Yoruba, Ifa, Vodou: pre-Abrahamic African religions in revival | Nigerian guru Asharam Maharaj ji

[@prabhavenkatesh7931]

Time for Africa to rise. God bless our African brothers and sisters. May they rediscover their spiritual roots and be happy , confident and strong.

[@Neeraj6174]

Have always said Africans have been the hardest hit with conversions. Would really like to know about traditional culture of our African brothers. Love from India

[@Neeraj6174]

@Roaming Rishis I believe you talking about the people of Norway and Sweden

[@Neeraj6174]

@Roaming Rishis Interesting, Ya I do remember reading about germica tribes where there is Germany now and similar tribes of Europe.

[@ramachandransankaran9931]

Absolutely. The Africans are respectful, pious, wise and learned. I have been saying the Yoruba culture is very similar to the Hindu culture...

[@lokeeb1486]

@@ramachandransankaran9931 watch praveen mohan channel you will find hindu temples all over the world

[@gg89899]

Good to here that one of the oldest African religions are not dead, and that they are able to overcome onslaught of Abrahamic religions.

[@sicmesicme2360]

Pagans of the world arise and assert your valued identities erased by the believers!

[@sarssingh2299]

May dharma arise in the world !

[@sarssingh2299]

@@ramdevchouhan2081 Myths are ways of telling us about some hidden truths; some humans misunderstand metaphorical language and take it literally. Similarly, poetry by great (not fake) mystics can only be appreciated by those who have reached a high level of development of their consciousness. A lot of intellectuals go for Yoga and Buddhism; atheism is pathless and is useless in the long run.

[@subbu2185]

@@ramdevchouhan2081 religion is man made, why would gods make it

[@ramdevchouhan2081]

@@subbu2185 even if God exists he would want the same rules for everyone

[@subbu2185]

@@ramdevchouhan2081 gods do what they want, not what you want. Ofcourse if gods exist

[@dublinhomes1951]

In Sudan, south of Egypt, there is an ancient ruins known as "The Kingdom of Kusha" with the capital city called "Karame" (Karma). "Kusha" was the second son of Lord Ram, the 7th Avatar of Vishnu (the main God in Hinduism).

[@akki2anu]

I heard a few disjointed facts before. Wish someone stitched all this together

[@sumukhhegde7161]

One doesn't simply make such claims. But I do see many themes of the dharmic systems were also present in Africa.

[@alexryan43244]

Absurd claim.

[@vishalkondur9260]

@@alexryan43244 all ancient civilizations and cultures were closely connected to vedic Indian culture be it Mayan incas Egyptian Babylon Aztecs Greeks pagan Native Americans Australian Aborigines Pacific islanders like Maoris samoans tongans Chinese Japanese koreans list can go on and on Vedic Indian culture believed in Vasudhaiva kutumbakam whole world as one family sarvegana sukonobavantu let there be peace and prosperity every where Vande mataram

[@SitaShank]

Very interesting to know!

[@S7evn201]

Wow. l learnt a lot on African spiritualism today. Thank you ojasvi

[@sachidanandamarumugam4585]

THANK YOU SO MUCH CITTI TV, NAMASKAR JI WE ARE ALL SEEKERS LETS UNITE WE ARE ALL ONE. OM SHANTI

[@jyotiprasadpanda8245]

Ashram Maharaja appears to be a pure Indian to me. 😁😁👍👍

[@repealsection230forbigtech4]

Then you are being disrespectful, because he clearly is proud of his African identity and cultures and you totally didn't hear a word he says when he described the traditional African religions and how they parallel or are rooted from the same root as Vedic dharma. Don't impose our identity onto him, it's for him to define his identity which appears to Dharmic and at the same time African.

[@jyotiprasadpanda8245]

@@repealsection230forbigtech4 my comment was limited to his appearance to me. How do U conclude that I didn't pay any heed to what he said, it's import & it's similarities with Sanatan ??

[@jdnmenon899]

Sanatan Dharma,the mother of all the religions.The proof of Vedic culture,once existed all over the planet,can be found in every continent and every ancient traditions of the world🙏

[@user-rv2tn9qx2b]

Mother of Islam?? And Christianity?

[@tyronsimpson2143]

Started in Africa just like all humans life did

[@jdnmenon899]

The Vedic root of western religions. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX3Qh5d3nLJgq8U

[@sankaranthiyagarajan8651]

Sanathan Dharma is law of Nature and Connected to universal truth.

