The Christ of India Quotes

“You and I as individual consciousnesses, spirit-selves or atmas, are part of the second eternal. We are gods, exact images of Satchidananda, also consisting of three aspects: transcendent consciousness, immanent consciousness and manifesting energy. That is, we are resting in the awareness of our own purely spiritual being and at the same time we are aware of our own existence within relativity, that is an extension of our own self as vibratory energy (shakti).”
― Abbot George Burke, The Christ of India: The Story of Original Christianity

“The principles of dharma, like the principles of mathematics, are both eternal and universal in their application. Just as mathematics has no originator or author or connotation of any culture, the same is true of dharma. Dharma is discovered, not created, by human beings. For example, “Euclidian Geometry” was discovered by the Greek Euclid, but it is not Greek in any way and carries no connotation of Hellenism.”
― Abbot George Burke, The Christ of India: The Story of Original Christianity

“First of all: What is dharma? Mere philosophy or theology is totally useless if it is not supported by a way of life that enables the individual to unfold and bring to perfection the qualities that are the eternal nature of every individual spirit or jiva. Those principles and practices which comprise such an enabling life are what we mean by dharma. A philosophical view is only a darshan, an intellectual view of the way things are. Such is necessary, but only insofar as it leads to the mode of living that is dharma. True dharma was directly perceived by”
― Abbot George Burke, The Christ of India: The Story of Original Christianity

“Brahminical practices in particular–were manifested in several ways among the Essenes: 1. They practiced strict non-violence. 2. They were absolute vegetarians and would not touch alcohol in any form. Nor would they eat any food cooked by a non-Essene. Edersheim says: “Its adherents would have perished of hunger rather than join in the meals of the outside world.” 3. They refused to wear anything of animal origin, such as leather or wool, usually making their clothes of linen. 4. They rejected animal sacrifice, insisting that the Torah”
― Abbot George Burke, The Christ of India: The Story of Original Christianity