Would you be able to give me some historical references...\nKashmir Shaivism Masters have been known to teach its Mystical teachings to all worthy regardless of denominational belonging.\n\nIt was the core fondation that gave birth to Indian Suffism... \n\nI have some factual document, but would love to get more references to this... Please can you provide documentation or links are your own knowledge on the subjet ?\n\nThanks !
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Indian Sufism has often used Indian symbolism. god and man relation were seen as relation between husband and wife or bethroed.\n\nSharda highlights these unsurprising similarities by stating that: "After the fall of Muslim orthodoxy from power at the centre of India for about a century, due to the invasion of Timur, the Sufi became free from the control of the Muslim orthodoxy and consorted with Hindu saints, who influenced them to an amazing extent. The Sufi adopted Monism and wifely devotion from the Vaishnava Vedantic school and Bhakti and Yogic practices from the Vaishnava Vedantic school. By that time, the popularity of the Vedantic pantheism among the Sufis had reached its zenith."6\n\nmalik mohammad jayasi wrote a sufi poetic epic. and he used tales given in hindu tradition (purans etc) to describe relation between god and man. his poetry is really hard to understand without full knowledge of stories well. though he mixed up them sometimes and he refered the story of shiva but called it krishna or like that. but stll his work was incredible.\n\n saint kabeer again used word rama for "brahma" or supreme and called himself bride of rama. though a muslim he was also a deciple of a hindu guru ramanand.\n\nbut most used symbol is all time favourite Krishna.\n\n Krishna of mahabharat is really not same krishna described as in rasas.  krishna had left brindawan when he was a kid. but his lively character got popularity in many forms.\n\n  during muslim rule when suffism came up they regularly made stories of young krishna and hundreds of gopika. if you study documents this form of krishna came up with rise of suffism. they actually used krishna as god and all gopikas were supposedly humans trying to reach him. sufi and bhakti both tradition came up side by side. \n\n Sufism is never characterised under "Islam" in any system of catalogue, but rather under 'Mysticism'. Vedanta, the chief Hindu philosophy, which is an example of pantheism in its metaphysical strictness, also had a great impact on Sufism following the conquest of Sindh by Muhammad b. Qasim in the second century A.H.\n\nhttp://www.ahya.org/amm/modules.php?\nname=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=70\n\nMan tu shudam,\nTu man shudi,\nMan tan shudam tu jaan shudi\nTakas nagoyad ba azeem man deegaram tu deegari.\n\nI have become you and you have become me,\nIn my body is your soul,\nMay none say hereafter that you and I are different beings, wrote Amir Khusrau.\nThe message is that “One who dies for the love of Truth (God) dies a Sufi (Pure) - and Sufis never die.” Sufi liberalism had other important aspects. While music and dance, dear to the Indian soul, were anathema to the ulema, they were encouraged in Sufi hospices. Sufi music is full of passionate devotion to God, the unity of body-and-soul and the oneness of mankind. Realising these truths leads to haal or a state of mystic exaltation.\n\nThe Sufis incorporated aspects of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Christianity freely into their teaching. They took concepts such as Moksha from Hinduism and Nirvana from Buddhism. The Sufi doctrines of Fana and Baqa (annihilation and subsistence) correspond to Nirvana.\n\nNo systematic studies of Kashmiri Islam have been carried out. But its situation is very similar to that of Indonesian Islam, and one might use the analysis of Clifford Geertz (1960) and successors (Hefner 1985, Kipp and Rodgers 1987) to understand its dynamics. We then have the classification of orthodox , traditional , and karkun (urban, State employees) to parallel the labels of santri, abangan, priyayi for Javanese Islam. The interesting aspect of this classification is the fact that the karkun (or the priyayi in Java) has an ethos outside the main religious framework. In Java  the priyayi are Muslims who hold on secretly to the Hindu-Buddhist values,  whereas in Kashmir the karkun  have generally been the Hindus of the valley. In other words, if the orthodox are t
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Try the following, the first one is the best.  But going to almost guarentee you it isn't going to work.\nhttp://www.whatismormonism.com/\nhttp://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/BOM/index.htm
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Tammy, I would do my best to assist. I have some references (E-books) and a Translated version of Quraan. If you find that I would be helpful, just send me an E-mail to my yahoo identity.\n\nThanks
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Dunno but it sounds good.\n\nIts being probably being deleted because the bot looks for words like "Sex" in questions.\n\nfound this.\n\nTantra is that Asian body of beliefs and practices which, working from the principle that the universe we experience is nothing other than the concrete manifestation of the divine energy of the godhead that creates and maintains that universe, seeks to ritually appropriate and channel that energy, within the human microcosm, in creative and emancipatory ways.\n\nAccording to Tantra one can go beyond the sexual plane of existence only by accepting it fully, utilising it and spiritualising ones innate sexual tendencies towards greater awareness. Several approaches are recognised as a way of conditioning aspirants prior to sexual meditation.
