0:00 – Introduction ... 1:33 – Definitions of Maya (i.e. illusion) from Sri Chaitanya and Adi Shankara ... 5:48 – What is Maya, who is Maya dependent on, where does Maya come from? ... 7:16 – O.B.L. Kapoor's book "The Philosophy and Religion of Sri Chaitanya (The Philosophical background of the Hare Krishna Movement)" ... 10:19 – Law of Attraction, Claude M. Bristol's book "The Magic of Believing: The Science of Setting Your Goal and Reaching It" ... 16:54 – Religious universalism (i.e. all religions are the same) unintentionally re-interprets and eventually destroys religions ... 22:14 – Auras are from Theosophy not Hinduism but called Hindu ... 24:44 – Christian missionaries in India 1800's using fake religious universalism to get more Christians, Hindus unintentionally copying missionaries today ... 27:44 – Fighting for the future purity of Hinduism, yoga's corruption as an example of religious corruption ... 30:50 – Not having a human guru, life as guru, criticism of self-guruing (i.e. being your own guru) ... 35:10 – Dead vs living (ie. physically present) gurus, ISKCON Revival Society (correction: misnamed in video, is actually the ISCKON Revival Movement - IRM) https://iskconirm.com/ which publishes "Back To Prabhupada" magazine ... 40:17 – Neem Karoli Baba ... 42:18 – Satya Sai Baba, disciple and devotee relationship ... 44:28 – Michael "Dairyu" Wenger of the San Francisco Zen Center ... 45:56 – Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Carolyn Lee's book "The Promised God-Man Is Here", feeling lost after leaving one's guru ... 52:39 – Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Swami Vivekananda ... 55:38 – Swami Prahbupada, ISKCON gurus ... 57:37 – Sri Dharma Acharya of Dharma Nation youtube/International Sanatana Dharma Society https://www.youtube.com/@DharmaNation ... 1:00:22 – Real gurus follow scripture (i.e. walk their talk), are intimately familiar with scriptures, gurus not exempt from scriptures, enlightened gurus, real gurus do not re-interpret scriptures or say not to read them ... 1:09:02 – Real gurus talk about god, fake gurus replace god with themselves ... 1:11:30 – Physical and spiritual threats from fake gurus ... 1:14:47 – Guru-of-the-month syndrome ... 1:17:14 – Openness to finding a guru, Kama Sutra, sex and fake gurus ... 1:20:11 – Fake gurus fool people with fancy words, test the waters on a guru, research a guru, real gurus serve the student, real gurus with small organizations, Santosha Tantra of Source Transmission youtube https://www.youtube.com/@vidspfx , gurus not above law ... 1:26:33 – Closing thoughts ... 1.7.2023, unedited & off the cuff! ... Regular live show on society & religion, plus Hindu scriptures. Vaishnava. I want to help you grow spiritually, discover your life's purpose, and know god! I am Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy), in Maine USA. I'm a Certified Spiritual Life Coach, Certified Ayurveda Specialist, and currently studying Integrel Vedic Counseling under Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri). Spiritual name bestowed by Dr. Chaturbhai Babaria (via Swaminaryan Gurukul USA, Ramanuja lineage). ... >> Contact: aronmatyas@hotmail.com My books: http://www.aaronjoyauthor.weebly.com << ... God requested I read the scriptures. Having met others who want to know them but can't find translations, or don't like reading, don't have time, etc, I decided to rear them openly. Everything read for the 1st time. Channel originates on youtube, duplicated on Rumble, Spotify, Bitchute, Amazon, Audible, Apple & Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Chromecast, Listen Notes.



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