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DORMANT SVARŪPA Tarun Govinda gave this nice tip in his blog recently, about the dormant svarūpa of the jīva – "In Bhakti Rasāmṛ...

WOMEN SANNYĀSA - Bhakta – „What does your lineage think of women- sannyāsa ?“ Advaitadās – Though he did not give or take sannyāsa , S...

As a reaction to my last blog one revered Vaiṣṇava asked me the following questions – “This is a most intriguing point, where you ...

Rādhe rādhe-dessert – Bhakta – „In the light of all the glorification of rādhā-nāma in the Goswāmīs‘ books, why don‘t Vaiṣṇavas do...

Dāmodar Das The conception that the jīvas are from a taṭastha -region and choose between the spiritual and material world is false...

GIRIRĀNI The bizarre idea that Mount Govardhan is female is based on the following assumptions - "And those who go very deep ...

Bhakta – “You say Advaita Prabhu is Rati Manjari but I thought Raghunātha dās Gosvāmī was Rati Manjari.” Advaitadās – In Gaura Ganodddeśa...

Bhakta – “Tattvavādis do not accept Goloka.” Advaitadas – “In the Bhagavad-Gītā, Kṛṣṇa speaks several times about "His Dhām"...

Originally I translated Śrīla Raghunātha dās Gosvāmī’s ‚Svaniyama Daśakam‘, verse 5, as follows – anādiḥ sādir vā paṭur ati mṛdur ...

Sat Kriyā Sāra Dīpikā and Saṁskāra Dīpikā are two manuals with rituals for Vaiṣṇavas, the former dealing with rules for householders and...