[@jairajlsingh]

@@user-rv2tn9qx2b Step children of mother lndia 🇮🇳

[@user-rv2tn9qx2b]

Don’t act like abrahamic people dear Hindus we as Hindus should nourish the African faiths They are like our cousins

[@dhananjayk130]

U R Right, their Identity must be Respected and we do respect

[@Ramarao-dq8mf]

We never convert. They can follow a path of truth. If some one follows our way it's up to them. We don't count on the no of Hindus. We want all to oppose those who take off other religions and their property and ,life and women too. Hinduism itself allows countless practices and individual trust. We never force any one to follow this path or that path. It's up to the individual to follow the path he chooses. Questioning is a basic nature in Hinduism. Islam and Christianity never allow. Once they start questioning the religions are gone. Pl try such things in a church or a Mosques. Thanks for the advice . Yes we should not be like abrahmic religions.👍🙏🙏

[@user-rv2tn9qx2b]

@Shekar Lakshman Tamilian?

[@crypton_8l87]

@@Ramarao-dq8mf thanks for giving your permission to the massive continent of africa.

[@Ramarao-dq8mf]

@@crypton_8l87 you are great continent. I have not seen any place but I read about culture and natural resources. And hard working people. But onset of other religions have destroyed peace of the great continent. You are close to nature. Hence my humble request not permission. I am for your native culture not fr Hinduism. Hindus never convert ours is a way of life not religion based on a single book. We are seekers, we question and trust if convinced. If not never. That's the freedom in Hinduism. All have a place. Who am I to give permission. We are sufferers of foreign religions invasion.

[@Max-ju3rg]

This is heartening.

[@subashpadhee7096]

I had watched a documentary in Discovery channel many years back and it was showing wedding customs in Africa which is similar in many aspects in practices followed in Odisha even to these days.

[@lokeeb1486]

Watch praveen mohan channel in KZbin .... there he shows hindu temples all over the world

[@akki2anu]

I stand by Africans and Red Indians...the siblings of Indians and Dharma. Come back home everyone. Find your Native Faiths....Dharma needs you to find your ancient FAITHS. Your original faiths are exactly like Dharma. Studied a lot about you. I knew we are alike ...the closest you have on the planet

[@robertmitchell8630]

Native american That term you used is derogatory

[@skanda138]

Truth shall be beaten down but it can never be destroyed. It will rise. Native people returning to ancestral religions is welcome news.

[@crypton_8l87]

This is the most exciting video in five whole centuries!!! Rise mother Africa!! 👏🏽👏🏽👌👌

[@savithananjangud2921]

Thank you Citti media for this video and for educating us about African religions and culture. I love how Swamiji explained that the same African practices can be elevated to higher levels of consciousness, from Tamasic to Rajasic to Sattvic. And so nice to know that their culture is open minded and receptive to other paths of learning. They seem to have similar ideas of Dharma too. How wonderful that Swamiji is able to be a bridge between the two ancient cultures 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@edres7563]

Surely the people of India should realise that africans or any other group of people who remain rooted in their ancestral traditions, are their true brothers and sisters in spirit and humanity more so than any others?

[@blackpigeon4743]

Yes

[@sureshruparel9114]

I see two thumbs down may be one mullah madrasa and another must be Pastor 🤔😕🙄😯😜😍😛

[@sharadchandakacherla8268]

could be swara bhaskar and barkha dutt

[@user-so9my7uh3m]

Its really nice to know diversity instead of rigidity ...( Kind of only my God is the true God ).... Sanatan Dharma in its very basis ....preaches this ....Let's agree , accept and welcome all to celebrate the diversity instead of one-upmanship and Violence..and looking down upon others ....which serves nothing. ..🙌🙌🙌

[@zanendranathsarker9753]

Hello

[@winstonbachan3921]

My African Connection! 7 African God's! Elegua, Chango, Obatala, Oshun, Orula, Yamaya, And Ogun! Similar To The Hindu Diaties 🇮🇳💓🇬🇾 🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏

[@joalexsg9741]

This conjugation of Indian and African Earth-based traditions is very healthy in spiritual terms, in my opinion, and certainly a step towards greater spiritual advancement. All Earth-based traditions should unite and share their knowledge and experiences to head towards ever more refined forms of spirituality or magical connection, whatever one calls it. Also, when we think of the shamanistic traditions in India, the similarities by this shamanic common background is evident. Some followers of African traditions here in Brazil have been getting interested in other forms of spirituality: one unique movement, called Green Candomblé or Vegetarian Candomblé, has abolished all animal sacrifices. However, they're unfortunately being heavily criticized by the fundamentalists of mainstream Candomblé, who accuse the Green Candomblé followers of creating a new religion, i.e. saying theirs is not Candomblé properly. Whatever, it´s a huge spiritual step, I'd call it a spiritual jump into a much higher spiritual level! The oldest Vodun traditions are actually very shamanistic, they even have turtle, rabbit and other animal spirits, besides tree spirits! Perhaps many other African traditions may have these animal and plant entities as well.

[@vishalkondur9260]

You are absolutely right

[@joalexsg9741]

@@vishalkondur9260 Aw, dhanyavaad for your support, unfortunately, some Hindu fundamentalists fiercely oppose everything I wrote in that comment and which I totally support, sigh. This is really bad cause they just give a bad name to the Hindutva movement, whose core is about native Indian cultures, which includes the ancient, aboriginal shamanistic cults from Bharat as well, and not exclusively Hinduism. These fundamentalists even abuse us with verbal aggressions and threats when we say that, just like the Muslim supremacists!

