Spiritual FAQs
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tad viddhi praṇipātena
paripraśnena sevayā
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ
jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.” [Bhagavad-gītā 4.34]
For several years, the Esoteric Teaching forums have maintained an exceedingly high standard of discussion on all aspects of spiritual life—from the foundational teachings up to the most esoteric aspects. Śrī Bābājī has personally responded to thousands of relevant and meaningful questions from students around the world. His responses are often valuable essays in themselves!
This encyclopedic collection of Frequently Asked Questions [FAQs] is derived from these engaging forum archives. It is designed to anticipate and address questions from spiritual students at all levels—from a newcomer to this site to an experienced devotee. It can be read through as a collection of essays or used as a valuable reference guide by devotees and preachers.
Featured Categories:
- Working in the Material World
- Spiritual Practice
- Food and Prasādam
- The Spiritual Master
- Chanting the Holy Name
- Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
- Buddhism
- Hinduism
- Traditional Vaiṣṇavism vs Religious organizations
… and much, much more, including a bonus compendium containing all the original forum discussions in their entirety.
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Very useful !
Exactly what I was looking for.
Haribol,
Some of the links in the FAQ lead to the main page of esotericteaching.org.
For example in the section “Food and Prasadam” the following Links:
Mantras = http://www.esotericteaching.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=55&Itemid=127
pronunciation for the prayers = http://www.esotericteaching.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=55&Itemid=127
But I can see no mantras nor the pronunciation for the prayers.
Love,
Alexander
Yeah, the links to the old site are going to be a problem. To be fixed in the next release.
About reincarnation and memory.
Dear Mr. Hughes:
I would like to know your personal opinion about the benefits that leading a mental regression to past lives memories could bring on my “oneself” knowledge.
I have been told that it is quite possible to get rid of many “hidden” experiences or traumatic ones that affect us unconsciously. Before I try it, I would respectfully ask for your advise as I consider these things as very serious matters.
Thank you very much in advance for your time and help.
Sincerely,
David
Dear David,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrī Bābājī!
Please take a look at our Child in the Womb video in our main YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHsnBTNBGiQ
With Love,
Uddhava dāsa
nice nice very useful
Visiting again after a year or so, the new site looks clear and nice..
Good idea with the packages, gathering stuff together makes going through material easier, although the link in this faq for the chants is not working either, must be pointing to the old site as well: (Recordings of these mantras can be found here. http://www.esotericteaching.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=55&Itemid=127 )
Anyway, thanks for providing all this for free to everyone, remember how good and clear a mood chanting the “oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya” gives me.. (even though should make it a more constant practice, just in the beginning of learning here)
Thanks for the appreciation and feedback. Yeah some of the links are broken since we restructured the site. We’ll be addressing the broken-links issue in our next release.
Music app coming soon, with all the chanting recordings you can handle
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Hari bol! Thank you very much,Babaji for the unadulterated presentation of the Truth about the three Abrahamic religions.
Dear Devotees,
Hare Kṛṣṇa! Please accept my blessings. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Any broken links to esotericteaching.org can probably be fixed simply by adding the subdomain oldsite. For example, http://www.esotericrteaching.org/example_link would become http://oldsite.esotericrteaching.org/example_link
Did we ever get around to fixing those?
love,
Baba