This is a pretty nice article in which a professor in Harvard Medical School talks about positive emotions like gratitude and compassion and tries to show how contemporary science has began to open up about these things. Obviously GV is missing from the scene due to its over evangelist nature which can be more about converting than compassion.
This is a pretty nice article in which a professor in Harvard Medical School talks about positive emotions like gratitude and compassion and tries to show how contemporary science has began to open up about these things. Obviously GV is missing from the scene due to its over evangelist nature which can be more about converting than compassion.
I was answered many times that that evangelism, in fact, is a compassion towards people best expressed. However, I couldn't understand then how that many people, after some time, felt they are emotionally starved.
You should both be incredibly thankful for the compassionate outreach of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, without which neither of you would be associated with Guru Maharaja. Don' t miss the salient point that real compassion is alive and well in the form of genuine compassion which indeed does manifest as outreach.
You should both be incredibly thankful for the compassionate outreach of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, without which neither of you would be associated with Guru Maharaja. Don' t miss the salient point that real compassion is alive and well in the form of genuine compassion which indeed does manifest as outreach.
Obviously I am thankful to GM or else my spiritual life would be finished. I would have given up this path long path ago if all I could see was zealous devotees thrusting themselves on others fanatically and I feel there are many people who are not able to embrace GV just because of this image of GV.
You should both be incredibly thankful for the compassionate outreach of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, without which neither of you would be associated with Guru Maharaja. Don' t miss the salient point that real compassion is alive and well in the form of genuine compassion which indeed does manifest as outreach.
My answer follows Vivek's.
It's wonderful to feel things again, to actually see Gaudiya vedanta is alive, and that it is beautiful. I was able to feel that for the first time in my life, after dwelling in my thoughts with Swami and Pujapada Sridhara Maharaja. Sridhara Maharaja is indeed bhakti raksaka, beautiful title fits him perfectly.
There are some great quotes about compassion:
Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.
- Dalai Lama
The dew of compassion is a tear.
- Lord Byron