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Update: Bhakti-tirtha Course 2016

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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...   Read More

Free Will and Conditioned Will

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Question: You have mentioned about our free will and to exercise it properly we have our scriptures. Now my question is how far can...   Read More

Renunciation in Bhakti

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Question:  We hear in the Bhagavatam about the austerities of King Prthu: “In the summer he placed fires around himself in the four directions,...   Read More

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The Purpose behind Storytelling in the Bhagavatam

Gaudiya PhilosophyQuestions & AnswersShastraComments Off on The Purpose behind Storytelling in the Bhagavatam

Question:  I heard that Sukadeva Gosvami was Krsna’s parrot in his last life, and in this life he was a brahman-realized person. How is...   Read More

Madhvacarya’s Line, Vedanta’s View of Reality, God’s Energies

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Question: Is it true that Madhvacarya is coming in the disciplic line of Sankara and that upon reading the Bhagavata he changed his allegiance to the Vaishnava school? In Manimanjari, the hagiological work of the Sanakadis, it is stated that his lineage is traced to the Suddha-Vaishnavas.

Bhagavān’s Paradoxical Potency, Māyā

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Excerpt from the commentary on Tattva Sandarbha, Anuccheda 33.1, by Satyanarayana Dasa: Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has explained that Bhagavān is not contented that Māyā has to delude the jīvas; therefore Māyā feels ashamed to face the Lord. As Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explained, Bhagavān is not contented that Māyā has to delude the jīvas; therefore Māyā feels ashamed to face the Lord. One may ask, “If the Lord is all-powerful, why does He not intervene?”

Bhakti without Guru

BhaktiQuestions & Answers4 comments

Question: I understand that there are different types of bhakti. If a person practices bhakti without a guru according to the rules of vaidhi...   Read More

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    Align your consciousness with the eternal consciousness called prema. Then you will see the magic happening all around you. Prema is the only magic. When your mind is aligned with love, you will see beauty all around you. When your consciousness is not aligned with prema, then you will see problems all around you – problem after problem. When you have love for Krishna, then you will see that there is nothing else but Krishna and His play. Then you will be intoxicated. That is the real high.

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