Lord Krishna is the Supreme Lord

[Ardent Listener]

Please forgive this interuption too, but have any of you read any of the books by Paramahansa Yoganada? Of course I'm not trying to sell him as a guru to anyone, but I would like to hear your thoughts concerning him and/or SRF.

I have his interpertation of the Gita and would be willing to post parts of it that may be of interest to any of you in another topic.

 

[Surya Deva]

Ardent Listner, Paramhansa Yoganadas's translation of the BG, is amazing. I have just recently started reading it myself.

I do have some criticisms though. I do not like how he tries to reconcile Christianity with Hinduism, and calls this Krishna consciousness, the Jesus consciousness. I don't have a problem with him trying to equalise the beliefs of Krishna and Jesus being god incarnates, and thus being of similar supreme consciousness. But the problem is that the teachings of Krishna and Jesus are so disparate, that you cannot reconcile them. For example, Jesus says "turn the other cheek" and Krishna says "Fight for what is right" Jesus says "I am the only way to god" and Krishna outlines many paths to god, which do not prerequisite a faith in the god-incarnate Krishna. The belief systems of Christianity and Hinduism are completely different.

I think Paramhansa Yoganada was just trying to educate the west about Hinduism, using terms that were more palpable for them.

The other criticism I have, is that he writes too many pages of purport, before you can read the next verse. I find his views fascinating, but I am more interested in what the Gita says.

Other than that, it is an amazing translation.

 

[YmirGF]

I understand Mosey.

Be cautious though. Don't just "fall" for the first person who comes along, and you will encounter a few. You might pray to Lord Krsna to reveal your personal guides. Trust me, you have them now. All you have to uncover is how to "access" them.

 

[YmirGF]

Please forgive this interuption too, but have any of you read any of the books by Paramahansa Yoganada? Of course I'm not trying to sell him as a guru to anyone, but I would like to hear your thoughts concerning him and/or SRF.

I have his interpertation of the Gita and would be willing to post parts of it that may be of interest to any of you in another topic.

I have several of his books. Smart money would say, go with Yogananda and avoid SRF. Some nasty infighting with that group. It would seem Yogananda did not do too good a job training his followers. Yogananda has always been a personal favorite of mine.
Quote your heart out, I say.

 

[Divine Androgyne]

Do you have a guru, for that is what i'm searching for to bring me closer to krsna in this lifetime

Worshipping the gods, men go to the gods: worshiping spirits, to the spirits; worshiping me, they come to me in the end. 9.27

 

[YmirGF]

Worshipping the gods, men go to the gods: worshiping spirits, to the spirits; worshiping me, they come to me in the end. 9.27

Thank you Divine!

That is one of my favorite quotes. So very true.

 

[Jyothi]

I understand Mosey.

Be cautious though. Don't just "fall" for the first person who comes along, and you will encounter a few. You might pray to Lord Krsna to reveal your personal guides. Trust me, you have them now. All you have to uncover is how to "access" them.

I agree in full.

your personal guide, moses, is within you, just learn to unlock it

cheers
jyothi

 

[Fallen Goddess]

Jesus says "I am the only way to god" QUOTE]

Most read it that way, I read it as he (Jesus) is saying, I am the truth and the light, no man comes to the father but by me. Isn't the only way back to God by knowing the truth by the way of the light?

Krishna said: Acting with deep compassion from within my own being, I dispel all ignorance darkness (by truth) with wisdom's resplendent light. 10.11

Forgive my chid-like understanding of these sacred scriptures. I may be wrong.

 

[YmirGF]

Jesus says "I am the only way to god" QUOTE]

Most read it that way, I read it as he (Jesus) is saying, I am the truth and the light, no man comes to the father but by me. Isn't the only way back to God by knowing the truth by the way of the light?

Krishna said: Acting with deep compassion from within my own being, I dispel all ignorance darkness (by truth) with wisdom's resplendent light. 10.11

Forgive my chid-like understanding of these sacred scriptures. I may be wrong.

Not at all Fallen Goddess. You are right on the money.

 

[Valjean]

Child-like observations have been known to dumbfound philosophical sophisticates.

Don't hesitate to voice them, FG.

 

[akshar]

Says who, i belive swaminarayan is supreme, you can't go around making senseless comments lke that.

 

[YmirGF]

Says who, i belive swaminarayan is supreme, you can't go around making senseless comments lke that.

That's nice and I respect your pov, but who are you talking to? Seynori? Me? Fallen Goddess? You might want to follow your own advice, child.

 

[akshar]

The person who started this thread, i thought you might have got hhe message but ok, and dont call me child, even if i am only 11

 

[YmirGF]

The person who started this thread, i thought you might have got hhe message but ok, and dont call me child, even if i am only 11

I see. Given that you are a still a child I won't beat you over the head with it. Please try to understand how forums work before you start posting inanities. The way the game works is that if one is citing the OP (Opening post) one normally quotes said OP, otherwise confusion can arise. The simple fact is dialogue flows downhill, as it were, and if one does not quote the person they are talking to, it is assumed that one is addressing the preceeding speaker. Got it?

Aside from this I truly hope you continue on the glowing path of Vendantic thought. It is a very rich path with treasures you cannot yet imagine. : hamster : : hamster : :yes:

 

[akshar]

id like it if you did not call me a child, i know more than i should for my age, you might just be thinking im boasting but im not its true.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

Nevertheless, he speaks to you with respect, as befits his character and the rules of the forum. I would imagine, should anyone not wish to be called a child, that they would do the honor of returning him in kind.

 

[akshar]

sorry

 

[akshar]

1 thing, how do you get points and frubals and medals and stuff like that.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

There's a link in my 'signature' that has that information. (It's below my posts.) Please let me know if it doesn't answer all your questions.

 

[Ardent Listener]

Jesus says "I am the only way to god" QUOTE]

Most read it that way, I read it as he (Jesus) is saying, I am the truth and the light, no man comes to the father but by me. Isn't the only way back to God by knowing the truth by the way of the light?

Krishna said: Acting with deep compassion from within my own being, I dispel all ignorance darkness (by truth) with wisdom's resplendent light. 10.11

Forgive my chid-like understanding of these sacred scriptures. I may be wrong.

I too have felt this to be true. Jesus did not come to earth only as a personality. I do not believe that he wanted us to worship him that way. If he had why didn't he leave pictures and such of himself? Instead he wanted to leave us with the truth to free us from our own prisons.