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fyl@leland.Stanford.EDU (Phillip Orion Leckman) wrote:
>We're bored white suburban youth.
>We've done it all - punk, hardcore, sXe - but nothing quite seems to break
>the tedium of our white, upper-middle class existences.
Everyone has this problem, not just the "white surban youth". It's the
nature of the material world. We get sick of everything in due course
of time. [It's because we're not material - we're spirit-souls looking
for Krishna but we've been attracted by the bright lights of the
material world...]
>But then WAIT! All of a sudden we find this NEATO new religion - a dumbed-
>down version of Hinduism, specially tailored for jaded westerners!!
Well this could be discussed in length, but if you check out your facts
you will find Krishna consciousness as taught by His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is Guadiyia Viasnavism 100%. Anyone who
knows anything about Vedic culture will confirm that for you.
>WOW!! Let's be Hare Krishnas!!
Why not. The Hare Krishna mantra is not different from Krishna. It is
completely spiritual. So you will NEVER get sick of it. The more you
chant it the more transcendental pleasure you will experience. It's
very nice...
>Let's stop thinking!! Krishna gives us all the answers to all the questions
>we could ever think about asking, and we don't even have to question them!!
No. Thinking is important. But you should think about useful things.
Your Western culture is encouraging you to think about sex and take
drugs [which stop you from thinking and kill your brain cells so you
can't think in the future] Krishna consciousness, however, purifies the
thinking process. Instead of thinking, "how can I get drugs," we are
thinking "how can I serve Krishna."
Nothing is stopped, only the purpose is changed. Instead of doing
things for myself I do them for Krishna...
And you can ask any question you like, the answers are all there in
Krishna consciousness. And yes the time will come when you don't have
to question Krishna's words... But not that you should just believe
everything blindly. Questioning is a sign of intelligence, we have to
question until all our dobuts are answered...
> Let's subvert our individuality in a nifty herd mentality!! Let's stop saying
>"I" and start saying "we"!!!
When *we* preach *we* present the timeless philosophy handed down from
one spiritual master to the next. We don't present our own ideas. That
is the process. The Vedic scriptures present perfect knowledge and we
repeat that. We present it in a language the audience can understand,
but if we change the message everything is lost. So "we" means the
disciplic succession. [my spiritual master, his spiritual master and so
on back to Krishna]
>Let's dress in neat new ways and eat neat new things!! Let's spout off about
>Karma and Brahma and lots of other things we have only a tenuous understanding
>of!!
Sometimes this does happen. People join and don't read the books and
have only a superficial understanding of the philosophy and they go out
to tell everybody.. But there is no loss. Every endeavour in Krishna
consciousness is auspicious and they will become more knowledgeable of
the culture and philosophy in due course of time.
>Let's change our boring, whiteboy names to something COOL, like Rhagunatha or
>Bhakta Cow!!
I don't know about Bhakta Cow, but when we take initiation our
spiritual master changes our name. He gives us one of Krishna's names
or the name of one of His devotees. We become purified by hearing
Krishna's name, so when our name is also one of Krishna's names we
become purified even when hearing our own name. It's a very nice
process...
>Let's pretend that we're Gen-u-ine Hindus, despite our whitebread roots!!
WE ARE NOT HINDUS!!! I think this has been pointed out many times
before but "Hindus" are a group of people living in a certain area who
have MANY different religious beliefs. We are Viasnavas.
>Let's get really indignant and call those who accuse us of being brainwashed
>followers of the latest sXe fashion trend RACISTS!!
No. They are ignorant, that's all. We don't mind much.
>After all, if they think
>we're kind of silly, then THEY MUST BE BIGOTS WHO WANT TO SEND ALL INDIANS TO
>THE GAS CHAMBER!!
No. We think they are "kind of silly" but we don't see "enemies" and
"friends". Devotees see everyone equally. We see people suffering
because they have forgotten God, Krishna, so we want to help them to
remember Krishna, that's all.
Krishna consciousness is not something new that we "learn". It is our
original consciousness and it is there within everyone's heart. It just
has to be uncovered, that's all.
>Let's be sheep and follow the herd!! Life's so much easier when you don't have
>to think...
No Krishna sheep get into trouble too, better to think, understand the
philosophy... use your brain to serve Krishna...
> PHIL 8)
> (who has nothing against
> Hindus, only jaded sXe kids
> who think Krishna is the
> next flavor of the month)
Krishna is not the "next flavor of the month", He is the original,
eternal flavor!
raso 'aham apsu kaunteya prabhasmi sasa-suryayoh
pranavah sarva-vedesu sabdah khe paurusam nrsu
"O son of Kunti [Arjuna], I am the taste of water, I am the light of the
sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedac mantras; I am the sound in
ether and the ability in man."
Thank you very much. Hare Krishna.
Thank you. Hare Krishna!
Madhudvisa dasa
(madhudvisa@krishna.org) /sudarsana
All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada!
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