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Re: Hi from the Pacific Northwest
by ATouchofHeart March 20th 2013, 1:25 am
Hi Mike, welcome to this site.
Please forgive me for not knowing anything about your beliefs.
I'm sure I will be delightfully educated and look forward to reading more.
Deb
Please forgive me for not knowing anything about your beliefs.
I'm sure I will be delightfully educated and look forward to reading more.
Deb
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Re: Hi from the Pacific Northwest
by Julie53 March 11th 2013, 8:39 pm
Hi Mike,
Welcome, great to have you join us
Welcome, great to have you join us
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Re: Hi from the Pacific Northwest
by Guest March 11th 2013, 2:22 am
Dear Mike,
Thank you for your post.Now I have a better understanding
where you are coming from.
I find your combination of Bhakti Yoga and
Christ very logical and practical.
I wish you success and happiness in your path.
Thanks again for answering me,I really apreciate it.
Stephen
Thank you for your post.Now I have a better understanding
where you are coming from.
I find your combination of Bhakti Yoga and
Christ very logical and practical.
I wish you success and happiness in your path.
Thanks again for answering me,I really apreciate it.
Stephen
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Re: Hi from the Pacific Northwest
by bhagavandas March 10th 2013, 4:22 pm
Hi Stephen, I was involved with ISKCON for many years. I left and became invovled in Spiritualism and the Anglican Church. I've learned that the basic concepts of Christianity and Spiritism (especially Spiritism) are very similar to Bhakti. I've recently gotten invovled in ISKCON again.
Within ISKCON there is a controversy over the parapara (line of gurus) since the death of ISKCON's founder, A.C. Bhaktivenada Swami Prabhupad. Some say that the ISKCON gurus are bogus, and that Swami Prabhupad intended for initiations to be done by 'ritvik' after he passed.
I've always been pressured to take initiation, but have personally never felt the urge to be initiated.
Recently I spent over a month in the wilderness on an isolated farm in Oregon. No internet, no cable television.... just 3 of us working on this farm. It was isoalted, monotonous, but very beneficial spiritually. I took long walks every morning and every evening, praying and doing japa, and read the BHAGAVADGITA AS IT IS every evening. Cooked vegetarian food for the others, went to be early, adn rose up early.
Before we went down there, I'd told some friends that I was going to start a BARNASHRAMA (a play on words for VARNASHRAMA.) I prayed, and asked GOD (KRSNA) to show me who my spiritual master was to be. I took a poster of KRSNA and was going to put the picture up in the barn, and meditate on it (doing japa) daily. But, when I got to the barn uipon our arrival, I discoverd a large picture of Jesus Christ up in the barn.
I got to thinking: baptism is just like RITVIK initiation in the Vaishnava tradition. I'd once taken a vow to follow Jesus. And, Swami Prabhupad taught that Jesus was our guru. He clearly taught that Jesus was a Vaishnava, and that one can follow Jesus and be a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (KRSNA).
So, I believe that the teachings of ISKCON and the teachings of Jesus are the same. Christ was (is) a Spiritual Master, and one can have him as guru.
I don't have a lot of time this afternoon, but if you would like, I could put Swami Prabhupad's quotes on Jesus on a thread.
I have to run to Portland for the evening.
Thanks for the interest.
Mike ... aka Bhagavanda... aka sprite....
Within ISKCON there is a controversy over the parapara (line of gurus) since the death of ISKCON's founder, A.C. Bhaktivenada Swami Prabhupad. Some say that the ISKCON gurus are bogus, and that Swami Prabhupad intended for initiations to be done by 'ritvik' after he passed.
I've always been pressured to take initiation, but have personally never felt the urge to be initiated.
Recently I spent over a month in the wilderness on an isolated farm in Oregon. No internet, no cable television.... just 3 of us working on this farm. It was isoalted, monotonous, but very beneficial spiritually. I took long walks every morning and every evening, praying and doing japa, and read the BHAGAVADGITA AS IT IS every evening. Cooked vegetarian food for the others, went to be early, adn rose up early.
Before we went down there, I'd told some friends that I was going to start a BARNASHRAMA (a play on words for VARNASHRAMA.) I prayed, and asked GOD (KRSNA) to show me who my spiritual master was to be. I took a poster of KRSNA and was going to put the picture up in the barn, and meditate on it (doing japa) daily. But, when I got to the barn uipon our arrival, I discoverd a large picture of Jesus Christ up in the barn.
I got to thinking: baptism is just like RITVIK initiation in the Vaishnava tradition. I'd once taken a vow to follow Jesus. And, Swami Prabhupad taught that Jesus was our guru. He clearly taught that Jesus was a Vaishnava, and that one can follow Jesus and be a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (KRSNA).
So, I believe that the teachings of ISKCON and the teachings of Jesus are the same. Christ was (is) a Spiritual Master, and one can have him as guru.
I don't have a lot of time this afternoon, but if you would like, I could put Swami Prabhupad's quotes on Jesus on a thread.
I have to run to Portland for the evening.
Thanks for the interest.
Mike ... aka Bhagavanda... aka sprite....
skfarblum wrote:Hi Bhagavandas.Welcome to the forum.
Perhaps one day you can tell your story of
how you came to Bhakti Yoga and Jesus.
Why am I personally interested ?
I have practised for many years Sant Mat which
is also Bhakti Yoga but based on a guru figure as its master.
Thanks
Stephen
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Re: Hi from the Pacific Northwest
by Aussiepom March 10th 2013, 3:25 pm
Um...let me have a think.... 
So many sites going downhill,Vanilla. We love to keep our small group together. We are of a like mind. We liked this site the minute we saw it. We look for good posts and friendly folks.
Thank you for having us....
Joan
So many sites going downhill,Vanilla. We love to keep our small group together. We are of a like mind. We liked this site the minute we saw it. We look for good posts and friendly folks.Thank you for having us....
Joan
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Re: Hi from the Pacific Northwest
by Vanilla2 March 10th 2013, 1:59 pm
Ha ha you are like migrating birds, wondering when the next flock will be arriving. 
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Re: Hi from the Pacific Northwest
by Aussiepom March 10th 2013, 1:15 pm
I know who you are.....Good to see you here....Another member of our friendly group who decided to migrate... 
Joan x
Joan x
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Re: Hi from the Pacific Northwest
by Guest March 10th 2013, 12:38 pm
Hi Bhagavandas.Welcome to the forum.
Perhaps one day you can tell your story of
how you came to Bhakti Yoga and Jesus.
Why am I personally interested ?
I have practised for many years Sant Mat which
is also Bhakti Yoga but based on a guru figure as its master.
Thanks
Stephen
Perhaps one day you can tell your story of
how you came to Bhakti Yoga and Jesus.
Why am I personally interested ?
I have practised for many years Sant Mat which
is also Bhakti Yoga but based on a guru figure as its master.
Thanks
Stephen
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Hi from the Pacific Northwest
by bhagavandas March 10th 2013, 11:44 am
Hi Everyone,
A friend in England suggested this site to me.
It looks like an interesting site! I'll have to be careful, as I could clearly spend the whole day reading and posting!
A friend in England suggested this site to me.
It looks like an interesting site! I'll have to be careful, as I could clearly spend the whole day reading and posting!
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