The Absolute Universal Truth

The Absolute Universal Truth

  

Baladev Brahmacari

Srī hari kīrtan jayatah

  

Śrī Keshavji Gauḍīya Math

(B.H)

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Dedicated to my Holy Spiritual Master Oṁ Vishnupad Paramahaṁsa Parivrajakacharya-varya Astottarasata Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedanta Narayan Goswami Mahārāj, The best of the eleventh generation of Bhagavat Paramparā de Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu

                                                      Preface

    I first offer my unlimited affectionate respects to my Divine Spiritual Master Om Vishnupad Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayan Goswami Maharaj and to Saraswati Devi. Without the mercy of these two divine personalities, this book would not be compiled to the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord and His devotees. Having been born into a Christian family, familiarized with the teachings of Christ, and then studied various Vedic scriptures, the idea that religions, although outwardly appearing different, actually propagate the same message in different ways according to the level of the people to whom they are addressed, became evident to me. Some years ago, after reading the introduction of a book called "Krishna samhita" by the forerunner of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in modern times (Monotheistic Religion) which contains various historical information about the ancient world and its culture, and also the book "Mayavada ki jivani" by my most loving spiritual grandfather Sri Srimad Bhakti Praghyan Keshav Goswami Maharaj, the need for this compilation containing translations of these two mentioned books became strong within me. May these two holy personalities who inspired this work be pleased with it. This book aims at evidencing through scriptures along with evidence from linguistics, etymology, history and archaeology, that the Supreme Lord-God, the creator of everything and everyone has a form, i.e., is a Person-the Supreme Person, and also that originally the knowledge about His Divinity was known throughout the world living under one culture, language, customs and religion. Some parts of it were previously published in the journal "Rays of Harmony", and since then they have been translated by several people from various countries, and then they have published them on their English language websites. Any sincere aspirant for the Absolute Truth will have no difficulty in realizing this fact since the holy scriptures give us a lot of information that leads us to believe that all the reliable (monotheistic) religions of this world are connected to each other and come from the same source, because it is universal, perfect and absolute. We know from the scriptures that the progenitors (prajapatis in Sanskrit) and lawgivers of humanity, the Manus (from which the word "humans" originates) spoke Sanskrit and that they ruled not only in their place of origin, but over the whole world. This was at the beginning of the creation and settlement of the earth, and through them the earth's population expanded and the laws of mankind were written down. Some time later the world was divided and the different continents were formed, each with its own particularities, but still based on that same culture that is called Vedic (or Aryan), the original culture of the whole world. Although the situation today is a little different due to the infiltration of atheism in a disguised way in religions, comunism, capitalism, manipulations and propagation of false information for the sake of interests, still the sacred scriptures, be they Abrahamic or Vedic, still hold part of that pure ancient knowledge and are followed by those who desire their own eternal well being by being part of the family of God. All mankind is eternally indebted to all the divine messengers who came to spread the message of the Lord and thus ease the burden of this dark age where ignorance and superficiality in general prevail. I pray that the generous reader will overlook any flaw there may be in the text and then receive the unlimited grace of the Lord God.

 

Baladev Brahmachari, October 27, 2016, Sri Keshavji Gaudiya Math (B.H)

 

       Pre-qualification

This book is intended for all those who have the mentality similar to a bee (intermediate and advanced devotees). Just as the bee extracts néctar from different flowers in different places, people with such a mentality can easily extract the contained spiritual essence in different teachings, religions and scriptures with no trace of sectarianism. Although these are a minority, only them are our respected friends. On the other hand, those of similar mentality of the donkey (neophytes - of limited vision) are not the ideal readers for the following text. Any serious student or practitioner of a spiritual religious life will easily understand that the Lord descends to this world or send His representatives-messagers at different times for different people according to the necessity and the level of awareness of a particular people. Therefore, even if someone has a certain type of culture and belief, the non-sectarian person will never criticize the other beliefs judging them to be futile, otherwise, fanaticism and offenses to any messenger of God will be a great impediment to their religious- spiritual advancement.

Religion - Yoga

The word “religion” as well as its essence has been misunderstood by many. This word comes from the latim 'religare' which means 're-connect' two things –the soul with God; and it is equivalente exactly to the sanskrit word yoga, which also means to connect these two thing-  the soul with the Super-soul, God in Person. In the Vedas it is said that in this current “age of iron” (kali yuga) the process of yoga authorized by God is called bhakti yoga, practiced through the chanting of His Holy Name and oral  prayers in a mood of complete surrender to the Lord and His pure devotees. We see that in all theistic religions the chanting of the Names of God and oral prayers have been the main practice. Religion and yoga (those who are monotheists - worship the One God) indicates a spiritual process and patterns of conduct that help us to connect with God.

Origin of Humanity and Religion

Map of Harappa - the place where the Aryan civilization first appeared in this world

    When studying the scriptures (Qur'an, Torah and Bible) of the three Abrahamic religions - Islam, Judaism and Christianity, we find that they are all based on the teachings of the revealed scriptures - the Vedas. This is not at all extraordinary for the fact that the Aryan - Vedic - culture is accepted by many cultures as being the oldest and most respected culture in human history. Sanskrit is also accepted as the basis and origin of all the other languages we have today. The very term "Aryan" which means "People of noble character, of spiritual nature" in Sanskrit is spoken as "Arya" in Arabic (or in the ancient Avesta language) "Airya" gives the name to the country Iran which is one of the countries that welcomed Aryan people from long ago. It is said that the Aryan race first appeared where Afghanistan is today (formerly part of India - Bharata), which borders Iran, and from there migrated to northern India while others migrated to Eastern Europe and other Arab countries. The Dravidians were originally from southern India. It is important to say that this is about the beginning of time, because today even in India, the descendants of Aryans have mixed with blacks (Dravidians) and also with tribals (such as Assamesses and Nepalese, similar to what happens in Brazil). This was accepted by Bhaktivinod Thakur in the introduction of his "Krishna samhita" and also by Srila B.V.Swami Maharaj. Unfortunately, Mr. Frawley and Knapp do not acknowledge this fact, perhaps because they think this is a sensitive subject that affects the emotional side of people, or out of simple ignorance. The word Arya, which is used in Vedic books like Rg-veda, Gita, Mahabharata etc., e.g. "âryam apaghnánto árāvṇaḥ" in the Rg-veda, 9.63.5.) appears in almost all dictionaries of the languages of the Arabs, Hebrews and Hindus and has the same meaning in all of them. The Lion animal (Ari- from which comes the name Ariel- God (El, Eli) who is like the lion (Ari), or Hari) is also considered a symbol of nobility. The name of one of the main cities on the border of Iran and Afghanistan is now Herat, previously it was known as Arya and is on the banks of the Hari River. Those who have studied linguistics know this fact, there are numerous books about it in English.

Noble persons judge the individuals as per his moral and spiritual conduct and not by race.

It is said in the Vedas that in this present dark age of quarrel and hypocrisy, practically all people are sudras – low-class people. Yet, anyone who develops good qualities must be accepted as a brahmana - or priest, the highest class in society, regardless of external factors such as color, family lineage, country and so on. On the contrary, any person who apparently - outwardly has a higher birth, but have lower habits and mentality should never be accepted as superior simply because of the same external factors. In Vedic culture and also in Abraamic culture, one have to  judge people mainly by their behavior, habits and level of consciousness and not only by race, family lineage or financial situation. The evidence of this is the reaction of Jesus Christ to the Jewish Pharisees who thought themselves to be superior just because of their birth in the priestly hebrew family; the punishment of the Lord Parashurama on the irresponsible rulers and the strong preaching of Jagad Guru Śrīla Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur against the smarta brāhmaṇas in India.

Lord Jesus Christ. Also known as Yuz Asaf and Hazrat Isha, He said in John 14:31: “But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do”.

Lord Jesus Christ in India

    The name "Israel" in hebrew is copounded by 2 words, meaning "Ishra- Eli", Eli is one of God´s name in hebrew tradition and Ishra means controler, master. In sanskrit this word is "Ishwara" wich also indicates God and also meanss "Controler". It is also well known through historians, written and archaeological evidences, that Jesus Christ was in the land of the Aryans - India, much of His life, as from 13 to 30 years. Śrīla Gurudev B.V. Narayan Goswami wrote:

   “Jesus also taught this philosophy. He went to India when he was about sixteen years old, and he visited many places of pilgrimage, like Vṛndāvana, Ayodhyā, south India and Jagannātha Purī. In Purī he saw the deities of Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā, and he heard Lord Jagannātha (meaning “Lord of the universe”) addressed as Krishna. In this part of India, the name Krishna is pronounced Krusna. Because of different languages, greek and hebrew, this name became Krusta, then Krishta, and now it is pronounced Christ. Krishna, Krusna, Krista and now Christ – they are the same”. (Way of Love, p.7)

      Expressing a similar thought, Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj (Prabhupada) once said, "When an Indian person calls for Krishna, they often say, "Krista." Krista is a Sanskrit word that means "attraction." So when we refer to God as Christ, Krista or Kṛishna, we indicate the same all-attractive Supreme Lord. Jesus said, "Our Father in heaven hallowed be Thy name," the name of God Krista or Krishna (Kṛṣṇa). Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, 'namnam akari bahu-dha nija-sarva-saktis-God has thousands of names, and because there is no difference between God and His name, each of these names possesses the same power as God.'"

     The term Kyrios-Kristos-Christos (Christ) in the Holy Bible was first used by the translators of the Old and New Testament (Bible) who spoke the Greek language, as a title to refer to Messiahs such as the Master Jesus (Hebrew-massiach) as well as to the Person of God, Hebrew-YHWH. Similarly, Jesus was also known in Indian as Isha (Isa), which is also one of the names of God in Sanskrit.

   About the term Kyrios in wikipedia, the following is said:

   "In John's Gospel the word "Kyrios" is rarely used to refer to Jesus during his ministry, but uses it (several times) after the Resurrection. In Paul's, on the other hand, the term Kyrios is used 163 times. When in Mark the term Kyrios is used (e.g. 1:3, 11:9, 12:11, etc.) it is in reference to YHWH/God."

   When the great devotee Hari Das Thakur, who despite being born into a Muslim family in India, developed a taste for chanting the Maha-mantra as described in the Vedic scriptures, was asked by the Governor why he had abandoned the pure religion of Islam to embrace the Vaishnava stream of Hinduism, the great saint Hari das Thakur replied to him, "God is one. The same God is present in all (monotheistic) religions. He is the non-dual Absolute Truth. In different faiths, it is only the name that differs, but on the absolute plane, there is no distinction. The same God rests at the heart of every living entity and engages everyone in His service in different ways. We all worship in the way we were made by Him to worship Him. As a result, some Hindu brahmanas convert to Islam. Similarly, although I was born in a Muslim family, the Lord engaged me in chanting the holy names of Kṛṣṇa. The living entity has no independence over such events. If that is a fault, then please punish me."

The holy city of Jagannātha Purī, where the Lord Jesus lived for 2 years, learning the Vedas with the local brāhmaṇas.

   There are a lot of concrete evidences to prove this fact, like the inscription "Yuz Asaf - Jesus Christ" in a Shiva temple in Kashmir, his tomb with the staff used by him, the writings reporting his arrival in India still kept in the temples of the region, etc. Even nowadays, Jesus is known in all Islamic currents as "Isha Ibn Maryam" which means "Jesus son of Mary". In sanskrit too, Lord Rama is know as Maryada, means who gave (da) the religious principles (Marya) to the people. Also as "Hazrat Isha" which means "He whose presence is Divine", "Hazrat" is a title in Arabic given to honorable people and "Isha" indicates a divine presence (as in "Mathuresh" - Lord Isha of Mathurā), both in Arabic and in Sanskrit. Another respectable title in arabic for a person who is versed in the holy scriptures is "Majra" or "Maraji" which is similar to the same title in sanskrit- "Maharaja or Maharaji". Śrīla Śrīdhar Maharaj also quotes that Musa - in Hebrew (Moses) also derived from the word Isa (in both languages ​​Isa is written, Musa, and pronounced Isha, Musha). I-sha - Mu-sha). Both end with "sha". Like the word Sabbath, in portuguese “sábado”, in English "saturday", in Sanskrit "sanivara, or sanibar", both beginning with the syllable "sa". The hebrews often use the word "Shalom" to greet each other, which means "that peace and divine harmony be with you, the same meaning of the Sanskrit word "Shanti Oṁ". The same goes with the word “Amen”, which is similar to “Aum”, both with the same meaning - "Yes, be it." We can see that the basis of the different languages ​​we have today comes from the same source (Sanskrit - Arya) as it is said in the Bible, Genesis, 11.1: "And whole earth was of the same language and same speech". Even though they have changed a little bit later, they still remain quite similar with the current portuguese as the word "dente", Sanskrit "dānta". The constellation of the 7 - star Ursa is known as the planets of the Sapta (7) Ṛṣis, the seven great Sages.