[@shawnawasthi]

@@joalexsg9741 they don't know anything about sanatan dharma and they abuse everyone who isn't looking things from their narrow-minded perspective.its routine life for them😐

[@joalexsg9741]

@@shawnawasthi So true, nevertheless, they do smirch the image of the movement, jeopardizing the very struggle against the Islamization and Christianization with their abusive behavior. It´s really worrying.

[@MrRoop45]

It's refreshing to learn about the rich cultures and religions of Africa.... Growing from strength to strength!

[@sureshruparel9114]

In my own family and tribe of kutchi lohana we believe in ancestors soul's as guiding force calked KULDEVTA this seem so very same as African ancestors sprit as guiding always it's children's WAO so very true I now learnt African culture was so very perfectly design and close to Mother Nature even GREAT TO LEARN THIS TRUTH

[@YenkammaNe]

Love you pre Xtian Africa..

[@ivarhakuse8572]

All Hindus will support your efforts to reconnect with your own historical spiritual past. That is a past that is relevant and pertinent to you. What has been pushed upon you is from imperialistic chauvinism with no merit other than subservience to the countries of their origin. Well done!

[@anitha6249]

Hindus will support? Other than a few of us on these channels, no one cares. that is the truth. Our temples, our cities are like slums. If something happens to you or me, we are alone to fend for ourselves. Our hindus vote those who destroy them. That is our reality. Who can we support?

[@ivarhakuse8572]

@@anitha6249 That is a sad truth and can not be denied, however, Hindus are present all over the world including Africa. It is also important to appreciate that not all Hindus are Indians and so don’t share the mindset of Indians. There are Hindu organisations all over the world who unlike Christians and Muslims do not seek to undermine the gods, insights, practices and traditions of others. It’s important to note how the swami himself is of African American origin. He is not undermining the African traditions. If anything he’s offering a guidance but not replacing their gods with his own. Awakened Hindus will do everything to support their reconnection. In India there is also an awakening which is why India has its present political climate. Indian Hindus are not unlike a disinterested Kumbhakarna getting roused but content in slumber. I don’t live in India and so don’t share the apathetic indifference towards my culture, history and spiritual traditions as do my relatives in India. But your observations stand correct in general. It would not be unfair to say what you did.

[@yashsingh9002]

Please make video on Pre sikhism Panjab (The land of vedas)

[@crypton_8l87]

Kindly leave Sikhs alone. Sikhi is a benign Sanatani religion based on Upanishadic concepts. Unless you experienced the genocide of 1947 you cannot know what they have lost! They defended Sanatana dharma with their own lives, but what did they get in return? The partition! We cut Punjab in half without considering their opinion! They lost - everything!

[@samarth4054]

Sikhs are Hindu Sainiks. Nanakji sect .

[@yashsingh9002]

@@crypton_8l87 Majority of Panjab was of Hindus and muslims Sikhs was very small nos. Sikhs themselves cut off panjab now that area is known as harayana and himachal.. jahil

[@rushabhladdha4694]

@@crypton_8l87 Khalistani wants to join the Pakistan and that's the reason Punjab was cutted into half. First know facts and then talk. Real Sikhs are living in India and Pakistani Sikhs were khalistani.

[@harmony202]

@@crypton_8l87 who cut it? Hindus didn't. Gandhi did. Nehru did. Jinnah did.

[@Ramarao-dq8mf]

Yes I want all the people of the world to shun their religion and go back to their original religion to which they belong. May be we can make a movement all over the world and start recognising those religions....Great anciant religions. I am with those who start such a massive movement to save people from savage religions like Christianity and Islam.

[@rambadannishada7728]

Jai shree krishna sister good morning

[@mahishimoga2534]

That the African faiths are nature-based and adaptable to changes shows their maturity, understanding and harmony with their environment. And that is all that matters. I have travelled in Africa, met with Africans locally and in Europe...they are the sweetest, most joyful people I know. The forced Islam and Christianity has conflicted them with their gentle nature.

[@vyoshen4563]

Thank you prabhu

[@-vajradatta-8359]

Heartening to see so many proud African people reclaiming their heritage. Hopefully they grow in number and have an effect even in India with our converted.

[@Sinha2098]

Ever place should have their own unique identity.. hope Africa too find its original roots soon... God bless you guys Lots of love from india

[@janardansingh5926]

One Truth yet many ways to approach it , So says the "Veda" the ancient scripture of mankind, all the indegenous traditions were evolved & developed in the bosom of Mother Earth through the ages by the great efforts of our ancesters , they contain the sublime tributes to the ultimate One Truth , So Let us celebrate all local traditions with a good heart !!

