RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, It was a serious question about “preaching” today and a technical one. The background is NT scholarship of the last 200 years, since Reimarus knocked the stuffing out of the scholars and the church. Kerygma is a technical word from the NT meaning “Preaching”…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, The over-all circumstance in the Balkans is the will of the Vatican, which is the fomenter behind any and all Balkan unrest. Vatican is Clinton’s political cover. He never would have survived the recent imbroglio without it. Vatican is a nation, not a church,…
One of the little moments Bill and I shared was on the realization that whereas Lucien Truscott had got rid of compulsory Chapel at the Academy, and never been forgiven in many circles, I had accomplished the same service at the University of Redlands, in 1968, when I was on intern year from Union as…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. As I said about promotions, try to put this out of your mind. We are not hoping you will get promotions because we know you will get promotions, plenty and fully and all in good time. Remember that slow and steady wins the…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Tillich no doubt talks about Christian soldiers somewhere — he was one! WWI German Army Chaplain — but I do not know where. He mentions Templars in The History of Christian…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Talking about classical idealism. Is there any specific area of Christianity where this sort of theology is prevalent? Could you also explain the connection of metaphysics to idealism. Tillich himself is…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, The Flatland social taxonomy is significantly different from the Vedic, which claims to be universal and perpetual and is commended by common sense. Vedic taxonomy is: Sages Teachers/Clergy/Scholars Governors/Soldiers/Judges Producers (Agriculture, Industry and Finance) Laborers All are equally important — society cannot function without…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT He is describing the purpose of theology, and says “European theological orthodoxy,” comparable to American fundamentalism, which combines both “wrongs” of confusing the eternal truth with a current interpretation. What is…
Good pick up on the word apologetic. It is a technical word, often misunderstood. You’re right, it does not mean an humble and contrite posture, feeling sorry for what we believe, such as we ordinarily might take it to mean. It means something very specific and good. Tillich uses these old words and this is…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT The challenge facing the leadership is to instill intellectual and spiritual theonomy without recourse to the prop of cultural hegemony. This challenge can be met if the leadership projects a message…
I had thought till recently that the Vedic correlate of the Christian doctrine of Original Sin (horrible wording, thoroughly detested through history but nonetheless accurate, despite the wording) was maya. This was an error. It’s Vedic equivalent is the Will, for which I do not know the Sanskrit. Swami’s “all are tainted” is an indication…
I’d like to chime in with my two cents on the 4th Class System, as I experienced it. My plebe year was during 79-80 and, although it was probably not as draconian as that of the more senior members of this forum, it appears to be considerably different from what exists today. As I went…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Ay, the svastica is a universal symbol, cross-cultural, and I have for many years yearned that it be reclaimed. On three of Mary’s pictures of St. Francis, years ago, I lovingly drew in…
You are trying to lord it over people. Try to rein in your Ashkenazy Arrogance and refrain from these infantile demonstrations of Virility. You are not a yogi. You are an entertainer trying to make a buck. Also, you are someone without anything useful to do in life, as shown by the dates on your…
Veda is Knowledge, specifically as the Whisperings of God. Vedantha is the end in the sense of culmination or fruition of the Knowledge (Vedas), namely liberation from attachment. Veda means Word, the “words” that are careening around inside the personality rather constantly. These words, efflorescences of the Word in the sense of Divine Whisperings, are…
The frontispiece of Chuck’ DiFazio’s book From Where Did You Come has a face-forward torso shot of Swami that shows Swami’s Face with skin drawn and wrinkled somewhat against the bone. Maybe I’m the only one seeing this — we all know how He can come across differently, a phenomenon to which He makes oblique…
