Christianity and Vedanta

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Namaste,

 

There are various interpretations depending on the level of

understanding of the recipient. The word Christ means Messiah or

Annointed One, in Greek. It may be related more than cognitively to

the Sanskrit Krista, which is another name for Krishna.

 

In Christianity there is the concept of a 'God Immanent', and a 'God

Transcendant'.

 

The exclusive teaching of the Vedanta is actually Nirguna Brahman.

 

Saguna Brahman, can be equated with the idea of 'God' in

Christianity. The Christian God is similar in concept to Isvara.

 

It really is Sat-Tat-Om.

Sat being the Father, Tat being the Sakti, or Son, Om being the

Holy Spirit. So when Jesus says nobody comes to the Father he is

talking as the Son or Sakti. Nisargadatta says we are actually

Praneaswara really. And as we are actually the Praneaswara, the way

of Realisation is through that. We realise our unity with

the 'creation', whilst we are still in the body, the oneness with

Brahman. So it seems we realise Praneaswara and at the same time

Nirguna Brahman. The Illusion totally disappearing on bodiless

Moksha.

 

Remembering that the final pull into Moksha is by Brahman's Grace,

there can be no way to the Father than through the

Son/Sakti/Praneaswara.

 

I have made some purports on the Gospel of Thomas, which is not part

of the regualar canon, as it was not discovered until fairly

recently in Nag Hammadi. It does give an idea of how the Gnostics

thought and even how many Christian Mystics thought.

 

http://www.geocities.com/aoclery/Jesusbook/Thomasgospel.htm

 

Depending on the level of thought, there are many parallels between

all religions. In fact Christianity of the Catholic sort could fit

into Sanathan Dharma quite easily, if the exclusiveness of Jesus as

the only Avatar or Mukti were dropped. This was a later Roman

interpolation into Christianity anyway.

 

As it is accepted by many that Jesus or Jeshua spent years in India,

and the the Sankaracharya at the temple in Puri or Jagganath is

supposed to have said that he read of Jeshua's visit in the temple

record. It is not surprising that there should be parallels in the

teachings particularly, GJohn and GThomas and the Sermon on the

Mount..............ONS....Tony.