able to devise, but Newton’s theory does not agree with experience at the level of accuracy we can now achieve.

What role does the atmosphere or ''air'' play on gravity?

Srila Prabhupada explains that planets floating in outer space is due to the manipulation of the air.

This is true for birds and 747s, even water cannot exist as a liquid without the presence of air, water in a vacuum without air immediately turns to ice.

However, the so called presence of ''air'' does not make sense outside earth's atmosphere where there is no air. This is a fact, there is no manipulation of the air that we know on our globe, in outer space.

Outer space is almost a vacuum as seen from our dimension of space-time

Even on earth the higher you go the thinner the air; so this following statement must be maturely decoded and understood because the word ''air'' must mean something else as the air we breath does NOT exist in outer space, this is no theory it is a proven fact.

This is Srila Prabhupada's comment on why planets float but needs a proper interpretation that simply does not exist in these early pioneering years where some devotees foolishly clam this planet is flat and satellites are a hoax.-

**Srila Prabhupada** - ''All these planets are moving only by the air. So the heavy land, heavy cloud is carried by the air. It is a question of adjustment of air, not the law of gravity. Now the whole universal planetary system are floating and rotating round the polestar. Is that law of gravity, rotating?

It is the arrangement of the air. By the air it is up. Just like there is dust storm, so many are floating in the air. There is no question of law of gravity; it is the air. And the..., who is controlling the air?''

Srila Prabhupada says he does not believe in gravity, what does he mean? Einstein also did not believe in the idea of gravity in his time.

Einstein's general theory of relativity tells us that gravity does not exist in the way Newton's science believed which is -

''Gravity is a force which tries to pull two objects toward each other. Anything which has mass also has a gravitational pull.

The more massive an object is, the stronger its gravitational pull is. Earth's gravity is what keeps you on the ground and what causes objects to fall.

We tend to think of gravity as a force that affects objects, but Einstein showed it was something else.

You jump up, and gravity brings you back down to Earth. You reach the brow of a hill and gravity accelerates you down the other side. People used to think gravity behaves in the way Newton thought of it, as a force that affects and changes the motion of something else.

That was how it seemed until Einstein came along. His general theory of relativity tells us that gravity is not quite that simple and does not exist in the way Newton's science believed.

General relativity provides a framework under which the laws of physics look the same for everyone at every moment, regardless of how they are moving. Einstein achieved this by making gravity a property of the universe, rather than of individual bodies.

General relativity describes gravity as geometry. The fabric of the universe – the four dimensions of space and time – is full of lumps and bumps created by the presence of mass and energy.

This warping is unavoidable; whenever anything – be it you, me, a piece of space dust or a photon of light – tries to travel through the universe in a straight line, it actually follows a trajectory that is curved by any mass and energy in the vicinity.

The result of this curvature is what we think of as gravity. To look at it a slightly different way, gravity is not what one body does directly to another, but what a body’s mass does to the surrounding universe.

All the other forces in nature have opposites. In the case of the electromagnetic force, for example, it can attract or repel, depending on the charges of the bodies involved. So what makes gravity different?

The answer seems to lie with quantum field theory. The particles that transmit the strong, weak and electromagnetic forces have various types of charge, such as electric or colour charge.

“Those charges can be either positive or negative, leading to different possibilities for the sign of the force,” says Frank Wilczek of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

This is not the case with gravitons, the hypothetical particles that quantum field theory says should transmit gravity. “Gravitons respond to energy density, which is always positive,” says Wilczek.

Or are we assuming too much here? “We don’t know that gravity is strictly an attractive force,” cautions Paul Wesson of the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

He points to the “dark energy” that seems to be accelerating the expansion of the universe, and suggests it may indicate that gravity can work both ways.

Some physicists speculate that dark energy could be a repulsive gravitational force that only acts over large scales.

“There is precedent for such behaviour in a fundamental force,”

Wesson says. “The strong nuclear force is attractive at some distances and repulsive at others.”

Either way, the apparent difference between gravity and the other fundamental forces poses a problem for physicists wanting to create a “theory of everything” that provides a single explanation for them all.

Einstein was among the first scientists to try to marry gravity with other theories of physics, yet we may be no closer now than he was when he began his search.

The most popular quantum gravity theories today seem to have fundamental problems that no one knows how to solve.

