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Very sweet and consistent with western Guru Sadhu Sastric traditions. Thanks gHari Maharaja! " Leaving to great and lofty minds the beautiful books which I cannot understand, still less put in practice, I rejoice in my littleness because "only little children and those like them shall be admitted to the Heavenly Banquet". Fortunately, there are many mansions in My Father's house; if there were only those seemingly incomprehensible mansions with their baffling approaches, I should certainly never enter there..." - St. Teresa of Lisieux

Santa rasa I would say is experience of the Presence of God without an experience of a relationship of the others (friend, master, etc.). This santa rasa is experience of Holiness or Energy of God. This can occur here in this place. Pure santa rasa is a personal experience of God directly in the spiritual sky, but God does not reveal Himself in form of (Master, Friend, Lover, etc.). God in this case takes a "form of purpose" . For example, what is the relationship between Narshimadeva and Prahlada .. what is the relationship between Moses and "Burning bush" What is relationship between the person and Ananta Sesha Naga? What is the relationship between God in the form of Dove and the person? In these Forms of God, God is doing something for you. You do not have relationship with Him as a Person, yet your experience of Him is still personal.

Dear friends Love of God is within each and every one of us. What we seek is pure love of God. Person(al) love of God. Perfect love of God is our calling. We should always remind ourselves to consider ourselves children of God. The smaller the child the better. Small children are often forgetful of what is expected of them. Do parents love them less because they repeat the same mistakes? The smallest children are most favored. When they do something wrong, they don't run and hide like older children. Rather, they cry and run into the arms of the mother of father. We talk of Krsna, chanting our rounds, keeping the 4 regs, but what of love? How do we speak of love? We are called to surrender. Surrender what? Our senses? Our thoughts? Our waking? Our dreaming? Our sleep? We cannot comprehend. I tell you all as witness of the Savior Himself, I struggled and continue to struggle to love, but I know His Love is real. Love can be found in the person of God and His associates and nowhere else. So we must meditate on His Divine Lila. We must meditate on those saints who love Him. If we cannot understand or experience love directly, we can be witness to the loving exchange between God and His perfect devotee. Between Jesus and Krsna, Father and Son, between Krsna and Radha, between Mary the Mother of Jesus and her rapt ecstatic love of the Christ child she carries insider her. We can see and we can feel. And this feeling gift is the gift of God Himself! By His Grace we can send it up to Him with sincerity of heart. By His grace we can send His very love to Him. We can understand that this gift of Love is in fact, the exchange between Father and Perfect Son ... Paramatma Himself. When we look in our hearts by directing our meditation to the heart, we feel His love and His love ascends into our waking, it purifies our dreaming. Yes, we then long for only Him in every aspect of our existence (consciousness). From our heart we send up what He has given. But it is only His inconceivable Mercy that our Hearts Love, He Himself wells up and envelopes our mind and thereby places us at the feet of His Personal form. There love becomes a weapon that stills the mind and obliterates doubt. We know that He is God, the One Who Is, the Lord of Lords, Savior of this world and all the worlds of the Entire Cosmic Manifestation. He is a real living Person, having been with us all along, and we can finally see that our real identity is revealed by the rasa exchange between Him. Yes. Receive Him. Tell Him you love Him. Surrender! Peace and love, HerServant and yours.

Hare Krsna! Jesu Ki Jaya! Sopatel is wise. Any number of arguments can be made easily without proof. While I think it is possible that Jesus was in India, it does not mean that the Savior is any less than Savior of this World and All the Worlds of the entire cosmic manifestation. Regarding which religion came from which religion. We should not be biased one way or another. There is merit in accepting cultural expression of the Truth coming from various perspectives. However, there is more historical documentation regarding western tradition than there exists in the east. Therefore there is actually much more historical evidence that Hinduism came from Judeo Christian traditions. I don't believe either came from either but rather, there existed in ancient times ONE global bhakti tradition based on the worship of Radha Krsna (known in the west as Rhoda Kouros and other variants) The reader should take the following as an example : This site, http://www.archaeologyonline.net/artifacts/heliodorus-column.html claims that Heliodorus, a greek, worshipped Vasudeva and hence westerners were influenced by Vaisnavas. The same site does not mention that a "Heliodorus" of the same rank and same time period IS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE, and in fact, this Heliodorus takes a solemn vow at the Temple of Jerusalem to proclaim the Lord's Glories, after Krsna Balarama appear to him. As you can see above, Mr. Rosen and Mr. Hebner conclude (to the best of their knowledge) that Heliodorus was 1st westerner to adopt Vedic principles. That is an honest conclusion. But the Hebrew scriptures held sacred by Catholic and Orthodox Christians, indicate that Heliodorus was "converted" by GOD to Vedic principles, when GOD appeared at the Temple of Jerusalem! The description of God seems to be that of Krsna and Balarama with Kalki! Read the following story in the bible: The above BIBLE record can be authenticated as one of the oldest scriptures in existence. AND it can be claimed it is the oldest historical reference of GOD appearing as two beautiful youthful men!!! Peace, HerServant and yours.

