136 Spirituality vs Fluff – Are All Religions The Same? (Interview with Sri Dharma Acharya)

I had the great honor of talking with Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya, founder of International Sanatana Dharma Society, prolific author, religious scholar, one of the most profound spiritual gurus alive today, and my religious mentor. We discussed his book "Radical Universalism: Are All Religions The Same?" @DharmaNation Live 10/25/2024, pre-recorded 10/23/2024.

0:00 – Intro to discussion of Acharyaji's book "Radical Universalism: Are All Religions The Same?" | political correctness & feelies vs against religious growth | religious universalism as a philosophical dead-end
6:36 – Reading excerpt on history of India | creation of Neo-Hinduism as a "trojan horse" to destroy Sanatana Dharma
11:21 – Westerners encountering Hindu/Sanatana Dharma scriptures vs fraudulent gurus promoting religious universalism
20:44 – Origins of concept of religious universalism rooted in 1800's Neo-Hinduism
24:20 – Traditional foundational ideas of Sanatana Dharma
27:51 – British Colonialism in India with goal of globalist empire | Freemason influence
32:53 – British Colonialism created Neo-Hinduism as a way to replace Hinduism with Christianity | Ram Mohan Roy & Hindu reformers who hated Hinduism
37:29 – Getting to the top of the religious mountain | intolerance of universalism & spiritual vagueness
46:35 – Krishna said all roads lead to him & promote all religions are the same
49:49 – Lack of evidence in Vedas on universalism
51:36 – Sriman Narayana (at International Sanatana Dharma Society temple) | god & goddess form of god
53:58 – Evidence in Upanishads of Narayana as highest name of god vs lack of scriptural evidence of religious universalism as Hindu belief
56:17 – Reading excerpt on how universalism defeats uniqueness of Sanatana Dharma
57:28 – All religions are the same destroys itself philosophically
1:01:21 – Viewing religion logically
1:04:12 – Religion is not an enemy of rationality | experience now trumps rationality in modern society to find emotional relief
1:09:44 – Stop playing religious games
1:12:10 – Rationality of ancient sage Adi Shankara vs shallowness of modern gurus
1:13:19 – Legitimate gurus have authentic Sanatana Dharma lineage
1:16:20 – Legitimate gurus comment on scriptures
1:18:37 – Traits of a legitimate guru
1:24:12 – Seeking truth | closing thoughts

Sri Acharyaji's youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DharmaNation
Sri Acharyaji's website: https://dharmacentral.com/

Find the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Universalism-Are-Religions-Same/dp/0986252689

Also referenced was the Shakti Principle book: https://www.lulu.com/shop/sri-dharma-pravartaka-acharya/the-shakti-principle/paperback/product-1nw77g48.html

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