Good for you Stephen, I was lucky. When I turned 67 I just happened to stumble on Hinduism and Iskcon. Today, at age 69 I am liberated completely because I let go and chant the Mahamantra Hare Krshna, Hare Krshna, Krshna Krshna. Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Need I say more.? No struggle no pain it just happened.
i was raised in an irish catholic family. back in april, i fell in love with hinduism, i decided to pursue the religion, i have never been happier and my mind has never been clearer!! god bless!!
Stephen, you are a great man. May Sri Krishna, the Supreme Consciousness of the Universe bless you and give you great strength to continue on your wonderful journey. Have you visited the Sri Krishna temple at Udupi in south India? It's a really fascinating temple.
Hare Krishna!! Whenever I see this kind of video, it makes feel proud to be Hindu and Indian. As westerns are coming to know the deep truth and reality! But it is really a thing to worry that due to so called secularism vedik culture is declining. Humble request to all who care for the culture, to take it into account. And to preserve it for the next generation. Hair om!
Sadly your sentiments are what I hear other ethnic Hindus express. Sanata Dharma will survive! The young who now reject it will come back to their own and with a vengeance. Once they see that the western material world has nothing to offer but emptiness and despair and that the self is going to eventually reconnect with God they will return needing Sanata Dharma.
Born a Hindu I was not really at home with Hinduism. I joke with my family that I surely was not a Hindu in my previous Janma (incarnation) Oh I had read the Bhagavad Geetha but was not impressed. But at age 40 I read the Upanishads and I was stunned! I found the answers I was looking for! I finally came back home to Hinduism.
Krishna Bhakta, by Stephen Knapp is a great spiritual soul who appreciated the Vedanta and spirituality, and found answers to his numerous questions ! We love to hear him
Sanatana Dharma has taught us that the purpose of life is not only to be happy, but also to be creative , productive and useful-to make a difference that you lived at all on this planet.
You're absolutely correct sir. Hinduism is truly wise in advising a practitioner to make their own path to the Divine. This is what makes Hinduism a truly secular religion, not just in word but in spirit. Hinduism is full of advise but no rules really.
I am joining S.D.thanx for inspiration and your great website which I downloaded with the wget -r commandlline script (linux) and this way I can enjoy it offline also.
Amen, Hare Krishna, Hare Rama, Hare Christ, Sir your book are amazing, I am reading; The Heart of Hinduism; AUM, Amen, Ameen, AUM Shanti Peace Peace Peace. Love All.
Hare Krishna: Please accept my humble obeisances. What an amazing discovery. You have saved millions of fallen souls by revealing the absolute truth. May Lord Krsna and Smt. Radharani continue to shower Their blessings upon you. Your Video posts are very enlightening. Thank you. Hari Bol !!!
Its quite nice to know people outside India also do opt for hinduism at times. Whilst in london I have been mocked by Christians of white , black and arab race about Hinduism and India. CONSTANTLY! This despite I am half Hindu Half Christian of Indian Goan origin ...and us celebrating Jesus moreso than any other. The Muslims, I can understand , their hatred to any religion that is not their own is immense, but it was so disheartening to see Christians also taking the piss!
SANATANA DHARMA IS COMPLETE ETERNAL TRUTH. STUDY the STUPENDOUS BHAGVAD GITA AND REALIZE THE COMPLETE TRUTH. "When I read the Bhagvad Gita and think about how God created this universe, everything else seems so superfluous." -- ALBERT EINSTEIN LONG LIVE SANATANA DHARMA! PROUD TO BE A FOLLOWER OF SANATANA DHARMA! JAI SHRI KRISHNA! HARI OM!
Thank you so much for this. It explains so richly what I think and feel. I drank the Christian "kool-aid" for years before I discovered the richness and completeness of Sanata Dharma. It is spiritually liberating not to live in constant fear of going to Hell.
@Chilenita2009 You don't really need to convert to Hinduism. It is open to all faiths. Read the religious text, enlighten yourself, enlighten others, and our journey of re-births will end!
