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Madhudvisa dasa

Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:04 PM

Re: Catholic - Vaishnava connections in history...B.A. Goswami

HARE KRISHNA !

 

Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga ki jaya !

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. I would like to submit a short article on

the historical and theological identity of Godhead from the perspective of

ancient Alexandrian (Egyptian) Proto-Catholic Inter-racial Judaism.

 

The following is copyright Pentecost Sunday, 2001 by H.H. Bhakti Ananda Goswami

and MAY BE REPRINTED IN WHOLE WITHOUT ADDITIONS OR ALTERATIONS AND INCLUDING

THIS COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND MY EMAIL

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BHAKTI ANANDA GOSWAMI

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MYRTLE POINT OREGON,

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"AHAM...ASMI...OM" / " EGO EIMI o ON"

Hari / Eli in the Bhagavad-gita and the Bible

 

The Greek version of the Jewish Scriptures was once the most used, most

prominent version. It was translated from Hebrew, according to sacred

tradition, by the greatest Jewish TSADDIKS (Sadhakas, Sadhus) of the time. This

occurred with miraculous divine assistance at the Temple-Library of Serapis

(ELI-HABA, HOR-HAP, HARYAPPA ) in Alexandria. Accepted by Jews throughout the

ancient world, this Scripture gives us a unique window into inclusive,

inter-national Judaism in the centuries just before the appearance of Jesus

Christ. In fact, it is this SEPTUAGINT version of the 'Old Testamant' and

Apocrypha that was used by Lord Jesus Christ and His disciples. Thus it was

also the version used by the Greek speakers of the early Catholic Church.

Since the Greek of this scripture is closely related to Sanskrit, in the 1960s

I decided to study it carefully as part of my comparison between the

Judeo-Catholic and Vaishnava Traditions. What I found is stunning.

 

The Greek-Jewish names of God, specific religious terms, and literally hundreds

of major and minor connections to Vaishnavism pervade the entire Text. Most

amazing of all, the Greek translation of God's Self-revelation in the Exodus

story is directly 'cognate' with, or linguistically related to Krishna's words

of Self-revelation in the Gita ! In Exodus 3.14 Eli-YHVH says "EGO EIMI o ON"

/ I AM BEING (Hebrew I AM WHO AM / YHVH) . All 'Indo-European' Linguists

agree that 'EGO' is cognate with AHAM, and EIMI is cognate with ASMI. ON or

AUN is the ancient name of God as 'BEING' associated with HERI-AMUN at the

Egyptian HERI / ELI Capital City of Heliopolis. It is Heliopolitan Tradition

that is later revived at the Temple of Serapis at Alexandria. So, it is

impossible that the Jewish Elders there would not have understood the

implication of their choice of words for translating the Divine

Self-revelation. Actually, according to tradition, they were all divinely

inspired in their choice of words, this choice being communicated to each one

of them individually by the Holy Spirit. Thus in the East and West, the

central Theophanies of the Two Scriptures, the GITA and the BIBLE are both

revelations of the SAME DEITY.

 

In both Texts He manifests His wrathful Form as Time [KALAH], and is the Patron

Form of the cosmic time-keeping 'gods' [MAZAL TOV / ELOHIMA], and the Earthly

ELYM / ARYAN armies of God. In response to Moses' request to identify Himself,

Eli-Yahu [HELI-US, HERI-ASU] replies "EGO EIMI o ON". In response to Arjuna's

request to identify Himself HARI-VASU replies "AHAM...ASMI...OM" in the great I

AM verses of the Gita. Thus Godhead's Personal Self-revelation as the GREAT I AM

stands against impersonalism and atheism in the Scriptures of both the East and

West.

 

Searching every possible ancient source for icons of the God of Exodus, I

quickly discovered that as TIME, and Patron of the Jewish Kshatriya Royalty and

Armies, He was 'leontocephalous' (lion-headed), a Form very familiar to western

art historians. His Lion-Headed and related VAISHNAVA FORMS appeared for

centuries on both Jewish and Egyptian artifacts, including the official

religious State Seals of the Jewish Kingdoms of both Israel and Judah. However,

His Wrathful Form was not considered His 'Original' Form. What did the Jews

believe His Original Form to look like? This is also answered in the Greek

Jewish-Catholic Bible, in the Song of Solomon, where God's beautiful Youthful

Form [KRISHNA] as the LOVER of Shekinah [sHAKTI] / the feminine 'Soul' is

described, and in the Second Book of Machabees, Chapter 3, where GOD (singular)

appears in the Temple of Jerusalem first as a GOLD ARMOURED RIDER [KALKI] on a

white horse, and then as TWO BEAUTIFUL YOUTHS [KRISHNA and BALARAMA].

