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As a Christian, much of what my friends from different traditions articulate,
resonate with my Abrahamic sensibilities.
As a Hindu, the core of spirituality that all religions celebrate totally vibrates with me. And it has always been thus. You can see the evidence in the writings of the ancient rishis, the poet saints and philosophers, hippies and new age rock stars, through all time to modern day spiritualists. All drawn to the same light and we sing the same song.
Advaita Vedanta is not Advaita. It's just a pointer solidly of and within Maya.
Not sure what you mean and I am intrigued!
I am sure you know Vedanta only means philosophy and includes several different perspectives, such as Dvaita, Vishista advaita, vaishnavism and others all grounded in the Vedas. There have been hotly contested and vigorous debates between them all but all remain equally vibrant and practiced, all debates preserved.
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Ramakrishna supposedly achieved the same results via many different paths including Christianity and Islam.
What results do you mean?
It is quite common for many Hindus to be inspired by the teachings of Jesus, Kabir, Meera, and other spiritual poets who sang in all the languages Indians speak in. Count me among those. These are some of the most beautiful poetry in Indian literature. Hindus don't generally convert for spiritual reasons as there is no need, but do for social and political reasons.
As a Hindu, the core of spirituality that all religions celebrate totally vibrates with me. And it has always been thus. You can see the evidence in the writings of the ancient rishis, the poet saints and philosophers, hippies and new age rock stars, through all time to modern day spiritualists. All drawn to the same light and we sing the same song.
Not sure what you mean and I am intrigued!
I am sure you know Vedanta only means philosophy and includes several different perspectives, such as Dvaita, Vishista advaita, vaishnavism and others all grounded in the Vedas. There have been hotly contested and vigorous debates between them all but all remain equally vibrant and practiced, all debates preserved.
What results do you mean?
It is quite common for many Hindus to be inspired by the teachings of Jesus, Kabir, Meera, and other spiritual poets who sang in all the languages Indians speak in. Count me among those. These are some of the most beautiful poetry in Indian literature. Hindus don't generally convert for spiritual reasons as there is no need, but do for social and political reasons.
All these traditions/philosophies are part of the multiplicity, so in the case of Advaita Vedanta it only points to Advaita (without a second).
As I said I read "Sri Ramakrishan The Great Master" authored by one of his direct disciples. It's an account of his entire life and he received instruction from all sorts of gurus from many different traditions when they passed through Dakshineshwar. They stayed for a time as guests at the temple where he received instruction. He practiced and mastered all of them, Realizing whatever Ultimate Truth they put forth and that ultimately they all pointed to the same Truth.
As I said I read "Sri Ramakrishan The Great Master" authored by one of his direct disciples. It's an account of his entire life and he received instruction from all sorts of gurus from many different traditions when they passed through Dakshineshwar. They stayed for a time as guests at the temple where he received instruction. He practiced and mastered all of them, Realizing whatever Ultimate Truth they put forth and that ultimately they all pointed to the same Truth.
Yes, true. My mistake in reading it as Vivekananda.
Sri Ramakrishna’s God-intoxicated state alarmed his relatives in Kamarpukur and they got him married to Sarada, a girl from the neighbouring village of Jayrambati. Unaffected by the marriage, Sri Ramakrishna plunged into even more intense spiritual practices. Impelled by a strong inner urge to experience the different aspects of God he followed, with the help of a series of Gurus, the various paths described in the Hindu scriptures, and realized God through each of them. The first teacher to appear at Dakshineswar (in 1861) was a remarkable woman known as Bhairavi Brahmani who was an advanced spiritual adept, well versed in scriptures. With her help Sri Ramakrishna practised various difficult disciplines of the Tantrik path, and attained success in all of them. Three years later came a wandering monk by name Totapuri, under whose guidance Sri Ramakrishna attained Nirvikalpa Samadhi, the highest spiritual experience mentioned in the Hindu scriptures. He remained in that state of non-dual existence for six months without the least awareness of even his own body. In this way, Sri Ramakrishna relived the entire range of spiritual experiences of more than three thousand years of Hindu religion.
Following Other Faiths
With his unquenchable thirst for God, Sri Ramakrishna broke the frontiers of Hinduism, glided through the paths of Islam and Christianity, and attained the highest realization through each of them in a short span of time. He looked upon Jesus and Buddha as incarnations of God, and venerated the ten Sikh Gurus. He expressed the quintessence of his twelve-year-long spiritual realizations in a simple dictum: Yato mat, tato path “As many faiths, so many paths.” He now habitually lived in an exalted state of consciousness in which he saw God in all beings.
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It's just a pointer solidly of and within Maya.