@111theflash. I would suggest read a bhagvad gita and visit Iskcon temple near by you. Devotees are always welcoming and helping with any question you have. They have free Bhagvadgita classes every morning and sunday evening and feast.
you will be suprised to know every family member is free to choose different path ..even my father worships kali, mom durga, grandmom durga, brother hanuman, me shiva and sis vishnu...this is very common in hindu family and never ever we fight for deities as hinduism says all are one with different manifestation and hence different duties..it is upto you which characterstics of a deity you like and start worshiping him/her..it is like different profs in college but your mentor is special..
pretty much my story,the difference is I'm just starting out and I don't know which path of Hindu to take or were to start what is your website it's hard going from everything you know Christian to learning a new way something that you've been drawn to but I feel it in my soul I just need to know how and where to start
Start with Geeta, but make a Guru to guide you through your life. Live a happy and full life and enjoy the vast and deep knoweldge of Hinduism without any dogma and preconcieved ideas. First make your mind and soul free from all that you have collected, this is not easy ,but a good guru can lead you how to do that. After getting rid of the accumulated old ideas and karma, you will be very free to select your own path out of the various paths/panthas offered by the Hinduism. Good luck to you.
SANATAN DHARAM Hindusim is not a religion. It is a way of spiritual living in a divine quality like yoga, meditation, worship of nature or planets etc to sustain ecological balance in the ecosystem. In short SANATAN DHARAM Hindusim is the oldest scientific culture and traditions. But REMEMBER MY DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS RELIGIONS ARE THOSE WHICH ARE MAN MADE PRINCIPLES OR lAWS where there is blind beliefs or law's. To those who belongs to SANATAN DHARAM Hindusim just feel proud that you are on the right eternal original path or ways to spirituality. ( In Sanskrit the oldest scientific language, (vasudevaye khutumkam) means the whole world is one family= SANATAN DHARAM Hindusim...
It is so delightful, the joy you feel, the freedom you realize, the wings of consciousness you fly on, yes this is spiritual growth; surely this is the elixir of spirituality you experience. If only everyone knew what you know. Hare Krishna
Great to hear from you truth.. Morever those who are having quest to know about God sanatan dharm is perfect path. Sanatan Dharm can not be compared with religion. Dharm and Religous faith are entirely different. Jai Shri Krishna
absolutely brilliant step by you krishna bhaktha....you have entered the magnetic field of positivity instead of magnetic field of negativity...bhagavad gita, uddava gita, vedas, ashtavakra gita, tripura rahasya etc etc are all NON PAREIL.......YOU ARE GOING TO MERGE WITH DIVINE LIGHT OF KRISHNA AT THE END OF THIS UNIVERSE....HARE KRISHNA
Karma & Rebirth means We are ACCOUNTABLE for our actions. We take Responsibility. Karma & Rebirth means that we enjoy the Gift of Life, over & over again! Karma & Rebirth means there is no place for a Hell, no sadistic God running a torture chamber Karma & Rebirth means that We EARN everything. One must never beg nor take anything that is unearned Karma & Rebirth means we earn Praise FROM God! Anyone fool can praise God, but Blessed are those that aim to earn Praise FROM God!
Sanskrit most ancient,scientific,and spiritual writing on the planet its literally the mother tongue of all languages ..English itself derives most of its words from sanskri...The vedas are the most perplexinating words you can read..Hinduism is definitely a religion suitable for the exponential perplexinations of the universe itself ..for example the bible isn't the words of god ..it doesn't explain things on other planets/realms but the vedas however another story its soo hard to understand
Presently People of India have lost their self esteem.. They will accept their own ancient knowledge IF Researched,Repacked and Delivered as New Idea...
@TheSilverFlyingCigar Not at all, it is just an rumor, History says that Shri Adi Shankaracharya in bad times spread Hinduisum, that proves that anyone can adopt it
@MrIndoCanadian i am hindu from india. i am surprised to know as to how you come to the truth. god bless you to come out of vicious cycle of birth and rebirth. attain MOKSHA....om tat sat.
