I posted this because after my personal interaction I found some of the over-indoctrinated ISKCONites still repeat those words like parrots on steroids.
IMO,Dharma is not a thing to be sold.This is where modern gurus have got it all wrong.It is not that the east is Dharmic and the West is adharmic. There are western philosophies which can be considered Dharmic.
True Grandpa indead.:D
Hi Andal,
But,I think there is a limit to preaching 'highly-unethical' teachings such as abusing with words like Rascal and fools on those who differed from the Vaishnava Sects.Philosophy is considered a way of life and those philosophers who just throw personal attacks on other philosophers...
True,but I have seen many of their members espousing some of these radical political and social views.Such views don't help in attracting new members.:)
I am not sure about this.Recently,I met with Sri Radhanath Swami.He is quite good and his teachings was much more ethical.I guess there are different kinds of members in ISKCON:)
I have some respect for vishisth-advaita philosophy,but recent preachers like Prabhupada have become highly-unethical while espousing their philosophy.
Some posts to bring home this argument:
1.ISKCON and Charles Darwin
He has killed the whole civilization, rascal. The more we kick on...
Because,if it is true it is True for everyone and not just for Hindus.And anyone can have access to it just as Hindus can.
Just read up on similarities between Pythagoreanism and Hinduism.It is not just Kabbalah,many Greek Philosophies have a lot in common with Hinduism-which points to cultural...
Hi Levite,
Yes,even though there is not much relationship between the two,there is a lot of similarities.
From what I know,Hellenized Jewish Philosopher - Philo of Alexandria has had some influence on Kabbalah.
Philo himself has had derived much of his Platonic Philosophy from Neo-platonism...