The Conclusion -

Srila Prabhupada - ''Ultimately Krishna's laws hold the universes together, Lord Ramacandra was able to make a bridge by causing the big stones to float n the water, so counteracting the law of gravitation is the law of the Supreme, gravitation is caused by the Supreme Lord, so He is also able to remove that law or do anything and everything at His will''. (Tokyo 3 May, 1972)

"When bulls are yoked together and tied to a central post to thresh rice, they tread around that pivot without deviating from their proper positions—one bull being closest to the post, another in the middle, and a third on the outside.

Similarly, all the planets and all the hundreds and thousands of stars revolve around the polestar, the planet of Mahārāja Dhruva, in their respective orbits, some higher and some lower.

Fastened by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to the machine of material nature according to the results of their fruitive acts, they are driven around the polestar by the wind and will continue to be so until the end of creation.

These planets float in the air within the vast sky, just as clouds with hundreds of tons of water float in the air or as the great śyena eagles, due to the results of past activities, fly high in the sky and have no chance of falling to the ground. (Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 5 Chapter 23 Text 3)

PURPORT

According to the description of this verse, the hundreds and thousands of stars and the great planets such as the sun, the moon, Venus, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter are not clustered together because of the law of gravity or any similar idea of the modern scientists.

These planets and stars are all servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda or Kṛṣṇa, and according to His order they sit in their chariots and travel in their respective orbits.

The orbits in which they move are compared to machines given by material nature to the operating deities of the stars and planets, who carry out the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by revolving around Dhruvaloka, which is occupied by the great devotee Mahārāja Dhruva.

This is confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.52) as follows:

yac-cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṇāṁ
rājā samasta-sura-mūrtir aśeṣa-tejāḥ
yasyājñayā bhramati sambhṛta-kāla-cakro
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, under whose control even the sun, which is considered to be the eye of the Lord, rotates within the fixed orbit of eternal time.

The sun is the king of all planetary systems and has unlimited potency in heat and light.”

This verse from Brahma-saṁhitā confirms that even the largest and most powerful planet, the sun, rotates within a fixed orbit, or kāla-cakra, in obedience to the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

This has nothing to do with gravity or any other imaginary laws created by the material scientists.

Material scientists want to avoid the ruling government of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore they imagine different conditions under which they suppose the planets move.

The only condition, however, is the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

All the various predominating deities of the planets are persons, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also a person.

The Supreme Personality orders the subordinate persons, the demigods of various names, to carry out His supreme will. This fact is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (9.10), wherein Kṛṣṇa says:

mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ
sūyate sa-carācaram
hetunānena kaunteya
jagad viparivartate

“This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings.

By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.”

The orbits of the planets resemble the bodies in which all living entities are seated because they are both machines controlled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

 ? As Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā (18.61):

īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ
hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati
bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni
yantrārūḍhāni māyayā

“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.”

The machine given by material nature—whether the machine of the body or the machine of the orbit, or kāla-cakra—works according to the orders given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead and material nature work together to maintain this great universe, and not only this universe but also the millions of other universes beyond this one.

The question of how the planets and stars are floating is also answered in this verse. It is not because of the laws of gravity. Rather, the planets and stars are enabled to float by manipulations of the air.

It is due to such manipulations that big, heavy clouds float and big eagles fly in the sky.

Modern airplanes like the 747 jet aircraft work in a similar way: by controlling the air, they float high in the sky, resisting the tendency to fall to earth.

Such adjustments of the air are all made possible by the cooperation of the principles of puruṣa (male) and prakṛti (female).

By the cooperation of material nature, which is considered to be prakṛti, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is considered the puruṣa, all the affairs of the universe are going on nicely in their proper order. prakṛti, material nature, is also described in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.44) as follows:

sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya-sādhana-śaktir ekā
chāyeva yasya bhuvanāni bibharti durgā
icchānurūpam api yasya ca ceṣṭate sā
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

“The external potency, māyā, who is of the nature of the shadow of the cit [spiritual] potency, is worshiped by all people as Durgā, the creating, preserving and destroying agency of this mundane world.

I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, in accordance with whose will Durgā conducts herself.”

Material nature, the external energy of the Supreme Lord, is also known as Durgā, or the female energy that protects the great fort of this universe.