Thanks. I asked because I think there was also a Satchitananda swami once upon a time. I was wondering if he was that one or the Sachinananda swami you speak of . Thanks for the clarification.

"Judge not lest ye be judged" - Matt 7:6 "So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself." - Matt. 27:5-8 Don't hang yourself over your offenses. We also must renounce passing judgement over our own misgivings. Your question speaks to the very core of Christian faith in Jesus. We can't do it on our own. It is Jesus who is the perfect devotee. Everyone else falls down. The saints enter into His perfection and He becomes them. Until such time we seek forgiveness constantly in the form of confession of sin and penance. This mercy is there in the confessional, but the world mocks the catholic practice. When I was a boy, every Saturday afternoon any Catholic church I visited, there would be a long line of people standing in line to go to confession to a priest. Nowadays .. nada .. almost no one goes. But could you actually go to the same confessor week after week and confess the same sin over and over. Or would these people be going to confession every week to receive the grace and strength to make it through another week without surrendering to the same weakness again and again. Go to confession. If not to a priest, to your spiritual master or director and tell him your sins. Remember that Jesus Christ is the "Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" Is your sin greater than the "sins of the world"? No. Once forgiven, He can even give you the power to forget your sins.

But what about the alien moon bases on the dark side of the moon? The aliens have blackmailed everyone. It has even been documented on TV see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrR4T6OfG7U http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.B.I.T.

Well I have heard that many ISKCON devotees (and maybe sanyassi) were consuming "mind expanding" foodstuffs in the 60s and 70s. They can simply see things that we cannot!

choose Him over all the material riches of the world and give him the reins to control the horses of our chariot ? (give Him control over our senses (horses)? ? HS and yours

So I know this is the Swami I am thinking of: I have questions that I would like to have answered regarding HH Sacinananda Swami. What is his karmi name? All the other ISKCON swamis karmi names can be found. What is his? Also, please explain his relationship with Prithu das Adhikari?

.. now let's not get carried away here .. I am not worthy to touch your feet maharaja .. but I thought I'd just throw that last blurb out there since it seems possible that someone could prove or disprove if the mirrors are really on the moon

You don't have to catch on film but rather digitally. Also you can "time ensemble average" since pulses can be fired periodically. So techniques like Time Delay Spectroscopy may be used to create/render images from an average of signals of known spectrum. For example, the speed of light, being known, the pulse width, the time interval between pulses is known. So if you continually pulse a laser at the moon, and capture a digital image of the moons surface at time intervals equal to the pulse period + the calculated delay of round trip speed of light, then over time, all noise will average out and only the reflected signal light will be captured. The light does not have to be in the visible spectrum (it could be infrared for example). Even if a high energy laser not producing pulses in the infrared or visible, one could employ Infrared Heterodyne Spectrometry: see: http://www-lep.gsfc.nasa.gov/code693/irhs/irhs.html (note: IRHS was the topic of my senior thesis) Now between TDS measurements and IRHS if necessary, one could produce a "time lapsed" average of the signal coming from the reflective surface, and even shift it into the visible spectrum for viewing purposes. IF the signal could not be detected, then neither could the claimed distance measurements signals which are measuring the moon's distance and movement. So any observatory should be able to independently determine if these mirrors are on the moon. So there is the challenge to anyone claiming or not claiming moon mirrors left by the Apollo missions team actually exist. Produce the image.

