Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies

Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies

Quiz, Shastra

Shastra Quiz 53

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Shastra Quiz 51

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Shastra Quiz 50

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Questions & Answers

Questions & Answers

Advaitavada and Gaudiya Philosophy

Question: Recently some people have spoken with me about Advaitavāda and Māyāvāda. One person said that Advaitavāda is different from.

Questions & Answers

Meaning of Krishna, Mantras, Avataras

Question: I am looking for good, authoritative definitions of the word kṛṣṇa, particularly in terms of the oft-repeated “all-attractive” derivation. I.

Questions & Answers

Reconciling Modern Science and Shastra

Question: The progress of science is an important part of modern civilization, but traditionally there are huge contradictions between religion.

Articles

Articles by Satyanarayana Dasa Shastra

Gita’s Solution to Raga-Dvesha

According to Indian schools of thought, darśanas, the root cause of the suffering of a living being is its conditioning.

Articles by Satyanarayana Dasa

What is Anartha?

The word artha is derived from the Sanskrit root artha, which means “to desire.” Thus the word artha means a.

Articles by Satyanarayana Dasa Sandarbhas

A Unique Interpretation of Tat Tvam Asi

In the first anuccheda of Prīti Sandarbha, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī begins establishing love for Bhagavān, prīti, as the ultimate goal.

Quizzes

Quiz Shastra

Shastra Quiz 54

This quiz is designed to motivate you to study the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava scriptures in specific, and the Sad Darshanas in.

Quiz Shastra

Shastra Quiz 53

This quiz is designed to motivate you to study the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava scriptures in specific, and the Sad Darshanas in.

Quiz Shastra

Shastra Quiz 52

This quiz is designed to motivate you to study the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava scriptures in specific, and the Sad Darshanas in.

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Daily Bhakti Byte

The mind has the nature of not being in the present. It is always in the past or future. The characteristic of the senses is that they can only function in the present. The nose cannot smell a fragrance that is coming tomorrow or that was there yesterday. We can only hear through our ears what is being spoken now. If you can hook your your sense onto something it likes, the mind goes along with that sense into the present moment. This is the easiest way to bring the mind into the present state.

— Babaji Satyanarayana Dasa