Guest guest Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 > > Your saying that Mahatma said psychology is more potent than chanting > sounds to me like you are putting words in his mouth. Maybe you should read it again, a little more slowly. He says that it "can help people deal with emotional issues which in turn may create more stability in their lives." There's nothing that creates stability in a person's life except Krishna consciousness, so what he is in effect saying is that psychological tools are more potent than Krishna consciousness, since it's the psychological tools that create the stability. That's nonsense. People are saying they "can't practice" Krishna consciousness, but after a psychology course, bingo! they can. More nonsense. > > According to the rules of argument, Braja Sevaki, you should now be asked > the question, What would it take to change your mind? Care to say? The rules according to whom? My rules are based on what Srila Prabhupada has taught me. Maybe you should be asking yourself why are you so keen to change my mind from that? > > Suppose someone argued that seeing a psychologist *had* helped in > overcoming a difficulty and enabled this devotee to go on with chanting > Hare Krishna. What will your reply be? How long was this person observed? What constitutes "improvement" or "help"? This is a moot point if one has accepted that nothing helps except chanting Hare Krishna. If you need more proof, chant more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 In a message dated 6/22/2006 9:21:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Braja.Sevaki.TKG (AT) pamho (DOT) net writes: Maybe you should read it again, a little more slowly. He says that it "can help people deal with emotional issues which in turn may create more stability in their lives." There's nothing that creates stability in a person's life except Krishna consciousness, so what he is in effect saying is that psychological tools are more potent than Krishna consciousness, since it's the psychological tools that create the stability. Can a starving person practice KC or do they first need food so they have the strength to chant Hare Krsna? Does this make food more potent than the maha mantra? Of course not. Braja Sevaka, if KC is all that's needed, why, pray tell did Srila Prabhupada bring one of his sons who had serious mental problems to a psychiatrist and not just engage him in chanting to cure the problem? Please answer the question without first asking if the therapy helped his son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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