  Several historians are also of the opinion that the name of God in the original Old Testament, in Hebrew “Yahweh”(YHWH) in Aramaic Jah (YAH) and that comes from the root (YOD) or (YAHU) is the same as one of the best known names of Krishna in Sanskrit - Yadav or Jadav (YAD) meaning "Krishna - One who appeared in the Yadu Maharaj dynasty". They also assign the name "Judah" and its tribe to the descendants of this same Yadu (Jadu) dynasty and call them Indo-Hebrews. The name “Canaan” is also one of the names (surname) of Krishna according to the Vedas, and in Sanskrit it is written “Kaṇa”. There are numerous similarities, here are being given only a few more essential.

  The kings of India often receive the title of "Kesari". It means Emperor "lion." "Hari" in Sanskrit and "Ari" in Hebrew, has the same meaning "lion." A good King receives this title (Kesari) because he possesses the bravery and excellence of a lion. Then copying this Arya title, the Romans came to call their kings "Caesaris" as Julius Caesar (Portuguese - César) while later Russia called them “Czares” and Germans of “Kaiseris - Kaiser”. Like Cleopatra, Ceaser-Kesari is an honorable title and not a specific name. It is also awarded to a fearless preacher of the Truth as "Acharya Kesari" in India and Lion (kesari) of Judah among the Hebrews and Ethiopians.

 In Sanskrit the word "soul" is written "ātmā" in portuguese "alma". The nature of the soul is that  she is an eternal servant of the Lord and its nature is to serve Him with love and devotion.

Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Praghyan Keshav Goswami Maharaj received the title of "Acharya Keshari" - The Spiritual Master who is like the lion who dismantles the elephant in the form of impersonalism

Arqueological discover in Russia- A deity of Vishnu avatar Varaha-dev







Unity in diversity

 We also find several evidences of the similarity of the Abrahamic scriptures with those described in the Vedas. About this, Param Gurudev Śrīla B.P. Keshav Goswami writes in his "Vaishnava Vijaya-Māyāvāda ki jivani," pages 150-151:

  “Many western scholars, philosophers and chroniclers covertly borrowed from the ancient epics from India and transformed these stories to fit their own audience and culture. The Noah’s Ark story found in chapter six of Genesis in the Christian Bible is a point in fact of this, mirroing the history of Matsya’s incarnation as revealed in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, canto eight, chapter 24, except that in the Bible the name of King Satyavrata is substituted by Noah and the gigantic fish incarnation which protected the inhabitants of the ship and pulled it to safaty in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is excluded from the Bible story leaving the ark to navigate the total flooding of the earth by itself without any sails, oars or means of propulsion. Pursuing this analogy further even the story of Jesus’ secret birth in the manger surrounded by cows is reminiscent of Krishna’s secret name giving ceremony in a cowshed and the wicked ruler Herod who trying to destroy the baby Jesus by having all the babies killed two years and under clearly re-introduces the story of the demon king Kaṁsa who had all the babies killed in the ten days following the appearance of Lord Krishna in his attempts to destroy Him as revealed in the tenth canto of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.

   Some might wish to forcefully postulate that this is mere speculation and that it was not possible that these stories could be known of in the West; but it is an archeological fact that Greek culture did have sufficient access to Mother India as is overwhelmingly evidenced by the Heliodorus Stambha errected by the Greek Ambassador Heliodorus proving he was a Vaishnava devotee of Lord Krishna two centuries before the birth of Christ.

  So it must be acknowledged and subsequently accepted that through the medium of Greece all of the western countries did have access to these stories and is no secret that many western scholars, philosophers and authors, incorporated the ancient and timeless wisdom of India into their books. In classical times, the Greek fable Hercules is an excellent example of this and in modern times the book "Siddharta" by Herman Hesse, as well as books from various esoteric western organizations such as the Theosophical Society and the Rosicrucians with their Vedānta rooted eschatology doctrines that are noticably lacking in any definitive understanding of the Supreme Lord; gives substantiating evidence of this in brief”.

(The Bible itself we have today is a translation of the writings in Greek.)

              

  We see that the Vedas says that there are 2 floods, one at the end of Brahma's day and one at the end of Brahma's life. In the Bible there are also 2 floods, one with Noah and the other with Jonah. The story of Matsya is related to Jonah who in Chapter 1, verse 17, of "Jonah," who describes him as being saved from the flood by a great fish sent by God. There is no doubt that both are drawn from the same story of Matsya as described in the Bhagavat:

  "So the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah; And Jonah was three days and three nights in the bowels of the fish". (Jonah 1:17)

Matsya Avatar saving Satyavrata Muni and other Sages from the flood

The Savior Fish next to Jonas. Work of Aleijadinho, Belo Horizonte- Brazil

              

   The same is also true of the story of the next incarnation of God, Kalki-dev. In the Holy Bible - Revelation, 19, 11-21, we find the following verses:

The Heavenly Warrior defeats the beast

¹¹ I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. ¹² His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. ¹³ He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.¹⁴ The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. ¹⁵ Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter”. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. ¹⁶ On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:

king of kings and lord of lords

¹⁷ And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, ¹⁸ so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small”.

¹⁹ Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army. ²⁰ But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.²¹ The rest were killed with the sword coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.

              

  Likewise, in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (12.2.19-20), the activities of Lord Kalki are described as follows:

              

  “Lord Kalki, the Lord of the universe, will mount His swift horse Devadatta and, sword in hand, travel over the earth exhibiting His eight mystic opulences and eight special qualities of Godhead. Displaying His unequaled effulgence and riding with great speed, He will kill by the millions those thieves who have dared dress as kings”. (translation: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda)

Lord Kalki, described in Bible and Vedas

   Another evidence that the stories of the Holy Bible are based on the Vedas is the story of Abraham with his wives Sarah and Hagar in the chapter Genesis-16 that is clearly drawn from the Purāṇas where Brahmā marries his second wife Gāyatrī and Saraswati curses him to be worshiped in no temple. For this, there is only one Brahmā temple in all India - in Pushkar, and nowhere else. Abraham - Brahmā, Sarah - Saraswati and Agar - Gāyatrī, only the names have changed somewhat due to linguistics. The story is the same and the names still remain similar.

 The real Hindus - the Vaishnavas, too, are monotheists - worship The Single One God and also do not accept any kind of idolatry in their worship. The Vaishnavas worship Śrī Mūrti of Bhagavān experienced through transcendental feelings (bhavas) and especially through the chant of the Holy Name - "Glorified be the holy Name". Śrīla Gurudev says in the book "The Way of Love"(p.6-7):

  “We are all in the family of The one God. It is not that there is one God in England, another in America, and still another in India. The Christians, Muslims and Hindus are not worshiping different Gods. The names Allah, Brahma, Jehovah, Krishna and Yahweh refer to the same God, called by different names according to languages and cultures. If we love the same one God, why do we quarrel? We quarrel because we don’t know what real love is. If we have true love and affection for the single-one Supreme Lord, we will naturally love each other. There is a saying, “God is love and love is God.” And in Indian Vedic culture there is a saying, “All should be happy.”

  Jesus also taught this philosophy. He went to India when he was about sixteen years old, and he visited many places of pilgrimage, like Vṛndāvana, Ayodhyā, South India and Jagannātha Purī. In Purī he saw the deities of Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā, and he heard Lord Jagannātha (meaning “Lord of the Universe”) addressed as Krishna. In this part of India, the name Krishna is pronounced Kroosna. Because of different languages, Greek and Hebrew, this name became Krusta, then Krista, and now it is pronounced Christ. Krishna, Krusna, Krista and now Christ – they are the same. In this universe there is only one God, and He is not Russian, English, German or Spanish. He knows all languages without difficulty, but there is actually no need of knowing them. There is only one real language in the entire world, and that language is called love. Eyes can speak that language, ears and hands can speak and understand it, and a glowing face can tell everything. God is one, and He is the embodiment of Love. Krishna is the original name of God, given in the ancient Vedas, and it means “the all-attractive reservoir of pleasure”. All other names, like Supersoul, Buddha, Allah and God, are included within Him.

  And also:

 "From Krushna came Krista and Krista came Christ, Christ is the same as Krishna and then you can sing the name of Christ, or Jehovah, or whatever name of God you desire”. To conclude this part, anyone who carefully reads the chapter of the Holy Bible called "Leviticus" and also the millennial Vedic scripture called "Manu Smriti" will see in them the evident similarity in codes of conduct appropriate to man according to the law of God. All this (similarity and respect to the Laws) will be observed (although without being overly athached to it- with the solely intention to awake the internal love for God) by those whose faith in the scriptures is developed.

As we know the Bible was first translated-compiled in the greek language and as we can see (chapter- Grecce) many greeks converted to Krisnaism (or Vaishnavism) before the Bible was compiled. Its then very much logical that the name or title "Kristos or Kyrios" given for Jesus and for God Himself in the greek original Bible, wich in other languages became Christ, Cristo etc.. came from the most important name of the Supreme Lord proclamed in the Vedas- Krisna. 

On the following video-link (from min. 30:00) Srila Gurudev B.V.Narayan Goswami gives his conclusion about the teachings of Christ, Christian religion and Bible- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KfQd1puJn8

Ethiopia

  In ancient times, the land of Ethiopia was called Kush or Kusha. Some historians also include part of Egypt in this portion of land. The word Kush or Kushal in Sanskrit means "happy." Curiously, the translation of the chapter entitled "Sheba" (in arabic "Shva"; in Portuguese "Séba") in the Koran 34:15 (Surat Sabá), on the land of the Queen, it is said:

“There was for [the tribe of] Saba' in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told – the Prophet said:], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord". This happy territory is the place of Séba – Ethiopia.

  So, we see that the reason of why Ethiopia is called Kush is also due to the meaning of the word being "happy" in both Aramaic,Sanskrit and also Quechua, language of the Inkas in Peru. Not only this, but in the age where there were no writing and only a few symbols were used, these symbols were also used by Ethiopia. Even today, one can see the use of the Swastika, Hindu symbol meaning "peace, well-being, the 4 ashrams and varnas, Vedas etc" in Churches in Ethiopia as well as the “Magen David - Star of David” which has long been used by the Hindus as a yantra of the Gopala-mantra and Shakti and Shakti-mam (Radha-Krishna). There is no doubt that Egypt and Ethiopia had maintained various connections with India since that ancient time. Even nowadays, the Tewahedo Christian Orthodox Church of Ethiopia uses instruments in its rituals very similar to the Vedic ones like the drum of two sides (mṛdaṅga) and cymbals, the clothing is also similar as the songs and dances practiced in these Churches. It is said that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is the oldest Church in the world because it began with Queen Sebá at the request of King Solomon and continued with their son (son of Sebá and King Solomon) called Menelik, whose last descent King was the Emperor Haile Selassie. Although previously it followed Jewish concepts and worship of the prophet Moses, Christianity was incorporated into it through the Apostle Philip - The Evangelist, who preached to an Ethiopian about the new Messiah - Jesus Christ. Since then, they are seen as Christians who hold the tradition and also strictly observe all Laws given in the Bible. It is a respectable and noble Church. There, too, as in Hebrew culture, the symbol "Lion of Judah" is widely used to refer to some messengers of God, like Jesus Christ etc.

Swastika on stones of the Lalibela Church of Ethiopia.

Swastika in a church in Macedonia.