[@sathirajupepakayala7403]

My dhanyavad

[@porchelviramr4404]

Great one Sir. Thanks from the bottom of my heart for educating us. My prayer, pleading God, that Renaissance of all the ancient spirituality. ❤️🙏🏻

[@taidelek9994]

Searching back to roots.💐

[@kirti1480]

🙏 love to hear more from you Guruji

[@vivekanand8277]

This could be a start for a rediscover y of the world's oldest cultures to boom again..🙏🙏🙏🙏 woundarfull , keep it up.. 👍👍👍

[@amandamiller7411]

Thank you so much Brother for sharing your divine knowledge

[@SitaShank]

I had learnt Alla (अल्ला) meant Mother( is a synonym of Mother) in Sanskrit,too. So happy to know Mother Earth is called Alla in Nigerian Traditions!🙏

[@sadanandbhuiya4046]

There is no such Sanskrit word called Alla

[@SitaShank]

@@sadanandbhuiya4046 there is. आकारान्तः स्त्रीलिङ्गः अम्बा शब्दं इव।

[@sadanandbhuiya4046]

@@SitaShank The word is Amba, not Alla

[@SitaShank]

@@sadanandbhuiya4046 I said it is declined similar to Ambaa shabda. I can’t help if you don’t know!

[@SitaShank]

@@sadanandbhuiya4046 I can’t help if you don’t know that such a word exists. I had come to know of it in my Sanskrit class by VyomaLabs. This word अल्ला “allaa” is declined in the same way as the word अम्बा “ambaa” & अक्का ”akkaa” and they all mean “Mother”.

[@advaya702]

All pre islamic and pre christianity religions were insightful! Those who worshipped nature and followed Dharma... were valiant but tolerant and humble .. that is why they were targeted to become slaves and in most cases whole civilizations perished.. Even today we are targeted so easily...

[@TamilArjun4090]

Good one

[@anonkasper7937]

All religions of the world have it's roots in bramacharya nofap, the art of building life force energy and some religions have Tantra along with it.This knowledge was stripped and made taboo and that's why all religions started to drift apart.Time to bring this knowledge to mainstream and unite all religions under one roof and put an end to all religious wars

[@kunalverma2790]

Thank you for explaining this aspect about African religion ...

[@Sujoanghosh]

Egyptian Khemetic Dharma should be revived , as ti's full of knowledge and wisdom like santani !

[@___-cx6bw]

Good news,world needs to go back to their cultural roots and practice prior to Christianity and Islam.

[@sathirajupepakayala7403]

My pranam to swamiji. Very enlightening and informative is swamiji's narration. My dhany

[@sathirajupepakayala7403]

My dhanyavad.

[@ranenbhattacharyya2216]

How wonderful

[@rozermacdual1540]

Excellent. and learned.

[@jussyinfo2996]

Har har mahadev 🙏🏻

[@PraveenSingh-id9qx]

🙏😊

[@PraveenSingh-id9qx]

👍🙏😊

[@vimalapalayam2433]

amazing and mind-blowing....

[@saundaryasingh5530]

Good work, truth will come if more such people discuss join across nations for nature dharma

[@amandamiller7411]

Jai Hind🇮🇳🙏

[@chandrul8021]

🙏🙏🙏

[@ananyasen4879]

This is real good news

[@seshuaiyar5047]

That! That's Great, and Good news.

[@narenderchaudhary2926]

Essence of SANATANA dharma is not tolerance or equality but Truth.

[@kbi4848]

Rise Africa, time to honour yourself🙏🙏🙏.

[@ajaykumarjha1608]

Full of insights and surprises

[@rptangwan]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 awesome ! 🙏🙏🙏

[@अर्जुन-य8झ]

धन्यवाद् भारत की त्योहार 🙏

[@YenkammaNe]

