Haridham 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2003 Jai Srila Prabhupad. Can someone help me use this site. THis is a nice site. I think this is great for vedic culture and krsna consciousness. I dont know why everyone thinks it has something to do with "hinduism" when the actual words doesnt exist in the vedas or puranas. Frankly when someone calls me a hindu i find it to be quite insulting. Help me none the less. Hare krsna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theist 1 Report post Posted September 23, 2003 to feel insulted prabhu. In this world no one knows who you are and just search for some name to identify you by. Names and forms are like a mirage in this world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haridham 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2003 Yeah, you are right. When I do preach and if someone asks me if I am hindu I usually tell them yes for the first little while until we get deeper, then i mention we are not these bodies etc, and there is no such thing as hinduism. SO anyways, how exactly do we use this website anyways. I think i have a good grip on it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theist 1 Report post Posted September 23, 2003 seems like you are doing fine. Just follow a topic that interests you. If someone says they assume I am a hindu, I usually say no, just a part of God that has lost his way. Something like that usually gets a response like "what do you mean?" Then I can go a little farther. But there is no one formula that I have found when talking to someone. Well other than building up some rapport and being honest about my beginner status. I also find it helpful to try and remember to talk to the soul, our fellow brother/sister soul. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2003 I like that!!Thank you - I hope you don't mind if I start using that myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theist 1 Report post Posted September 23, 2003 No,use it,itds not mine, its just a fact. Lost soul etc. Phrases like that, for me, are a good way to start. Otherwise I fall into the "preacher mode" the "imparter of eternal truth" etc. When the truth is I can't even follower vaidhi-bhakti with any regularity. For so long I wouldn't leave my home without my soapbox. Now I have seen that all my posturing has just been a device my mind set up for me as a way of hiding from the truth about the condition I am really in. Its just too heavy a burden to carry around anymore. Cuts me off from myself and the true selves of everyone else. Hare Krsna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haridham 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2003 Well that was helpful, I am not as confused as i was yesterday. Thank you Hare krsna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
