Understanding similarities of Christians ..and Vaisnavism practice
The following of the ten commandments are like the Sadhana bhakti process for the Christian , attending church services , singing hymns, and studying the Bible are equally important for progressive Christians. The Christian and the Gaudia Vaisnava must know the goal of spiritual life, which is to love God . To love someone means you must know their qualities , generally, through those who have attained love of God, we can learn how . In Vedic cultures and Gaudia Vaisnava traditions , the proccesses of Sadhana lead to more spontaneously felt devotion, and this is accompanied by much more significant and deeply experienced hearing , chanting and remembrances of Lila pastimes of Krishna or any of His various incarnations . Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu brought to the world the pinnacle of spontaneously felt devotion , He instructed his devotees to teach this process , and the six Goswami’s of Vrndavana have done so . Worship of the representatives of God and their devotion towards God is essential , because as Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur indicates in his glorification of Sri Guru , Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur says Sri Guru is an intimate servant of Radha Krishna . He has his spiritual form in Their abode . The Vedas say we must learn to prey and act the way they do , both externally in preaching activities as best we can , but more importantly in our inner meditations and remembrances of Radha Krishna nitya lila pastimes.
The Christian who acts perfectly in practice of the commandments, the study of the scriptures, in singing and glorifying God and in worship of Jesus as the pure representative of God , would obviously succeed in spiritual life if these are strictly adhered to . Through Jesus , learning from Him and following his devotional spirit , they will advance and will be situated correctly , as Jesus said, “I am at the seat of my father “
Every theological culture has its similarities, there is one God , who expands unlimitedly and accordingly accepts different moods of worship , as much as we relate to people differently or in accordance as to how they relate to us .
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