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A HINDU? By Francois Gautier. Diversity in Divinity and Unity in Spirituality. 1) Believe in God ! - Aastik - Accepted 2) Don't believe in God ! - You're accepted as Nastik 3) You want to worship idols - please go ahead. You are a murti pujak. 4) You dont want to worship idols - no problem. You can focus on Nirguna Brahman. 5) You want to criticise something in our religion. Come forward. We are logical. Nyaya, Tarka etc. are core Hindu schools. 6) You want to accept beliefs as it is. Most welcome. Please go ahead with it. 7) You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita - Sure ! 8) You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads - Go ahead. 9) You want to start your journey by reading Purana - Be my guest. 10) You just don't like reading Puranas or other books. No problem my dear. Go by Bhakti tradition . ( bhakti- devotion) 11) You don't like idea of Bhakti ! No problem. Do your Karma. Be a karmayogi. 12) You want to enjoy life. Very good. No problem at all. This is Charvaka Philosophy. 13) You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life & find God - jai ho ! Be a Sadhu, an ascetic ! 14) You don't like the concept of God. You believe in Nature only - Welcome. (Trees are our friends and Prakriti or nature is worthy of worship). 15) You believe in one God or Supreme Energy. Superb! Follow Advaita philosophy 16) You want a Guru. Go ahead. Receive gyaan. 17) You don't want a Guru.. Help yourself ! Meditate, Study ! 18) You believe in Female energy ! Shakti is worshipped. 19) You believe that every human being is equal. Yeah! You're awesome, come on let's celebrate Hinduism! "Vasudhaiva kutumbakam" (the world is a family) 20) You don't have time to celebrate the festival. Don't worry. One more festival is coming! There are multiple festivals every single day of the year. 21) You are a working person. Don't have time for religion. Its okay. You will still be a Hindu. 22) You like to go to temples. Devotion is loved. 23) You don't like to go to temples - no problem. You are still a Hindu! 24) You know that Hinduism ☺ is a way of life, with considerable freedom. 25) You believe that everything has God in it. So you worship your mother, father, guru, tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth, Universe! 26) And If you don't believe that everything has GOD in it - No problems. Respect your viewpoint. 27) "Sarve jana sukhino bhavantu " (May you all live happily) You represent this! You're free to choose, my dear Hindu! This is exactly the essence of Hinduism, all inclusive .. That is why it has withstood the test of time inspite of repeated onslaught both from within and outside, and assimilated every good aspects from everything . That is why it is eternal !!! There is a saying in Rigveda , the first book ever known to mankind which depicts the Hinduism philosophy in a Nutshell -" Ano bhadrah Krathavo Yanthu Vishwathah"- Let the knowledge come to us from every direction "

[@srisha731]

Well Said !! Very Comprehensive definition of Hinduism . Yes , This is exact reason, Abrahamic religions in spite they conquered world, they lost the battle with "Sana dana Dharma" because of strong foundation and flexibility of choice of "way of life" . Other religions : Humans came first to world then religion but for Hinduism, It was already available before humans arrival, as it is designed for entire living beings (Humans, Animals, Plants, etc). World will end , the day "Sana dana dharma" ends.

[@YenkammaNe]

@@srisha731 To be a Christian - Believe & follow messiah' Jesus. Muslim - Believe & follow prophet Mo Hindu - Believe in YOUR SELF, NATURE , SCIENCE and follow SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS.

[@ramdevchouhan2081]

Why did Vishnu rape Vrinda.could he have solved the problem in any other way apart from raping her? She then cursed him that he will become a stone and then she committed suicide. And Vishnu gave her rebirth as Tulsi. And married her as a stone. And now every Hindu keeps a Tulsi Plant in their house? According to Veda Saaram, “Mruth shila dhathu darwadi moortha vishwamavidyaya klishyanthi thapasa moodha paraam shaanthim nayaanthithe”, means, “A fool who is worshipping an idol gathers nothing but pain and he never attains salvation”.

[@ramdevchouhan2081]

@@srisha731 Why did Vishnu rape Vrinda.could he have solved the problem in any other way apart from raping her? She then cursed him that he will become a stone and then she committed suicide. And Vishnu gave her rebirth as Tulsi. And married her as a stone. And now every Hindu keeps a Tulsi Plant in their house? According to Veda Saaram, “Mruth shila dhathu darwadi moortha vishwamavidyaya klishyanthi thapasa moodha paraam shaanthim nayaanthithe”, means, “A fool who is worshipping an idol gathers nothing but pain and he never attains salvation”.

[@sumitsingla9930]

Excellent

[@jasonb4321]

Good work. This video is a bit old, so maybe you already upgraded, but you need a better microphone to help out your audio quality.

[@parthipanb5538]

Very good. Revert to your ancestor's indigenous wisdom!

[@skynetinforena976]

Sanatan dharm is universal ...om namah Shivaya...

[@dushyantpande4348]

सनातन धर्म की जय हो 🙏🏻🇮🇳🙏🏻

[@jayaprakashkg7473]

We India should lead the way, we should hold a religious conference of these spirituality based religions, these organised religions which goes against humanity and nature should be exposed and buried deep for the wellbeing of humanity

[@amandamiller7411]

Vande Mataram 🇮🇳🙏

[@rexxbailey2764]

THE BLOOD SACRIFICES CAN EASILY BE REPLACED WITH THE SYMBOLIC BREAKING OF THE COCONUT IN ONE STROKE AS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE IN SANANTAN DHARMA FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE.

[@peacock69mcp]

Beautiful!

[@S1n6341]

What a great wisdom in old original religion of native Africa, unfortunately they are evaporated from the earth , hopefully they would be revived by African people.

