Post by avadhutadas on Feb 26, 2022 7:53:08 GMT -6
I came across this quote from Sri Radha Charan das Babaji.
"I take objection to the term 'sect' which implies inclusion of some to the exclusion of others; for religion is in reality an undivided whole, which admits of all these different conceptions at the different stages of spiritual evolution. But then, there is one thing. Some have climbed the initial steps, some up to the middle, while there have been some, who have gone up to the top of the ladder of evolution. Those who are at the top can see the different sets of religious aspirants clinging to the ladder at the various stages of spiritual development, and they can harmonize the apparent conflicts and contradictions and proclaim Truth from the pinnacle of God-realization. So. there are these gurus, at the different stages of God-realization, who have taught their disciples according to their power of comprehension, and they have started the lines of spiritual descendants, which, in after times, have come to be grouped as the different sects of religion on earth. There is no sect in the religion of God, who is One. There were no such sects and schisms in the teachings of the Great Masters—the Loka-gurus—they have come out of the imperfect understanding of the later disciples of the Great Masters."
"Thank you very much. I am so glad that I have found one, who is above the limitations of narrow sectarianism. Now I can breathe freely, and I think I can take the liberty of inquiring about the Perfect Religion of all the world. No more of sects and schisms, but let me know, if you please, the stand-point you would take to understand the Perfect Religion of the world."
“My stand-point is that of Sri Caitanya or Sri Gauranga. Who gave us His Religion of Love and Beauty, which is the Perfect Religion of all the world."
“Then, you belong to the Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya, don't you?"
“Yes, and no, at the same time. Yes. because I have accepted the principles of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas. but no, because I do not think that the Gaudiya Vaisnavas should form a clique and mar the universal character of the religion of Sri Gaurahga." Radha Charan das Babaji
It reminds me of this quote from Srila Haridas Thakur in the CB
“ My dear Sir, there is only one God for all living entities. The difference between the Moslem god and the Hindu God is in name only. According to knowledgeable Hindus and Muslims,and according to every scriptures, be it Koran or Puran, God is one. He is the non-dual, eternal, transcendental and absolute Truth, infallible and perfectly complete, and in that capacity He resides in everyone's heart.”
"I take objection to the term 'sect' which implies inclusion of some to the exclusion of others; for religion is in reality an undivided whole, which admits of all these different conceptions at the different stages of spiritual evolution. But then, there is one thing. Some have climbed the initial steps, some up to the middle, while there have been some, who have gone up to the top of the ladder of evolution. Those who are at the top can see the different sets of religious aspirants clinging to the ladder at the various stages of spiritual development, and they can harmonize the apparent conflicts and contradictions and proclaim Truth from the pinnacle of God-realization. So. there are these gurus, at the different stages of God-realization, who have taught their disciples according to their power of comprehension, and they have started the lines of spiritual descendants, which, in after times, have come to be grouped as the different sects of religion on earth. There is no sect in the religion of God, who is One. There were no such sects and schisms in the teachings of the Great Masters—the Loka-gurus—they have come out of the imperfect understanding of the later disciples of the Great Masters."
"Thank you very much. I am so glad that I have found one, who is above the limitations of narrow sectarianism. Now I can breathe freely, and I think I can take the liberty of inquiring about the Perfect Religion of all the world. No more of sects and schisms, but let me know, if you please, the stand-point you would take to understand the Perfect Religion of the world."
“My stand-point is that of Sri Caitanya or Sri Gauranga. Who gave us His Religion of Love and Beauty, which is the Perfect Religion of all the world."
“Then, you belong to the Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya, don't you?"
“Yes, and no, at the same time. Yes. because I have accepted the principles of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas. but no, because I do not think that the Gaudiya Vaisnavas should form a clique and mar the universal character of the religion of Sri Gaurahga." Radha Charan das Babaji
It reminds me of this quote from Srila Haridas Thakur in the CB
“ My dear Sir, there is only one God for all living entities. The difference between the Moslem god and the Hindu God is in name only. According to knowledgeable Hindus and Muslims,and according to every scriptures, be it Koran or Puran, God is one. He is the non-dual, eternal, transcendental and absolute Truth, infallible and perfectly complete, and in that capacity He resides in everyone's heart.”