Question: Who are Christ; the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost? Answer: Christ. Some people refer to Lord Jesus as Jesus Christos, or Jesus Christ. Actually the root of the word ‘Christos’ is ‘Krsna.’ So Jesus was the son of Krishna, but also the great devotee of Krishna. We are all sons of Krishna, but Jesus was that person (and others also...
More2. When did you begin to get to know God?
Question: When did you start getting to know God? Answer: You know, all these questions about me are pretty irrelevant. It doesn’t matter, the teaching is the main thing. How old my body is and all that – it doesn’t matter. But anyway, I became interested in this whole process of yoga in 1969. I started with hatha-yoga and then got interested in the...
More3. What do these mantras mean?
Question: What do these mantras mean? Answer: GAURANGA means He whose body is more beautiful than molten gold, describing the form of the Supreme Lord. HARIBOL means Chant the names of God, Chant the Holy Names! NITAI means eternal, GAUR means golden. GOPALA and GOVINDA are somewhat similar in meaning. Gopala is referring to the protector of the cows....
More4. What is meant by the word God?
Question: What is meant by the word God and the Supreme? Answer: I mean the Number One Person, Supreme Person, Number One Supreme Lord, from which everything comes, the cause of all causes, the Creator of all that exists, the resting place of all souls, etc, etc. There are unlimited way to describe the Supreme Lord: our Father, our ever Well-wisher, our...
More5. What school do you represent?
Question: What school do you represent? Answer: I represent the school of Bhakti yoga like I have said frequently, which is declared in the Vedas to be the topmost yoga system. Yoga means union with the Supreme Lord, Bhakti means devotion. So Bhakti yoga is a devotional union with the Supreme...
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