The word Durgā also means fort. This universe is just like a great fort in which all the conditioned souls are kept, and they cannot leave it unless they are liberated by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord Himself declares in Bhagavad-gītā (4.9):

janma karma ca me divyam
evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ
tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma
naiti mām eti so ’rjuna

“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.”

Thus simply by Kṛṣṇa consciousness, by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one can be liberated, or, in other words, one can be released from the great fort of this universe and go outside it to the spiritual world.

It is also significant that the predominating deities of even the greatest planets have been offered their exalted posts because of the very valuable pious activities they performed in previous births. This is indicated herein by the words karma-nirmita-gatayaḥ.

For example, as we have previously discussed, the moon is called jīva, which means that he is a living entity like us, but because of his pious activities he has been appointed to his post as the moon-god.

Similarly, all the demigods are living entities who have been appointed to their various posts as the masters of the moon, the earth, Venus and so on because of their great service and pious acts.

Only the predominating deity of the sun, Sūrya Nārāyaṇa, is an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Mahārāja Dhruva, the predominating deity of Dhruvaloka, is also a living entity. Thus there are two kinds of entities—the supreme entity, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the ordinary living entity, the jīva (nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām).

All the demigods are engaged in the service of the Lord, and only by such an arrangement are the affairs of the universe going on.

Regarding the great eagles mentioned in this verse, it is understood that there are eagles so big that they can prey on big elephants.

They fly so high that they can travel from one planet to another. They start flying in one planet and land in another, and while in flight they lay eggs that hatch into other birds while falling through the air.

In Sanskrit such eagles are called śyena. Under the present circumstances, of course, we cannot see such huge birds, but at least we know of eagles that can capture monkeys and then throw them down to kill and eat them.

Similarly, it is understood that there are gigantic birds that can carry off elephants, kill them and eat them.

The two examples of the eagle and the cloud are sufficient to prove that flying and floating can be made possible through adjustments of the air.

The planets, in a similar way, are floating because material nature adjusts the air according to the orders of the Supreme Lord.

It could be said that these adjustments constitute the law of gravity, but in any case, one must accept that these laws are made by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The so-called scientists have no control over them.

The scientists can falsely, improperly declare that there is no God, but this is not a fact.

"The mercy of Krishna follows the mercy of His pure devotee".

"The mercy of Krishna follows the mercy of the devotee".

By His Holiness Giriraj Swami ACBSP

When Srila Prabhupada was coming to America on the Jaladuta steamship, as he was nearing Commonwealth Pier in Boston, he prayed to Krishna,

“All living entities have come under the control of the illusory energy by Your will, and therefore, if You like, by Your will, they can also be released from the clutches of illusion.

I wish that You may deliver them. Therefore, if You so desire their deliverance, then only will they be able to understand Your message.”

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has discussed how the conditioned souls get bhakti. With evidence from the scriptures, he proves that one cannot get bhakti by

karma
jnana,
fruitive activities,
mental speculation.

Or by -

austerities,
charity,
mystic perfections,
or any other pious acts.

He quotes from Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 3 Text 31, bhaktya sanjataya bhaktya: bhakti comes from bhakti. But how does bhakti come from bhakti? What is the actual process?

He says that someone may propose that one gets bhakti by the mercy of Krishna. But Krishna is equal to all. He is the supreme father of all living entities, so He must be equal to all.

So we cannot simply say that the cause of bhakti is the mercy of Krishna, because Krishna would bestow bhakti equally on everyone, whereas practically we see that some get bhakti while others do not.

Then Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says,

“One could propose that one gets bhakti by the mercy of the devotee.”

But again one might argue that the devotee, like the Lord, should be equal to everyone.

Here Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that the preacher, the madhyama-bhakta, by nature shows partiality or discretion in distributing mercy.

As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.2.46): prema-maitri-krpopeksa yah karoti sa madhyama—he gives his love to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, makes friendship with devotees, shows mercy to the innocent, and neglects the envious. Thus, giving mercy, specifically to the innocent, is the preacher’s function.

Even though, in the ultimate sense, a maha-bhagavata such as Srila Prabhupada sees everyone equally, everyone as a servant of Krishna and therefore in no need of mercy, when he takes the position of a preacher and functions as a preacher, he gives mercy to the innocent.

How does he give the mercy? He prays to Krishna to give mercy, and thus it is said that the mercy of Krishna follows the mercy of the devotee.

Here I have my own personal experience: I met Srila Prabhupada in 1969 in Boston, and I was touched by him.

