22 Spirituality vs Fluff – Fake Western Yoga vs Real Hindu Yoga: The Big Secret

With Apostle Dr. Lee Ann Marino discussing fake American/western yoga vs real hindu yoga in India, including Christian yoga, Bhagavad Gita As It Is quotes, Sir Pierre Bernard, destroying the authentic tradition (aka Hinduphobia), translation issues

0:00 – LIVE: Intro, technology issues
2:17 – Gayatri Mantra, reading from "Living Dharma" by Sri Dharma Acharya @DharmaNation
3:59 – Introduction to "Kingdom Now" podcast with Dr. Lee Ann Marino
9:08 – PRE-RECORDED "KINGDOM NOW" PODCAST: Show intro / Lee Ann's introductory thoughts on yoga
12:27 – "Spitfire" nickname, my personal introduction
16:21 – Types of yoga, Christian yoga
18:28 – What is yoga, reading from "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" with commentary by Swami Prabhupada, Vedas, connecting with god
22:20 – Patanjali's Yoga Sutras *(I mispronounce the name of Patanjali)
23:35 – Early yoga in America via the influence of Pierre Bernard aka the Great Oom, modern yoga in America, modern vs traditional yoga, purging personal beliefs of new age beliefs
28:47 – Yoga as Satanic, arguing ethics & benefit of yoga for Christians
31:10 – What yoga has become, destroying the authentic scriptural tradition of yoga
33:50 – What do we do with modern yoga, the goal of life is to realize Sri Krishna vs the goal of yoga
36:26 – Modern yogis ignorant of Hinduism, materialistic yoga, making fun of Hinduism
41:49 – Hinduphobia (i.e. disrespecting Hinduism) via New Age movement & British Occupation hurt Hinduism
45:50 – Translation issues of Sanskrit to English, mythological interpretation of scriptures
47:34 – Following a fictional religion, "ahimsa" mis-translation from Gandhi & misrepresentation of non-violence in Hindu scriptures
53:11 – Translator bias, Young Earth Creation theory
55:43 – Are yoga updates necessary because the original text didn't work, story of gay hot sexy yoga class
59:27 – Story of universalist-minded woman ignorant of Shiva & Ganesha, ethics of going to church, feel good religion vs rational religion
1:02:02 – Authenticity of one's religion, rational thinking & questioning religion
1:08:52 – Lee Ann's closing thoughts

A rebroadcast of "Kingdom Now" podcast (https://anchor.fm/kingdompowernow) with Apostle Dr. Lee Ann Marino of Spitfire Apostolic (Christian) Ministries. I guested on the podcast which broadcast 5/9/2022. Slide show added and theme music deleted, broadcast here live 3/4/2023.

Spitfire Apostolic Ministries can be found here: https://kingdompowernow.org/
Find her books here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Dr.-Lee-Ann-B.-Marino/author/B00J7X49YE

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