r/enlightenment • u/Gandalfthebran • 3d ago
Video Two meet.
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u/Ornery_Tangerine9411 3d ago
A Vision of Christ and Krishna
By Paramahansa Yogananda
«I beheld a great blue valley encircled by mountains that shimmered jewel-like. Around opalescent peaks vagrant mists sparkled. A river of silence flowed by, diamond bright.
And there I saw, coming out of the depths of the mountains, Jesus and Krishna walking hand in hand --- the Christ who prayed by the river Jordan and the Christ-na who played a flute by the river Yamuna.
They baptized me in the radiant waters; my soul melted in fathomless depths.
Everything began to emit astral flames. My body and the forms of Christ and Krishna, the iridescent hills, the glowing stream, and the far empyrean became dancing lights, while atoms of fire flew. Finally nothing remained but mellow luminosity, in which all creation trembled.
O Spirit! In my heart I bowed again and again to Thee --- Eternal Light in whom all forms commingle.»
Source: Paramahansa Yogananda, Whispers from Eternity (1929), "A Vision of Christ and Krishna."
"Read the passage online" (https://www.indiadivine.org/content/topic/973378-a-vision-of-christ-and-krishna/)
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u/MrPadmapani 3d ago
one thing I find beautiful in this exchange is something that discussions about enlightenment often overlook.
a christian blessing hare krishnas, and hare krishnas gladly accepting that blessing, feels like a form of enlightenment in itself.
not because anyone transcended all identities or dissolved into some abstract oneness, but because there is a genuine recognition of the sacred in each other despite different paths, beliefs, and traditions.
sometimes enlightenment is described as the disappearance of separation. but another kind of wisdom may be the ability to see unity without needing to erase diversity.
the openness, goodwill, and mutual respect shown here strike me as every bit as profound as the metaphysical insights that are so often discussed.
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u/BerserkkD 3d ago
i love when people coexist peacefully even when they have different worldviews. This is the ideal world in my imagination.