I felt that he was the spiritual master for whom I had been looking. About three months later, the devotees there needed another pujari.

In those days one could be a pujari after first initiation. They thought, “He has been here for three months; why not recommend him?”

So Satsvarupa Maharaja, as the temple president, recommended me in a letter to Srila Prabhupada.

Srila Prabhupada was in Los Angeles at the time, so I suppose in one sense I was actually initiated there. Srila Prabhupada wrote back, “Your initiated name is Giriraj. Giriraj is a name for Govardhana Hill, where Krishna used to tend His cows.

Sometimes devotees take a stone from Govardhana Hill and worship it as Krishna. So I marked it in your person when I was in Boston, and I prayed to Krishna that this good soul may be aware of the importance of Krishna consciousness.”

What is our qualification?

When I look for my qualifications, I don’t find any. Our only qualification is that Srila Prabhupada took compassion on us and gave us his mercy: he prayed to Krishna for us, just as he says in his prayer approaching the Commonwealth Pier.

So, back to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura’s discussion: Someone could question,

“Why should Krishna listen to the prayers of a devotee? So many people are praying to Krishna; why should Krishna listen especially to a devotee? Is that not also partiality?”

Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that of all of Krishna’s qualities, the quality of being affectionate to His devotees, bhakta-vatsalya, is considered the supermost, the emperor that conquers over all the Lord’s other qualities and reconciles all contradictions.

So, being partial to His devotees is not a fault (dusanam) in Krishna, but an ornament (bhusanam)—His most exalted quality.

He has no desire other than to please His devotees. Just as the devotees have no desire other than to please Krishna, Krishna has no desire other than to please them.

So, when a devotee such as Srila Prabhupada prays to Krishna to give mercy to the fallen souls, or to a particular soul, Krishna readily does it. He does it to please His devotee.

Years after my initiation, I found the verses that Srila Prabhupada paraphrased here in verses 6 and 7 from

“The Prayers of the Personified Vedas” from Srimad-Bhagavatam(10.87.14).

The personified Vedas prayed to the Lord, “The fallen souls are under the control of maya, and maya is under Your control. Therefore, if you show them Your mercy, they can be released from the control of maya. We pray that You kindly do so.”

The same verse was quoted by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to Vasudeva Datta. Vasudeva Datta had prayed,

“Let all the sinful reactions of all the living entities in the entire universe fall upon me,” and Lord Chaitanya became overwhelmed with love for Vasudeva Datta and began to tremble and weep out of affection for him.

Generally, we wouldn’t accept the sinful reactions of even one living entity. There is the famous story of Valmiki: Valmiki was a thief, but he wasn’t stealing for himself; he was stealing for the sake of his family.

Then Narada came and exposed the fallacy of mundane family attachment. He spoke to Valmiki’s wife:

 “Your husband is stealing for your sake, not for his sake. You are enjoying because he is stealing for you. Will you at least take some share of the sinful reactions?”

“No!” she said. “Why should I? He is the one who is doing the stealing, not me.”

We don’t want to take anyone’s sinful reactions. Just our own sinful reactions are hard enough to tolerate. Yet here Vasudeva Datta is saying that he will take the reactions for every living entity in the whole universe.

We cannot even conceive of how much suffering he would have to undergo, but he offered, “Let me suffer in a hellish condition perpetually.” And he spoke without duplicity.

Sometimes we may say things to sound good, to say the right thing, to sound like an advanced devotee. But Vasudeva Datta was serious.

Thus, when Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu heard what he said, His heart melted and He told Vasudeva Datta, “You need not suffer their sinful reactions.

They can be liberated by your desire alone. Krishna fulfills the desires of His pure devotees. So by your desire He can liberate them without your accepting their sinful reactions.”

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu quoted the same verse from “The Prayers of the Personified Vedas”: “O Lord, kindly conquer the nescience of the living entities by Your grace.”

So, from one point of view, this is the secret: In his sincere love and compassion, and in his intimate relationship with Krishna, Srila Prabhupada prayed for us, and Krishna reciprocated.

But again, what is the method by which we get the mercy? Srila Prabhupada wrote, “So I prayed to Krishna that this soul may be aware of the importance of Krishna consciousness.”

In other words, we must become aware of the value of Krishna consciousness and then take to the process that Srila Prabhupada gave us.

