Tripurāri: "Hare Kṛṣṇas think the moon is made of jewels."
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They asked that to Balavanta on national television, to explain how it is possible.
Prabhupāda: So how to rectify it? They have not gone to the moon.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: That's what Balavanta told them. He said: "You have your ideas, and we have ours. We're not stopping you from having yours, so why do you stop us from having ours? As far as we're concerned, we have as much evidence as you. Your authorities say you went, and our authorities say you didn't go. And anybody can make a movie to show that you went to Jupiter or Saturn or any other planet. Movies . . . they can make King Kong. So we don't accept it, but we don't stop you from having your beliefs. But don't force us to say: 'Yes, you went to the moon.' " He answered nicely.
Prabhupāda: No, "Actually when there is some news about the moon planet, I personally did not go with him. So how shall I believe him? From this practical point of view, I did not go. You publish something, news, I accept it. If you say that 'I did not go,' er, 'I did not see,' that is everything. We believe some paper, that's all." So why shall we not believe the Vedic literature?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Look at the difference of the writers. The writer of the newspaper is a fool.
Prabhupāda: Vedic literature is so authoritative. It has been accepted by the ācāryas.
Tripurāri: So they are reading our books, but they do not believe that they're not the body, so many foolish people. They read, but they don't believe that they're not the body. They think it's just fantasy.
Prabhupāda: What do they believe?
Tripurāri: They believe that they're just a body, and then to enjoy the body till death, and then nothing. You present such nice philosophy, but they would rather think that they were just a bag of bones.