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This summer I had the following exchange with some friends at Facebook: Bhakta: "I tell you one thing my child -- if you want peac...

Giridhārī on the Jhulan, on Jhulan Ekādaśī, Friday 20 august 2010

An inquiry on the sin in the grains on Ekādaśī to Dr. Satya-nārāyan Dās. Prabhuji Rādhe Rādhe I have a question about the pāpa puruṣa ...

Bhakta: "Since Durgā-devī is Vaiṣṇavī and she is a servant of Kṛṣṇa, māyā  is allright." Advaitadas: "If serving Māyā is ...

Earlier this month I had this conversation with Dr. Satya-nārāyan Dās about the apparel of the Lord: Rādhe Rādhe Prabhuji I have a quest...

I did a Google-pictures and Sanskrita-Wiki-dictionary search on the Śārikā -bird, which is usually translated as 'female parrot', bu...

Completing a quotation of my favorite commentaries on the 3rd Canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavat- 3.16.5 Neither the Gita Press- nor the BBT-...

This is the first of a series of blogs on some of my favorite commentaries on Śrīmad Bhāgavat, primarily the 3rd and 4th canto. The comment...

Some nice Guru-verses were added to (pages 8/9 and 15 of) my anthology 'The glories of the (one) Guru' on my website . uttiṣṭhat...

MORE ON THE FALL ISSUE- Bhakta: "What about the mad elephant offence? It is said to destroy the devotional creeper completely."...

Kusum Sarovar in 1865, photo by W. Henry Baker Bhakta: Caitanya Caritāmṛta [Adi 1.9] says that Advaita Prabhu [as Mahaviṣṇu] emanates f...

Govindaji Temple in Vrindavan in 1865. Photo by Samuel Bourne I have been going through the translation work of my friend Haricaraṇa rec...

Kusum Sarovara at around 1855 This is a purely philosophical discussion which is not meant to influence devotional sentiments or attitu...

This is the 11th and final part of my review of Gopīprāṇadhan Dās’s rendering of Śrīla Sanātan Goswāmī’s Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta. 2.7.115 Is...

Continued book-review of the English edition by Gopīprāṇadhan Dās – 2.7.14 The verses about brahman at the end of this long commentary ...