>tfw considering becoming\feeling drawn to, non-ISKCON Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, but Im not in IndiaI know there are non-Gaudiya Krsna sampradayas too btw...But I feel specifically drawn to Chaitanya's mood of bhakti.What should I even do? Just avoid caffeine\meat\eggs\fish\tobacco, chant my daily rounds, keep away from w*men and s*x and maybe somehow obtain a Deity to worship?
>>43181996Sounds good, prabhu. Chanting and association are most important. If you cant find living community, look to the writings of the saints. At the very very worst I am usually trolling these boards and will respond to any Krishna thread if you want to talk to an ex-ISKCON Gaudiya Vaishnava.Have the faith of letting Krishna worry about how He will make sure to get you initiated into the right sampradaya.> obtain a Deity to worship?Only if you are ready to commit to the caretaking and consistent schedule. Otherwise stick with pics and just the holy name as focal points.Keep up your chanting, it will keep your mind on Krishna and help you figure out how to turn your material proclivities into ways to serve the divine.
>>43181996when i was a teenager, i was part of ISKCON for years, maybe from 16-17 to 19, and i remember being very faithful and even still today have some feelings about the whole religion. but when i grew up i turned to christianity because it had a profoundity that vaishnava theology didn't. vaishnava theology is super rich and is based on love, love for krishna who is the bhagavan (supreme lord of the universe). there are very different playgrounds of krishna and ISKCON puts emphasis that krishna can fullfill every human social role. from a friend to a husband to a brother to your own very child. i still remember the sweetness that ISKCON brought me and the light of the bhagavad gita, yet, i don't think it has the profound introspection of the catholic church in regards of sin and salvation. ISKCON doesn't ask you to give a look to yourself, just that you worship radha-krishna. when you become an adult you need a faith that makes you growth, ISKCON made me feel stuck. i miss ISKCON but i don't know if i could go back after having revealed the truth of the gospel. btw ISKCON claims that krishna is the supreme god that jesus talked about and i would only be convinced of such thing if christ himself appear to me and explicitly said so, wich is not going to happen lol
>>43184820>ISKCON doesn't ask you to give a look to yourselfI find that interesting because the gita does mention stuff that makes you think about those things, like immoral people also being able to reach salvation.>t. Advaita vedanta anon
>>43184874why would you be advaita vedanta?
>>43181996Yes. Replace all that with music. Music is my new addiction. And healthy food, water and love.
>>43181996You can have sex. There’s nothing wrong with regular sex if you can have it but you should not be watching porn or masturbating, at all. That’s gonna give you the reverse of effect.
>>43184874Yeah that really reads like someone who themselves decided not to grow. They mention Christianity and Catholicism, but those are just as filled with "you just have to believe and you are saved."It sounds like because they grew up in one tradition they had to go to another to appreciate a path.Or how the Gita mentions the types of people that turn to the spiritual: those seeking a freedom from suffering a la salvation are not as interested in the growth aspect.>>43184879I wouldnt say replace, but definitely ADD music. >>43184884>You can have sex.Based on what Gaudiya Vaishnav teaching? Are you just giving your own opinion?
108 Sri Pran Krishna das Babaji Maharaj, does anyone know what Math he is from\with?He gives me a super trustworthy feel.>Don't mind me, I will post some comfy photos\stories of babaji vaishnavas
>>43186537Please do. Love the babajis. Like the spiritual version of "I am Kenough."
Imagine your oneitis being chaitanya mahaprabhuI really, really hope your being saarcastic
>When young, Hanuman Das Baba left his home and came to Vrindavan to become a devotee of Lord Krishna. He founded a wonderful goshala (cow sanctuary) there, where 1,000 cows are currently being served and protected. When he was a child, his mother was a servant of the queen of Jhansi, who died in 1858.>The ashram of this Baba is located along the Vrindavan parikrama path, a short distance from the Krishna Balarama Mandir. He stays in a tiny room, just a few feet wide. Whenever you visit Vrindavan, please take the opportunity to meet this rare living saint. You will be amazed by his simplicity and humility.>[Note: This was written in 2014. Since then this baba has entered samadhi and is no longer present.]
>Vamsidas Babaji was a great Gaudiya Vaishnav sadhu who lived at Swarupa Kunj, Navadwip, Bengal, during the time of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur. He was respected by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta and he used to see to it that Vamsidas Babaji was provided with adequate foodgrains and other necessities by Gaudiya Matha brahmacharis.>He lived as a total recluse, far away from the hubbub of the town, in a solitary place on the bank of Ganga near Baral Ghata in Navadvipa. His demeanour and behaviour was if he was a mad or crazy person. His only possessions were an old kaupina, karanga and kantha. >Vamsidasa Babaji lived in a world of his own. His world centered round his deities Gaura-Gadadhara, Nitai, Radha-Krishna and Gopala. For the service of his deities he had two brass pots, some earthen pots, one plate, one glass, some small cups, pancapatra, bell and conch-shell and nothing else.
Idk what's worse, the fact that this board has been overrun by phoneposting jeets or the fact that I know what all the jeet terms ITT mean
>One of the lesser-known Muslim Sufi saints who wrote principally in the Krishna prema-bhakti mould was the 16th century saint Ras Khan. >Much of the little that is known about his life is shrouded in myth and mystery. His actual name is said to have been Syed Ibrahim Khan and he was born in the village of Pihani in the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh in 1578 or thereabouts. He later moved to Delhi. He belonged to a rich jagirdar family and received a good education in Persian and Sanskrit. He translated the Bhagavat Purana into Persian.>From that day onwards, Ras Khan began living in Vrindavan, composing and singing the Krishnaite Sufi poetry for which he is still so fondly remembered. Ras Khan’s verses deal basically with the beauty of Krishna and the love between Krishna and his gopis. But the Krishna that Ras Khan refers to is not the anthropomorphic deity of the saguna bhakti school. Rather, his Krishna is the Supreme Godhead who actually has no physical form. In effect, he gave us a Sufi conception of Krishna.>>43186573shoo, shoo, go opress dalits with the Shankaracharya and his sannyasis!
>>43186574>>43186582All you have, please.Have a pic of a babaji japa hut from Navadvip, though I cant be certain who used it.
Bengal's Gaudiya (Gaudiya Math) 'treasures' !!
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>>43186899beautiful deities!!
>>43184820not christian anymore but having studied both, I really believe Catholicism will give anons that which they look for in ISKCON
>>43187904Funny because my time in ISKCON what I saw was the most sincere and delighted converts were coming from Catholic backgrounds.
I wonder if someday I will, truly, be able to chant 64 daily rounds...the true standard set by Chaitanya. 100K Names.
Some great pics in this thread.
https://chicago.academia.edu/NealDelmonico
https://www.gosaiji.com/sadhanapath.htm
>>43181996lol. lmao. another braindead falls for the swami scam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8K0ke1qddk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQdqUWZPRHA
https://annas-archive.gd/md5/5fc86438f443d447c26389b67f10205e?&check=1
