You may be a Hare Krishna fanatic if ...
Social · asked by user [] · 2009-01-17 · 4 answers
... you are perfectly comfortable with "Thats prajapla!" as the end of a conversation.
... have ever demanded a list of ingredients when invited around for prasad at a devotees house.
... ever gone so far as to seriously consider the consequences of cutting out someones tongue for blasphemy.
... you opt to sleep on the floor next to the bed when staying at a relatives house.
... when a stranded driver asks if you can jump start her car, you reply, "No. That would be a waste of Krishnas energy."
... you cooked your own dinner at the vegetarian party Mum put on for you.
... you call a 7 year old girl named Lori:"Mother Lori"
... you would rather live with a plantar wart or foot infection than let a karmi podiatrist touch your lotus feet.
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... have ever demanded a list of ingredients when invited around for prasad at a devotees house.
... ever gone so far as to seriously consider the consequences of cutting out someones tongue for blasphemy.
... you opt to sleep on the floor next to the bed when staying at a relatives house.
... when a stranded driver asks if you can jump start her car, you reply, "No. That would be a waste of Krishnas energy."
... you cooked your own dinner at the vegetarian party Mum put on for you.
... you call a 7 year old girl named Lori:"Mother Lori"
... you would rather live with a plantar wart or foot infection than let a karmi podiatrist touch your lotus feet.
There are heaps more over here: http://www.gopala.org/node/273
Can you think of some more?
If so then dont add them here. Add them as comments to the original post so that they are all in one place.
user [154] · 2009-01-18
You were one:... if the above makes you smile
... if you are happy to add to the list
... if you will spread the word and get everyone you know adding to this list
... if you think that Chuck Norris was a Hare Krishna.
user [13] · 2009-01-18
"if you think that Chuck Norris was a Hare Krishna. "dude, thats why I joined!
user [23] · 2009-01-19
[quote][cite] sitapati:[/cite]"if you think that Chuck Norris was a Hare Krishna. "dude, thats why I joined![/quote]
I believe it.
user [166] · 2009-01-20
Another angle on this....Fanatic normally indicates someone who has little spiritual realisation but is protecting himself from his own material desires by fanatically following rules and regulations...the other side is someone who finds fault in this fanaticism due to their own desire/justification for not strictly following spiritual principles, such as listening to mundane music or eating eating food cooked by materialists etc.I think its a matter of maturity....if we are experiencing the purifying effects and getting a spiritual taste by seriously following Krsna consciousness, we naturally avoid mundane activities because there is no spiritual taste there. Srila Prabhupada himself was not a fanatic, but he strictly avoided food cooked by materialists (when it was offered to him, he requested uncut fruit instead). Heres an interesting quote to illustrate the natural avoidance of mundane activities and sense gratification because we experience bliss in Krsna consciousness:
"Everyone of you should be thoroughly convinced of the power of the Hare Krsna mantra to protect you in all circumstances and chant accordingly at all times without offense. Then advancement will be swift and you will gradually come to see everything clearly so that you may act for the pleasure of the Lord without uncertainty. When one is spontaneously engaged in this way, always in the service of the Lord and anxious to avoid all mundane activities, he is actually experiencing the taste of bliss in Krsna consciousness."
From a letter to Damodara - January 10, 1971
I feel there is a fine line between mature, strict and serious following of the principles as given to us through Srila Prabhupadas instructions (for instance not watching mundane movies, avoid eating in non-devotee restaurants or not listening to mundane music) and a fanatic who follows everything to an extreme degree without any actual mature spiritual realisation....lets not get the two mixed up.
P.S. I dont put myself in this category of seriously following spiritual princples with maturity, but I know of devotees who are in this category and have been accused of fanatacism