A remarkable explanation. He is rather unknown. Hee should become a world teacher travelling every day, giving public speeches . His knowledge is deep, understanding is great, expression is fluid and spirituality is great. Just don't only write but talk to the world every day like Buddha did .
U may already be a Hindu but u might not be aware of it.In hinduism there is no conversion as such.But yes u can be initiated.Just go to Arya Samaj website and then u can go to their centre.U dont need a vedic name but if u insist then u might as well get one.Read Bhagwaad Gita as it is by Srila Prabhupada
perfect, crisp , short and to the point(on what is hindusim) ....btw word hindu was only derived and hinduism is not any religion while it is a way of life through non-violence and you know it i read it in one of your article... And i like the definition of god how you mentioned while comparing god with jesus christ and yeah how can god be jealous? that's perfect.. And btw swamyji some of the international media has started to distort facts of hindu scriptures(jesus found in hindu scriptures).... i wish you could inspire the indian community too who are now tending to cater the west culture most of them don't know their own history here due to that manipulation of actual indian history and vedic knowledge... effects of dark ages?
Both Old Testament God and Islamic God are very judgy, angry, punishy, jealous and insecure, with not much love and personal connection. However Hinduism is a large umbrella under which many sects reside. The wealth and depth of spiritual wisdom is indeed immense and profound. That's why a Guru can be helpful to navigate.
swagatam!!To SANATAN...May be I will do all these things in Vrudha aashram stage of my life..I am in no hurry to obtain moksha...u see my Gruhastashram stage is too long and right now i am studying kamasutra to perform this stage better!!hehe
lot of the foreigners are liked the hindu(sanatan)religion, there are so many followers of ramana maharshi, swami vivekananda, swami yogananda, swami ramathirtha, and so many of our great spiritual leaders. the foreigners are likes very much of our indian culture and they started to practice our shistacharas, but one thing is very sad that why are the missionaries are converting, taking for away from our indians to our culture by putting negative ideas about our religion. it is shame to them.
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Good for you Stephen, I was lucky. When I turned 67 I just happened to stumble on Hinduism and Iskcon. Today, at age 69 I am liberated completely because I let go and chant the Mahamantra Hare Krshna, Hare Krshna, Krshna Krshna. Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Need I say more.? No struggle no pain it just happened.
You did it all by intuition.
4:00 "i do not want the fear of going to hell as the main motivation for accepting a particular religion."
You are awesome, Sir!
i was raised in an irish catholic family. back in april, i fell in love with hinduism, i decided to pursue the religion, i have never been happier and my mind has never been clearer!! god bless!!
My salute to you Guruji. I am a sanatani from India
Sanatana Dharma is for everybody not just Hindus.
True...But following the ways of Hinduism, can help.That is the way..
Stephen, you are a great man. May Sri Krishna, the Supreme Consciousness of the Universe bless you and give you great strength to continue on your wonderful journey.
Have you visited the Sri Krishna temple at Udupi in south India? It's a really fascinating temple.
This is a highly informative clip. It is a spiritually rich clip. Thank you Stephen for uploading.
Amazing story. Similar to my own journey!
Hare Krishna!!
Whenever I see this kind of video, it makes feel proud to be Hindu and Indian. As westerns are coming to know the deep truth and reality! But it is really a thing to worry that due to so called secularism vedik culture is declining. Humble request to all who care for the culture, to take it into account. And to preserve it for the next generation.
Hair om!
Sadly your sentiments are what I hear other ethnic Hindus express. Sanata Dharma will survive! The young who now reject it will come back to their own and with a vengeance. Once they see that the western material world has nothing to offer but emptiness and despair and that the self is going to eventually reconnect with God they will return needing Sanata Dharma.
Born a Hindu I was not really at home with Hinduism. I joke with my family that I surely was not a Hindu in my previous Janma (incarnation) Oh I had read the Bhagavad Geetha but was not impressed. But at age 40 I read the Upanishads and I was stunned! I found the answers I was looking for! I finally came back home to Hinduism.
