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Animal Sacrifice without Killing

Question: Throughout the Mahābhārata and the Bhāgavata there are references to animal sacrifices being performed by saintly kings. I’d like to more carefully understand...   Read More

Stages of Bhakti, Doubts and Offenses

Question: It seems that anyone who has doubts cannot completely “believe” in the words of śāstra. In SB 1.2.21 it is said that doubts...   Read More

Spiritual and Material Love

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Question: Let’s say the disciple loves the guru. How is it possible that all his or her experiences of love, before coming in contact...   Read More

Power of the Holy Name

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Question:  Suppose a neophyte devotee chants the Holy Names loudly while making so many nāma aparādhas and suppose the listener, who is free from offenses, hears those...   Read More

Offenses, Siddha Devotees, Purañjana Story

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Question: If a person has no contact with bhakti or devotees, can one also commit offense even with a different concept of God in...   Read More

Moon, Mood, Mantra, and Nara-līlā

Moon Planet Question: Is the moon planet described in śāstra the same planet that our scientists identify as the moon? Are humans even able...   Read More

Wife’s Benefit, Association, Sannyāsa

Question: How does the vow of pativrata help a wife to advance in spiritual life if the husband is not a devotee and is...   Read More

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    Those who have not developed a sense of detachment towards the material world – material possessions, material relations, material power and position – have not truly understood the material world. Therefore, they will continue in the cycle of birth and death until they learn it.

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