[@shdys-hsyrbs73612]

African soul is badly hurted by Islamic and christian missionary. They were worshipper of Nature but now see the condition of Libya, Nigeria, Mozambique,kenya etc....mass genocide on the name of religion 😭

[@ramdevchouhan2081]

Why did Vishnu rape Vrinda.could he have solved the problem in any other way apart from raping her? She then cursed him that he will become a stone and then she committed suicide. And Vishnu gave her rebirth as Tulsi. And married her as a stone. And now every Hindu keeps a Tulsi Plant in their house? According to Veda Saaram, “Mruth shila dhathu darwadi moortha vishwamavidyaya klishyanthi thapasa moodha paraam shaanthim nayaanthithe”, means, “A fool who is worshipping an idol gathers nothing but pain and he never attains salvation”.

[@sudhakarmaniam8605]

Pray like your great great parents did. Do not follow commercial faiths. Good for African brothers and sisters. Your clan and tribe will grow and glow.

[@arjunkrishna5163]

Jai Sanathana Dharma,

[@alokkher4242]

Nigerian Guruj Maharaj ji on "Advait Vedant" (Unity in diversity).

[@sunithanair7597]

Hey rise and see within and become atmanirbhar.

[@vyomsinha2854]

One fundamental question... are those even religion?

[@ska4666]

That 8:20 explanation was both Funny n Sad, ... How god is waiting us inside, to give him some true attention, while we can't even look for him properly, apart from pujas n stuff, we don't honestly seek god at all.

[@MD-kt4qu]

Unique ancestors, all rise. Israel did it, India has started, it's time for Africa, Iran Zoroastrianism, and native America, too.

[@prashobh216]

