Question:
The fundamental belief of a Christian as defined by christians, i.e what distinguishes an actual ”Christian" from someone who sees Jesus as a wise teacher or lives by similar ethical/moral teachings but cannot be called a Christian because they lack this fundamental belief, is this.
A "true Christian" believes Jesus died then was resurrected (came back to life) then ascended to heaven (which literally meant ‘sky' in those days) to sit at the right hand of God (the Father).
My question is - is there any evidence to show that the whole concept of Avyakt Brahma - the resurrection - was around in BK circles before Lekhraj encountered Christianity, or before DL’s discussions with the Catholic parish priest in Abu the second-wave BKs (post 1950), who'd been educated in Western Christian schools in India, came along?
My understanding is that BKs believed that destruction would occur while BB and Mama were still alive. They explained that those others who'd died before destruction were ”Advance Party”. There was no notion of any period or role of ”Angelic Brahma” until it happened, or possibly just before he died.
When did this idea first appear? And I don't mean the Trimurti (Brahma Vishnu Shankar) - but that BB would continue as BB after death, in a disembodied form, instead of taking rebirth as baby Krisna?
Is the whole play of Avyakt Brahma part of the influence of Christianity?
The fundamental belief of a Christian as defined by christians, i.e what distinguishes an actual ”Christian" from someone who sees Jesus as a wise teacher or lives by similar ethical/moral teachings but cannot be called a Christian because they lack this fundamental belief, is this.
A "true Christian" believes Jesus died then was resurrected (came back to life) then ascended to heaven (which literally meant ‘sky' in those days) to sit at the right hand of God (the Father).
My question is - is there any evidence to show that the whole concept of Avyakt Brahma - the resurrection - was around in BK circles before Lekhraj encountered Christianity, or before DL’s discussions with the Catholic parish priest in Abu the second-wave BKs (post 1950), who'd been educated in Western Christian schools in India, came along?
My understanding is that BKs believed that destruction would occur while BB and Mama were still alive. They explained that those others who'd died before destruction were ”Advance Party”. There was no notion of any period or role of ”Angelic Brahma” until it happened, or possibly just before he died.
When did this idea first appear? And I don't mean the Trimurti (Brahma Vishnu Shankar) - but that BB would continue as BB after death, in a disembodied form, instead of taking rebirth as baby Krisna?
Is the whole play of Avyakt Brahma part of the influence of Christianity?