Hare Krsna General

Krishna consciousness means an awareness of and affection for the Supreme Person, Krishna. It is the culmination of all forms of yoga, knowledge, meditation, and spirituality.

Krishna consciousness is the natural, original, and blissful condition of every individual. Only when we're covered by maya, illusion, do we forget who we are and who the Supreme Person is. We want happiness, but without Krishna consciousness, we don't know who we are or what we're supposed to do. We try to enjoy life through the body and mind, with hit-or-miss results. And we fear death since we don't know what happens afterwards.

The practices of Krishna consciousness, or bhakti-yoga, are meant to free us from the root cause of all anxiety by reawakening our normal, eternal spiritual happiness. The process is simple—meditation on the name, form, activities, and qualities of Krishna. Krishna is the Vedic name for the Supreme Person, the source of our existence and the source of all pleasure. He's known by different names in different cultures, but all genuine spiritual traditions agree that there's only one Supreme God. The goal of bhakti-yoga is to recover our natural sense of connectedness (yoga) with that one supreme God by serving Him with love (bhakti).

http://krishna.com/info/krishna-consciousness-bhakti-yoga

>>18320688
Truly free is the sage who controls
his senses, mind, and understanding,
who focuses on freedom,
and dispels desire, fear, and anger.

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Always nice, though I'm glad the other thread is still up. I've been listening to ISKCON Chicago's podcasts for my bike rides now that I have a new phone that can handle the processing. Good stuff.

Have some Sri Isopanisad.

>Mantra 1 — Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong.

>Purport excerpt - In modern society there is always a great quarrel between the laborers and the capitalists. This quarrel has taken an international shape, and the world is in danger. Men face one another in enmity and snarl just like cats and dogs. Śrī Īśopaniṣad cannot give advice to the cats and dogs, but it can deliver the message of Godhead to man through the bona fide ācāryas (holy teachers). The human race should take the Vedic wisdom of Śrī Īśopaniṣad and not quarrel over material possessions. One must be satisfied with whatever privileges are given to him by the mercy of the Lord. There can be no peace if the communists or capitalists or any other party claims proprietorship over the resources of nature, which are entirely the property of the Lord. The capitalists cannot curb the communists simply by political maneuvering, nor can the communists defeat the capitalists simply by fighting for stolen bread. If they do not recognize the proprietorship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all the property they claim to be their own is stolen. Consequently they will be liable to punishment by the laws of nature. Nuclear bombs are in the hands of both communists and capitalists, and if both do not recognize the proprietorship of the Supreme Lord, it is certain that these bombs will ultimately ruin both parties. Thus in order to save themselves and bring peace to the world, both parties must follow the instructions of Śrī Īśopaniṣad.

Have a bump

>>18320688
are you hare krishnas seperate from the rest of hindusim, except for the little tid bits that say krishna is supreme?

>>18324132
Vaishnavism is actually the most populous branch of Hinduism. Gaudiya Vaishnavas - those who follow the teachings of Lord Chaitanya and his disciples the six goswamis - are a subsection of that, and within that (though some would argue on grounds of authenticity) is the organization of ISKCON, which is most commonly known by the name "those Hare Krishnas."

>>18320688
This isn't /x/ stuff

whats up with all the religious/ new age posts?
this is a place to discuss the mysterious and spooky not religion

>>18324153
the answer then is yes, the philosophies of ISKCON are blasphemous and are distorting the whole meaning of Hinduism. There are four Vedas, twenty Puranas and hundreds of Upanishads in Hinduism. Not one of them support the theories ISKCON proposes.

>>18324269
Nonsense. ISKCON's teachings are directly in line with those of the Madhvacarya disciplic succession, following Lord Chaitanya and Rupanuga Goswami. The scholarly support for the conclusion of bhakti is peerless.

>>18324298
i see you are incapable of understanding, ISKCON is what is blasphemous and has twisted, altered and distorted Hinduism ofc the disciplic line of suscsession makes no differance that the organization itself is disatorious to the rest of Sanatana Dharma, and has been completly Chritianified

>>18324330
What teaching exactly do you think is blasphemous, and originating from ISKCON?

>>18324269
The supremacy of Krsna as the original form of godhead as well as the potency of the mahamantra is scattered throughout the vedic literatures. You should also know that ISKCON is not the only Gaudiya Vaishnava monastic organization.

>>18324492
the claims that krsna is the supreme being even about brahaman and how it is taken literaly, and completly ignorning the "tat vam arsi" it also deminishes the relevence of other gods, when all gods are equal
>>18324526
ISKCON's literature which are doctored to suit their way of thinking. only taking tidbits than validate there cultist ideology, there are only 3 that claim such things and that is very breifly, 1 ofc being the bhagavad gita "as it is"

>>18325790
>the claims that krsna is the supreme being
This does not originate from ISKCON. All of your criticism seems to be against the philosophy of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, not any supposed blasphemy of ISKCON.

That's fine. You may disagree with a philosophy, as I disagree with Sankaracarya's philosophy. But blasphemy doesn't even enter into it.

just fucking poop in the toilet

how do you not understand how to do this