I am sure Sathya Sai Baba came due to the prayers of the suffering Africans. I have been a Sai Baba devotee for 41 years. I went to Puttaparty numerous times and nobody in the whole South India has Sai Baba's physical (African) features. The only place Sai Baba went out of India was Africa while he was alive. Below is a piece I wrote in my book about Sai Baba. Basically, my religion is. "I am God". That is what Baba has always wanted from his devotees as indicated by beginning all his speeches with the words, "Embodiments of Love”. I was feeling down in 2011, upon Baba’s death but not specifically because he died but because he said numerous times, he will leave only in 2022, at the age of 96 years and had left early at the age of 85 years (2011-1996). I know, many come up with the lunar calendar theory which will not work either. One lunar month is 28 days. Baba lived from 1926 till 2011 which is 2011-1926 = 85 years physically. That is 85 X 365.25 days =31,046.25 physical days. 31,046.25/ (28 X 12) = 92.39 lunar years. In other words, Baba lived only 92 lunar years and 85 normal years. I am sure Baba is using the calendar used by everyone else, the normal 365.25 days per year calendar. If you go to all great gurus you will find that they test their devotees. This is his test. Some may remember the speech where he said he is separating the husk from the rice; the real devotees from the fake or flimsy ones. Baba (God) only wants a few good devotees, the brave ones. He never needed the whole world following him. If he wanted that, he could have easily done so by taking over the current day’s world media or even with much greater spiritual wonders. The reason he did not do so is that the real religion is not his body form. He came to guide us to the real religion which is within us. Sai Baba left his body on April 24 2011 and is continuing his mission with one of his top students from the Puttaparthi University, Madhusudan Rao Naidu (Madhu for short). Of course, this has split the devotees into those who believe this and those who do not and many who has left the belief in Sai Baba all together. Sai Baba is not at all concerned about losing devotees; his mission is to get a few truly good people to dwell in spirituality till they become Gods themselves. He said, if I can do so much, imagine what can be done with so many Babas. Various former devotees whom Baba needed for the continuation of the mission were called as Madhu was asked to go to their homes and give the messages of Baba, including telling those devotees of particular interaction with Baba which only they and no one else knew about. You have to use your intellect (buddhi) and remind yourselves, “you are God”, then eventually you will get the intelligence of God. Can Madhu who has nothing, build all those schools and hospitals. But even those are not his missions. Madhu is Baba, he is building all those things to get the people building them to become Babas. Also, those buildings will meet the requirements of Prema Sai who has already been born and will come to the world stage in 2028. Upon listening to Isaac Tigrett (one of Sai Baba’s closest devotees) who gave a speech right after Sai Baba died, things mellowed a little. Isaac Tigrett said, go back and read Sai Baba’s speeches; did he ever ask you to pray to him. No, he always wanted you to realize you yourselves are God. Immediately I changed my religion to, “I am God.” After searching the internet, a discovery was made that Sai Baba is continuing his mission in India with the help of his former student, Madhu. A trip was made to Muddenahalli, India in June 2015 and upon listening to the speech, I was 100% convinced that Madhu was speaking Baba’s words. A question many will ask is, why would Baba do this? Being God, he could have kept his body alive till 2022. But as mentioned previously, the real religion is that we are God ourselves and his devotees have to move away from his physical body. Also, humanity have become too physical and empirical so this moving to another body will introduce humanity to the spirit world which is very much larger than the physical world. In one of his last speeches Baba made with his physical body he insisted that devotees stop looking at his body as God. Thereby they will eventually be totally independent of the external world. Such devotees can still be very efficient in the external world but their focus must be on the internal God within themselves. Others have different paths to find the ‘return of Baba.’ A lawyer in Kuching who is the leader of the Kuching, Malaysia Centre said a Muslim Sufi master’s soul informed him that Baba is talking through Madhu. In that conversation, the Muslim Master could not pronounce Madhu’s name properly. Initially Sai Baba was visible as a soul, meaning Madhu’s eye can see the particular frequency of electromagnetic waves in which Sai Baba is present. But later in 2019, Baba’s soul fully merged with Madhu’s soul so Baba is Madhu. The mission is expanding much faster in the new form because as Baba said, he does not need to entertain huge crowds daily in Puttaparthi and can therefore concentrate on the mission. He is building hospitals, schools and ashrams all over the world. How is this done? Like the Kuching, Malaysia ashram, the leader (a lawyer) was asked to build it. He did it mostly with his and another contractor’s money; a team of dedicated devotees from around the region also contributed significantly. After Baba came to inaugurate it, he told the lawyer, you have spent a lot on all these so I am going to give you a lot of business, go and hire extra staff immediately. Soon after Baba left, some of the largest developers in Kuching called the lawyer and asked him to take care of all their legal matters. Sai Baba is God and can even materialize the ashram out of thin air but his aim is to develop people like that lawyer, the contractor and his team. The contractor and his wife donated the land for the ashram of behalf of a philanthropist named, Lee Nyan Choi who previously appointed them as trustees of the land. The same method is used all over the world. In fact, in the initial years of Madhu’s interaction with Sai Baba’s soul, even Madhu was doubtful if they could find the money to finance all the projects which even governments could not finance. Then one day, a short man with a moustache appeared in front of Madhu with folded hands; he is Kubera, the Hindu God of wealth. In the book, “From the Heart” p127 onwards, Baba wrote a lengthy explanation after that lawyer leader of Kuching asked him about quickly bringing his name to the entire world with the latest advances in telecommunications. Baba replied that he is not at all interested in quantity. A summary of that conversations plus other statements elsewhere of Baba are: 2009 - Prema Sai was born in Gunaparthi, a village in the Mandya district (between Bangalore and Mysore). 2011-2015 (89th birthday) - Baba, through Madhu gathered the alumni he wanted for his mission by going from home to home. 2015 - 2019 (93th birthday) - Acceleration phase of gathering his flock via bigger gatherings. 2019-2022 (96th birthday) - Core team has been acquired and the plane is taking off. The rest of the work will be done by this core team. People from all over the world will come to Muddenahalli. The biggest statue of Shiva will be in the sacred land of Muddenahalli. In a previous book, Madhu mentioned that every sand particle in Muddenahalli is infused with high levels of divinity, according to Shiva who came as an old man to inspect the construction work. Muddenahalli is the place where Viswamitra requested the help of Rama to get rid of the demoness, Tataka so as to enable him to continue his yagnas in peace. In that battle, Tataka was killed and her body is the hill on which Sai Baba’s ashram is built. It is among the Nandi Hills of Muddenahalli. The two smaller hills are that of her sons, Maricha and Subahu. Note, in the Ramayana story (Baba’s version when he was in the physical body), this place is to the East of Ayodhya, therefore Ayodhya is west of Muddenahalli at the latitude slightly somewhere near Mangalore. 2021 - Prema Sai enters the Muddenahalli campus at the age of 12. But he will not know he is Prema Sai and will go about with the name given by his parents. But by his 12th and 14th year (2021-2023), he will be having strange spiritual experiences. 2022-2028 - We are to assimilate and be silent and get to the stage where we do not depend on the flimsy support from outside. Madhu will be around till 2029; this is not surprising despite Madhu already being fully Baba because Rama and Parashurama met each other according to Baba’s version of the Ramayana (written when Baba’s while in the physical body). 2023 - Prema Sai will have a particular spiritual experience which will make him realize he is Prema Sai. He will continue studying at Muddenahalli from age 14 to 19 or for a period of five years (2023-2028). He will be educated specifically to take over the mission within these five years. He will not speak much; his presence is enough to elevate the spirituality of those around him. 2028 - 2034 - Prema Sai takes over the mission. He will travel around India and all over the world. 2034 - 2059 - In 2034 Prema Sai will be 25. Between the age of 25 to 50, he will be in the next phase of his life where he will travel around the world and stay at overseas ashrams which are being built or already built as of 2020. The Kuching, Malaysia one has already been built. He will come back to India only occasionally for special festivals. 2059 - 2063 - Prema Sai will come back to India to retire for these last four years. He will leave his body in 2063 at the age of 54. 2063 onwards - most people on earth will be divine. No obstacle, no obstruction and nobody can stop His will.