 

The 2 Machabees story revolves around the sin, Divine chastisement and

miraculous conversion of a Greek Seleucid Ambassador named Heliodorus. It ends

with his VOW to God, and return to the Seleucid Emperor. Other (extra Biblical)

sources later implicated this same Heliodorus in a plot to kill the Emperor. It

is thus clear that there was such a man, who played a significant role in the

history of the time. During this same general period in India, a man named

Heliodorus, of the same office / rank, had a famous votive column TO KRISHNA

erected in his name. Such offerings were common in fulfillment of religious

vows (thus 'votive' offerings) at that time. This same column has survived to

the present, and is one of the primary pieces of evidence used to prove the

existance of Krishna-Balarama worship in the Pre-Christian Era ! Thus, a Greek

Ambassador named Heliodorus figures prominently in both the Biblical and

Vaishnava History of that time. Whether one takes these stories as real or

'legendary' there is obviously still some connection.

 

If we doubt that there was much real connection or contact between India and

Jerusalem at that time, again the Greek Jewish-Catholic Bible has the answer.

The post-Alexandrine Seleucid Emperors reigned from North West India to North

Africa. There was tremendous interaction between India and Judea during this

period. For example, there are entire Indian units of Elephants and their

foot-soldiers described as fighting under the Seleucid Emperor in Jerusalem in

the First Book of Machabees, Chapter 6. Indian Elephant units FROM INDIA, WITH

INDIAN TROOPS, LED BY INDIAN OFFICERS, WERE COMMONLY USED THROUGHOUT THE

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION IN THE CENTURIES JUST BEFORE THE ADVENT OF CHRIST.

This is only one example of the complete integration of levantine and Indian

History which characterized that entire period.

 

The Ascetic Jews, Greeks, Egyptians, Romans and other Monotheists of the region

all worshiped Krishna-Vishnu and Their Holy Spirit, in unity with Their

Feminine Shekinah, or Shakti. The regional mystical center of this worship was

on the Sacred Isle of RHODES where the ORIGINAL FORMS OF ELI AND SHEKINAH WERE

WORSHIPED AS KOUROS AND RHODA / KRISHNA AND RADHA. This worship is Pre-historic

on Rhodes, and was shared by Indo-Europeans, Africans and Semites. It was

foundational to ALL High Civilization throughout the Region. KOUROS-ELI's FIRST

EXPANSION BAL-YAHU-THEOS / BALARAM AS VASU-DEVA, or VISHNU, was considered the

ORIGINAL SPIRITUAL MASTER, UNIVERSAL SAVIOR / COSMIC SACRIFICE (RIG VEDIC

PURUSHA / POLIEUS), HIEROPHANT and INITIATOR INTO ALL THE MYSTERIES OF THE

DIVINE. IT IS THE TRADITION OF YAHU-BAL THAT WAS PROMINENT IN ALEXANDRIA, AND

WHICH EVOLVED INTO COPTIC CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY WITH THE COMING OF JESUS

CHRIST. The specific Form of SERAPIS (the Greek ASKLEPIUS and Semitic ESHMUN),

as the GREAT PHYSICIAN, was BALARAMA AS ANANTA-CHARAKA the AYUR VEDIC DEITY.

The entire Tradition of JESUS CHRIST IS THUS THE SERAPEAN TRADITION OF

ANANTA-BALARAMA.

 

The Serapean and earlier Heliopolitan Asyla (Temple) Polis (Polieus=Purusha)