Krishna Bhakta, by Stephen Knapp is a great spiritual soul who appreciated the Vedanta and spirituality, and found answers to his numerous questions ! We love to hear him
Lokah Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu: May all my thoughts, words and actions contribute in some way to the happiness of all beings
Sanatana Dharma has taught us that the purpose of life is not only to be happy, but also to be creative , productive and useful-to make a difference that you lived at all on this planet.
You're absolutely correct sir. Hinduism is truly wise in advising a practitioner to make their own path to the Divine. This is what makes Hinduism a truly secular religion, not just in word but in spirit. Hinduism is full of advise but no rules really.
Namaskar Mr. Knapp! Many Thanks!!! Bhagavan Sri Krishna ki-jai, jai, jai
I am joining S.D.thanx for inspiration and your great website which I downloaded with the wget -r commandlline script (linux) and this way I can enjoy it offline also.
Amen, Hare Krishna, Hare Rama, Hare Christ, Sir your book are amazing, I am reading; The Heart of Hinduism; AUM, Amen, Ameen, AUM Shanti Peace Peace Peace. Love All.
Hare Krishna:
Please accept my humble obeisances.
What an amazing discovery.
You have saved millions of fallen souls by revealing the absolute truth.
May Lord Krsna and Smt. Radharani continue to shower Their blessings upon you. Your Video posts are very enlightening.
Thank you.
Hari Bol !!!
You have taken right path.God bless you.
lovely explanation of Hinduism
@stephen yours is an unbiased critical statement
i appreciate it, sir.
Its quite nice to know people outside India also do opt for hinduism at times.
Whilst in london I have been mocked by Christians of white , black and arab race about Hinduism and India. CONSTANTLY!
This despite I am half Hindu Half Christian of Indian Goan origin ...and us celebrating Jesus moreso than any other.
The Muslims, I can understand , their hatred to any religion that is not their own is immense, but it was so disheartening to see Christians also taking the piss!
Excellent and correct precise observation ...he is on the right path in the pursuit of divinity......getting somewhere
SANATANA DHARMA IS COMPLETE ETERNAL TRUTH.
STUDY the STUPENDOUS BHAGVAD GITA AND REALIZE THE COMPLETE TRUTH.
"When I read the Bhagvad Gita and think about how God created this universe, everything else seems so superfluous." -- ALBERT EINSTEIN
LONG LIVE SANATANA DHARMA! PROUD TO BE A FOLLOWER OF SANATANA DHARMA! JAI SHRI KRISHNA! HARI OM!
thank you for a wonderful video, I am going to send this video to all my friends.
Radhe Radhe
JAI HO KRISHNANEETI......JAI SHREE KRISHNA
Hare Krishna prabhuji ~ Namaste 🙏💚
Thank you so much for this. It explains so richly what I think and feel. I drank the Christian "kool-aid" for years before I discovered the richness and completeness of Sanata Dharma. It is spiritually liberating not to live in constant fear of going to Hell.
I just bowed down to you....I can see that and feel the knowledge u have....really ....every second of u had a knowledge....
@Chilenita2009
You don't really need to convert to Hinduism. It is open to all faiths. Read the religious text, enlighten yourself, enlighten others, and our journey of re-births will end!
Thanks, You explained it very good and it's inspirational...
Congratulations... Very nice testimony.... Sincerily.. Dr. Horacio Arganis---
Welcome to most scientific, called Hinduism.
You are great sir... namaste!
@111theflash. I would suggest read a bhagvad gita and visit Iskcon temple near by you. Devotees are always welcoming and helping with any question you have. They have free Bhagvadgita classes every morning and sunday evening and feast.
Mr. Knapp , I have read some of your books. Thank you for helping me in understanding the great Hindu/Dharmic culture better.
