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Individuality in Mukti?

Question: I doubt whether or not individuality remains in Brahma-sāyujya. I came across an article from The Autobiography of A Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda, which indicates that individuality remains even in oneness with Brahman. Sri Yukteshwsar Giri (the guru of Yogananda) tells Yogananda: “When a soul finally gets out of the three jars of bodily

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New Hindi Course For Beginners at Jiva

Hindi is among the most widely spoken and most widely recognized languages in the world. But for a spiritual seeker, this may not be such a distinction. For anyone who is interested in learning more about Vrindavan, Hindi becomes the medium through which the tangible and intangible culture and lifestyle of Vrindavan can be understood

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There is no Fall-down from Real Mukti

  Question: Could you kindly help me understand the following words of Srila Prabhupada regarding the fall-down from sāyujya-mukti? “In the opinion of many scholars, this sāyujya-mukti, although counted among the five kinds of mukti, is not actually mukti because, from sāyujya-mukti, one may again fall down to this material world. This information we have

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In today’s digital world, spiritual seekers have more access to teachings and resources than ever before. Jiva Institute, with its mission to preserve and share the ancient wisdom of the Vedas, has been at the forefront of offering high-quality content to those who are eager to deepen their bhakti practice and understanding of Vedic philosophy.

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Permission from Guru, Sandarbhas for Bhaktas

Question: In Bhakti Sandarbha, Anuccheda 238, Śrī Jīva suggests serving Vaiṣṇavas after seeking permission from one’s guru, otherwise such service may be faulty. He also suggests distancing oneself from one’s guru if he doesn’t allow association with genuine sādhus. In such a case, how does one reconcile the following points? It is impractical to ask

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Sri Chaitanya – The Foremost Empath

Sometimes, a wife may ask someone, “Please pray for my sick husband”. We don’t usually take the time to contemplate this kind of statement, or to understand what it really means, and instead, we just try to say or do something to pacify the distressed person. Depending on what kind of empathy we have, we

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Dealing with the Unlimited

Question: Are there a precise number of souls at the beginning of creation, or do the souls multiply? Answer: Do you mean to ask, at the beginning of this particular creation? This is not the first creation but the latest one. Creation follows dissolution, and then it repeats. The cycle of creation and dissolution has

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