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[Rachelle Shriver]

HareKrishna Everyone!

A few days back, I cleared my bookshelf and found some old books about the Mayavadi Philosophy (including biographies on such leaders).

I Apologize for the following offense. But Please understand the background story of how such books landed up on my bookshelf.

I am a mere Cheeky little Microbic Neophyte who has just started to learn about Krishna, by Srila Prabhupada's Mercy.

Before I joined the ISKCON Family, a year ago, I was a Karmi-Minded Rascal who didn't take Krishna and God Realization seriously and used to get the Mayavadi association,

hence I had no problem being a non-vegetarian due to such ignorance.

I had very little interest in spirituality yet I used to read books from prominent Mayavadi Institutions which include: Ramakrishna Mission, Chinmaya Mission, Brahma Kumaris, etc.

I used to also go and visit such temples as well; henceforth, I used to buy such Mayavad philosophy books.

Fortunately, by Krishna's causeless mercy, I hardly ever read those books properly, never understood their philosophy, and thus lost interest in such things.

Since my Dad is an ISKCON Devotee for 3-4 years, he introduced me to the Vaishnava Philosophy, which I at first used to oppose a lot and dislike.

But sooner and later I developed an interest and curiosity for Krishna which has resulted in me developing devotion for Krishna now (and got all the prior Mayavada philosophy permanently deleted from my mind).

Going back to the topic; as Prabhupada Books kept filling my bookshelf, I never realized that I still had those old Mayavadi Books kept in my bookshelf until a few days back when a Chinmayanda mission book came into my hands. This is when the personal dilemma begins. How do I discard such books? Do I throw them in the dustbin (It would be very insulting as books have Ma Sarasvati in them), distribute it out away to the Karmi Public in the public library, or do I burn them? How do I entertain this problem?

I have several Mayavada books. Please do Understand my Situation and I wish somebody gives me some good advice.

And I am very sorry for this because Prabhupada, Gauranga, Nityananda, and Krishna would be extremely angry at me for such previous association and still delaying the discarding of those books.

Hare Krishna!

Pls. don't thorw away mayavadi books. They maybe filled with mayavaad and karma kanda stuff. But they are speaking about demigods like " Durga" or some Vedas and upanishad texts are being quoted in them. Isn't it.?

Parents will say.. see if you have to get good grades in school you have to praise God, if you need good job you should praise God, If you need good wife and good children praise God.. This all are Karma Kanda only that parents teach initially to make the child follow a parth of dharma.

In Vedas they teach only Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha. There is no mention of Bhakti there. So these Vedic scholars ( be it RamaKrishna, Chimayananada or some one else) they follow these vedas. They say do karma properly and earn living and fullfill your desires by getting boons from Durga or some other demigod chant slokas and mantras to please certain demigod like Indra or chandra and get boons. Have a peaceful life. They don't mention of Peacefulness and blissfulness of SOUL.

Soul Being a part and parcel of Supersoul it is satisfied only when It does Bhakti to Parmatma Supreme Lord Sri Krishna. Now this is a step ahead its Phd. level and

Chaitanya Charitamirta Speaks about Prema madhurya bhakti which is way more advanced than Phd. level.

These questions are coming into your mind only because you have read all those books. Because Even after following all those ritualistic procedures given in those mayavaadi books one is not contented and still wants to explore to find bliss and that curiosity to find Supreme Lord Sri Krishna and to understand the what is bhakti and prema ... You need to come thru all these basic steps.

Initially Parents and elders say some problem came okay seek help of God. Even now if suddenly some untoward circumstances come in life what are we going to do? we just ask Lord Sri Krishna to help us.

But you see. .. Now we know why problems come to us ( because whatever we sow we reap) so we get spiritual strength to face these bad situations in life rather than doing some some circus drilling of mantras to get boons for immediate problem solving.

This advanced spiritual knowledge which you got now is all because you have studied all those mayavaadi stuff and you questioned.. What is bhakti and prema??. even after doing all these ritualistic practices why my soul is not Blissful.?? this type of questions came to your mind because you are going in depth in Bhakti to seek answers.

Prema is selfless giving and not expecting anything in return. That is why It is higher. If MAA Yashodha also seeked something in return of her prem for Supreme Lord like give me some boons than that is not called Prema at all. Isn't it.

So to come to this level of Bhakti and prema.. where your soul is satisfied and blissful you have come a long long way from ABC books.

I am not one that supports destroying or throwing away books. I would donate them to charity. Even if they are not the highest teachings - they helped you along the way, they may help others find their way as well.

Please refrain from using such language. This is a spritual forum, not a regular modern website, where being irreverent is the norm. This is a 16 yr old inexperienced kid asking for advice. I can understand you dont have any sound advice to give him. Then no need to reply.

Why are you back ? You had mentioned that you will leave these forums, it was so nice while you were not there. Nobody was using filthy language. Why have you come back ? Is it only to contaminate these forums ?

He is the author of many books, such as the popular Telugu book, Learning through Relationships, and The Greatness of the Mind in English. He offers his e-book, The Essential Values of Mahatma Gandhi, as a download (no charge) for anyone who is interested. His lectures and guided meditations are available through the Chinmaya Mission.

Swamiji is a Law graduate from Osmania University. Inspired by Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda ji, he joined Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in Mumbai in 1989 under the tutelage of Swami Purushottamananda ji. In 1993 he was initiated into brahmacharya deeksha by Pujya Gurudev and posted as the Acharya of the mission center at Hyderabad. He was initiated into sanyasa deeksha by Swami Tejomayananda ji, in 1999.

His life was greatly impacted when he met the mystic and teacher, Dr. David R. Hawkins in 2001. Swamiji is presently Acharya (Teacher in Charge) of Chinmaya Mission Hyderabad and Regional Head of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Offers a new, interreligious approach to questions of mission and conversion, grounded in a close study of the Chinmaya Mission, Ramakrishna Mission and other movements associated with the Hindu tradition of Advaita Vedānta.

For some four hundred years, Hindus and Christians have been engaged in a public controversy about conversion and missionary proselytization, especially in India and the Hindu diaspora. Hindu Mission, Christian Mission reframes this controversy by shifting attention from "conversion" to a wider, interreligious study of "mission" as a category of thought and practice. Comparative theologian Reid B. Locklin traces the emergence of the nondualist Hindu teaching of Advaita Vedānta as a missionary tradition, from the eighth century to the present day, and draws this tradition into dialogue with contemporary proposals in Christian missiology. As a descriptive study of the Chinmaya Mission, the Ramakrishna Mission, and other leading Advaita mission movements, Hindu Mission, Christian Mission contributes to a growing body of scholarship on transnational Hinduism. As a speculative work of Christian comparative theology, it develops key themes from this engagement for a new, interreligious theology of mission and conversion for the twenty-first century and beyond.

Reid B. Locklin is Associate Professor of Christianity and Culture at the University of Toronto. He has written, edited, and coedited several books, including Vernacular Catholicism, Vernacular Saints: Selva J. Raj on "Being Catholic the Tamil Way", also published by SUNY Press.

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