Jai shree krishna 🙂🤗
you will be suprised to know every family member is free to choose different path ..even my father worships kali, mom durga, grandmom durga, brother hanuman, me shiva and sis vishnu...this is very common in hindu family and never ever we fight for deities as hinduism says all are one with different manifestation and hence different duties..it is upto you which characterstics of a deity you like and start worshiping him/her..it is like different profs in college but your mentor is special..
pretty much my story,the difference is I'm just starting out and I don't know which path of Hindu to take or were to start what is your website it's hard going from everything you know Christian to learning a new way something that you've been drawn to but I feel it in my soul I just need to know how and where to start
You are welcome to samarpan meditation ashram dandi navsari Gujarat India.
Start with Geeta, but make a Guru to guide you through your life. Live a happy and full life and enjoy the vast and deep knoweldge of Hinduism without any dogma and preconcieved ideas. First make your mind and soul free from all that you have collected, this is not easy ,but a good guru can lead you how to do that. After getting rid of the accumulated old ideas and karma, you will be very free to select your own path out of the various paths/panthas offered by the Hinduism. Good luck to you.
You plz visit ISCKON temple they will explain you everything.
Hope you found your path in Sanatana Dharma
Amazing lecture by Stephen Knapp. Very logical and concise. Must watch this!
Glad you liked it!
beautifully articulated the essence of sanatana dharma, dhanyavad
We need more jems like you.. always stay safe and healthy.. and spread love and awareness 🙏
Jai Shri Krishna .... great video ... nice thoughts.....
SANATAN DHARAM Hindusim is not a religion. It is a way of spiritual living in a divine quality like yoga, meditation, worship of nature or planets etc to sustain ecological balance in the ecosystem.
In short SANATAN DHARAM Hindusim is the oldest scientific culture and traditions.
But REMEMBER MY DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS RELIGIONS ARE THOSE WHICH ARE MAN MADE PRINCIPLES OR lAWS where there is blind beliefs or law's.
To those who belongs to SANATAN DHARAM Hindusim just feel proud that you are on the right eternal original path or ways to spirituality.
( In Sanskrit the oldest scientific language, (vasudevaye khutumkam) means the whole world is one family= SANATAN DHARAM Hindusim...
It is so delightful, the joy you feel, the freedom you realize, the wings of consciousness you fly on, yes this is spiritual growth; surely this is the elixir of spirituality you experience. If only everyone knew what you know. Hare Krishna
I'm am atheist but I kinda want to become a Hindu. What do I do? Also, I'm legally catholic
Jai Shree KRISHNA!!! May god bless you...
Great to hear from you truth.. Morever those who are having quest to know about God sanatan dharm is perfect path. Sanatan Dharm can not be compared with religion. Dharm and Religous faith are entirely different. Jai Shri Krishna
absolutely brilliant step by you krishna bhaktha....you have entered the magnetic field of positivity instead of magnetic field of negativity...bhagavad gita, uddava gita, vedas, ashtavakra gita, tripura rahasya etc etc are all NON PAREIL.......YOU ARE GOING TO MERGE WITH DIVINE LIGHT OF KRISHNA AT THE END OF THIS UNIVERSE....HARE KRISHNA
Very informative on Santana Dharma, the origins of Hinduism. Thanks for this video
I enjoyed watching this video
Respected sir you like pupils are marvellous gift to us to save the biosphere to sustain ecological balance in the ecosystem.
Hare Krishna ....very inspiring and interesting video
Hare Krishna Brother!
Karma & Rebirth means We are ACCOUNTABLE for our actions. We take Responsibility.
Karma & Rebirth means that we enjoy the Gift of Life, over & over again!
Karma & Rebirth means there is no place for a Hell, no sadistic God running a torture chamber
Karma & Rebirth means that We EARN everything. One must never beg nor take anything that is unearned
Karma & Rebirth means we earn Praise FROM God! Anyone fool can praise God, but Blessed are those that aim to earn Praise FROM God!
Thanks! It is a great video!
NICELY EXPLAINED !
Jai Shri Krishna !!love of Krishna envelopes all of us !!!!
Wonderful !
