≻ Not the way to honor a Saint or Son of God
"For our sinful reaction Christ has taken contract, so let him suffer being killed." More ≻ Can you do as Jesus did?
He has ordered, "Thou shalt not kill. You must stop killing." He is powerful. He can eat the whole world. But you cannot compare to Jesus Christ. You cannot imitate Jesus Christ; you have to abide by his order. Then you are guided by Jesus Christ. That is actually obedience. More ≻ Christian group calls off boycott of McDonald's
In these Commandments it is clearly said that "Thou shalt not kill." If they are violating themselves the laws, how they will punish the lawbreaker? "Physician, heal thyself." The physician himself is diseased, and he's going to treat other patients. More ≻ Jesus Christ Spoke Against Meat Eating
Concerning a vegetarian diet, and Lord Jesus Christ, there is a most important and significant, Dead Sea Scroll, in this regard. It is known as "The Essene Gospel of Peace", by His disciple John. More ≻ What it means to be a Christian
INTERVIEWER: Would you not say that Christians and other religious groups are trying to serve God? HANSADUTTA: A Christian is one who follows the order of Christ. INTERVIEWER: So my question is: Are they not following the order of Christ? HANSADUTTA: No, they are not. Christ said, "Thou shalt not kill." They kill animals and eat them, so they are not following. More ≻ Football Ethics: Let them play by the rules that Christ set
So if anyone follows this principle, "No, I shall not kill," then he becomes purified. But who is that Christian who is not killing? So where is follow? Amongst the Christians the more killing process is going on very strongly. More ≻ An Act of Love - On the Way to Sainthood
You may follow Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam — it doesn't matter. But the test of your success is how far you have developed love of God. More
Back to Top ≻ For the Love of God... Everyone is God's servant. And that is the meaning of religion. As soon as we agree to serve Him without any reservation, then we are actually religious. And then we become indifferent to being Christian, Mohammedan, Hindu or American or German or black or white. We become free from material designations. More ≻ Truth to Atheist's Claim that America's Religiosity is Exaggerated
But even they do not follow the moral principles. Then what is the..., where is the religion? Just like Christian religion, it is said that "Thou shalt not kill.'' But everyone is killing. More≻ Utilize Cows - Don't Kill "Discrimination is the best part of valor." So you have to eat something, but if you have got grains, vegetables, milk, very nice preparation, why should you kill cow?
More≻ First Ever Hindu Prayer Shouted Down in Senate HANSADUTTA: That's right. So who is introducing any other God? God is one. CALLER: True, true. But see, what you're saying to your people is that you can see eternal life through Him or whoever. True? HANSADUTTA: Krishna. Krishna means God.
More≻ Where is the
Christian guided by Christ? Jesus Christ's
guidance is open there, but nobody is caring for him. They have taken
Jesus Christ as contractor to take up their sins. That is their
philosophy. They commit all kinds of sins, and poor Jesus Christ will
be responsible.
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≻ Take It
or Leave It - No Compromise, No Argument It's not what Prabhupada taught us to do. He was like "Take it or leave it." Like a
gold merchant. He has his shop, and if you want to buy gold, "This is
the price. If you can go somewhere else and get it cheaper, let me
know, and I'll buy some too." That's what Krishna consciousness is.
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≻ Put "God" to the Test There
are ... unscrupulous persons who exploit the Lord's appearance by
posing as incarnations to cheat the innocent public. An incarnation of
God should pass the tests of the statements of the shastras and also
perform uncommon activities. More
Back to Top ≻ More to Religion than Stop-Gap Measures Christ
also taught, "You shall love God," but how can one love God by only
"Don't kill, don't steal, don't commit adultery"? Only don't, don't,
don't. We, however, have so many DOs: "Do chant 16 rounds, do go out on
sankirtan, do worship the Deity, do eat prasadam. Our religion is a DO
religion; theirs is a DON'T religion. More≻ Nonviolence and Weisswurst on the Same Tongue But if we take the words he quoted from the Byzantine emperor— "I quote, 'Show me just what Muhamad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.'" and substitute the name Muhamad with that of Pope Urban II, we have the history of the Crusades. More≻ An Open Letter to Pope Paul VI from A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami I beg
to introduce myself as an Indian monk, following the Vedic principles
of religious life. At the present, I am in the renounced order of
Sannyas, aged 72 years, and am preaching God consciousness all over the
world. More
≻ "Where was God?" Pope
Benedict XVI doesn't know where God was at the time of the holocaust.
Does he forget where he himself and the rest of us are? More
≻ Meat Eating, Animal
Protection and Good Friday Guest:
I don't think God intended us to take "Thou shalt not kill" so
literally. Hansadutta: What is the use of Jesus talking, if you are
going to interpret everything he says? He must be intelligent enough to
say what he means. Why should you assume that he did not mean what he
said? More
≻ To
Love God
It was Christ Jesus who first said "Love God with all thy heart, with all thy
mind, with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and love man as thy
brother." This is an absolute truth indeed; but different men put
different interpretations to this noble expression. More
≻ How Can You Love Someone
You Don't Know? Jesus
was called the Christ, in Greek, christos, meaning lover of
God, or one who is anointed with love of God. In fact this word is
derived from the Sanskrit krista or Krishna. Jesus
sacrificed everything for Krishna, and he taught this principle to
everyone in his time. But now his teachings have become obscured.
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Bhaktivedantas World Sankirtan Party - Christianity/