Question: I’d like to ask you about Tulasi in order to avoid using Her leaves for material purposes. I have often heard that Tulasi is called Ocimum sanctum by botanists. Other sources say that Ocimum tenuiflorum, too. Some expand this list even further, to other Ocimum species, for instance, Vana Tulasi (Ocimum gratissimum), etc. In

This section presents a selection of questions and answers with Babaji Satyanarayana Dasa on a variety of topics on Vaishnava philosophy and culture. The postings will be updated regularly. Questions may also be submitted through this webpage.

Question: I want to ask about the material energy … more specifically the bodies which are made up of material energy: If we are separate from and have no connection with the material energy, and if the gross and subtle bodies are merely part and parcel of the material energy – then this means that