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This is the whole essence of spiritual enlightenment.\nYou KNOW. You UNDERSTAND.\n\nIn which case going around promoting this fact to others serves no purpose. Unless you are trying to just have a bunch of "followers".\n(In which case I would doubt that you have attained such a state.)\n\nAn individual who is spiritually enlightened (if you look back in history) will be trying to help others achieve this state for themselves.
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I have met several people who left them.  They were founded by Victor Paul Wierwille who wrote the book WHY JESUS IS NOT GOD. Based on that I would find it hard to believe that they might be teaching any sort of 'god reincarnate' sort of thing.  Victor died years ago.\n\nChristians consider them to be a cult based on their non-divine view of Jesus.
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I have to somewhat agree with you.  With sincere apologies to Deepak Chopra I do believe the time for peace is no longer possible.\n\nThe mantra is very appealing and sounds like something I could follow in time, but society just can't handle that type of peace right now.  If a few million followed it we would still be where we are at now, with another religion/ practice to cause more controversy. \n\nVery good point though ;)
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Just my opinion ... Yes, I've read it. It explains, in depth, Universal Truth. It is representative of True Christianity, and expresses what Jesus was REALLY all about. It contains all any one needs to know in order to achieve enlightenment. BUT, its not the ONLY path available. It takes different things for different people. ACIM is just ONE of those things. It is also one of the best, being both clear cut and direct. So far as I am concerned A Course In Miracles IS the Word of God. ~ Peace & Blessings ~
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If you highly recommend it as a good translation of the Upanishad, I would gladly like to receive it. You needn't give it to me for free, I will gladly pay you for it and the shipping. The only version of the Upanishads I have is not very good at all. It only has five of the Upanishads in it and most of the book is "Translator's Commentary". The book was translated by a Christian missionary so the version tends to use Christian terminology (and the Translator's Commentary, which takes up half of the book, is full of "how the Upanishads compare to the Bible"). Its an awful translation! :(  I probably should have known better since the first version of the Bhagavad Gita that I bought was from the same company and it failed to translate a great deal of the Sanskrit (so in the middle of sentences would be Sanskrit phrases, but then no translation of what it meant). Thankfully the head organizers of the satsang I attended got together and got me a copy of the version they use (which is the one that was translated by Christopher Isherwood & Swami Prabhavananda). It's a very good version that I am so thankful to be able to read. That said, if your Upanishads was translated by Swami Prabhavananda then I have great hopes that the translation does a great deal of justice to the Upanishads and well worth the read. \n\nI don't feel comfortable posting my address, etc, here, but you can contact me for that (just click 'contact gabriel_zachary). I do live in the US (Oklahoma). I hope you find a good home for the book (even if not with me...afterall if God intends for me to have it, then it'll be, if not then atleast I now have heard of the book and if you give me your recommendation of it being a good book, then I won't hesitate to buy it at a later date)\n\nPeace be with you,\n\nNate
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There are quite a few, I know of a couple.  I see someone has mentiond Deepak Chopras, there is also the Maharishi Mahesh Yogis (Chopras Teacher) http://www.theraj.com.   And another popular one is Kripalu in Massachusetts http://www.kripalu.org/.  I also know of one in New Mexico under Vasant Lad.  The Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, PA and a few in Florida.  I am sure that there are many, many others you could do a search to find more.
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I hope that the links below help u get started.\n\nhttp://www.stephen-knapp.com/christianity's_similarities_with_hinduism.htm\n\nhttp://www.stephen-knapp.com/christianity_and_the_vedic_teachings_within_it.htm\n\nhttp://www.stephen-knapp.com/jesus_taught_bhaktiyoga.htm\n\nhttp://www.stephen-knapp.com/bible_teaches_chanting_gods_names.htm
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God made man in his own image. Now man imagines God in his own way. The fact is both are human versions. To understand God one has to be a student of Physics and Vedanta. That is what Schrodinger, Capra and Hawking among the scientists feel.\n\nMiss 'libido', you are misleading. As a student of Comparative Religions what we have read by 'Shakti' Hindus mean energy and 'Ishwara' as personal God. The concept of Brahman is unique which encompasses everything: "Sarvam Khalu Idam Brahman". Please do not mislead without properly reading your own scripture. Hindus, at least 95% among them, and specially the Dalits do not read the Upanishads which are very scientific.
