Year: 2012
Questions & Answers

Questions on Bhakti

Upanishads and Kamasutra Question: The Upanishads state that everything is a sacrifice – including the sex act in which woman’s sexual organs are seen as the sacrificial altar and the man’s seed is thrown into it as an oblation. Moreover, sex was mainly propagated for having children. Is this in some ways contradictory to the

Read More
Articles by Satyanarayana Dasa

Indian Schools of Philosophy and Theology

By Satyanarayana Dasa: Indian civilization is the oldest living civilization in the world. The reason for it to survive even after being subject to the onslaught of foreign invaders and rulers for thousands of years is its roots that are grounded in philosophy

Read More
Events

2013 Summer Retreat with Babaji

Successful Spiritual life is based on a proper understanding of shastra and appropriate practice based on scriptural knowledge. Our previous acharyas composed many books detailing  the essential meaning of the core Vedic literature, especially Srimad Bhagavat Purana, which is considered to be the mature fruit of the Vedic tree by the author Sri Vedavysa himself.

Read More
General Jiva Institute Activities

Service Opportunities at Jiva Institute

Babaji Satyanarayana Dasa appeals to anyone and everyone who understands the importance and urgency of preserving and protecting Vaishnava literature and tradition to please come forward and assist him.

Read More
Events

President of India Honors Babaji

On Friday, 23 of November 2012, Babaji Satyanarayana Dasa, Ph.D., was awarded the Sahitya Sammana for his extraordinary contribution to the spreading of Vedic culture through literature on a national and international level. The president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, personally presented the award ..

Read More
Philosophy Questions & Answers

God’s Personal and Impersonal Features – Part 3

Continuation of a discussion following a seminar in Terre de Ciel: Another one of God’s most important characteristics is that He has inconceivable power. Inconceivable refers to something that can’t be embraced by the mind’s intelligence. It is beyond our imagination or common logic. There are logical and illogical things, and there are trans-logical things.

Read More
Philosophy Questions & Answers

God’s Personal and Impersonal Features – Part 2

Continuation of a discussion following a seminar in Terre de Ciel: Every morning, Krishna’s mother Yashoda used to make butter from milk. She heated the milk and added some yogurt to it. She let the mixture sit overnight and by the next morning, it had become yogurt. Yashoda then churned the yogurt with a wooden

Read More