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@jeremiah bhakti means love faith and devotion basically. it is the best way to God in kali yuga.
@georgia i know. it's yoga as a form of worship of hindu dieties... and you can see what they've done for India 💩.
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@jeremiah love of Christ is also bhakti. bhakti brings enlightenment. you should try loving your neighbor.
@georgia bhakti yoga is not Christ-centered. Again: look at what it's done for India.
@jeremiah you dont understand what bhakti yoga is. you dont need to worship a hindu God. all the great christians mystics and saints were bhakti yogis. and dont say "look at what did for india" in your arrogance and racism. look at what "protestant christianity" did for america. ruthless satanic pedophile capitalism. the distinction is not between religions but between those who love self and those who love God and one another.
@georgia this literally makes no sense. Yoga is yoking one to another -- a guru, divinity, etc. Protestantism is a heresy, so yeah, it leads to more of the same, but it is still distinct from satanism, which is a choice one makes in the denial of Christ, or the equivocation of Christ with other "gods".
it's not arrogance and racism to recognize that India is a sort of hell on earth with an oppressive caste system with no possibility of mobility (unlike classes in the west). It's underwritten by the very religious systems that offer religious practices such as yoga.
Saying there's no distinction between religions is the same ecumenical "one mountain, many paths" bullshit that suggests any particular religion and its claims irrelevant (since they're all the same.)
it's not arrogance and racism to recognize that India is a sort of hell on earth with an oppressive caste system with no possibility of mobility (unlike classes in the west). It's underwritten by the very religious systems that offer religious practices such as yoga.
Saying there's no distinction between religions is the same ecumenical "one mountain, many paths" bullshit that suggests any particular religion and its claims irrelevant (since they're all the same.)
@jeremiah India's caste system is greatly diminished from its previous strength thanks mostly to hindu social reformers in the bhakti movement. india has its problems but is no where near a hell on earth. and when I say american protestantism leads to satanism I mean it creates grifters and antinomian sinners and from there theres a short bridge to be crossed to atheist mammon worship.
@georgia @jeremiah i want people to understand that india is more than just yoga and hindu spiritual stuff, it's full of trash and pollution, it's a culture of scammers who don't care about their fellow man like we do, and allowing millions of them to come live here is a mistake. that's not from a racist perspective that's just wanting to preserve my own culture.
and sure there are some neat things about indian culture that i like. nothing is black and white
and sure there are some neat things about indian culture that i like. nothing is black and white
@georgia @meowski it's not self-aggrandizement to look at rivers full of trash and streets full of shit and endless scam operations that harm both their own and others and go, "you know, India sucks."
I'd like to know where you get a connection between bhakti and lessening of caste issues (and evidence of the latter for any reason other than British law under the Raj and token grants right after independence).
I'd like to know where you get a connection between bhakti and lessening of caste issues (and evidence of the latter for any reason other than British law under the Raj and token grants right after independence).
@jeremiah also yoga isnt yoking a person to his guru its always yoking a person to God. which is what mystics of all religions do. from the Discalced Carmelites to the sufis to the quietists to the Buddhists.
@georgia buddhists are literally athiests, so it's hard to be a buddhist yoked to God. You have a conclusion in search of support here.
@jeremiah Theravada Buddhists can't really be called atheists, more like nontheists. and mahayana Buddhists are pretty much polytheists but still believe in the unity of the buddhawomb. even if they do not know it, they are yoked to God, I would say, in effect, for that is what liberation is.