Thank you!! HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE :)
Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta is the best book on how one should live his/her life.
This man is a great sage.
Sanskrit most ancient,scientific,and spiritual writing on the planet its literally the mother tongue of all languages ..English itself derives most of its words from sanskri...The vedas are the most perplexinating words you can read..Hinduism is definitely a religion suitable for the exponential perplexinations of the universe itself ..for example the bible isn't the words of god ..it doesn't explain things on other planets/realms but the vedas however another story its soo hard to understand
Presently People of India have lost their self esteem..
They will accept their own ancient knowledge IF
Researched,Repacked and Delivered as New Idea...
great
@TheSilverFlyingCigar Not at all, it is just an rumor, History says that Shri Adi Shankaracharya in bad times spread Hinduisum, that proves that anyone can adopt it
Wish you peace and contentment in Sanatana dharma.
Prabhu ji Radhe Radhe
Jai Shree Krishna 🙏🙏🙏
Hare Krishna! 🙏
@MrIndoCanadian i am hindu from india. i am surprised to know as to how you come to the truth. god bless you to come out of vicious cycle of birth and rebirth. attain MOKSHA....om tat sat.
well done brother.
Thanks sir from India
Hare Krishna
A remarkable explanation. He is rather unknown. Hee should become a world teacher travelling every day, giving public speeches . His knowledge is deep, understanding is great, expression is fluid and spirituality is great. Just don't only write but talk to the world every day like Buddha did .
May I ask how a hindu chooses which hindu sect/group to join? There are so many and I have always wondered how one would do that.
Start practicing ... No need to join any group
U may already be a Hindu but u might not be aware of it.In hinduism there is no conversion as such.But yes u can be initiated.Just go to Arya Samaj website and then u can go to their centre.U dont need a vedic name but if u insist then u might as well get one.Read Bhagwaad Gita as it is by Srila Prabhupada
Welcome to Sanatana Hindu Dharma
very nnice
perfect sir
perfect, crisp , short and to the point(on what is hindusim) ....btw word hindu was only derived and hinduism is not any religion while it is a way of life through non-violence and you know it i read it in one of your article... And i like the definition of god how you mentioned while comparing god with jesus christ and yeah how can god be jealous? that's perfect.. And btw swamyji some of the international media has started to distort facts of hindu scriptures(jesus found in hindu scriptures).... i wish you could inspire the indian community too who are now tending to cater the west culture most of them don't know their own history here due to that manipulation of actual indian history and vedic knowledge... effects of dark ages?
Sanatana Dharma is not for hindus, its for everyone. And Sanatana Dharma is not hindu - its vedic.
Both Old Testament God and Islamic God are very judgy, angry, punishy, jealous and insecure, with not much love and personal connection. However Hinduism is a large umbrella under which many sects reside. The wealth and depth of spiritual wisdom is indeed immense and profound. That's why a Guru can be helpful to navigate.
Jai sri krishna
hare krishna
I respect Bible n I love my Geeta
swagatam!!To SANATAN...May be I will do all these things in Vrudha aashram stage of my life..I am in no hurry to obtain moksha...u see my Gruhastashram stage is too long and right now i am studying kamasutra to perform this stage better!!hehe
i missed you sir
long live HINDUISM
Very very nice
thank you, a wonderful video
Jaya!
Awesome
you don't need any conversion. Learn principles of Hinduism!!
thank you
sri krishna is the suprem god. his guru for all. hare krishna
lot of the foreigners are liked the hindu(sanatan)religion, there are so many followers of ramana maharshi, swami vivekananda, swami yogananda, swami ramathirtha, and so many of our great spiritual leaders. the foreigners are likes very much of our indian culture and they started to practice our shistacharas, but one thing is very sad that why are the missionaries are converting, taking for away from our indians to our culture by putting negative ideas about our religion. it is shame to them.
very nice
🙏🙏🙏👏👏🇮🇳🇮🇳
hindu sanatana dharma (vedic) is created by god Krishna himself
it is very good
great video. :]
🙏🙏