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Yeah, you're actually quite right on this issue.  Thankfully, a very small number of Christians does recognize this fallacy.  Try researching "Christian mysticism."  It's very interesting.
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Hi bellbree,\n\n I was walking to the corner market for a loaf of bread when I had to pass by a neighborhood church. I was somewhat acquainted with the structure as it was always mentioned in the newspaper's community section. Known as "The loft," folks would gather there on Thursday evenings for poetry readings. \nHowever, this day happened to be a Saturday afternoon and a pair of gentlemen greeted me as I walked by. They invited me inside to sample an hour of their presentation. Ok, I went inside and found myself to be a prospective new recruit for their brand of religion. \n\nMost of the pews were filled with hooded monks chanting a haunting rhythm. There were others who like me, were wearing their regular denims. The service began like most other church-goers would be familiar with. A grand master of ceremonies led the group through some songs and gave a sermon. Near the end of the hour it was time for their ritual of "laying on of the hands." Some of the parishioners would come forward and ask for prayers for their ailments or for a sick grand mum who fell down in the tub. All the hooded dudes whose faces could not readily be seen would all place a hand on the person and their combined energies were presumed to have a strength and expedite a solution to the problem. \n\nOK now, there was another new guy in the pews who was watching eagerly. I recognized Mark W. Reinhold from the wanted poster at the post office. When he saw a chance, he approached the ring of conspirators and described how he was never able to settle down. The hooded goons closed in upon him, all to make a physical connection. The master of ceremonies began a prayer, a dogmatic mix of logic and pure hocus-pocus. I immediately saw the effects as the tension went out of Mark's body. When the beseeching was near an end, the master asked, "Are the brothers ready?" \n\nA suspenseful few moments passed until he almost shouted, "NOW!" \n\nOn that cue, the brothers began to pummel their hapless victim. Continually delivering blows over head and to the solar plexus until Mark was down on the floor getting stomped. After another minute, the grand Pooh-Bah decided the treatment administered was sufficient to induce a relaxing calm that would assuage the nervousness in Mark for a long, long time. \n\nI can't say for certain that Mark W. Reinhold was apprehended and locked up because, I had a loaf of bread to buy and some other errands to do that day. I hope for you bellbree, that you find a sense of closure to this bad episode of life. \n\n-Bryce
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The term chakra refers to a series of seven energy centers within the physical body.   The term is Sanskrit and translated into english roughly as wheel.   These energy centers are part of the understanding of energy within the Hindu, Tibetan Lama, and Buddhist religious mystical paths.   They have also become part of the lexicon of western mystical study as well.   I am familiar with the Naruto animae and most of what is protrayed in it is pure fantasy, peppered with real world terminology that is often misapplied and misrepresented.\n\nEssentially the chakras are connected with the Idea of Chi (Qi, KI) which in India is known as Prana or vital life energy.   It is through these centers that that energy manifests and is manifested.   Each center is associated with internal organs as well as emotional states.   When the levels are high a person "feels" stronger physically and IS stronget mentally and spiritually, conversely wne the levels are low, one "feels" weaker physically and IS weaker mentally and spiritually.\n\nThe use of that energy and certain hand signs (called Mudra in India and Kanji in Japan) is part of mystical practices associated with very old, very high practitioners of the mystical paths in Buddhism, Shinto, HInduis, Tibetan Lamaism and a number of other spiritual/mystical disciplines.   It is something that would take a lieftime (several in actuality) to even begin to understand, and even then very little of what is portrayed there would be possible.   I have seen first hand some of the feats accomplished by real world masters in those mystical paths (Tibetan Lamas, Indian Yogis) and none were even close to what you are talking about although they were far beyond what one would think IS possible...\n\nSo, basically...yes charka is real...but it is NOT what it is portrayed on the show.   Too bad too becasue that one Jutsu where he brings out all those naked girls could have gotten me out of a couple of fights....LOL...
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I dont see a question in there,,But thank you so much for the interesting quotes. Unfortunately the Vedas have been percieved in different ways thus resulting in todays confused hindu behaviour who have no clue what they do & why they do it! I strongly believe Hinduism being the oldest religion has paved way to the others & is the most comprehensive & profound religion in existence
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Please share what other miracles you are talking about... send them to me via e-mail, or a link where I can read up on them, or the name of the book .\n\nadmin@lotministries.net