He was born on September 1st, 1896 at 4 PM (Local Mean Time) in Calcutta, IndiaDuring the lunar eclipse (auspicious for sannyas initiations) he accepted the sannyas order of life.(Shyam Sundar Das)Balavanta: In the Srimad-Bhagavatam you say that the Rahu planet is visible on the full moon night? The Rahu planet?Prabhupada: No, when there is eclipse.Balavanta: Oh, eclipse.Prabhupada: Eclipse means Rahu planet comes in front.(BVP Book Distribution)HONOURING THE LORD'S PRASADA Rules during eclipse by PrabhupadOne should not eat for four praharas before an eclipse of the sun or three praharas before an eclipse of the moon.Prabhupad on Vedic CosmologyŚrīla Prabhupāda. There are many invisible planets and stars. For example, when the Rāhu planet passes before the sun and moon, there is an eclipse. But the scientists describe an eclipse differently. Actually, the Rāhu planet causes an eclipse. There are many questionable points regarding the modern scientists’ theory of the eclipse. Their explanation is incorrect according to Vedic information.Dr. Singh. But the scientists say that they can prove their theories.Śrīla Prabhupāda. They say that science proves everything. But that is nonsense. The scientist has proved everything except what he is. That he does not know. And why does he die? That also he does not know. That is the extent of his knowledge.Dr. Singh. They can make a model of the universe. They can make a model of the planets and the moon.Śrīla Prabhupāda. If they can make things, why don’t they make an imitation sun to save electricity? These rascals say everything, but they cannot do anything. That is their position. If they can make a model of the universe, let them make a big model of the sun. Then in the dark night we will not have to spend so much money on electricity. But they cannot do it. Yet they speak big, big words, simply to take money from the taxpayers. They say they know the composition of the moon and the composition of the sun, so why can’t they make them? Why can’t they create an artificial sun so that the people of Iceland and Greenland can be saved from so much cold?
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