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Update: Bhakti-tirtha Course 2016

The first Bhakti-tirtha Course at Jiva Institute will be inaugurated on 16th October 2016. His Holiness Srivata Gosvami of Radha-raman Mandir will be the chief guest.  This course is a unique opportunity to study Gaudiya Vaishnava scriptures in specific and the Sad Darshanas in general, which are necessary to understand Gaudiya philosophy properly. Such an

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Bhakti-tirtha Course at Jiva Institute in October 2016

In India, there are two types of spiritual organizations, one is called parampara and the other is called sant-mat. A parampara is based on scriptures, specifically the prasthana trayi, which includes the ten principal Upanishads, Vedanta-sutra and Bhagavad Gita. Examples of parampara are Advaita-Vedanta of Sankaracaraya and the Four Vaishnava Sampradayas. A sant-mat is based

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Events Gaudiya Vaishnavas

Śrī Guru Darśanam – New Publication

On the occasion of Śrī Haridāsa Śāstrī Mahārāja's Tirobhava Mahotsava at Kalidaha on October 14th, a new book was published and presented: Śrī Guru Darśanam - An Anthology of Questions and Answers with Śrī Śrī Haridāsa Śāstrī Mahārāja Navatīrtha

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Interview for a Yoga Magazine

YOGUIOLA is a magazine that was created under the premise to bring everything related to the world of yoga, healthy eating, and the broad field of alternative and natural therapies, to all types of audiences. Last April, Yoguiola, which is managed by Ara Vercher and Marta García, had the opportunity to interview Dr. Satyanarayana Dasa, who

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Kartika Reading from Krishna Sandarbha at Jiva Institute

During the month of Kartika, from October 27th until November 25th, Babaji Satyanarayana Dasa and Sandarbha editor Jagadananda Das will read from Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha at the Jiva Institute in Vrindavan. This fourth book of the Sandarbha series  is scheduled to be published end of next year after Paramātma Sandarbha. “I gave myself a deadline (October 23rd) to

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Events Gaudiya Philosophy Sandarbhas

New Edition of Tattva Sandarbha Released!

Jiva Institute has just released a brand new edition of Tattva Sandarbha, which is the first book of Jīva Gosvāmī’s Ṣaṭ Sandarbha. The first edition, published nineteen years ago, has been out of print for some time. The new edition has been completely revised from start to finish. The entire text has been re-translated from

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Events Gaudiya History Gaudiya Vaishnavas

Babaji Awarded the Position of Mahanta in Vrindavan

On January 25th 2015, thousands of renounced Vaishnavas and other guests gathered at Jiva Institute to commence the official installment of Babaji Sri Satyanarayana Dasa as a Mahanta. This position is awarded by an organization called Catuh Sampradaya Virakta Vaishnava Parisad (“Association of the Renounced Vaishnavas of the Four Sampradayas,” CSVVP) presided over by Prahlad

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