Pariprashnena — Q&A Archive

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can you please give an example, abhiram?

many devotees practice reiki. what do you think about this? how vedic is this?

maybe a tiltle coud be added to the sites logo:
pariprashnena.com ... with your host VEDA answering all your questions...

:)

Thats not my ambition. 8)

Reiki is a type of prana, very subtle one. One should differentiate between TJR (traditional Japanese Reiki) including Usui Reiki, and New Age varieties with many heterodox additions. I wouldnt recommend the latter ones.

so like the, Harinam Sankirtan Yuga-Dharma resurgence Coalition !?!?

Its definitely easy to merge the the two since devotees are involved with controlling and purifying subtle energy (e.g., prana)....dangerous ground as there is actually only one way to purify our existence...chanting seriously the Holy names.

new agey stuff is tama-guna madness. Nothing even close to sattva despite what many devotees may argue.

Heres a relevant secular news article:

http://news.iskcon.com/node/854

WARNING!!!! THE ABOVE LINK CONTAINS WORDS WRITTEN BY A NON-DEVOTEE. AT PRESENT THERE IS NO PURPORT TO THIS ARTICLE. YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO USE YOUR OWN INTELLIGENCE TO DETERMINE HOW THE CONTENTS ARE RELEVANT TO KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS. IN THE EVENT THAT THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR YOU PLEASE CONSULT WITH SPIRITUAL AUTHORITIES ON THE MATTER. IF YOU HAVE NO PERSONAL SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY THEN PLEASE READ AT LEAST ONE CHAPTER OF BHAGAVAD-GITA AS IT IS TO DECONTAMINATE YOUR OTHERWISE PRISTINE CONSCIOUSNESS FROM THE EVIL THAT MAY LURK WITHIN THE WORDS THEREIN.

...... shameless eh? .......

:)

I heard that Gaura-govinda Swami once slapped the ghost-busting devotee who does yajnas to get rid of the influence of ghosts (Cant recall his name, Citra something, disciple of Jayapataka Swami) and told him that such practices constitute nama-aparadha. Has anyone heard this story?

[quote][cite] deena:[/cite]I heard that Gaura-govinda Swami once slapped the ghost-busting devotee who does yajnas to get rid of the influence of ghosts (Cant recall his name, Citra something, disciple of Jayapataka Swami) and told him that such practices constitute nama-aparadha. Has anyone heard this story?[/quote]

no but Id like to hear it. is sounds sober enough. the devotee is Orissan and I think he still has his tantra asram somewhere there.

e.g., mindfulness meditation goes something like this, "I honor, acknowledge AND discharge both positive and negative emotions....

link ~~ http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewnews.asp?id=13711