Statue of the Lion Of Judah in Addis Ababa- Ethiopia

Lions guarding one Gaudiya Math temple- Navadwip-dhama-India

Egypt

  One of the most important Kings of Egypt was called Akenaton. He was known to be the only King of Egypt trying to install worship to One God in polytheistic Egypt. His name is similar to the word "Ekanatha" which in Sanskrit means "One God". So he probably received this name because of his monotheistic worship. There also in Egypt we find the famous Nile River or Blue Nile because of its bluish color, in Sanskrit "blue" it is written "Nila" as in "Nila Kantha Mahadev" - Shiva - that has the blue throat with the word "Nila" also meaning blue. Still in Egypt, worship of the God Ra (Sun) is well known and one of the names of the sun in Sanskrit is Ravi, both beginning with the syllable "Ra". There are other innumerable evidences like the land of the Rsis that gave name to Russia, the place of Kasyapa - the Káspio sea, the place where the arms were tested (in Sanskrit Astra) fired by mantras - Australia, the place of the then offering (Pinda) in the shape of the head of Rama, PindoRama - Brazil, the place where there is a lot of silver (ajuna in Sanskrit, argutum in latin) - Argentina, and so many others that will not be mentioned so that this book does not extend much. Here is an excerpt from the introduction of the book "Krishna Samhita" written by Srila Thakur Bhaktivinod, where he cites the connection that Egypt had with India since ancient times:

   “According to them (modern historians) the beginning of the Aryans' rule in India was 6,341 years ago. We have thus established the incomparably long history of India. No other civilization can compare with it. It is said that Egypt, or Misore, is a very ancient country. It is estimated from the descriptions of Menitho, a historian from Misore, that people started living in that country in 3553 B.C. The name of their first king was Minis. It is calculated that his rule began when Hariscandra was ruling India. The strange thing is this: there was a king named Maniscandra who was a contemporary of Hariscandra. It may be noted how similar the names Maniscandra and Minis are. It is also said that King Minis came to Egypt from some eastern country. The great pyramid was created by the Suphu dynasty. A king named Hiksas from the east attacked Egypt about 2000 B.C., or about two hundred years before the battle of Kuruksetra. A religion similar to varṇāśrama dharma was previously practiced in Egypt. From these facts it appears there was some kind of connection between Egypt and India. Let future scholars research more about this. According to the opinion of the Hebrews, their kingdom was created around 4000 B.C., probably from the time of King Śrāvasta. It is difficult, however, to prove these things nowadays. When the situation of the Hebrews and Misore [Egypt] is such, there is no need to mention other races. Descriptions of incidents prior to the time of King Minis of Egypt are uncommon. The 1,000 year life history of Adam of the Hebrews has become the subject of discussion for the third-grade people of that country. Modern scholars of India compare his life-span with the seventy-one maha-yuga life-span of a Manu or the 1,000 year life-span of Daśaratha. Swanlike people should not think that we are trying to establish India as the oldest country in order to increase its prestigious position. Since swanlike Vaisnavas see all people as equal, they accept whatever truth is substantiated regarding the age of the diferent races”.

Inscriptions of Tamil Brahmi - (which was used by the Hindus) one of the oldest forms of writing known to us, found on a stone on the Red Sea coast in Egypt dating to 100 years B.C.

Greece

  In his book "Vaishnava Vijaya-Māyāvāda Ki jivani" (pages 99-100) Śrīla Param Gurudev Śrīla B.P. Keshav Goswami Maharaj writes:

  Heliodorus was a Greek ambassador to India 200 years before the birth of Christ. As a diplomat representing Greece in a foreign country he obviously had the full confidence of the Greecian governement and possessed a sophisticated understanding of the world as it existed at that time. Although his political and diplomatical qualities were surely exemplarary they are not however what he is best known for. In the international archeological circles of the world his proven presence in India was quite sensational. What establishes his importance and what he is best known for is the errection in 113 B.C. of his monumental pillar at Besnagar in Madhya Pradesh, India. Known as the Heliodorus column in all archeological circles and literatures, this pillar is actually a Garuda-stambha similar to the one situated inside the Jagannatha temple at Puri in Orissa, India. Although the knowledge of its existence is not so widespread to the common man; in archeological circles it is considered a phenomena and its discovery gives the profound perception and understanding of the depth and universality of the imperishable Vedic culture. In light of the fact that the western countries received the vast majority of their knowledge and assumptions from the Greeks makes this a very significant and unique archeological discovery of worldwide importance.

 The Heliodorus column first came to the attention of the western intelligentsia in 1877 during an archeological expedition from England headed by Sir Alexander Cunningham. After analyzing the style and form of the column, Cunningham incorrectly deduced that it was erected during the reign of the Imperial Gupta period of the second century A. C. never dreaming that underneath the coating of red silt that covered the bottom of the column was an inscription. However thirty-two years later in 1901 an independent researcher accompanied by Dr. J.H. Marshall had the coating of red silt removed and then the inscription was brought to light revealing that the pillar was factually errected in the second century B.C. and not in the Imperial Gupta period as previously assumed. Dr. Marshall described in an article he wrote in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society that Cunningham had erred in his evaluation of the age of the column and could never have imagined the value of the find which he had just missed discovering. The language was Prakrit influenced by Sanskrit and one look at the anciant Brahmi inscription chisled into the base of the Garuda-stambha was all that was necessary to understand that the column was many centuries older than 200 A. C. This came as a great surprise to Dr. Marshall but what caused him to be amazed and what totally electrified the international archeological community as well was the translation of the ancient Brahmi script which we are revealing below:

devadevasya vāsudevasya garuḍa dhvajaḥ ayam karitah

heliodorena bhagavatena diyasa putreṇa taksasilakena

“This Garuda pillar dedicated to Vasudeva, the lord of lords, has been erected by Heliodorus, a devotee of the Vedic culture, the son of Dion and resident of Takshashila”. (The Life History of Māyāvādism. p.99-102)

(Takshashila is in western Pakistan)

"Now, to put everything in proper perspective, it should be understood that the greatest Greek philosophers beginning with Pythagoras who lived in the year 560 B.C., Socrates in 450 B.C., Hippocrates in 400 B.C., and Plato and Aristotle in 350 B.C. all came and preached their doctrines, propagated their philosophies and compiled their books. Ambassador Heliodorus being a member of the Greek elite in the 2nd century B.C. was certainly well versed in all these philosophies, yet the Emperor Heliodorus became an avid Vaishnava devotee of Vasudev Krishna and left this impressive monumental pillar in the form of the Garuda Stambha as testimony of this for all eternity".

Pythagoras is also known as the patriarch of all the great Greek philosophers. It was said by the French philosopher Francois Voltaire that Pythagoras went to India and there he learned geometry. Pythagoras' theorem was already known in India through the Vedas. The name Pythagoras also originates from Sanskrit. In Sanskrit "Pita" means "Father" and "Goras" comes from "Guru" means Master. As Pythagoras is the father of all later teachers of philosophy in Greece, his name is Pythagoras-father (pita) of Greek gurus- Goras.

Ancient Greek coin showing Baladev and Vasudev Krsna

Famous Pillar of Heliodorus in Besnagar, Madhya Pradhesh, India.

Persia

   About Persia and the scholar Zoroaster (Jaradvastra), a disciple of Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur called Narayan Das (Prof. Sanyal) wrote as follows on His "Sree Krishna Chaitanya" book, page 108-109:

   "The theistic principle that is established by the process of adulterated reasoning, is extremely imperfect and, in regard to the reality, is both foreign and incomplete ; because the theistic conception that is brought about by reason in alliance with matter, is a specific and limited idea, viz., that God is the mere cause of matter. It is artificial in as much as there is in it no real advancement towards the spiritual state proper, no direct activity of the soul nor any investigation of the Reality. This will appear later in its proper place. Such delirious mixed reason, even after admitting God, is unable to establish the unity of God on account of materialistic errors. Sometimes it supposes God to be a dual entity. Thereupon in their judgment the spiritual principle appears as one god and the material principle as another god. The god, whose nature is imagined to be spiritual, is supposed to be the source of good. The god as the material principle, is opined as the cause of all evil. A certain scholar who bore the name of Jaradvastra, in his work the Zendavesta, admitted the dual nature of the divine principle in recognition of the eternity of the two gods, as the evil and the good principle respectively. Theistically disposed persons showed their contempt for him by designating him as the rotten interpreter ( jaranmimansaka). This designation is retained even to this day, having been applied subsequently in connection with all superficial persons of the schools of fruitive work and empiric knowledge. Jaradvastra is an ancient scholar. His view received no support in India but spread successfully in Iran. Becoming infective his view produced, in the religion of the Jews and subsequently among the followers of the Koran, Satan as the rival of God. About the time when Jaradvastra was preaching his view of two gods, the necessity for three gods being recognized among the Jews the doctrine of the Trinity was originated. In the Trinitarian view at first the three gods were conceived as separate from one another; and subsequently, when this appeared unsatisfactory to the scholars, they elicited the inter-connection among them by the elaboration of the theological principles represented by God, the Holy Ghost and Christ respectively. In the particular Age or Sect in which Brahma, Vishnu and Siva are conceived as different gods the unsatisfactory circumstance of similar belief in three gods occurred also in India. Scholars having established the theoretical unity of those three gods, have incorporated in many parts of the Shastras advice discountenancing their separate existence. In different countries there is also found to exist belief in many gods. Specially in very backward countries monothism in a pure form is not found to prevail. At one time it was the practice to regard the gods, such as Indra, Chandra, Vayu, Varuna, etc., as mutually independent. The school of the mimmansakas (interpretationists) correcting the above view subsequently established a single god, viz., Brahma. All this is mere delirious utterances of reason deluded by matter. God is one entity. Had He been more than one the world would have never functioned in a beautiful manner. Different laws in conformity with different wills in mutual conflict, would have undoubtedly wrecked the world. That this visible universe has issued from the will of one powerful person, cannot be denied by any person who feels the impulse of goodness.

Germany

About Germany's relationship with India, Srila Gurudev B.V.Narayan Goswami once said in Heidelberg, Germany, as follows:

       “But I know from this fact that Germany was following India. The Vedas were brought here, translated, at the time of Hitler. He was very friendly with India, and he was not as cruel as they say. But through propaganda (media) they ... (propagated it). He brought all the Vedas, he also brought the brahmanas panditas, and then he discovered (how to make) planes, rockets, everything from the Vedas, and then the whole world took the remnants from here. However, the Bhagavad Gita rejects this worldly science (The Bhagavad Gita talks about the science of the soul, spiritual topics). But, he respected the people of India ”.

Śrīla Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Goswami says the following:

   “In the philosophy of Gaudiya Vaishnavism the word 'vilasa' means 'playful, blissful movement'. You can understand this as meaning that the Absolute (God) is absorbed in playing. And this is manifested in a tricky way. A snake moves in a zigzag, similarly the movement of the Absolute is not straight. The Lord's divine pastimes (transcendental activities) are something like this. This is similar to Hegel's idea that truth moves along a crooked line through thesis, antithesis and then synthesis. In this way the truth is dynamic, it develops and progresses. The German Hegel was the most profound thinker among Western philosophers. Of course, there were great German scholars like Max Muller and others. In fact, Germany had such an admiration for the culture of India that some books that are not found today in India, can be found in Germany ”.

(Ecclesiastes 7.13): Consider what God did: Who can straighten what he did crooked?

                   Super-sophisticated ancient architecture

 

    Contrary to what is taught in today's atheistic schools, the world was not only inhabited by more intelligent and spiritualistic human beings since its creation thousands of years ago, but also possessed a super-sophisticated system of technology and architecture that was also used in favor of spiritual progress and that even today, cannot even be explained by modern historians and scientists. The Orthodox Church of Lalibela in Ethiopia dedicated to Mary, Jesus and St. George, and the Kailash temple in Elora- India, are some examples of this fact.

    As written in his SEC 13 biography, in Roha (Lalibela) the future king of the Zagwe dynasty named Gebre Mesqel Lalibela was born. His mother tells that soon after his birth, several bees came to the newborn and surrounded him for a long time. According to her, they were not bees, but angels in the shape of bees. That is why he was nicknamed Lalibela, or the one who was proclaimed (Lal) by the bee-shaped angels (ibela) and is considered a Holy King, like the Raja Rishis in India. When he was still young he is said to have been taken up to heaven where angels and celestial beings showed him the holy city of Jerusalem and instructed him to build a New Jerusalem that would in the future be a great pilgrimage site as important as Jerusalem that by SEC 12 had already been conquered by the Muslims. The angels also told him where he would build this temple and also that they themselves - Angels, would help him build it. Soon after this event, they began to build from a mountain of stone. Even today, no machine can do this work, because it starts to be carved from the top of the giant stone and goes down in perfect outline. In addition, the inner part contains several natural stone pillars with various hand-carved designs and other Christian paintings of the time. All this in just 24 years. Local history also describes that this church was built according to God's order to these angels. One might question this, but even today with all the technology, there is nothing like it in the entire West, let alone almost 1,000 years ago. In India there are several temples like this in Ethiopia (e.g. Kailash Temple in Elora, India), which were built by demigods probably more than 5000 years ago although some say it was built around SEC.10, but in relation to the Abrahamic religions, it is unique. The Tewahedo Orthodox Church of Ethiopia forms the council of Eastern Churches along with Syria, Alexandria and Arrmenia Orthodox Church. They date back to the time of Jesus Kristo himself, and Ethiopia's even before that, because it was Jewish, began with Queen Seba's son with Solomon- King Menelik 1, whose famous Emperor Haile Selassie was the last descendant and King. The famous singer and songwriter Bob Marley was also initiated into this same Church after leaving Rastafarianism, becoming Berhane Selassie after initiation. Thousands of pilgrims go to this church every year, from inside and outside Ethiopia. Its practitioners strictly follow scriptural commands, use another translation of the Bible, in Aramaic, and most of its members are vegetarians. It is no accident that it is the only African country that has never been colonized.

