Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) And Current Events with Premanand Das Bhagat

0:00 – Intro to 100th show, reacting to beastly fake teacher Keith Raniere who abused women in his cult NXIVM, learning from fake gurus ... 14:40 – Overview of videos from official NXIVM youtube ... 17:54 – Reacting to talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfp5q3T4j8Y): spiritual buzzwords, insider vs outsider language ... 23:36 – Reacting to talk con't: raising children in diverse cultures, becoming one & same, avoiding recognizing god as gift giver .....

0:00 – Intro to "Om Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah" (Ashtakshara Mantra) which translates to "I take refuge in Lord Krishna & surrender myself completely to him" or "Sri Krishna is my shelter" ... 4:23 – Mantra re-discovered by Ananda Bhagat of the Arizona Vedic Cultural Center (Phoenix area) Arizona Vedic Cultural Center of the Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul USA, Arizona Vedic Cultural Center youtube: https://www.youtube...

On a recent trip to Manhattan I wanted to visit where ISKCON was born, aka the very first ISKCON temple & former home of Swami Prabhupada. Or, the birthplace of the Hare Krishna movement in America. I'm not an ISKCON Vaishnava & routinely confess a love/hate relationship with Swamiji & the organization, but only a fool would deny the influence of Srila Prabhupada & ISKCON on religion in the west & the world & Sanatana Dharma in general...

0:00 – Intro to reaction video of spiritual teacher & artist Santosha Tantra of California whose teaching is focused on knowing one's self, not a cult leader, women's spirituality issues, inspired by Raman Maharishi & Hinduism ... 08:48 – Introduced to Ma by Theo Cedar Jones of the band Swaybone (referenced interview by Theo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl-rwhJsZNQ) ... 09:57 – Ma's website: https://www.santosha-tantra.com/ & youtube: https://www.youtube...

0:00 – Intro, how much does God cost?, how much does god's truth & wisdom (i.e Sanatana Dharma) cost?, those who ask for money to reveal the truth, costs of being an Adidam devotee ... 8:23 – Story of almost buying an ignorant yoga theology course to find out more, calling Hindu gods a myth, fusing Buddhism & Hinduism ... 15:48 – Cult documentary revealing money drain ... 17:19 – Buying books that are not promises of truth (Namaste Bookstore NYC https://namastebookshop.com/) .....

0:00 – Into to reaction to Swami Tyagananda (of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Order based out of Boston's Vedanta Society) who is/was Hindu Chaplain of MIT and Harvard (see wiki of him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Tyagananda), see first reaction video to Swami: https://www.youtube.com/live/oYI4S7nEVBI ... 8:11 – Enjoy your life (R.I.P. Char Abbott) ... 11:45 – Adi Da talk "Sex, Laughter and Real-God-Realization" (see here for pdf of talk: https://www.adidam...

0:00 – Into to reaction video to Swami Tyagananda (of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Order based out of Boston's Vedanta Society) who is/was Hindu Chaplain of MIT and Harvard (see wiki of him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Tyagananda), dilemma criticizing gurus who help people, catering to liberal college crowd, Advaita Vedanta path of Vivekananda ... 10:27 – Reacting to 1st talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNmldIsqcHc): teaching Americans, diversity in society .....

0:00 – Intro to 2nd attemptat reaction video of Mother Meera known for silent darshans, personal discovery of Mother Meera due to Surya Ananda, skepticism of silent gurus ... 12:55 – Reacting to video compilation of talks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJihYkHd5Q8): sincerity & genuine body language, finding faster spirituality & grace of god (reference to Sri Dharma Acharya talk on grace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Wa_xTc7e4), doing god whatever it is  .....

0:00 – Jesus declared an avatar of Krishna by Christian missionaries in India in the late 1700's/1800's as part of the creation of Neo-Hinduism & religious universalism (i.e. all religions are the same) ... 4:28 – No scriptural evidence for Jesus as an avatar in Sanatana Dharma scripture (note: The Bhavishya Purana is said to mention Jesus, and might show his divinity and/or avataric status...

0:00 – Sharing a quote from my teacher Dr. David Frawley (Acharya Vamadeva Shastri): "The idea of an inner guru is very popular today, particularly given the difficulty of finding a true living guru, as well as the scandals that may be associated rightly or wrongly with existing gurus known to the public. Some gurus also have so many followers that we may not be able to have a direct relationship with them, even though they are alive." .....