Alliances were all inter-racial federations of the region's indigenous forms of

Vaishnavism, Shaivism and Devi worship, all ultimately derived from the

'original' tradition of 'Bridal Mysticism', the revelation of God as Lover and

Beloved, Kouros and Rhoda / Krishna and Radha. This is why the worship of

Radha-Krishna still remains at the 'Bridal Mysticism' heart of the

Judeo-Catholic, and even Sufi Islamic Traditions. The Druze and countless

other regional forms of Vaishnavism were not ultimately due to some late

diffusion from India, but were natural indigenous developments of the primal

Revelatory Faith shared by all humanity. The evidence amassed in recent

decades by linguists studying the Nostratic Linguistic Macrofamily, 100%

supports my independent findings, regarding the inter-racial Names of God, in

the 1960s. Many important Names of God in African, Semitic, Indo-European and

other languages are all names of Krishna-Vishnu. I have carefully searched-out

the related Forms, stories, rituals, doctrines etc. associated with these Holy

Names, and they are all Vaishnava. Unfortunately, due to extreme 'Hindu'

prejudice against the Judeo-Christian Traditions, I have had little or no

encouragement or support for my research from certain exclusivistic Vaishnava

leaders. Thus, after 30 years of unsuccessfully trying to interest them in this

information, I am now attempting to take it directly to the rank-&-file mass of

devotees and to the general public. I have amassed about 150 volumns worth of

evidence that Krishna is the God of the Western Traditions, but because of

hatred for these Traditions, I have not yet been able to get any other

Vaishnava leaders to help me to get this information out. 'The truth will out'.

It cannot be suppressed for ever. In fact, the Judeo-Catholic evidence I have

amassed proves beyond any doubt the antiquity and supremacy of Radha-Krishna,

Shakti-Balarama, and jiva-Paramatma worship globally. Thus Vaishnavas in

particular, and Hindus in general should welcome this evidence as it suppots

the idea of a once 'Global Vedic Culture'. This global worship of HARI-VASU

and PARAMATMA is the historical and theological basis for a Vaishnava

non-sectarian mission to 'revive' the 'Krishna Consciousness' of all humanity.

The Vaishnava Triune Godhead of Krishna-Balarama (Vishnu) and Paramatma is not

'exotic' to any race, but rather is the Supreme Godhead of the entire human

race. This is why the Triune Godhead's worship is INDIGENOUS EVERYWHERE. Thus

our mission is to REVIVE not CONVERT the faith of the bhaktas/bhaktins of the

entire world.

 

Only sectarian pride and prejudice has prevented us all from knowing this

profound truth. Krishna has been 'hiding in plain sight' all these centuries,

waitng for us to rise above our petty ethno-centric etc. pride, to recognize

His Fatherhood of all humanity. Prejudice has bi-furcated the human race,

severing us with the illusory lies of Judeo-Christian versus Hindu

Triumphalism. God's Truth humbles all and unites all. There is only One Supreme

Godhead of both global history and theology. It is time to rend the veil of ego

& ethno-centrism's hateful, divisive illusions, (masquerading as religious

fidelity) and to acknowledge our ONE GODHEAD, EAST AND WEST. Amen / Aum and

HARE KRISHNA !

 

your aspiring servant, Tridandi Sannyasi Bhakti Ananda Goswami

-

Madhudvisa dasa

Bhakti Ananda E.O.H.N.

Tuesday, May 29, 2001 4:50 PM

Re: Catholic - Vaishnava connections in history...B.A. Goswami

Dear Maharaja

 

Thank you for your reply. We found your input very interesting. If you would

like to write an article for Krishna.org we will post it. If you have any

pictures to go with the article could you please send them also?

 

Looking forward to hearing from you again. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!

 

Madhavananada dasa

 

-

Bhakti Ananda E.O.H.N.

madhudvisa (AT) krishna (DOT) org

Saturday, May 26, 2001 3:52 AM

Catholic - Vaishnava connections in history...B.A. Goswami

HARE KRISHNA !

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. My name is Bhakti Ananda Goswami. I am a

non-Iskcon sannyasi in the line of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. I am also a

'practicing' Catholic hermit (under 'private' vows). This is my first visit to

your site. I am very interested in contacting the priests, or other catholics

(active or inactive) mentioned on your site.

 

You write respectfully of Lord Jesus. If you really desire to know the truth

about the historical and theological relationship between Vaishnavism and the

Judeo-Catholic traditions, i have information that will answer your questions.

We are working on a web site at present, but it will probably be several more

months before it is up. In the meantime, i am sending information to

inoffensive persons on a limited basis. So far i have not seen anything

objectionable on your site, so i would like to send you some information if you

are interested.

 

For over 30 years i have focused my interdisciplinary research on the history

and theology of global bhakti (devotional, primarily monotheistic) traditions.