Thus we come to the second part of Verse 7: “If You so desire their deliverance, then only will they be able to understand Your message.”

Many people heard Srila Prabhupada’s message, or Krishna’s message, but not all developed faith in it.

The beginning of bhakti is faith (adau sraddha). Thus, when we ask how one gets bhakti, we really mean how one gets sraddha, which is bhakti in its initial stage.

Here “faith” means faith in the words of the scriptures and the words of the spiritual master that glorify and explain the process of bhakti.

Srila Prabhupada, in utter humility, prayed that Krishna make his words suitable, and he also prayed that Krishna enlighten us, or inspire us, with appreciation for His message.

In the mood of utter surrender, Srila Prabhupada could see that Krishna was doing everything: Krishna was inspiring him to speak, and Krishna was inspiring us to appreciate what he said.

—Giriraj Swami

PHOTO - Giriraj Swami as a young Brahmacari in 1970 surrounded by many famous names and future leaders of ISKCON.

Unified field theory, the deep study of only one part of the material energy known as the "gross material energy". Modern science still have not discover subtle material energy or sub-space where 90% of material universes, including other living entities exist.

Unified field theory, the deep study of only one part of the material energy known as the "gross material energy".

In physics, a unified field theory (UFT) is a type of field theory that allows all that is usually thought of as fundamental forces and elementary particles to be written in terms of a pair of physical and virtual fields.

According to the modern discoveries in physics, forces are not transmitted directly between interacting objects, but instead are described and interrupted by intermediary entities called fields.

Classically, however, a duality of the fields is combined into a single physical field within the realm of gross material matter.

For over a century, unified field theory remains an open line of research and the term was coined by Albert Einstein, who attempted to unify his general theory of relativity with electromagnetism .

However, his reseach from a higher level of knowledge, is severely restricted to just the gross material realm.

Even the Large Hadron Collider can only percieve "gross matter" also and CANNOT detect "subtle matter" in Sub-space because anything made of "gross matter" cannot detect subtle matter.

This is also why life outside this Earth planet is difficult to find, this is because all the higher and lower planetary systems, all exist in sub-space

This is because they are made of "subtle matter" which is NOT percievable or detected by "gross matter" like our biological material bodily vessels and all gross material technology related around it.

The "Theory of Everything" therefore is NOT "Everything" because it does NOT reveal the vast number of "subtle worlds" and then the "higher spiritual anti-material perpetual realities" that exist known as Vaikuntha and Goloka Vrindavana.

On the gross material limited level, the "Theory of Everything" and "Grand Unified Theory"  are closely related to unified field theory, but differ by not requiring the basis of nature to be fields, and often by attempting to explain the physical constants of "gross material nature" only.

Earlier primitive attempts based on classical physics are described in the article on classical unified field theories.

The goal of a unified field theory has led to a great deal of progress for future theoretical physics on the "gross material level only" and progress continues in the realm of gross material energy but still modern science are yet to discover subtle matter or sub-space.

The eternal jiva soul (a perpetual anti-material being) is only a passenger within a gross material bodily container or vessel, and that material vessel is part and parcel of the decomposing material creation.

Only every material bodily vessel or container eventually shows the effects of material impermanence, decline and decay that exists only in the temporary material universes.

Why?

Because the eternal jiva soul (a perpetual anti-material being) is only a passenger within a gross material bodily container or vessel, and that material vessel is part and parcel of the decomposing material creation.

Therefore because the jiva soul is NOT material (but anti-material), the jiva therefore NEVER dies.

However, the jiva is forced to change material bodies because each material vessel does not last forever likevthe jiva and eventually wears out.

This is due to the decay and decline eterally going on in the material creation which is the nature of the temporary material world.

Nothing is forever in the material world, everything eventually fades and passes away over time.

And because the material body grows old due to being in a constant state of decline, maintenance and decay, it eventually ceases to work at all and becomes unfit for the soul to remain.

Therefore the eternal jiva soul within the decomposing material body, is again FORCED to take another material bodily vessel out of 8, 400,000 species of life in the material creation.

The human form is very, very rare.

Most today will take birth in the lower species of life

This is how the jiva soul keeps experiencing the cycle of birth and death while in trapped in the material creation.

It must be understood that the discovery of "subtle" matter (sub-space) by modern materialistic science and technology can NEVER be achieved using "gross" matter of any kind.