                            Primitive Imperialism

 

From the book "Mayavada Ki Jivani" by Srila Bhakti Praghyan Keshav Goswami Maharaj

 

   "Respect for life and all that life contains in conjunction with conscious commitment not to violate any form of life is a fundamental and primary prerequisite for spiritual realization. The development of the human species is purely a matter of consciousness development and does not depend on any experiment in technological bureaucracy as many proclaim.

   Any religion, society, culture or civilization that has not at least reached the platform of vegetarianism as a basic principle of daily life, must be classified as pagan, primitive and extremely backward regardless of any so-called advances in modern technology. Solar energy, which is clean, safe and free for all, could have been easily perfected and supplied to everyone in the world for little or no cost, but instead great, very great efforts were made to split the atom and then nuclear bombs and nuclear energy was produced, which is expensive, pollutes, and is infinitely more complicated and difficult to process. Although the English imperialists had exercised control over India for many centuries, still the lowest Hindu street sweeper regards the Englishman as an untouchable man and lower than him.

   In the book Jaiva Dharma, Vaishnava das, a pure devotee of God, speaks to his materialist friend as follows:

   "In modern times, civilization has come to be a way of keeping one's own depravity hidden within oneself. The word "sabhyata" literally means to be accepted to participate in a virtuous assembly. In fact, civilization that is free of sin and deception can only be found among the Vaishnavas. Non-Vaishnavas are very fond of civilization that is saturated by sin. The civilization of which you speak is not related to the eternal occupation of the living entity (nitya-dharma).

   If civilization means adorning yourself with elegant clothes to please others, then prostitutes would be more civilized than you are. The only requirement regarding dress is that the clothes must cover the body, be clean and free from bad smell. Food is impeccable when it is pure and nutritious, but you only care if it is tasty; you don't even consider whether it is pure or not. Wine and meat are naturally impure, and a civilization based on the consumption of such things is simply a society devoted to sin. What now passes under the name of civilization is the culture of Kali yuga (the present age of duplicity and hypocrisy).

  

   So we can see what kind of civilization is actually primitive.

                              A universal law

   We read in the diary of the introducer of the theistic life in Brazil - still in the 16th century, the glorious Father Anchieta of the Jesuit monastic order, that even the native Indians were punished by protective spirits - called Curupira, when they killed animals or plants unnecessarily, just for the taste of killing or for food gluttony. We see then, through this fact, which was once seen personally by Father Anchieta himself, that even barbarian Indians were punished by these spirits if they inflicted this law against animals and plants. This was actually mercy, because for civilized people who have certain understandings, the punishment may not come in the present life, but when the soul leaves the body, when there is no more time for repentance. Contrary to what many people think, this law of God is not a specialty of the Hindus or the Vedas, but a universal law wich is also followed by many Rabbis, Ayatollahs, Catholic nuns and monks etc. So we must take care to respect all living beings of God's creation.

 Photos below - The Glorious Father Anchieta, precursor of education and theistic life in Brazil, where he baptized about 50,000 Indians. Reports from the time say that like St. Francis, St. Anchieta also loved and communicated with the animals of the then virgin forest of Brazil. This was only about 20 years after the Lord himself - Sri Chaitanya made all the animals and birds of the Jarikhanda forest receive the love of God (Photo 2). Such activities purified the whole world as stated in the C.C.- Adi-lila 13.98- nadiya udaya giri purna candra gaura hari ...

The Kardecist Spiritism 

On his book "A caminho da luz” (On the Way to the Light), chapter 5 titled "India", the Brazilian Saint Francisco (Chico) Xavier from the line of Christ-Allan Kardec through his celestial mentor-  Emmanuel, states:

"Modern thinking is the legitimate descendant of that great race of thinkers who organized themselves on the banks of the Ganges, from the dawn of earthly times, so that all the languages of the white races have the closest affinities with Sanskrit, which originated from their formation and which was reminiscent of their previous existence, on other planes". (p.50-51)

"Of the exiled spirits in the environment of the Earth, those that grouped in the banks of the Ganges were the first to form the prodromes of an organized society, whose nuclei would represent the great percentage of ascendants of the collectivities of the future.

The Hindu organizations are of ancient origin before the Egyptian civilization itself and preceded the clusters Israelites, from which later notable personalities, such as those of Abraham and Moses, would emerge.

The souls exiled in that part of the East had received much from the mercy of Christ, whose word of love and whose luminous figure they held the most touching memories, translated in the beauty of the Vedas and Upanishads. They were the first voices of philosophy and religion in the earthly world, as coming from a race of prophets, teachers and initiates, in whose traditions the men and peoples of the future would drink the truth, noting that their schools of thought preserved the initiatory mysteries, with the most sacred traditions of respect". (p.49-50)

            "The songs of the Vedas are a glorification of faith and hope, in the face of the Supreme Majesty of the Lord of the Universe. The ability to tolerate, and to wait, flourished in the collective feeling of the multitudes, who endured all sorrows heroically and waited for the sublime moment of redemption. The Mahātmās created an environment of such great spiritual grandeur for their people that even today no foreigners visit the sacred land of India without bringing from there the deepest impressions of their psychic atmosphere. They also left their messages of love, hope and resigned stoicism to the world, pointing out that almost all the great figures of the human past, progenitors of contemporary thought, have learned from them the most sublime lessons".

No prophet or authoritative scripture should be criticized

On his book "Māyāvāda ki jivani," page 177-178, Śrīla Bhakti Praghyan Keshav Goswami Mahārāja writes:

"Śrī Bhagavad Gītā is known and respected everywhere by all classes of people due to its being contained within Mahāmuni Śrīla Veda Vyāsadeva’s fenomenal 100.000 śloka epic entitled Mahābhārata. The Bhagavad Gītā is actually the essence of the Mahābhārata and upon the foundation of Bhagavad Gītā only is one able to enter into the loftly and exoteric subject matters of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, the crest jewel and the crowning glory of all spiritual scriptures without exception. Although the knowledge presented in the Bhagavad Gītā concerning the Supreme Lord, the individual soul and the living entities designation as well as relationship with the Supreme Lord is applicable to all religions, cultures, and people and is flawless, impecable and eternally absolute; still we see that the promulgators of demonic religions without any shame or remorse whatsoever dare to criticize even this great transcendental work.

Such blasphemers and envy mongers are imposters who insiduously attempt to usurp the eternal, pristine position of Sanātan Dharma. Although these imposters externally wear the garb of religion and appear pious by their nefarious activities it can be gleaned that they are factually demons”.

In the same way Śrīla B.V. Swami Prabhupāda says: "If you see that by following some religious principles you develop your love for God, then this is perfect. It does not matter whether this is in the Bible, the Qoran or the Bhagavad Gita; It does not matter." (Lecture, 10/18/68) And also - Śrīla B.V. Swami Prabhupāda: "If Muhammad is a servant of God and Jesus Christ is the son of God, then where is the disruption of the disciplic succession? The disciplic succession begins with God, so how do you think there is no disciplic succession there? If the original tree has branches, twigs, and leaves and they are in contact with the original tree, that's all right". Similarly, Jesus Christ, respecting the previous prophet stated, "I came not to change the law (of Moses), but to fulfill it". Also in the Holy Qoran, chapter "The heifer (Al-Baqarah)", verse 136, states:

“[O believers], we have believed in Allah and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants and what was given to Moses and Jesus and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him". And in verse 137: “So if they believe in the same as you believe in, then they have been [rightly] guided; but if they turn away, they are only in dissension, and Allah will be sufficient for you against them. And He is the Hearer, the all Knowing”.

The prominent Muslim scholar Abdullah Yusuf Ali also comments:

"It is not for us to make any distinction between one and another of Allah's Messengers: we must honour them all equally, though we know that Allah in His wisdom sent them with different kinds of missions and gave them different degrees of rank." (Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur-an, Al-Madinah, 1411 H, p. 132)

 Thus, it is clear that the Acharyas Vaishnavas as well as the Abrahamic prophets had deep respect for all the real preachers of the Truth and their respective scriptures and they also warned of the danger of criticizing them. In fact, to offend or to criticize any God´s pure devotees leads one to the worst hell.

                   Similar ritualistic ceremonies

 

   In both the Abrahamic and Vedic scriptures, various types of purification ceremonies (Samskara) are prescribed which are essential for living entities to have good impressions on the mind from a young age.

    The head shaving ceremony is one such ancient traditional ceremony that helps the child develop a sense of connection and submission to God's commandments. It is performed even today by thousands of children who are children of Vaishnavas (Orthodox Brahmanas) and Orthodox Jews (Hassidic) and in both at the age of exactly 3 years (3 in Judaism, 3 or 5 - Vaishnavism). Except that in Judaism one leaves 2 tufts of hair above the ear and in Vaishnavism one leaves only one at the top of the back of the head (although initially one leaves 2 tufts above the ear). It represents that the new student of the scriptures from a young age has an antenna in the form of the tuft of hair that aids in his solid connection to the higher source - God in Person (Krishna - Adonai) and indicates his focus on devotion and sacrifice to the Lord. The ceremony is completely the same and has the same meaning in both religions. Perhaps because in both religions, Abraham is the patriarch of Judaism and Brahma of Vaishnavism, something that probably goes far beyond mere coincidence.

   In these same scriptures it is also said that it is practically impossible to have a true and practical connection with God without undergoing these kinds of rituals, ceremonies or initiations, which despite being only the beginning of the process is very important because without it, one does not begin. Therefore, the practitioners of these religions observe these ceremonies very carefully with the sole objective of pleasing God and progressing on the spiritual path. Below are pictures of this ceremony, of Goudiya Vaishnavism in Belo Horizonte and of Hassidic Judaism in Jerusalem. Soon the ceremony where the child receives the sacred cord.

 

Meaning of the sanskrit word "yoga"

 

 

   Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: We can see that everywhere in this world, especially in China, Taiwan, Japan and also in other countries, people are doing physical exercises to keep their bodies strong and durable. What can really happen, for some time they can keep themselves this way. They may be strong, without any diseases, and have some longevity, but one day they will become old, and then where will the yoga practiced at this time go? They will no longer be able to exercise. So it is possible that we exercise to protect our body from disease and make it strong, but that is actually exercise, not yoga. These days yoga is quite famous everywhere. The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit language of India and means "putting two things together. What two things? Most people don't know, but we know because we practice real yoga. We are not this body. This body is just a bag of urine, blood, feces, and other nasty things that one day you have to leave it. But there is a soul in this body, soul means "you and me". And there is also a Super Soul, the Supreme Lord. We (souls) are inside the heart of the body together with the Super-Soul. Through the practice of bhakti-yoga one learns "I am a spiritual soul, part and parcel of the Supreme Lord." And then through love and affection the soul can join with Him. Do you understand this?

Host: Yes.

Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: If you wish to build a wall then you put one brick on top of another brick, but you also need to add cement between them. Analogously if we wish to have a connection with the Supreme Lord there needs to be prema, pure love and affection. By love and affection we can be with Krsna and serve Him. As a result of this service, this body which is a bag of feces and urine will go away forever. And then we will realize our very beautiful soul which is eternal, unborn, ever young and immortal. And then in our spiritual body we will serve the wonderful Supreme Lord. This is called yoga, and the effect of this yoga is that we will no longer have to come back to this world to become old and die.

Host: How can bhakti-yoga contribute to peace, personal and world peace?

Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Bhakti-yoga is the transcendental religion of all souls. It is part of the nature of the soul to serve Krsna. Krsna is the Supreme Lord. God is love and love is God. Krsna is love personified. If one serves Him, that person becomes full of happiness with pure love and affection. He will never be sad, because in the transcendental world there is no disease or old age and no problem of any kind. There is only happiness and more happiness, this person will be eternally happy. Bhakti-yoga is very easy to follow. The devotee prays "O God, the Lord is very merciful. Please be merciful to me." And he chants the Holy Names. The names of the Supreme Lord are very powerful. In just one moment the Lord can create millions of universes, and again in another moment He can destroy them and then recreate them. He is merciful without cause. He has all good qualities. He has invested all His power, all His mercy, and all His qualities in His Holy Names, and that is why His Names are so powerful. We chant and meditate on His names, "Hare Krsna Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare." Whatever language we speak, whatever country we live in, Western or Eastern, we can easily chant and offer respectful reverence to Him. Easily we can be acting in bhakti-yoga and thus become free from this material world and be happy forever.

 Host: Can one chant the names of Jesus and have the same effect as chanting the names of Krsna?

 Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Jesus is not God, the Supreme Lord. He is the son of God. The father has a form, we can see that in the Bible, first chapter, it is written that God created man of His own image. If God has no image how did He create the human form, or the human image? God has one form and many qualities. All qualities reside in Him. What are the names that Christians use for God? Brajanath dasa: Jehovah, Yahweh. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: The name Christ came from when the young Jesus went to our holy places in India. In Vrindavana, where we came from he heard the name Krsna, the Supreme Lord, and saw His form. And then he went to southern India where the residents pronounce Krsna as "Krusnhna." Then Krushna became Krista, and from Krista came Christ. Christ is the same as Krsna, so you can chant the names Christ, Jehovah, or any other name you wish.

 

 

Buddhism and worshipers of light are not part of the Absolute Truth

In his famous book "The History of Impersonalism", Śrīla Param Gurudev B.P. Keshav Goswami wrote: "Atheists say that God does not exist. Shankaracharya, like the Buddhists, says that God has no form, is impersonal, has no qualities or attributes. Is this not in essence a kind of atheism? Mahādeva Shiva is known as Pasupatinath which means 'The protector of those who act as animals' and also as Bhutanath which means 'The protector of ghosts'. Shankaracharya is an incarnation of Shiva and that is why atheistic philosophy is today the religion of those who act like animals and live as ghosts".

We also see that in the West a large number of followers of Christianity, Islam and Judaism think just like the Buddhists and impersonalists - that the holy spirit or even God does not have a spiritual form, qualities, friends, etc. They think there is only one light or one energy. Most of the so-called religious today deny that God can have an eternal spiritual form even though it is stated that "God created man after His own image." So it is clear and evident that to say that these people are actually atheistic and demonic is simply the truest truth. It is common today also ignorant people think that yoga is simply to exercise or lengthen the body or reassure the mind. However, the Lord of Yoga Bhagavān Śrī Krishna says to his friend Arjun:

sarva-dharmān parityajya

mān ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja

ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo

mokṣayiṣyāmi ma śucaḥ

“Completely abandoning all bodily and mental dharma, such as varṇa and āśrama, fully surrender to Me alone. I shall liberate you from all reactions to your sins. Do not grieve”.

Here, the Lord Himself declares to all that true yoga means surrendering to Him with an attitude of service and this will give satisfaction to the soul. And what is the best kind of service in this dark age? This was spoken by Śrī Krishna Chaitanya:

harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam...

"In kali-yuga, current age of hypocrisy and disagreements, there is no other way to achieve the supreme spiritual goal other than the chanting of Holy Name of God (Hari), the chanting of the Holy Name of God, the chanting of the Holy Name of God".

Two Types of Impersonalists

Śrīla Gurudev B.V. Narayan Goswami writes in his book "Gopī Gītā" page 123:

"There are two kinds of monists (advaita-vādīs) or impersonalists. In one category are the Māyāvādīs, who follow Śaṅkarācārya and who, like Rāvaṇa and similar demons, are offenders to the Supreme Lord. In the second category are personalities like Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanātana, Sanat Kumāra, and Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who initially were brahmavādīs, or nirgunya-vadis aspiring for nirguṇa Krishna. They were not offenders. Nirguṇa Krishna means Krishna without qualities. The brahmavādīs accept the existence of God (brahmā), but they have no information about the sweet qualities of His superior, personal feature, and that is why they worship Him without qualities. This is not offensive, because as soon as they hear about the extraordinary qualities of the Supreme Lord Śrī Krishna, they immediately become His devotees and give up their worship of His impersonal feature. It is explained in the Vedas that brahmavādīs, or nirgunya-vadis, want to become one with the Supreme, but they do not try to negate and deny the existence of His personal feature, as do Śaṅkarācārya and his followers. If they meet a devotee, they easily take to the process of bhakti".

Note - The worshipers of the impersonal light in India are called "māyāvādīs" meaning "those whose scriptural knowledge is illusory".

All bonafide scriptures declare: "God is a Person, the Supreme Person"

Not only do Vaishnavism practitioners, but also many Christian scholars also express the idea that God has a form and this is evidenced in the Bible, like this article below:

"Some have had doubts about the Holy Spirit, imagining that He is only a depersonalized power from God; But the teachings of Christ leave no doubt about this. In promising the Holy Spirit, He said:

 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away;  for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; But if I depart, I will send him unto you "(John 16: 7). The word "Comforter" is the translation of the Greek term Paraclete, which in St. John 14:26 is identified as being the Holy Spirit. According to James Robertson, "Of the teaching of Jesus, there is no doubt that the other Paraclete is a Person. At every step, Jesus speaks this way: 'He will teach you all things'; 'He shall glorify Me.' Personality is implicated in the title 'Paracleto', which, in some versions, is improperly translated as 'Comforter'. The word means 'One who is called to stand by us, especially in times of difficulty and conflict'".

Note - In the Vedas it is explained that God has 3 aspects; 1 - Brahman, the impersonal form of God which is only His corporeal effulgence, 2 - the personal form (Paramātmā) located in the heart of all living entities including animals, plants etc, and finally 3 - Personal Form of God Parabrahma, who resides eternally in His spiritual abode, which is the Absolute and Complete Truth. He is to be known, worshiped, served, and loved.

So there is no doubt that all trustworthy scriptures accept the fact that God possesses a form which, though not material, is spiritual and can be seen only with the eyes of love and devotion to Him. When the scriptures say that God does not have a form, this means that He does not have a material form like ours, but a spiritual form similar to ours. This personal form of God is described only superficially in the Abrahamic scriptures and detailed and extensively in the Vedic scriptures. On this, Param Gurudev wrote in his "Vaishnava Vijaya- Māyāvāda ki jivani," page 178:

"The Christian Bible in the book of Revelations, chapter four, verse three gives some reference that God being seated upon a throne is in appearance like a jasper stone. The Hebrew Torah states in the book of Ezekiel, chapter one, verse 28, that the Lord had the appearance of a cloud mass on the day of a pouring rain which is blackish. And the Muslim Koran in the second sura, 138th ayat states that they took their color from the Lord. Muhammad who dictated the Koran was a Bedouin whose color is known to be blackened".

In the conversation of a Muslim Leader Mullah with a Vaishnava in the Jaiva Dharma, Śrīla Bhaktivinod Thakur also writes:

"In our Koran it is written that the Supreme Entity (God) has a conscious divine form, so we are compelled to accept this fact".

In the Vedas also, Brahmā Saṁhitā, verse 1 says:

“Śrī Krishna, Govinda, is the embodiment of eternity, knowledge and bliss. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of all lesser controllers, and the source of all incarnations. He has no beginning or origin, though He is the source of everything and the cause of all causes”.

Śrīla B.R. Sridhar Maharaj comments on this verse: "The form of the Lord of concentrated Truth (sat), Consciousness (cit) and divine ecstasy (ānanda), in a form similar to that of a common human being with two arms and possessing the charming and celestial dark blue color (Syamasundar), carrying a flute (Muralidhar), is His Personal Eternal Character”.

It is clear that while the Abrahamic scriptures describe only the color (black and dark blue - the color of a charged cloud) of the Personality of Godhead, the Vedic scriptures give detailed descriptions not only of color but also of His form, activities, associates, qualities, etc. Those who wish to advance in knowledge about the Supreme Person - God, will benefit immensely from reading books such as the Bhagavad Gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.

Śrī Mūrti from a form of Krishna called Rādhā Ramaṇa. The process of worshiping the personal form of God (Śrī Mūrti) which is authorized in the Vedic scriptures is completely different from the idolatry practiced by the worshipers of various gods and impersonalists

The Conclusion of the Bhagavat Theological Literature

"In considering about the essence of the Deity, two great errors stare before us and frighten us back to ignorance and its satisfaction. One of them is the idea that God is above all attributes both material and spiritual and is consequently above all conception. This is a noble idea but useless. If God is above conception and without any sympathy with the world, how is then this creation? This Universe compose of properties? the distinctions and phases of existence? the differences of value? Man, woman, beast, trees, magnetism, animal magnetism, electricity, landscape, water and fire. In that case ¸Sankaråcårya’s måyåvåda theory would be absolute philosophy. The other error is that God is all attribute, i.e. intelligence, truth, goodness and power. This is also a ludicrous idea. Scattered properties can never constitute a Being. It is more impossible in the case of belligerent principles, such as justice and mercy and fulness and creative power. Both ideas are imperfect. The truth, as stated in the Bhågavata is that properties, though many of them belligerent, are united in a spiritual Being where they have full sympathy and harmony. Certainly this is beyond our comprehension. It is so owing to our nature being finite and God being infinite. Our ideas are constrained by the idea of space and time, but God is above that constraint. This is a glimpse of Truth and we must regard it as Truth itself: often, says Emerson, a glimpse of truth is better than an arranged system and he is right. The Bhågavata has, therefore, a personal, all-intelligent, active, absolutely free, holy, good, all-powerful, omnipresent, just and merciful and supremely unique spiritual deity without a second, creating, preserving all that is in the universe. The highest object of the Vaishnava is to serve that Infinite Being for ever spiritually in the activity of Absolute Love".- (The Bhagavat- Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, speech to religious assembly in 19 CE)

     

South America - Patala

South America, like the underground planets, in the Vedas is called Patala. In India there are also several places which are described as being replicas of celestial and spiritual places such as Devprayag-Indra-loka, Kailash-Shiva-loka and Vrindavan-Goloka. When I asked some Vaishnavas about the possibility of South America having replicas of the lower planets (bila-swarg), they told me, "It is quite possible". Although these planets have advanced technology and great sensorial enjoyment, there is no spiritual uplift activity, they are not eternal and they live with the constant fear of the Vishnu´s disk (chakra) which also symbolizes the all devouring time. On each of these 7 underground planets there is a form of God - Vishnu as Kapila-dev in Atala - place of the Bala demon, fairies etc; Rudra in Vitala – where there are ghosts and goblins; and Vaman-dev in Sutala - abode of Bali Maharaj. There are several archaeological, cultural and religious evidences that indicate the connection between America and these planets. Next, we will look at some of the hundreds of indications that exist.

The wrath of the sage Aurasa

 

   Also in the Ramayana (Kishkindha Sarga 40, 4-48), just two verses before the description of the trident candelabra and the place where Vamana took his first step, there is a description about a sage named Aurasa. There it is said, "There is a fantastic glowing fire in the shape of a horse's face that originated from the wrath of the sage Aurasa. The supplies of that fire are said to be the great waves of the ocean, along with all the movable and immovable creatures of the world at the end of every age."  In the commentary on this verse, the commentator of this translation says the following, "Once, some Kings had come to kill Aurasa and his mother hid him in her thigh, so his name became Aurasa-comes from Uuru- means Thigh. protecting him. Soon after the event, Aurasa Rsi out of revenge started burning the world with his mystical fire, but his companions appeased him and asked him to deposit his mystical fire in the waters of the ocean. When he did so, that fire remained at the bottom of the waters, ready to emerge from a cavity like a horse's mouth, from within the ocean of the south pole. this fire is called Vadaba Agni, referred to here as "Horse Face". Because of the area known as the "Belt, or Ring of Fire" we can know that it lived in the ocean not far from Chile and Peru. This is why we see that the largest volcanoes are located in the Pacific Ocean, between the South American and Australian coast, Indonesia etc. Due to this force coming from the ocean (Aurasa Rsi's wrath) the big ocean waves are formed (Different kalpas, different lilas, Kurma-dev in one, Aurasa Rsi in another), such waves are also found in this part of the pacific which confirms through the Vedas why such events happen in this part of the earth. When I was reading this verse from the Ramayana during this research, I remembered a handicraft from Macchu Picchu (pictured above) that I had won some time ago that had the face of a horse with red eyes. This makes me believe that this very old story of the Sage Aurasa described in the Ramayana is known by the Andean peoples until today.