I have amassed about 150 volumes worth of evidence (unpublished) that Krishna,

Balarama and Paramatma are the 3 Persons of the Primal Trinity worshiped by all

humanity. The worship of this Trinity is always connected to the veneration of

corrosponding forms of Shakti. This one global tradition did not diffuse out

of India from an 'Aryan race' into other racial groups. It is, rather, the

indigenous faith of all humanity. ( See 'Nostratic Super Family' language

studies on the internet...these have now confirmed my own discoveries in the

1960s.)

 

HARI IS THE PRIMAL DEITY

 

Thus, at the dawn of civilization in Africa, we see the Supreme Lord is HERI in

the Nilo-Saharan Languages, and OLU, ALE, ORI etc. in the Nigerian famly of

languages. In Sumeria the Supreme God is ILU. Also in Chaldean He is URI /

ORI and in the West Semitic (including Hebrew and Aramaic) He is ELI, ALI,

URI, ORI, ARI etc. In Europe He is HELI, SOLE etc. In the ancient kingdom of

Mittanni, He was called HURRI. The so-called 'gods' of the Semites,

Egyptians and Europeans were ALL CALLED ELOHIMA, which is the plural form of

ELI and means 'of-from-or-related-to ELI' . The Hebrew term for devotees of

ELI was ELYM, which is directly ARYAN, and means (like ELOHIM) someone

of-from-or-related-to the Deity ELI (HARI). 'Aryan' was thus not a racial

term, but a religious term, like ELYM, SURA GANA, SOLANA, SYRIAN, ERIN, HARI

JANA, HELLENE, or HURRIAN. ELI-YAHU is the Biblical Deity.

 

YAHU was called BALU before the Hyksos abomination in Egypt and the Levant.

BALU as TOBAYAHU is ELI's First Expansion, Brother / Alter-form or 'Son' (in

Salvific Lila). Eli is Hari and Toba-yahu is VASUDEVA. Vasudeva (a name of

Vishnu) is the Mula Mantra of Balarama. BALU-YAHU's symbols and by-names are

all those of BALARAMA, VISHNU or SHIVA. The official religious state seals and

amulets of the ruling class in Israel and Judah contain VAISHNAVA RELIGIOUS

SYMBOLS. Thousands of these have been found and analysed, but i am the only

Vaishnava scholar that i know of to study them. The Jewish and Christian

scholars can't understand why these Jewish Artifacts are covered with such

strange icons. Regional coins and temple foundation deposits etc... they all

have Vaishnava Deity Names and Icons on them. These corrospond to Vaishnava

Theophoric (GOD-bearing) personal names found throughout the Bible. Any

Vaishnava seeing this evidence should immediately recognise their own

symbol-system and Deity's Names in Judaism. The Jews and Christians need the

Vaishnava perspective to understand this body of evidence that they have

amassed. Thus, i am most eager to recruit Vaishnavas with a favorable

attitude toward the Jewish and Catholic Traditions to assist me in establishing

this new field of comparative studies.

 

The 'Hindu' prejudice against Judaism and Christianity is so strong, that

devotees gravitate to studying anti-authentic nonsense from so-called

'esoteric' sources. Thus they fill their minds with covered mayavadi poison,

and never guess the nectar they are missing, through failure to study the

history and theology of authentic Judeo-Catholic Sources.

My work is 100% real-world 'first class' scholarship in authentic sourse

materials. My evidence has not come from 'aliens' or 'ascended masters' or

'New Age' neo-gnostic 'esoteric' writers. I use only the best of undisputed

evidence and academic sources. The difference is that i am able to understand

the evidence, because it is all very familiar to me as a Vaishnava. Any

unbiased Vaishnava scholar could understand the import of this evidence.

 

If there are sincere Christians or Jews in your extended Vaishnava Community

there, please give them my email address. I have JEWISH ICONS OF MATSYA, HARI

ON SESHA, HARI ON GARUDA, NARAHARI and even Jewish-related Mediterranean Icons

of RADHA and KRISHNA, VIRATA RUPA and many more to share. Because i am

seriously disabled, i do not have the energy to respond to the merely curious,

but if you know of anyone seriously interested in the ACTUAL ORIGIN OF

CHRISTIANITY IN MEDITERRANEAN INDIGENOUS VAISHNAVISM, please have them contact

me.

 

bhakti.eohn (AT) verizon (DOT) net

 

Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga ki jaya !

 

your aspiring servant,

Tridandi Sannyasi Bhakti Ananda Goswami