The Vedanta Society
Pranam brothers and sisters. Thanks to my illustrious cousin, I visited the Vedanta Society in the upper west side of NYC last night for a session of their weekly Gita discussion. Places led by Swamis such as these often borrow much from Hinduism but do not have representations of God on the premises, and so I have no issue with it but as a loving devotee of Bholenath it does not make sense for me to return unless there is some pressing business need to do so. I think spiritual teachers are great, but as my time on this Earth grows dearer each day, I have no wish to spend any of my life essence worshipping other human beings when I could be dripping in the bliss of Bholenath and Mother Parvati. Respecting and honoring human teachers is great, but worship? Nah. This is the same reason why ...