Dear forum,
I'm not a regular visitor to RF but I remember that a while ago another user (I think it was @Saint Frankenstein ) asked for money on RF in order to take their dog to the vet. I donated a little bit, and now, like any good donor I would like to know whether the story came to a good...
As you may know, I have a knack for Christian movies. I just watched one entitled A Matter of Faith, in which a concerned fundamentalist father challenges his daughter's biology professor for teaching the theory of evolution in college. The point is that the daughter wants to be a pharmacist, so...
Pompous Prabhupada Propaganda
told by Narendra Modi, so it must be really good ... ;)
Although I have read about the Indian government endorsing ISKCON, I have to admit that this level of endorsement is quite surprising to me. I am not aware of any other instance where an Indian or any other...
Hello forum,
I'm familiar with the quote: "IF you see a Buddha, kill him". There seems to be a similar story about Ramakrishna as the last thing he was very attached to was Kali, so his guru is said to have told him to visualize a sword and mentally "kill" Kali for attaining the highest form of...
Hi forum,
I know this is a typical Google Is Your Friend question but I'd like to know where I can find a translation of the Divya Prabandham in English (French would work, too ;)), online or as an actual book?
(BTW, it seems to me that not all currents of Hinduism have the same urge as ISKCON...
Hi forum,
there is a book that I found in on the less frequented pages of the Belgian Hare Krishna webshop. According to this book, India is apparently one of the world's largest exporters of beef.
https://blservices.com/product/india-a-world-leader-in-cow-killing-and-beef-export/
I initially...
Namaste,
Maybe my premise is wrong but if one considers the Devi as the source of both maya and enlightenment, how can we see whether her "promise of / potential for the bhakta's enlightenment" is real? How can one see whether the form of the Devi is "true" and not yet another projection caused...
Hi forum,
I've been reading / meditating about goddesses lately, Most of what I read is about Hinduism / Shaktism and I've been into Greek polytheism since childhood. I found that a large part of the goddesses I read about do stand for sexuality, death & the subconscious. Therefore, I'm looking...
Hello,
could someone please explain to me the difference between "sympathy" and "compassion". The sentence I want to write is:
"The description of her illness evokes sympathy / arouses compassion."
Hi forum,
you know, I have a knack for reading those personal conversion stories, type "Member of Religion X becomes Christian - lives happily everafter". There are quite a few books describing the opposite direction but most of what I read have been "manuals", not personal stories. The book...
Dear forum,
would you tell me which method(s) you use to ground yourselves after invoking a goddess representing the Dark Mother archetype, such as Kali, for example?
Namaste,
could you give me the second mantra cited in this song:
The first one I already found myself:
Vakra-Tunndda Maha-Kaaya Suurya-Kotti Samaprabha |
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryessu Sarvadaa ||
Meaning:
1: (Salutations to Sri Ganesha) Who has a Curved Trunk, Who has a Large...
Continued from: Practical aspects of life as a Baha'i
@Truthseeker Thanks for your friendly and very informative reply.
Sirona asked: 4. Why are non-Baha'is not allowed to attend a Nineteenth Day Festival?
Well, you stirred my curiousity with that. I can't think of any other reason for this...
Dear forum,
I am trying to educate myself about the practical aspects of Bahai life. Therefore, I compiled some statements which I believe to have learned. They are mostly yes/no statements, but of course, I would appreciate some clarification. If anyone wonders, my cultural frame of reference...
Namaste,
today I listened to the "sermon" of the Bhakti Marga Sunday Prayers. They also base their "sermons" on a verse from Srimad Bhagavatam, but Swami Vishwananda's book on the subject is not very profound in content, to say it politely, so I was wondering which translation of the Srimad...
Namaste,
would somebody translate the mantra for me? I don't understand the last verse. Thanks.
Krishna Krishna Mahayogin
Bhaktanam Abhayankara
Govinda Paramananda
Sarvam Me Vasham Anaya
Dear forum,
Kyklos Apollon is a virtual circle of people who either worship Apollo (1) simultaneously all over the world at a certain date (which I don't know) or (2) on Sundays when it's t 12 p. m. locally.
Does anybody know more about this?
Thanks, Sirona
Namaste,
in my latest New Age book catalogue I found this book by a former Hindu priest seemingly preaching the new Western gospel that "everything is possible".
https://www.amazon.com/Power-Unwavering-Focus-Dandapani/dp/0593420454
I don't know much about him but he is handsome. That's...