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On the Lord’s omniscience Śrī Viśvanātha Cakravartī comments on Bhagavad-Gita 7.26: kiṁ ca māyāyāḥ svāśraya-vyāmohakatvābhāvād bahiraṅgā ...

Though the subdivision among Vaiṣṇavas in bhajanānandīs and goṣṭhyānandīs is a recent invention and is not mentioned in any of the Goswām...

Returning to the issue of the mañjarīs having husbands – Govinda-līlāmṛta 2.57 says the sakhīs come sva gehāt , from their homes at ear...

Bhakta – “By definition a casual śiṣya is a śiṣya who is not serious. But if he is not serious then can he be called a śiṣya at all? W...

FREE WILL – HOW MUCH OF IT WE REALLY HAVE? I found this excellent essay about free will on my laptop, I cannot remember who wrote it, ...

Saying “Thank you” is not Vedic. There is no real word for it in Sanskrit. The word ‘ dhanyavāda ’ being used in modern India for ‘thank ...

THE BHĀVOLLĀSA-ISSUE – Bhakti Rasāmṛta Sindhu 2.5.128 - api ca – sañcārī syāt samona vā kṛṣṇa-ratyāḥ suhṛd-ratiḥ adhikā puṣyamā...

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...