Oftentimes I’ve been asked to describe what a natural devotion is compared to practice found in institutionalised forms of Chaitanya Vaishnavism and their branches. In other words, I needed a good story people can imagine, take roles and identify with. I finally got one, and that was — through karate.
There’s an old parable: one has become many. It comes from the old scriptures and wants to illustrate an idea of how God created cosmos and beings like us. But it doesn’t explain why exactly. We’re left with only some religious and pre-rational assumptions about it that don’t convince anymore. Today we may ask rightfully: what’s wrong in being just one?
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Although endowed with a culturally rich palette, devotional art of Gaudiya Vaisnavism has almost always been a servant maid of its philosophical oeuvre and a wider preaching mission. How it can move on?
Natural devotion can indeed be practiced within Protestantism, Catholicism, Paganism, New Age, Islam, Judaism, etc. The environment itself is not a decisive factor as much as it is our inner sentiment, or emotional rapture.
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Some ideas of how to understand where Universalist Radha-Krishnaism fits into a variety of different contexts. As Universalist Radha-Krishnaism is based in fluidity, I encourage further thinking about and critique of what I have here written.
The idea with devotional meditation and remembrance is similar to one practised by great artists…
How does an artist, or say a philosopher, apply for a job? What would be his-her resume?