RĀMA, LAKSHMANA AND HANUMĀN IN BRAZIL

The following is the translation of a conversation between Śrīla Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and Dr. Patel on November 21, 1975, Bombay:

Śrīla Prabhupāda: Still it is going on. The junglis, they are not called civilized. They are as good as animals. We... in India we say jungli he, jungli. And others say "uncivilized." So Āryan, Āryan means the most civilized group.

Dr. Patel: But presently, sir, the Āryan race are spread the world over.

Prabhupāda: Huh?

Dr. Patel: Right from... Āryans are spread the world over right from South America to...

Prabhupāda: They were, they were belonging to the Āryan family. The Europeans, they were also Āryan family, and Indians, the Arabians, Persians, they were all Āryan family. And the Americans, they also migrated from Europe. So they are also Āryans. But that is familywise. But actually Āryan means one who is advanced in civilization. That is Āryan. Therefore when Krishna chastised Arjuna, He addressed him "non-Āryan." "You are not talking like Āryan". Anārya juṣṭam. "You are talking like non-Āryan". (aside:) Hare Krishna.

So Āryan means advanced. The first-class civilized men are the Āryans. So that standard of Āryan civilization is to understand God, Viṣṇu, and go back to. This is perfectional. Yato vā imani bhūtāni jayante (Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.1). To understand that. And again return back to Him. The modern civilization, they are completely unaware of God, neither they know it that going back to home, back to Godhead, is perfection of civilization. This is the defect.

Dr. Patel: They say, sir, that the Āryan civilization, cradle of Āryan civilization, near the North Pole, in somewhere in Russia. From there they started migrating. People went to Europe, from there to America, then south down to Iran, and then to India and all that.

Prabhupāda: That's all right.

Dr. Patel: When they have such extreme cold they were able to civilize themselves to that extent.

Prabhupāda: Hmm? (chuckles) We don't say.

Dr. Patel: The Eskimos are not able to do it.

Prabhupāda: No. Civilization means they must live in a nice place like India. That is civilization. The America in those days, they were neglecting. Nobody was living there. Gradually they advanced. Otherwise these tracts of land were rejected.

Dr. Patel: Hmm?

Prabhupāda: These tracts of land, North America, that was rejected by the Āryans. They knew it.

Dr. Patel: They say the Mexico was known to ancient....

Prabhupāda: Mexico, they are less civilized. They are not Āryans. They are not Āryans.

Dr. Patel: That is Pātāla-bhūmi.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Pātāla-bhūmi means just opposite the eastern hemisphere.

Yaśomatīnandana: Just opposite the...?

Prabhupāda: Eastern hemisphere.

Dr. Patel: But they had, sir, a very big Inca civilization in southern part of the American, I mean, continent, South America, that had been ransacked by these fellows, Spaniards. (break)

Yaśomatīnandana: ...that Rāvaṇa's brother, Mahirāvaṇa, was in...

Prabhupāda: Brazil.

Yaśomatīnandana: Brazil?

Prabhupāda: Yes. From the description it appears.

Dr. Patel: They could have gone via the Berings, on other side of...

Prabhupāda: By Suranga.(?)

Dr. Patel: Bering, Bering, just near on the eastern end of Russia.

Prabhupāda: Underground.

Dr. Patel: There is just next, I mean, Alaska and Bering, opposite each other. They could have gone by that place to American continent in past.

Devotee: That's what the scientists say. They are saying that they migrated by the northern way.

Dr. Patel: Yes. That is the only way. Otherwise seas are very big waves. The small crafts could not have go that way. (break)

Prabhupāda: ...proposition is not migrating. That is due to increase of population. The civilization means the culture. (aside:) Hare Krishna. Jaya. (break)

Dr. Patel: ...really spread toward the east in Indonesia and Indochina, all those places, which were again overtaken by Islam later on.

Prabhupāda: Islam is also...

Dr. Patel: History, it has spread. Even Bali Islands today are practicing Hinduism.

Devotee: Āryan means change in consciousness to God consciousness.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Devotee: This means all over the world there can be an Āryan culture.

Prabhupāda: Yes, that is right.

Dr. Patel: Today the world is dominated by Āryans, all over practically. Except in Central Africa.

Prabhupāda: Today the whole world is dominated by demons.

Dr. Patel: Today. The Āryans have become demons.

Prabhupāda: Yes. That... Anyone can become demon. A demon can become Āryan, and Āryan can become demon, by culture. That is one...

Dr. Patel: Yes, yes. A brāhmaṇa can be degrated to Rāvaṇa state.

Prabhupāda: Yes. That is the Āryan culture.

yasya hi yad lakṣanaṁ

proktaṁ varṇābhivyañjakam

yady anyātrāpi dṛṣyeta

tat tenaiva vinirdiṣet

(SB 7.11.35)

That who is Āryan? These are the symptoms of Āryan. If the symptoms are found in Mexico, they are Āryan. That is verdict of Nārada. Yady anyātrāpi dṛṣyeta tat tenaiva vinirdiṣet (SB 7.11.35). We are doing that. They are coming from mleccha family, but they have practiced to become brāhmaṇa, they are brāhmaṇa. This is Āryan culture.

Hanumān with Śrī Rāma and Śrī Lakshman on the shoulders, stepping on Mahīrāvaṇa after the battle in Brazil.

HANUMĀN SAVES RĀMA 

As Śrīla Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj (Prabhupāda) said, according to the scriptures, it seems that Rāvaṇa's brother Mahīrāvaṇa lived in Brazil. The pastimes, in which he kidnaps Rāma and Lakshmana and brings them to Brazil, and are then saved by Hanumān in his Panchamukha form, are described in the Kamban Rāmāyaṇa. There follows a summary:

"Rāma and Lakshmana once slept in a cave during a battle in Śrī Laṅkā. Vibhīṣaṇa, Rāvaṇa's brother who surrendered to Ramachandra, was the guardian of the cave along with Hanumān. Mahīrāvaṇa took advantage of this moment, disguised himself as Vibhīṣaṇa and so, very easily, he entered the cave where Rāma and Lakshmana were. Using his powers of black magic, he kidnaps Rāma and Lakshmana, and through a tunnel brought them to Brazil (Pātāla). Already in Brazilian lands, Mahīrāvaṇa tied them and prepared them for Kālī-pūjā (where Rāma and Lakshman would be offered to Kali Ma). Mahīrāvaṇa told the two brothers that they should first bow to Kali properly, and then cut off their heads and offer to her. At that moment, Ramachandra asked him to show them how they should offer obeisances to Kali Ma, arguing that he had never knelt before someone before.

When the demon Mahīrāvaṇa went to teach them, the faithful servant of Rāma, Hanumān, had come from Laṅkā to rescue them. At that moment, a great battle began between Hanumān and Mahīrāvaṇa. Hanumān killed him, but Mahīrāvaṇa always resurrected (he had a lot of mystical power). After several attempts Hanumān remembered what he had heard before "Mahīrāvaṇa is almost immortal, but there is a mystery, there is only one way to kill him. You must extinguish the five torches he keeps around his palace, so only you can kill him. "Hanumān then manifested his five-headed form (pancha-mukha-Hanuman), struck out the five torches at once, and Mahīrāvaṇa was dead, he rescued his Lords - Rama and Lakshmana, and then brought them back to Laṅkā".

Hanumān Pañcamukha, with 5 heads, form manifested in Brazil

It is also said that after killing Mahīrāvaṇa, Hanumān left his son Makardwaj who was also half man half monkey (and red as Hanumān), as king in Brazil. This explains why Brazilian natives often paint red bodies. In the Tupi Guarani indigenous culture as well as in the Vedic culture, the children are sent to the home of the guru or pajé at the age of five. There they shave their heads and learn arts, science, spirituality until they are 10 when they leave school. It is also known that the ancient name of Brazil was Pindorama (Pindo Rama) and that the language spoken here was similar to the Sanskrit. One of the original Tupi Guarani tribes is called Ramarama and another Awanti (Xavanti). There is no doubt that even here in South America, Lord Rāma and Vedic culture were known to the native tribes.

  Cartoons counting that līlā (pastime):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yNjmB1HOZw

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMtEkHEbUf4

PERU, BOLIVIA AND MEXICO

Inquiring about the pastimes of the manifestations of Vishnu (Vishnu-Tattva), which took place in the South American area, I obtained some informations based on the Vedas which led me to study the Valmiki-Rāmāyaṇa somewhat, in the part in which Sugrīva ordered his army of monkeys to search for Sītā in every corner of the globe.

One of the articles that led me to these verses of the Rāmāyaṇa was written by Doctor PV. Vartak, archaeologist and PHD in literature in India and Washington (USA). The article is called "Pātāla means South America", so he wrote:

"Bali Maharaj was grandson of Prahlāda Maharaj, Māyā Dānava was the son of Diti and thus brother and friend of Bali. Māyā was known for being a great engineer and so built a stone city for Bali. Māyā built many stone buildings. Valmiki-Rāmāyaṇa describes that, once, Rāvaṇa visited Bali Maharaj.

Māyā and her descendants built many things in Pātāla. Pātāla is South America, so it appears in the Vedas and by the descriptions there is no doubt. Because of the miracles that Māyā made in engineering he is called asura, and according to the RigVeda, asura means miracle or phenomenal (with supernatural powers). Māyā prepared a large trident in South America (Bolivia) as a marking of territory. And it's stuck on a mountain to this day. The trident is bright and emits signs of light. Modern researchers do not know who did and when this trident was made. I found this described in the Valmik-Rāmāyaṇa - Kishkindha Kāṇḍa, verses 53 and 54. There Sugrīva describes the region for his army and warns them not to cross or go beyond that area because it was a very dangerous area.

Then Sugrīva said: "There is a mountain called Udaya Parvata, in it there is a tala tree containing three branches (a trident), this looks like a golden flag, and the mountain is gleaming from the base to the top. It was prepared by the gods to set the east direction. As Sugrīva described this, surely he must have gone there by air. It is miraculous that this trident emanates light only if viewed from above. The Rig-Veda also mentions, that Vishnu demarcated the east, here Vishnu means Vāmana that expelled Bali from India. Vāmana knew that Bali went west and there established new colonies. And it was possible that he would again make war against Lord Indra, the master of the east. Then Vishnu decided to mark the eastern boundary. Thus, both semi-gods and demons, they demarcated the limit of their lands with this signal.

This tala tree is found on the border between Peru and Bolivia. The tala tree that has three tips is the trident found in Peru-Bolivia, near Pisco’s bay. Scholars normally believe that America was discovered by Columbus in 1494. And if this is true, how did Vālmīki in the year 7290 BC describe precisely this tala tree (trident) existing in South America?

How did Vālmīki perfectly describe the trident as told by Sugrīva, who surely saw this trident with his own eyes? So that means that the Indian ancestors came and went from India to America. Modern scholars also say that there are many Hindu customs that are common in South America. And the reason is that the Hindus of Ancient India migrated there, both in Bali and also after Bali Maharaj. If modern researchers knew of this secret, they could unravel many other mysteries".

As seen, this 'sign' of demarcation on the east or west side depending on the author's or Sugrīva's point of view, is indeed the mysterious trident that lies on the border between Peru and Bolivia to this day. (According to the Rāmāyaṇa, it is the place where Ananta Shesh lives - the divine serpent that supports and destroys the universe at the end of each kalpa or divya yuga). "In the time of cosmic destruction, Ananta is angry and from the middle of his forehead comes Rudra who carries the trident in his hands - Rudra dances and sets fire to the whole universe. Archaeologists and historians say that this is one of the greatest mysteries of archeology, but all this is found in scriptures such as Rāmāyaṇa, Mahā Bhārata, and Rig-Veda.

