Как стать буддисткой, если я крещённая?

Вантус опустился до агрессивного маркетинга. Вот так «абракадабра». Дальше будет буклеты раздавать в подземке, от «сознания Кришны». :!:

"There was no warmth, no acceptance," she said. "Most of the adults were rebelling against their Christian upbringing. Pretty much everyone living there were Americans trying to be Indians, to be Hindus. It was very strange.

"My father brought me there when I was 2. I'd stay with different devotees, and he'd come back and forth from India. I never really knew my dad. When I was 22, he gave me a call and told me what happened. He said my mother died. He said he gave Kirtanananda a ton of money to take care of me."

At age 5, Hebel went to live in the girls' ashram. Every morning, she said, they were awakened at 2 a.m to get ready for the 3:30 a.m. religious service. They would pray and chant until 6:30 a.m. During the rest of the day, they would attend classes, cook, clean or work in the fields.

"It was great having the freedom to be out in nature, but there were times when we were not properly clothed or fed," she said. "If you fell asleep in (religious studies) class, you'd get smacked, or get cold water thrown on you."

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"They would give us a bowl of hot milk at night, so I would, of course, pee in my bed. Then as punishment they would spank me very hard and make me wear the contaminated panties on my head."

Я знаю их брахманов, которые выполняют все потребные вещи (все санскары, например, яджни и пр.) сообразно с шастрами, как минимум, и очень добросовестно. Эти брахманы держат свое знание при себе и не торгуют им, в отличие от ламаитских бонз. Я своими ушами слышал, как такой брахман поет саман Сама-веды, а это, надо б сказать, нетривиально.

Они даже и Радху-Кришну-то не видят. Джаганнатху или Гаур-Нитая. Но кто видит - выполняют полную тантрическую садхану, кстати, порождая особую рага-бхакти.