Jai parabrahman! Hare Krishna! I checked out your profile. I’m an Advaitin, so I hope you don’t take this as hostility.
I see what you’re trying to do, and I respect it. You have a sincerely held belief, and you want to share that. But this really isn’t the place for it. Evangelizing Bhakti in communities that aren’t designed for the discussion of religion or philosophy is just going to end up with locked threads and eventually probably a ban. You need to read the community rules before posting, and seek out communities specifically for this kind of discussion. They do exist. There are Buddhist communities already, though I have not found a Hindu community yet. Consider creating one! While you and I do not agree on many things, I would join a Hindu community on Lemmy.
I know you think you’re helping, but in reality you will drive people further from your position by attempting to go around the rules and brute force your opinions. Sanatana Dharma is a big tent, with a lot of variation, and Bhakti has its place, but these sorts of posts are quite similar to some of the harmful things that people around here have experienced with other religions. Evangelism hurt a lot of people, in India and in the west, and Lemmy is primarily dominated by users who have rejected it or have negative associations with Christian evangelism, and will not react fondly to being preached at, especially when it so closely resembles what they’re actively attempting to move away from.
I do hope you can find or create a community here on Lemmy to discuss your beliefs! If you’d ever like to have a discussion about Advaita, vishtiadvaita, Shaivism, or nondualism I would love that. I’d even be very interested to talk about Bhakti some time! My personal path is attempting to find and understand Nirguna Brahman, but I would love to discuss your Saguna and learn more about that path. I’m assuming you’re a Vaishnavite, and I have always been interested in learning more about that tradition.
Jai parabrahman! Hare Krishna! I checked out your profile. I’m an Advaitin, so I hope you don’t take this as hostility.
I see what you’re trying to do, and I respect it. You have a sincerely held belief, and you want to share that. But this really isn’t the place for it. Evangelizing Bhakti in communities that aren’t designed for the discussion of religion or philosophy is just going to end up with locked threads and eventually probably a ban. You need to read the community rules before posting, and seek out communities specifically for this kind of discussion. They do exist. There are Buddhist communities already, though I have not found a Hindu community yet. Consider creating one! While you and I do not agree on many things, I would join a Hindu community on Lemmy.
I know you think you’re helping, but in reality you will drive people further from your position by attempting to go around the rules and brute force your opinions. Sanatana Dharma is a big tent, with a lot of variation, and Bhakti has its place, but these sorts of posts are quite similar to some of the harmful things that people around here have experienced with other religions. Evangelism hurt a lot of people, in India and in the west, and Lemmy is primarily dominated by users who have rejected it or have negative associations with Christian evangelism, and will not react fondly to being preached at, especially when it so closely resembles what they’re actively attempting to move away from.
I do hope you can find or create a community here on Lemmy to discuss your beliefs! If you’d ever like to have a discussion about Advaita, vishtiadvaita, Shaivism, or nondualism I would love that. I’d even be very interested to talk about Bhakti some time! My personal path is attempting to find and understand Nirguna Brahman, but I would love to discuss your Saguna and learn more about that path. I’m assuming you’re a Vaishnavite, and I have always been interested in learning more about that tradition.
Om Shanti. Om tat sat.