Māyā Dānava, described above, is a devotee of Krishna of the race of the demons (dānava) who was master in astrology and architecture, built a great palace for the Pāṇḍavas at the time of his exile and therefore received the mercy of Śrī Krishna being installed as head in the Planet Talatala (Bila swarg). The Mayan natives are probably their descendants, as they were also experts in astrology and architecture. The Aztecs may have come from the sage Āstika Ṛṣi who saved Takshaka and Nāgas from the Janamejaya sacrifice and gained their sympathy (Mahā Bhārata, Āstik Parva). In Mexico they worshiped the winged serpents, whose main one is Takshaka nāga, the same one that stung Parikshit Maharaj. The americas (south and central) was the only region that was not inhabited by the deva (demi-gods) in the ancestral time, except in some part of the history where the Incas in Peru and Bolivia were probably connected with the dynasty of the God of the Sun through Ikṣvāku (Ikwacu-Inca) Maharaj.

Below is a translation of some of the verses of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa which I have found on this subject:

(Rāmāyaṇa KK 4-40-53)

"A golden sign shining like a three-branch palm tree is established at the peak of that mountain as a sign of the great soul Ananta, and It will be shining on this mountain ... "  (tradução direta)

"A golden pylon resembling a palm tree with three branches as its heads is established on the peak of that mountain as the insignia of that great-souled Ananta, and it will be lustrous with a golden podium”.

(http://www.valmikiramayan.net/kishkindha/sarga40/kishkindha_40_frame.htm)

(Rāmāyaṇa KK 4-40-54)"

That palm-tree sign was built by the heavenly gods as a demarcation of the East and where beyond that golden mountain is all West. The peak of that mountain will touch the Heavens".

"That pylon of palm tree is constructed as the easterly compass by celestials gods, and beyond that a completely golden mountain is there, namely the august Udaya Mountain, the Mt. Sunrise, beyond which it is all west. The pinnacles of Mt. Sunrise will be touching heavens for their height is hundred yojana-s and that divine mountain greatly glitters for it is completely golden, and it is pedestalled with suchlike glittering mountains.

(Rāmāyaṇa KK 4-40-58)

"Formerly, as He covered the three worlds in His incarnation of Trivrikrama, the Supreme Person, Śrī Vishnu, took his first step on that peak of Saumanasa, and the second step on Mount Mero to cover Heaven... "

"Earlier while treading the three worlds in the incarnation of Trivikrama, the Supreme Person Vishnu made His first foothold on that pinnacle Saumanasa, and the second on the pinnacle of Mt. Meru to tread the heavens.

                       The Sign said in Rāmāyaṇa, Tridente Candelabro, Paracas - Peru.

Śrī Vaman-Dev. The Manvatar Avatar of the present

Manu Vaivaswata sending his devotee Bali to Pātāla.

Inscriptions similar to those used by the Hindus, found in the Ingá stone - Paraíba, Brazil.

Similarity between the Ingá Stone- inscriptions founded in Brazil and Easter in Polynesia which, in turn, is similar to Tamil Brahmi of the Hindus.

ŚRĪ VĀMANA DEV AND VIRACOCHA

The names of Vāmana Dev in the Vedas are Urukram, Trivikram, Waman, and Upendra. By the pictures and stone images of Viracocha, and the description of its appearance, form etc (with stick in hand, sun around head (Vāmana umbrella), mendicant pot in other hand, is just what is described about Vāmana Dev. Vāmana Dev in the form of Upendra lives eternally on the celestial planets, he is the deity of Vishnu worshiped by the demi-gods headed by Indra.

In the image of Viracocha we see several birds. In the beginning of the Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta of Śrīla Sanātan Goswami describes that Upendra-Vāmana is always mounted on Garuda, traveling on all sides, killing the demons. It is concluded that, in some part of the history, Vāmana Dev killed the race of the demons that inhabited the area of the Lake Titicaca and Tiwanaku, and established The Uros- who later was conquered by the Incas- descendants Vivaswan (Sun) and Ikwaku, The Inkas history says that the first king was named Manqu (Manu) and his was son of sun. In Vedas too, Manu was the son of sun-Surya.

Gaurangui Dāsī comments: Viracocha means "one who turns the world upside down". It is perfectly connected with the description of Vāmana Dev because with his first step he took a turn in the planet earth, and then in the celestial planets and in the end having nowhere to support his third step, Bali Maharaj offered his own head to be stepped on as a form of demonstrating surrender and acceptance of the divinity of Vāmana Dev. In the representations of Viracocha we see that his legs are small, we remember that in this pastime of Vāmana Dev, Śrī Vishnu took the form of a dwarven brāhmaṇa in order to return the heavenly abodes to the demi-gods.

Viracocha in the Inca culture - "It is the invisible divinity, creator of the whole Incan cosmovision, considered as the original splendor, Lord, Master of the World, being the first god of the ancient Tiahuanacos, who came from Lake Titicaca, from whose waters, thus creating heaven and earth. It is the archetype of the order of the universe in the human being. "Viracocha, like other deities, was nomadic and had a winged companion - the bird Inti, a species of magic bird, knower of present and future, represented in oral myths as a hummingbird with golden wings (Quri qinqi) - this description is exactly what the Vedas say about Garuḍa, the Eagle that bears Vishnu.

from Brhad Bhagavatamrta, Upendra is another name of Lord Vamana

Garuda, the divine bird

Viracocha, Uru, Inca

Vāmana Dev, Hindu

Saksay Waman Temple in Cuzco, Peru

Aztec Painting - The Snake and the Bird

Hindu Painting - Garuḍa (bird) with a Nāga (snake)

The divine serpent Ananta Shesha who sustains the whole universe and serves Lord Vishnu. At the end of each Brahmā’s day (4.320.000.000 years), He manifests his anger and through Rudra-Shiva destroys the material universe.

Rudra Shiva in his tandava dance - when he destroys the universe through the fire that precedes the universal flood.

Demigods and demons, shaking the ocean to produce the nectar of immortality. This story have been told in almost every ancient culture in the world.

Same sculpture-shaped image at Bangkok International Airport, Thailand

Going beyond the sectarian and prejudicial consciousness

We often see that most of the followers of a particular religion can not see that the same Absolute Truth is also present in other scriptures other than theirs simply because they think God is confined to only his group or religion. A neophyte Vaishnava will find no beauty and devotion in the Christian faith as well as the Christian and the Muslim will find no symptom of faith and love in the Vaishnava religion simply because both came to the same conclusion through externally different ways. However, the devotee intermediary will accept any teaching that matches pure devotion to the Absolute Truth found anywhere or in any scripture. The real hindus, the Vaishnavas, are also monotheistic - they worship One God and also do not accept any kind of idolatry in their worship, so there is no reason to quarrel with one another. About this mentality, Śrīla Bhakti Rakshak Śrīdhar Goswami Maharaj wrote in his book "Divine Aspiration":

"Wherever the universal truths of religion are found, they must be accepted. If not, then Christians of different nations, for example, Americans or Englishmen would say, 'Christ was born in the Middle East, why should we accept His instructions? He was not born in our soil; His teachings did not flourish in our country - why should we accept this? 'But the geographic difference is all llusory - māyā. Wherever the true religion is found, we must be open to accept it by its own intrinsic value. We should not be guided by worldly, physical affinity - and for our bodies and countries. We must go beyond all this material barrers and be students; with complete open heart. We must be seekers of Truth, from whichever place it comes".

Theistic development trough the ages by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur- Krishna Samhita (Introduction)

“If we go through the histories of these five rasas, it is clearly believed that shanta-rasa was seen in the beginning days of India. When the soul was not satisfied after performing sacrifices with material ingredients, then transcendentalists like Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanat-kumara, Sananda, Narada, and Mahadeva all became detached from the material world, situated in transcendence, and realized shanta-rasa. Much later, dasya-rasa manifested in Hanuman, the leader of the monkeys. That dasya-rasa gradually expanded to the northwest and manifested in a great personality named Moses. Long after Hanuman, the leader of the monkeys, Uddhava and Arjuna became the qualified authorities of sakhya-rasa. They preached about this rasa throughout the world. Gradually that rasa expanded up to the Arabian countries and touched the heart of Mohammed, the knower of religious principles. Vatsalya-rasa manifested throughout India in different forms at different times. Among the different forms, vatsalya mixed with opulence crossed India and appeared in a great personality named Jesus Christ, who was a preacher of Jewish religious principles. Madhurya-rasa first shone brightly in Vraja. It is extremely rare for this rasa to enter the hearts of conditioned souls, because this rasa tends to remain with qualified, pure living entities. Navadvipa-candra, Shri Shaci-kumara, preached this secret rasa along with His followers. This rasa has not crossed beyond India as yet. A short while ago a scholar from England named Newman realized something about this rasa and wrote a book about it. The people of Europe and America have not been satisfied with vatsalya-rasa mixed with opulence, as preached by Jesus Christ. I hope, by the grace of the Lord, in a very short time they will become attached to drinking the intoxicating nectar of madhurya-rasa. It has been seen that any rasa that appears in India eventually spreads to the western countries. Therefore within a short time madhurya-rasa will preached throughout the world. Just as the sun rises first in India and gradually spreads its light to the western countries, the matchless shining of spiritual truth appears first in India and gradually spreads to the western countries”.

An question from Prof. Suthers of Ohio University- From Goudiya Math Arquives.

Prof. Albert E. Suthers: I am able to feel the super-excellence of the Vaishnava Philosophy among the Indian Philosophies. But to my mind the acceptance of idolatry in the Vaishnava Philosophy like the other Indian philosophies seems to be a stigma in it.

Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Tahakur: Idolatry has never been accepted in the Vaishnava Philosophy: on the other hand, it has been more or less accepted in the other philosophies, at least mentally, if not in so many words. In the very word ‘Bhagavan’ (God) have accumulated all the excellences that are there in the human and supra-human conceptions. The existence of Majesty, viz. the furthermost limits of both vastness and minuteness, is a characteristic of God. The second characteristic is His Omnipotence. If one understands the word ‘omnipotence’ to mean what is conceivable by the human intellect or what is possible for man, one is wrong. God is Omnipotent, because what is impossible according to the human intellect is within the ambit of the inscrutable power of God. Due to His inscrutable power, He is simultaneously both with and without Form. It will be the denial of His inscrutable power, if you say that He cannot have His Form, or He has not His Eternal Form, only having a Form for the time being, none in the end. By dint of His inscrutable power, He is with His Eternal Sportive Form before a liberated soul conversant with the service of His Potencies. Contemplation only on formlessness is rather unnatural and devoid of differential excellence. God is always All-Good, All-Glory and All-Beauty. His Beauty is visible only to the transcendental eye. God is the Transcendental Reality, Pure, Full and Sentient in essence and Sentient Essence is His Form.

It is true that God has no material body, but He has His Sat (Eternal) Chit(All-Sentient) Ananda (All-Blissful) Transcendental Body visible only to the eye that is clear (devoid of matter). To the material eye, God is Formless, but to the transcendental eye He is with His Body of Chit or All-Sentience. The Moortis (forms of body) prepared and worshipped by those who have not seen this Chit-Body of God with their true and eternal eye cleansed with the collyrium of the love of God are of course idols and all the worshippers of those idols must be idolaters. The worship of mooortis of God prepared from imagination may be called idolatry. Suppose I, who have not seen Jacob, make a Moorti of his [sic] out of imagination, this Moorti is not the replica of his form. Besides, if Jacob is a creature of this world, whose body, mind and soul are different from one another, his photograph being only the replica of his material body is different from his eternal and intrinsically true form. But God with His Sat-chit-ananda Body is not such a thing; His Body and Soul are not different from each other; nor are His Name and Soul, His Figure and Soul, His Attribute and Figure, His Attribute and Soul, His Sport and Soul, His Sport and Figure, His Sport and Attribute, different. If a pure entity or unmixed soul sees that Eternal Form of God and receives It in his own pure receptacle and then places this Transcendental Form in the world from his heart as illuming the intrinsically and essentially true Form of God, that never deserves to be called an idol. Just as even by coming down to this phenomenal world, God remains untouched by the influence of maya, by dint of His inscrutable power, so does His true Form, too, as revealed to the unmixed entity of His devotee, remain above it, even though brought down here. For this reason the Vaishnava Philosophy terms Shri-Moorti as His ‘Archavatara’ (Worshippable Descent).

The conception of God without Form in contradistinction to His Essential Form is as calamitous as is the falsely imagined Form of God for one competent to see His True Form. Such insignificant processes occur before attaining to the Real Entity and do only grope in the darkness. The Shri-Vigraha of the Vaishanva Philosophy cannot but be the direct indication of the Essential Form of God. By way of an imperfect comparison it may be said to be the proxy of the essential Form of God which is beyond the cognisance of the material eye, just as there are, in art and science, crude representations of invisible matter.

