[Sri Ramakrishna] Questions about ISKCON and Sankirtana Movement

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" Oriol Borras " <oriolborras

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Friday, November 09, 2001 04:07

[sri Ramakrishna] Questions about ISKCON and Sankirtana Movement

 

 

 

>

> Hello,

>

> I am d to Sri Rama Krishna mailing list and i am very

> interested in Sri RamaKrishna and Swami Vivekananda teachings.

>

> I am also interested in the Harinam Sankirtana or the Chant of the

> Holly names of the Lord that stablished Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in

> India 500 years ago and Srila Prabhuapda spread all over the world

> with his ISKCON society.

>

> I am interested to know your opinion about that ISKCON movement,

> about Srila Prabhupada and about Sankirtana, also i like to know your

> opinion about what they believe that Sri Caitanya was an avatar of

> God, Krishna himself, the " Gold Avatar " as they call him. Is this in

> accordance with Vedanta ?

>

> Thank you for you help.

>

> Haribol !

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Dear Oriol

 

Sri Ramakrishna taught that the same ultimate reality can

be thought of and approached in many different ways.

This included love and devotion (bhakti) for Sri Krishna.

 

Sri Ramakrishna revered Sri Chaitanya and his teachings

and considered him to be an Avatar.

Sri Ramakrishna too taught that 'repeating the name of God' is

a very potent tool in spirituality.

 

jay

[Guest guest]

There is one thing that ISKCON movement has done as a

great service to humanity which is taking the Maha

Mantra all across the globe and making people sing

that. Srila Prabhupada has created a revolution of

Hari Nam Sankirtan which in its own way is

umparalleled.

The greatness of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is undisputed

and no one would question his being an Avatar. My

personal belief is that all Great souls who are born

perfect are Avatars and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was among

them just as Sri Ramakrishna or Adi Sankara.

However the only thing that disturbs a lot of people

and I am one of them is the reference to all Gods

other than Sri Krishna as " demi gods " and shaking the

beliefs of others to whom another God may appeal.

I hesitate to use the word dogmatism but am not able

to find amother suitable term. At the end the point is

that Sri Krishna is no doubt representative of the

Supreme God Head as the ISKCON movement says but then

no one has the right to question the belief of another

who out of love believes that Lord Siva or Mother Kali

is supreme.

 

Regards

 

Dev

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Well Said Sir

 

 

--- DEVINDER AHUJA <devahuja wrote: >

There is one thing that ISKCON movement has done as

> a

> great service to humanity which is taking the Maha

> Mantra all across the globe and making people sing

> that. Srila Prabhupada has created a revolution of

> Hari Nam Sankirtan which in its own way is

> umparalleled.

> The greatness of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is undisputed

> and no one would question his being an Avatar. My

> personal belief is that all Great souls who are born

> perfect are Avatars and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was

> among

> them just as Sri Ramakrishna or Adi Sankara.

> However the only thing that disturbs a lot of people

> and I am one of them is the reference to all Gods

> other than Sri Krishna as " demi gods " and shaking

> the

> beliefs of others to whom another God may appeal.

> I hesitate to use the word dogmatism but am not able

> to find amother suitable term. At the end the point

> is

> that Sri Krishna is no doubt representative of the

> Supreme God Head as the ISKCON movement says but

> then

> no one has the right to question the belief of

> another

> who out of love believes that Lord Siva or Mother

> Kali

> is supreme.

>

> Regards

>

> Dev

>

>

>

>

> Find a job, post your resume.

> http://careers.

>

>

>