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Re: Ramakrishna in his own words
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To: alt-hindu@cis.ohio-state.edu
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Subject: Re: Ramakrishna in his own words
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From: vivek@cs.rice.edu (Vivek Sadananda Pai)
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Date: 21 Mar 1995 23:25:15 GMT
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Distribution: world
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From news@larry.rice.edu Tue Mar 21 18: 11:44 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
ken_stuart@macshasta.snowcrest.net (ken stuart) writes:
>[To the other ISKCON devotees -- NP's first paragraph above is a typical
>example why I consider ISKCON to be "intolerant" -- it is sarcastic, even
>aside from denoting Ramakrishna's understanding as "like an ass". To be
>tolerant means to have respect for other people's beliefs even if you
>disagree. Despite many other positive aspects of ISKCON, I rarely find this
>level of disrespect elsewhere -- perhaps it is due to an insecurity
>concerning one's own beliefs...]
Well, how's this for tolerance (It's not RK, but it's close enough):
"The living God is within you, yet you are building churches
and temples and believing in all sorts of imaginary nonsense.
The only God to worship is the human soul, in the human body."
Let's see what we have here
a) ridiculing other people's beliefs as imaginary nonsense
b) belittling the religious activities of other people who
are engaged in building place of worship
c) forcing an intolerant view of God (the only God...)
Wanna take a guess as to who said all of this? I'll give
you a hint: it's in volume 2, page 319 of his 8 volume set.
Perhaps the guy was a little "insecure" as you like to put it.
-Vivek(sad)ananda