How can those, that have not in their heart love of God which is the true function of the soul and is the science of the true knowledge of realities, think of the Shri-Moortis (Shri Vigrahas) as other than idols? The deliberations of the Vaishnava Philosophy are very fine. These have shown by true scientific analysis that they are all, more or less, idolaters who declare themselves as partisans either of the doctrine of no Form of God or that of His material Form. Just as those who attribute God-ship to matter and worship it like the fire worshippers among the uncivilised people or the worshippers of the planets, such as Jupiter, Saturn, etc., of Greece, are crude idolaters, in a similar manner the others, who declare everything beyond matter as formless, and become exponents of the doctrine of non-distinction, are equal or even greater idolaters.

The Henotheists or worshippers of one of the Vedic deities or the worshippers of the five deities (called Panchopasakas) worship imaginary icons, considering them as God. According to them, God has no Sat-Chit-Anand-Vigraha, and as without some form there can be no subject for contemplation, to make it easy to meditate on Him, some form has got to be imagined. They are all idolaters. So also is the conduct of some of the Yogis and others to be regarded as idolatry, who, for purifying their heart or improving the functions of the mind, imagine a God and perform practices of contemplation, etc., of some imaginary form of His. Those who consider jivas as God are the most blasphemous idolaters, because to imagine any worldly thing or form as God is idolatry.

The unique special qualities of the present age of Kali - ApoKalipse

 

   In the calculation of time as stated in the Vedic scriptures, 1 chatur--yuga- cycle of the four ages beginning with Satya and ending with Kali, is exactly 4,327,000 years. The first lasts longer than the second and so on, and then the present era which is the last - Kali lasts 432,000 years and already 5,000 have passed, so we are in its beginning and the tendency is to get worse and worse, in every way although there may be periods of some advancement.

   While the present age is an age of strife, growth of irreligiosity and hypocrisy, being of course the worst age for a worldly life, at the same time it is declared by some Vedic sacred texts to be the best of all, why? The reason is that the original Personality of Godhead- Sri Krishna Chaitanya appeared in this present age to distribute divine love to all the people of the world freely, after 1,000 cycles of the four ages (i.e. after more than 4 billion years without descending to earth). Therefore, the Vaishnav poet Lochan Das Thakur sings, "dhanya kali yugera chaitanya avatar--the present kali era is the most blessed era (dhanya-kali-yuga), why? Because Sri Krishna Chaitanya-avatar appeared in it, just now (only 500 years ago) in Sri Navadwip-dham." This is the main reason why the present age is the best of all for spiritualists. This spiritual process that began 500 years ago with the Lord Himself will last only for another 9,500 years, 10,000 years in all. After this, society will degrade further with atheism reigning over all other forms of thought. Other special qualities of this age described in the Vedas are:

1- Currently in the present kali-yuga all our bad thoughts do not produce bad karma, but good thoughts produce good karma.

2- While in other ages the spiritual process of uniting with God is quite painful and difficult, in the present age everything can be achieved by simply chanting God's Name in the form of prayer, with humility and tolerance. No great austerity is required for praying and chanting the Name, which is done just by vibrating the tongue. (In the apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Fatima as well as at Garabandal, she also emphasized praying the rosary as the main practice)

3- Besides the process being the easiest for those seeking union with God, the connection, or loving relationship one can achieve with God is more intimate than the other eras, like a friend for example, without any trace of fear or reverence- madhurya vraj-prema.

4- In the present age there is practically no divine system of class divisions and the rulers are mostly of the lower class- sudras, so those interested in their own (as well as the social) eternal welfare need not care about material matters since any good value of it has already been lost and so the aspirant can maintain his life in some way which is simple and honest and engage fully in the spiritual life.

 

Śrī Chaitanya-dev Avatar

The last incarnation of God, who in fact is the origin (avatari) of all other divine manifestations, Śrī Krishna Chaitanya, is also known as Goura or Gaurāṅga because he shines like the glow of gold (Goura-anga). It is said in the Bhagavat that only the most intelligent people (su-medhasaḥ) will worship this Lord through the chanting of the Holy Name of God. Gouranga means Golden and is the name of the Lord who came in the form of a pure devotee to teach the fallen souls of this age the way to get devotion to Himself. Gouranga Mahāprabhu appeared only 500 years ago in Navadwip, West Bengal – India - and is considered the most merciful manifestation of the Supreme Lord. There are several scriptural evidences that sang the glories of Lord Gouranga. In the Atharva Veda it is said:

vedānta vedyam puruṣaṁ purāṇam

caitanyatmanam visvayonim mahāntam

tameva viditvā timrtyum eti nānyaḥ

panthā vidyate yanāya

  

  "The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known by the Vedānta, the Super Soul, the Original Lord and the original cause of the universe, is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The soul that understands this fact is freed from death. It is not possible to obtain the adorable Lord without the understanding of the exalted position of Śrī Caitanya because there is not even a slight difference between Śrī Krishna and Śrī Krishna Chaitanya-dev".

Śrī Krishna Chaitanya. The same Krishna who came in the form of a pure devotee only 500 years ago in Navadwip, West Bengal, India.

In Śrī Bṛhān Nāradīya Purāṇa it is said:

divi já bhuvi jayadhvam jayadhvam bhakti rūpiṇaḥ

kalau sankrtanarambhe bhaviṣyāmi śacī-sutaḥ

"Oh you, the best among the brāhmaṇas! In kali-yuga (present age of iron) my natural dark complexion will be covered by the golden complexion and sentiments of Śrīmatī Rādhikā. In this form of a devotee, I will always protect the devotees with the mighty weapon of the Holy Name. Then, oh demi-gods, I now tell you to descend to the earth in forms of devotees, for I am going to appear in kali-yuga as the son of Śrī Sachi-devi, at the beginning of the sankirtan movement (congregational chanting of the Holy Name of God)".

There are hundreds of other evidences in the Vedic scriptures about the appearance of the Supreme Lord Himself in the form of Śrī Krishna Chaitanya who is also classified as chana-avatar - a secret manifestation of God, because of Him, despite being the Supreme Lord Himself, to have come in the form of a pure devotee.

Chronological order of theistic development in the present age and prominent Acharyas- Gurus and Prophets

 

3000 BC - Around this date, God in Person, in His original form - Bhagavan Sri Krishna, departs this world after speaking the Srimad Bhagavad Gita at the battle of Kuruskhetra and begins the present age - kali-yuga.

 

1200 BC - Around this time, the first Abrahamic prophet empowered by God (shakti--avesh--avatar) named Moses appears in this world, to inaugurate theism in the Abrahamic chain of Masters and Prophets in the middle east. He receives the ten commandments from the Lord himself and is still correctly followed by Orthodox Hassidic Jews today.

 

500 BC - Gautama Buddha spreads his nihilistic-atheistic philosophy (sunyavada) throughout India and makes the Aryan-theistic philosophy and culture almost disappear in the continent. Even the Jagannath temple in Puri becomes a Buddhist temple.

 

0 - Jesus Kristo (shakti-avesh-avatar) appears in this world and reforms the Abrahamic stream by placing more emphasis on the inner attitude of the individual and propagates bhakti- devotion, to the Jewish people, in the manner he heard on his pilgrimages through the holy sites of India.

 

100 AD - Rabbi Eliezer writes several commentaries to the Torah and other books and explanations accepted by the Jews and helps them understand the Semitic scriptures correctly. He is seen today by Orthodox Jews as the most prominent Guru in this line of Moses.

 

571 AD - Mohammed appears in this world and following the Abrahamic stream of thought propagates theism in the polytheistic middle east. He knows the religious principles and is accepted even by the Vaishnavas as a shakti-avesh-avatar - living entity empowered by God to propagate His glories to a certain people. His daughter Fatima's husband - Imam Ali and his family - Ahlal Bayt with his 12 Imams continue this line that is followed today by the Shiite Muslims, most of whom live in Iran, thanks to the Iranian revolution led by Reverend Ayatollah Khomeine.

 

800 AD - Around this time, the Lord sends His devotee - Shankaracharya - to eliminate Buddhist atheism from India. Although propagating a Buddhist-like philosophy (mayavada), he again re-establishes the legitimacy of the Vedas and forms the philosophical basis on which later the Vaishnavas Acharyas would establish theism. Through philosophical debates and help from naga-babas, he ends Buddhist sovereignty in India.

 

1000 AD - Lakshman-avatar Acharya Sri Ramanuja appears in this world and again re-establishes Vaishnavism-theism in India and propagates his visist-dvaita philosophy, specified monism, where Lord Lakshmi-Narayan is worshipped.

 

1162 AD. Acharya Sri Nimbaditya propagates his theistic philosophy called dwaita-adwaita- dualism and monism, where one worships Radha-Krishna in the mood of svakiya-bhav similar to Dwarakdish and Rukmini.

1238 AD. Acharya Sri Madwa appears in this world and ends Acharya Shankar's impersonalism once and for all through his philosophy of dwaita-vada-- dualism, where he proves with irrefutable scriptural evidence that the living entity, individual soul can never become equal or better than God and that his eternal position is to be a servant of God. Worships the form of the Lord known as Bala-gopala.

 

1469 AD - Guru Nanak propagates sanatana-dharma, devotion throughout northern India through Vaishnavas and also Muslim teachings. He founds the Sikh religion and his successors like Guru Gobind protect India and its Vedic culture from Sunnis invaders.

 

1486 AD. The Supreme Lord Bhagavan Sri Krishna, the source of all avatars, appears in this world in his disguised form as a devotee as Sri Chaitanya-dev. Because he is the Lord himself, he is not considered an avatar, but rather, the source of all avatars, i.e., the Supreme Lord himself. He accepts the succession of Sri Madwacharya and begins his branch - Goudiya Vaishnavism. Synthesizes the philosophy of the three previous Vaishnava Acharyas and propagates achintya-bhedabheda-tattva- inconceivable simultaneous equality and difference between the individual soul and God. He floods the whole world with the waters of the highest love of God through the chanting of the Name and teaches the supreme process of bhakti, spontaneous pure devotion (raga-marga) and the worship of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna in parakiya-bhav mood. [Also in this period, St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross reform the Christian Carmel and also propagate the stream of devotion in the line of Jesus Kristo. Would the devotional winds propagated by Sri Chaitanya at this same time have reached Spain?]

 

1700 AD. Acharya Sri Vishnuswami propagates his theism with the philosophy suddha-dwaita- purified monism, where one worships Sri Nrsimha-dev Bhagavan.

 

1965 AD. The savior of the West in the modern era, B.C..Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj (Prabhupad) mercifully sweeps away all misconceptions about God and gives the Vaishnava-theistic conception along the lines of Sri Chaitanya-dev in the Western countries. He is an eternal associate of Sri Krishna - nitya-siddha.

 

1996 AD. The eternal associate of Sri Chaitanya (nitya-siddha)- Srila Gurupadpadma Bhaktivedanta Narayan Goswami, continues and completes the spread of Goudiya Vaishnavism in the West as he had promised Swami Prabhupad, his siksha-guru. With great vigor, he explains about the qualities of a real Master (separates the chaff from the wheat) and unveils all the mysteries of the highest love of God in the line of the Supreme Lord Sri Chaitanya-dev.

Meaning of the Mahā Mantra

Hare Krishna. Krishna is known as Hari (thief or lion), for He steals our impurities when we call Him by His Name (reciting with a prayerful mood), or as the roaring of a lion causes all animals to flee from fear, if we recite repeatedly the Name, all the impurities of the heart will come out of fear of His Name. Krish (Krs) means He who attracts all (those who have a simple heart) with its beauty, charm and harmony. But Rādhikā (Rādhā) attracts even Krishna, so its called by the invocative "Hare". Her glories are incomparable. Na - ananda, transcendental ecstasy. Krishna gives spiritual pleasure to all who serve Him. Rāma is another Name of Krishna (Rādhā-Ramaṇa) -meaning "One who gives pleasure to Rādhā". This is the meaning of the Mahā Mantra in accordance with the devotional line of Śrī Krishna Chaitanya-dev.

May peace reign among peoples through the power of the chanting of the Holy Name of God. May the Name be sung all over the world. May the Name manifest the desire for the most sublime divine love (madhurya-prem) in the heart of all living entities.

śrī śrī guru gouranga jayatah

śrī śrī rādhā govinda jayatah

oṁ shanti oṁ shanti oṁ shanti