Religious Freedom: A Commonsense Approach
Some people asked me how much money I received for changing to the Christian faith. I was amazed. I did not know then that people could make money by changing their religion. I told them I did not know about money but did not want to lose what I received. Curious, they asked me about what I had received. I said, "Peace unlimited, joy everlasting, and a promise of life in an immortal body in the coming age." "I could unite with God without any personal effort," I added. They wanted to know how I united with God. I said, "Why would I hesitate when God is so eager to unite with me, overlooking all my past sins?" They needed some more clarity about this matter. I said, "As a Hindu and an Advaita believer, I looked for a union with God for quite some time. I knew I could summarise the hindrances to union with God into one phrase, "the burden of my past karma." I tried the four paths mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita, culminating in Raja Yoga: medita...