It must be understood that the discovery of "subtle" matter (sub-space) by modern materialistic science and technology can NEVER be achieved using "gross" matter of any kind.

This includes biological matter, camera's, radio waves like ultra sound, electron microscopes and the most adanced technology of "gross matter" known as the Large Hadron Collider.

This underlying "sub-space" reality of "subtle matter", has as yet, NOT been discovered by modern materialtic science.

This means modern science have no idea that their is a "subtle material body" contained within the gross biological body.

This is because gross material matter, like the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, cameras, the electron telescope, X-Rays, Ultra-sounds etc CANNOT detect subtle matter that exists in what known as Sub-space that undelines the gross material reality we live in.

Everyone should read Shastra, study and write down their realizations every day!

Srila Prabhupada told me this in Melbourne. He said, "Read ALL my Purports, and write your own realizations based on them".

Yes, this is what we should do, explaining Prabhupada's purports based on time, place and circumstance (for example, Prabhupada's audience was Books and travelling the world giving lectures).

Except for the continuous distribution of Prabhupada's Books in the 2020s, today, the world is completely different with "3.5 billion" people just on Facebook!

Remember, the world population at the turn of the 20th Century, was just over 1 billion, and at the time of Lord Chaitanya in the 16th Century, the ENTIRE world population was a mere 350 million people.

Today just the population of the United States and Canada is nearly 350 million alone.

I have met people on Facebook from Siberia Russia who have never met Hare Krishna devotees, yet on messenger video we have Kirtan, I give class and they study Sastra and chant 16 rounds a day.

Like everything, including Books that can be used for good or bad, Social media also can be used in amazing preaching where thousands of devotees can be made.

This has been all achieved through FACEBOOK (that has replaced the old fashioned saying "look on the world wide web")

Facebook began in 2004 and is today in every corner of the Globe. And through the access of satellites one can view anywhere on the globe.

And yes, that includes the very high mountains in the Himalayas that Prabhupada describes as thousands of miles high in the Srimad Bhagavatam that MUST be in "subtle" matter.

This means these enormous Mountains are unseen by the gross material vehicals like Satellites and other spacecraft's like the International Space Station.

And also unseen by those too absorbed in their gross material body that blocks them from seeing the existence of other realities or dimensions of space-time.

The fact is we live in a multi-verse for example ghosts cannot be proved by gross material elements and Chandraloka on the Moon is unseen by most of us and completely unseen by space crafts and probes.

All around us other dimensions of space-time exist but unseen by us too absorbed in thinking we and the gross material body.

Advanced souls, devotees and yogis can see these other realities, after all the first covering of the jiva soul is a subtle material body that is further covered by a gross biological material body.

This underlying "sub-space" reality of "subtle matter", has as yet, NOT been discovered by modern materialtic science.

This means modern science have no idea that their is a "subtle material body" contained within the gross biological body.

This is because gross material matter, like the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, cameras, the electron telescope, X-Rays, Ultra-sounds etc CANNOT detect subtle matter that exists in what known as Sub-space that undelines the gross material reality we live in.

I am looking right now at a direct satellite feed of the Himalayan Mountains and see ONLY gross material mountains no taller than 30,000 feet high (5 miles high) and cannot see the other dimensions of the Himalayas where it is said one mountain is 88 miles high.

It must be understood that the discovery of sub-space (subtle matter) can never be achieved using gross matter of any kind.

When the TOVP opens in 2022, you can sit in your lounge room anywhere around the globe, put on "virtual reality glasses or goggles" and walk around Mayapur interacting with devotees as if you were really there.

Even Prabhupada's video lectures can be projected in 3D anywhere around the Globe.

It will almost be like becoming a mystic yogi in the 2020s who can instantly be anywhere where he wants to be on this round global sphere we live on.

Lord Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes, His expansions, sakti potencies and attributes are fully explained in Srimad Bhagavatam and Caitanya Caritāmṛta.

There is no difference between Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.  

When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to this world in 1486 AD, a great number of His associates came with Him who were His Visnu-tattva expansions. 

This means they were different expansions of Krsna (God) Himself.

Even in the Pancha-tattva of 5 great devotees, only one is jiva-tattva (jiva-soul), all the others are Visnu-tattva (different aspects of God).

And Visnu-"sakti"-tattva is Krsna's (God's) internal energy where direct expansions of Himself are playing different roles in His own pastimes.