I understand your position and reasoning fully. We must ask, "To be a bonafide Acharya, Does Srila Prabhupada have to be an authority on every topic or only be an authority on Bhakti Yoga?" We cannot reach the moon in a human body. Can we by mechanical means? I've always believed this is possible. What we would actually observe on the moon, with its gravity, and atmosphere, etc., is subjective (to our senses). We can ask is it possible if invisible beings exist here? The devotees would say yes. This is possible. There are demons or ghosts here. Then we can ask: Is it possible that invisible beings exist on the moon? If an invisible person can exist, then why not an invisible tree? HS and yours.

If the information below is true, then it should be possible to take a telescopic photo of the lunar reflector array reflections while being "pinged" by laser pulses. I can find no such photo. This should be easy enough for the scientific community to produce without excuses.

http://chandrayaan.wordpress.com/8/11/ look at this! A Moon-craft!

exactly. So man cannot know an existence on the moon but rather only an existence inside a spacesuit on the moon. Is that reaching the moon and partaking in "moon life" ?

Did man land on the moon, or did a man inside a spacesuit land on the moon? Can a man live on the moon?

I understand. Thank you for the clarification.

Is Lokeshev's question figurative rather than direct? I think the question is for "you" as in you plural, i.e. everyone. Maybe I am mistaken. Let's see.

Amen!

Yes. Everything is His. Everything belongs to Him. This is why the christian mystics say they become one with Jesus Christ, ... that they become Him, or rather, He becomes them. Yes our false "I" sense must die, but our true "I"dentity can ONLY be understood in relationship . "He must increase, but I must decrease." - John 3:30 As He increases, we begin to understand our true "I"dentity. That is, our only reality, our only existence is in relationship with Him, which will not be fully revealed until we enter heaven. See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. - 1st John3:1-2 In the witness of His revelation, that is, in witness to Him who reveals Himself in name and form (nama rupa), we are conscious of our identity in relationship to Him. These relationship are as described by the Vaisnava acharyas as: Santa rasa, - spirit, in God's presence (neutrality) Dasya-rasa - Servitorship Sakhya-rasa - Friendship Vatsalya-rasa - Parental Affection Madhurya-rasa - Conjugal Love Having any of these intimate relations with God, the jiva-soul person understands his real self in only in relationship to God. Achintya-Bheda-Abheda , simultaneous one and different. For us surrendered in the line of Jesus, we approach Him as perfect "son", perfect soul by meditation on His lila. "Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in remembrance of me. - Luke 22:19 This is my body, means "my life" , "my lila" and therefore, we are to break bread together in rememberance of Jesus transcendental pastimes. As such He grants access to His transcendental manifestation. This is what is meant by christian saying "Jesus gives Himself" for the redemption of others. He distributes Himself. In this conception "He" is none other than God Himself in the form of servant, He is the Incarnation of Dasya-rasa - Servitorship. But He is showing other rasas as well. So we go to Him, because we trust Him as guru. ""They questioned, ‘What is your opinion of Lord Jesus Christ?’ and I said, ‘He preached God consciousness. He’s our guru." - Srila Prabhupada, Srimad Bhagavatam lecture, 1974" see: http://www.all-creatures.org/murti/asource-17.html So by meditation on Jesus Lila, by remembrance of Jesus, we enter the life of Christ adn become one with Him: John 15:1-21 He is the perfect Son of God.

If you are making prasadam, chant the Holy Name but also surrender to Him your senses. When your heart becomes saturated with loving service, you also lose your desire to taste; then He has tasted, He has eaten. O Divine Lord, How sweet is the nectar of Your loving presence. How sweet it is to offer our actions and our senses in Your service. Peace and love, HerServant and yours.

When I offered/surrendered to Him my taste sense. When I sought Him in my heart. "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" - Matt. 6:21 When I listened and heard His Holy Name. Redsox .. We are servants here on this forum. I confess, I'm not much of a servant and not a worthy servant. But still trying and aspiring to serve Him. Are you the perfect one? .. or are you one to be perfected by Jesus Christ?

nice to know we are in the same club

I met Janardan Maharaja 1998 in the soquel Seva Ashram .. the very place of this video. Yudamanju introduced me to him at that time. We talked a bit about the connection of the Holy Spirit and Paramatma. Another time, I got the darshan of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in the upstairs of the guest house. I prostrated myself at the doorway and when I looked up His Holiness was motioning to me (with his hand) to come sit next to him (closest to him). Some of the devotees that were waiting there a long time for his darshan, I could tell got disturbed that I "hijacked" the "best spot". But it was peaceful. I can still hear his voice utter "Hare Krsna". HerServant and yours.