[@ramdevchouhan2081]

Why did Vishnu rape Vrinda.could he have solved the problem in any other way apart from raping her? She then cursed him that he will become a stone and then she committed suicide. And Vishnu gave her rebirth as Tulsi. And married her as a stone. And now every Hindu keeps a Tulsi Plant in their house? According to Veda Saaram, “Mruth shila dhathu darwadi moortha vishwamavidyaya klishyanthi thapasa moodha paraam shaanthim nayaanthithe”, means, “A fool who is worshipping an idol gathers nothing but pain and he never attains salvation”.

[@prashobh216]

@@ramdevchouhan2081 You talk absolutely without any sense at all. Vishnu is one of the three outcome of the indescribable God for all religions. Lust do not fall to such high level people. And they are everything and everyone from the most beautiful women to the most ugly man. About idols, I challenge you to get a picture of your parent s and spit on it. How about the picture of your God and spit on it.

[@ramdevchouhan2081]

@@prashobh216 but Vrinda was married to another man. However bad that man was, she decides to stick to him. Chancu Vishnu touches her and when she realises he is not her husband but Vishnu she curses him to be a stone. And she suicides. Or Sati. Thank God for Raja Ram Mohan Roy for abolishing Sati else women would jump in the pyre of their husbands just like how Sati and Vrinda did. Come out of stories, myths fabricated lies. I'm an atheist.

[@prashobh216]

@@ramdevchouhan2081 Rajputs from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh practised Jauhar. This was collective suicide by the widows of the royal families who preferred dying, rather than being captured, raped and disgraced by soldiers who defeated their kings in the wars. This practice grew in the 14th and 15th centuries, when the Hindu-Muslim wars were at their peak in northwest India.

[@ramdevchouhan2081]

@@prashobh216 let's pass these as myths or stories. It started with Lord Indira raping wife of Gautam Rishi, Ahilya. Greek Roman mythologies had these lust rape stories too. The chief Greek God Zeus himself is part of many rape stories - he is believed to have ‘sexually violated’ several women, namely, Antiope, Europa, Hera, Leda and several others. Medusa was raped by Poseidon and was subsequently also punished for being raped in Athena’s temple. In the Roman context, The Rape of the Sabine Women, which was nothing other than forceful sexual violence perpetrated by Roman men, is often normalised as an important step in Roman history that helped them achieve a fairly “blended” population where some kind of consent and treaty was achieved after the said incident. ALMOST ALL MYTHOLOGIES HAVE STORIES OF WOMEN/YOUTH BEING “TAKEN” BY GODS AS PUNISHMENT, PLEASURE OR AS A CONQUEST

[@scarletletter4900]

This showed up in my recommendations #noregrets

[@robertmitchell8630]

Sanatam dharma One reality millions of manifestation

[@suryasharma8273]

Wow. They call Ala The Earth. Actually, ILA is a Sanskrit word , one of the name of Mother Earth. Sanatana is deep rooted everywhere

[@parameahwarbt4920]

Sir, good news are humankind😮?

[@suvarnashinde7159]

Please help Africa get tribal practices back

[@experience_india]

Yes Africa where people are fighting with each other for relegions which none of them were abrahamic relegions, is really not a point

[@shorts8922]

Hindutva ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@alexryan43244]

I never understood this obsession of Hindus to think All pagan religion are same

[@indravrtrahaana763]

Based opinion!

[@saundaryasingh5530]

👍👍

[@jayanthisrinivasan9055]

I was

[@niteshbhushan3061]

Blood sacrifice isn't bad, it's offering to divine being to alive

[@ivarhakuse8572]

I know what you mean and it does happen, however I’m inclined to say, you want to do blood sacrifice, so sacrifice your own. Now without wanting to sound facetious about it, you don’t need to kill yourself, cut your thumb, get some drops of blood, you can also get those disposable lancets used to get blood samples. Leave the animal alone, they too have emotions such as love, jealousy, suspicion and fear more over they too have instincts to survive. Humans are afterall also animals.

[@niteshbhushan3061]

@@ivarhakuse8572 , sacrifice should be given of healthy being either of animal or of themselve....every year , I've been sacrificing my blood to my kuldevi(goddess) and if you are so generous about animals thai I think we should be than why don't start a campaign to become vegetarian and spread your view to those people who are slaughter animals everyday because they think there meat is tasty.... Why are you guys always enter first in cultural activities..... because cultural ceremony happen once in a year but slaughtering of animals happpening everyday in the name of good food

[@Ramarao-dq8mf]

When British went they had Bible in their hands and land with people. Later they gave bible in to the hands of africans and took all land. Same is Islam.

[@donbon9770]

In all African countries, their native religions are similar to Hinduism 🕉.

[@shawnawasthi]

You can replace coconut with animal sacrifice and it will bring you same results.

[@abhinavshrivastava9434]

Hindus in Africa group on Facebook and Hinduism in Africa page on facebook

[@fredbantu3694]

Hmm i wonder what this video is about so i clicked , it turns out a nigerian with a hindu name is explaining african spirituality.

[@nagratna793]

Tatz why hindus unite