Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Can I be a Krishna Conscious even though I am not a follower of Srila Prabhupada but a Lover and Follower of Jesus Christ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theist Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 You just need to have a genuine connection with a devotee of Krsna. Consider someone on some distant planet who has never heard of either Christ or Prabhupada. God can still reveal Himself to that person and connect him up with another of His representatives. But the thing is the conclusion must be the same. Now you may feel more attracted in some way to the person of Jesus Christ but why then reject the teachings of Prabhupada? Do you think that Jesus would want you to reject a higher teaching about the Father? No, that would be against the very reason he came. There is no reason you can't accept Jesus, pray to him and to Krsna in his name and study Prabhupada's books also. And as a follower of Christ you would be expected to be respectful and thankful to Prabhupada for bringing that knowledge. There is no problem in bowing to both. Just don't associate with the sectarianists from either camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 You should try to contact Bhakti Ananda Gosvami, as he is both a practicing Catholic and a Vaisnava. He would be the best person to alleviate any doubts you have about whether you can be a follower of both. I'm not sure if this email address is still current: bhakti.eohn@verizon.net Hopefully someone here has a more current one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 ask the pope. he will say NO. however, if you forget tht jesus is the only son of god, that jesus is the only way, that you do not eat meat, drink wine, indulge in illecit sex, and do not gamble, and read bhagavad gita with full faith in krishna, then you will be known as krishna conscious. just name change cannot make one . a KC. one has to live by some rules of gita, and understand gita. jai sri krishna! - madhav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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