"Sakti" also means the energy of Krsna.

The term "Visnu-sakti-tattva" includes Srimati Radharani who Krsna created by dividing Himself into two separate spiritual bodies so Krsna could experience loving exchanges in a "two-way" reciprocal relationship.

When Radha and Krsna unite as one, that is Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu as explained in Caitanya Caritāmṛta.

The jiva-tattvas (the marginal living entities or jiva-souls) are not Krsna, even though they are His energy, they are His independent "separate energies" with their own free-will.

The jiva-souls can never be equal to Krsna, His Visnu-tattva expansion or Lord Siva who is in a league of his own between the jiva-souls and Visnu-tattva.  

1 - Krsna has 100% of His own qualities and is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes.

2 - Visnu/Narayana has 93.75 % of Krsna's qualities which the unlimited expansions of Visnu has 60 of Krsna's 64 attributes.  

3 - Lord Siva has 84.375 % of Krsna's qualities which means he has 55 of Krsna's 64 attributes.

4 - Lord Brahma has 78.125% of Krsna's qualities which means he has 50 of Krsna's 64 attributes.

5 - Lord Brahma is jiva-tattva (jiva-soul) like all jiva-souls or marginal living entities, who also have 78.125% of Krsna's qualities, which is 50 of Krsna's 64 attributes..*^..

Srila Prabhupada achieved more using modern technology in Spreading Krishna Consciousness than ALL Vaishnava's in the last 5000 years!! If material standards and facilities for living better are improved to help devotees remember Krishna and preach, including repairing and enhancing their material bodily vessel's health, where is the problem?

If the material standards of living are improved to help a devotee remember Krishna, including repairing and enhancing their material bodily vessel, where is the problem?

It is already going on with heart transplants, kidney transplants, lung transplants, knee and hip replacements, even arms and legs can be transplanted today, why not an enhancement and repair to slow down the decay of brain substance?

Jayapataka Maharaj, Gopal Krishna Maharaj, Mukunda Maharaj, Agni dasa and many more would NOT be with us today if it was not for advancement in modern technology in medical enhancement science.

If the medical science Musk talks about, is offered to enhance ways to remember memory for learning texts, I will be first in line.

All modern technology is doing, is what materialistic mystic yogis have already achieved long ago.

Already devotees enhance so many other organs in the body to keep them healthy to preach like Jayapataka Maharaj does, so much advanced technology was used to keep him with us.

If the material standards of living are improved to help a devotee remember Krishna, including repairing and enhancing their material bodily vessel, where is the problem?

In the last 150 years, devotees have used all these advances in technology that has had the effect of spreading Krishna Consciousness ALL over the world in a very short time, 12 years to be exact, from 1965 to 1977 all achieved by Srila Prabhupada.

Our Srila Prabhupada achieved more using modern technology in Spreading Krishna Consciousness than ALL Vaishnava's in the last 5000 years!!!

In December 1903 when the Wright brothers first flew their plane ALL religious traditions condemned it as a step backwards for humanity.

The Catholic Church headlines in their Newspaper was -

"This flying attempt is just a passing fad and the work of the devil because if man was meant to fly God would of gave him wings"

The same when electricity in 1882 was put into houses, all Christian leaders condemned it and said ghosts and hobgoblins will came into your house on the electric wires.

We forget what the Reformation was all about, overcoming religious superstition, fanaticism and fundamentalism that stagnated the world for 2000 years.

These religious IDIOTS believed the earth does not spin on it's axis and earth was flat, and those who spoke against their ignorance were executed.

No, if medical science Musk talks about is offered to me to "enhance ways to remember slokes by virtual reality in the brain substance", I will be first in line!!

Welcome to the 2020s and beyond.

Already devotees enhance so many other organs in the body to keep them healthy to preach like Jayapataka Maharaj does.

The fact is, if it was not for both electricity and Airplanes, and great Vaishnava devotees like AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who used all this modern technology for mass book distribution and travelling all over the world devotees would be STILL be sitting in their little village in their little Temple in West Bengal!!

I will say it again, if NOT for USING modern technology, devotees would be STILL be sitting in their little village in their little Temple in West Bengal!!

Like the Gaudiya Math continued to do EVEN after Prabhupada left in 1965 and eventually travelling the world opening Temples.

In this way, advanced technology CAN be used for good too as Prabhupada showed us.

