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Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati
Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes in
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Today's Thought: |
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Why I am a Theist
Uploaded from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin,
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 Religion
is grossly misunderstood both by its adherents and its
detractors. The word "religion" comes from the Latin
word "religio", which means to re-link or to reconnect.
So the real meaning of religion is to re-link or to
bring ourselves back into harmony with the complete
whole, the source of our existence.
Atheism means to deny that we have a source or an
origin. But you can't show me anything that comes out of
nothing. Everything comes out of something. Therefore we
must come out of something. There is a complete whole of
which we a part. The part of a thing is always meant to
harmonize with the whole thing of which it is a part.
That is its natural healthy state. Therefore in my
natural, healthy state I must be in harmony with the
complete whole, the origin of my existence. Therefore, I
am a theist, a person who wants to be in harmony with
the source of his existence. To not want to be religious
or in harmony with the very ground of your being is
sheer madness.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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Question: What Does "Bona Fide" Mean? |
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I read
your "Thought for the Day" everyday. It has helped me a
lot. I see that you are regularly using the word "bona
fide." What does it mean?
Your servant,
Om
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Answer: He's Not a Quack
or a Charlatan |
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Bona fide
means genuine, not counterfeit, without fraud or deceit.
We regularly use this term in reference to the spiritual
master to teach people how to distinguish between the
genuine, authorized guru and the bogus gurus who have
become so prevalent and all-pervading these days. Bona
fide guru means that he is not a cheater. Krishna or God
is the original guru, and anyone who purely represents
Him is a bona fide guru. Those who present the highest
truth as something other than Krishna, such as the
unborn, unmanifested that is within everything are not
bona fide spiritual masters. They are cheaters and
bluffers of the worst description who teach their
disciples that everyone is God. The bona fide spiritual
master is not such a quack or a charlatan. He is the pure
representative of Lord Sri Krishna because he never
presents his own ideas. He simply purely presents the
teachings of Krishna exactly as he has heard them from
his spiritual master. This is why he is bona fide.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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