Thank you all for you insights.
I guess the intellectual side will appeal to me.
Than you WY for caution about having to wear Indian clothes. What would I need.
I will be staying at the Ramakrishna Mission at Varanasi so I guess I will be bought up to speed concerning dress requirements.
Well .... I just don't like the 'down under' tag just because someone decided to orient maps north and south.
Thank you all for your warm words of welcome.
In my own studies it would appear that Jesus was not aware of any religion (other than Greco-Roman paganism). Jesus was Jew and knew the Jewish scriptures enough to quote them back at his detractors with good effect.
If Jesus had moved anywhere from outside a narrow strip of country...
I am really new here and new to any real exposure to Hinduism so please forgive any lack of appropriate etiquette.
After reading the Bhagavad Gita I was attracted to this order mainly because there is so little to choose from in my neck of the woods. I have spoken with two swamis from the...
... blows a new member.
Hi all. Looks like a nice place.
I have been a member of a number of forums but have found some fairly restrictive and rather hostile at times.
I come here via Christianity - Buddhism - Christianity. I am now interested in the Ramakrishna Order. My journey has been...