Elon Musk, like the Wright brothers, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, who are also geniuses, we should try to preach to him, reach out to him instead of condemning him.

Sadly there are a lot of immature Hare Krishna devotees out there, including some ill informed ignorant gurus and sannyasis!!

If they want to know the power of modern technology, simply look at Jayapataka Swami, so much technology was used to keep him with us.

And telling this truth is NOT being offensive.

https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-elon-musk-plans-to-stitch-a-computer-into-your-brain/?verso=true

The great Sage Narada Muni does NOT fall into Maya, not even in his day or night dreams.

Narada Muni doesn't fall into Maya not even in his day dreams.

Dayananda : Vishnujana and the other devotees who did puppet shows were practising one that depicted Narada Muni asking Krishna, "What's maya?"

Then all of a sudden Narada Muni is in the desert, gets married, has a family, and the family gets washed away in a flood. Narada Muni calls out, "Oh, Krishna, my family!" and then once again he's back with Krishna.

But this is not a bona fide story.

The devotees were practising this show in a parking lot outside of Prabhupada's quarters, and Prabhupada saw them. He didn't like it.

Prabhupada said, "What story is that? What story are they doing?"

They told him, "You know Prabhupada, that one about Narada Muni falling into maya."

Prabhupada said, "Narada Muni doesn't fall into maya."

Prabhupada checked it. He was always supervising to see that things were done in a bona fide way.

Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 1 by Dayananda Dasa

Here is that story made into a play back in the 1969 and 70

''Once Narada Muni who is very intimate devotee of the Lord has meet Krishna.

And while they were walking, Narada Muni asked Lord Krishna, “My dear Krishna, can you please show me power of your Maya, your illusory energy? Please explain to me the secret of this magic called Maya and how she act?”

Sri Krishna hesitated to do it. So Krishna asked his dear devotee:

My dear Narada are you sure you want to see power of my Maya!?

Narada was very determined so he said: Yes, Krishna i am sure. I want to see power of your Maya!

Lord Krishna replied : OK Narada i will show you. Let’s lie down here in the shade and I shall tell you everything. But first, Narada, it’s terribly hot; would you get me a cool glass of water?”

“Right away,” Narada promised happy to do some service to his beloved Lord Krishna.

He set out across the fields. The sun beat down and though he was a good walker, the little line of thatched cottages on the horizon that marked the nearest village seemed no closer as he strode along.

The heat grew unbearable. Narada’s throat became parched too; he began to think that he would ask for two glasses of water, and drink the second himself.

Finally he reached the village and ran to the nearest house. The door opened – and there stood the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She smiled up at Narada through long, dark lashes and something happened to him that had never happened before.

All he could do was to look at her beautiful face. Finally he spoke out, “Will you marry me?” That is the Indian way; you cannot just say, “What are you doing on Saturday night?”

The couple settled down to a life of family bliss. After a while, children began to arrive. Narada’s became a very animated household.

Somebody was always being bathed or dressed; there were meals to get and people to be provided for. And all these things were filling up their lives. Narada and his wife became engrossed in their private little world, quietly building their dreams.

Years passed. The children grew up, went to school, got married; in time, grandchildren arrived. Narada became the patriarch of a great family, respected by the whole village; his lands stretched to the horizon. He and his wife would look at each other fondly and say, “Don’t you think being grandparents is the greatest thing on earth?”

Then a flood came. The village fields became a raging river, and before Narada’s helpless eyes, everything that he loved and lived for – his lands, his cattle, his house, but especially his beloved wife and all their children and grandchildren – were swept away. Of all the village, only he remained.

He was trying to save them from all this calamities but was not successful.

Unable to watch the destruction, Narada fell to his knees and cried for help from the very depths of his heart.

“Krishna! Krishna!”

At once, the raging floods disappeared and there was Sri Krishna, standing casually on the fields where they had walked what seemed to be so many years before.

“Narada,” the Lord asked gently, “where is my glass of water?”

Conclusion

''The devotees were practising this show in a parking lot outside of Prabhupada's quarters, and Prabhupada saw them. He didn't like it.

Prabhupada said, "What story is that? What story are they doing?"

They told him, "You know Prabhupada, that one about Narada Muni falling into maya."

Prabhupada said, "Narada Muni doesn't fall into maya."

Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 1 by Dayananda Dasa.