Philosophy
By Ruth Vanita - 29.7 2015
Over the last three decades, Indian newspapers have reported same-sex weddings and joint suicides taking place all over the country, both in urban and rural areas. Most of the couples are non-English-speaking young women from lower-income groups. Most of them are...Read more...
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Interview by Gurunistha dasa - 28.7 2015
Mantralogy is a New York-based collective owned by Saci-suta, Keli-lalita, Gauravani, and Rasa-acharya. They strive to stimulate thekirtana scene by promoting the bhakti lifestyle alongside their professionally produced albums and their clothing...Read more...
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By Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura - 28.7 2015
The following excerpt is from Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura’s Madhurya Kadambini. The translations used are from Gaudiya Kutir’s edition with the commentary of Pandit Sri Ananta Das Babaji Maharaja. Ordering information...Read more...
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By Swami B. V. Tripurari
Saints tell us that Rama and Krishna are the same person. Yet Ramacandra was the personification of perfect moral character and Krishna appeared to be a cheater in some respects. To understand this apparent contradiction, we must try to understand the meaning of...Read more...
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By Beatrice Marovich - 28.7 2015
Some humans are deeply passionate about their meat. They love it, they gnash their teeth for it. In her 2006 spiritual travelogue Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert confessed a kind of affinity with the sensual Tuscan culture of meat. Shop windows in the...Read more...
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By Swami B. V. Tripurari - 28.7 2015
Radharani’s supreme love, which she alone tastes, is such that Krishna himself yearns to taste it. One may, however, justifiably question how Krishna can lack anything. How can the Absolute be incomplete? The answer to this question can be...Read more...
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By Dhanurdhara Swami - 26.7 2015
Sri Caitanya sat attentively at the feet of his divine master, Sri Isvara Puri, who had just promised to disclose to him the verse that is the essence of the Bhagavatam. Emphatically, but devotionally, Isvara Puri recited:
“One who chants the...Read more...
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By Srila B.R. Sridhara Deva Goswami- 26.7 2015
We can recognize a sadhu by sukrti. Apparently we can know him from thesastra, the scriptures, because the sastra helps us to know who is a sadhu, and the sadhu gives us the interpretation of the ...Read more...
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By Swami Tripurari - 25.7 2015
The Absolute is joyful by nature,anadamoya’bhyasat. In order to be so, it must also exist and be conscious of its existence. While there can be an existence that is not conscious of itself, as well as a conscious existence that is not joyful, there...Read more...
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By Harmonist staff - 25.7 2015
Q & A with Swami Tripurari
Q. Is being gay a sin?
A. I don’t think that any reasonable person would consider “being gay” sinful in as much as the distinction between sexual orientation and sexual behavior is understood....Read more...
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By Hari-kirtana dasa - 25.7 2015
Once upon a time, words meant something. They came fully equipped with definitions. If you didn’t know what a word meant, you could look it up. We deferred to an authority on the word in question, learned the proper and appropriate usage of the word,...Read more...
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By Swami B.V. Tripurari - 25.7.2015
Q. Why is Vrindavana considered a holy place?
A. A place becomes pious because the Lord’s devotees are present there. If the Lord’s devotees are present, chanting his name, then the Lord is present there as well. This is what...Read more...
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By Oliver Burkeman, originally published atThe Guardian - 25.7 2015
The brain, [David] Chalmers began by pointing out, poses all sorts of problems to keep scientists busy. How do we learn, store memories, or perceive things? How do you know to jerk your hand away from scalding water, or hear...Read more...
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Submitted by Harmonist staff - 24.7 2015
By Srila B.R. Sridhara Deva Goswami
We generally see that there is a tendency for the acarya to depend more on his own disciples. He likes to go on with their help according to his free will, but he may not rely much on god brothers...Read more...
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By Hari-kirtana dasa - 24.7 2015
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve gone on a killing spree. I’m not proud of this fact but I can’t deny it, either: dozens have lost their lives at my hands. And it’s not a matter of self-defense, though I could argue it’s one of...Read more...
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By Eric Giannella, originally published in the Berkeley Journal of Sociology.
The progress narrative has a strong hold on Silicon Valley for business and cultural reasons. The idea that technology will bring about a better world for everyone can be traced back to the Enlightenment aspiration to...Read more...
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By Nama-dharma dasa, yoga instructor at Madhu Krama Yoga - 24.7 2015
Shortly after my first child turned three years old, I found myself feeling that there was disconnect between my sadhana and my family life. Having two children under four is a consuming endeavor, and presents a...Read more...
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By Harmonist staff - 24.7 2015
We usually place faith and knowledge in two separate categories: we think of faith as referring to something we may believe whether or not there seems to be any empirical proof or logic to support it. As often as not, the first word we associate with...Read more...
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By: Damaghosa das - 23.7 2015
In a conversation with Bhisma, Yudhisthira asked him: How should one act so that he can very easily pass his journey through life?
Bhisma replied: My dear king, a person who wants to avoid putting himself into great difficulty should carefully avoid...Read more...
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By edotor - 22.7 2015
The Secret Behind the Pastime of Cleansing of the Guṇḍichā Temple
An English translation of Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Saraswatī Ṭhākur’s commentary on Śrī Chaitanya-charitāmṛta: Madhya-līlā, 12.135.
Through this Pastime, Jagad-guru Śrīman...Read more...
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By Mahesh-das - 17.7 2015
When someone is initiated they have received transcendental knowledge and their past karma is burned up, they must be a bit like a new born baby. Why is it they still appear and behave the same and even fall down, where has that divine knowledge gone?...Read more...
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By editor - 17.7 2015
During past three decades, Dr. Stevenson has collected about 3000 cases that showed evidences indicating that people have remembered their past lives. Stevenson concentrates his efforts on children because their stories are far less likely to be tainted than those of...Read more...
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By Gadadhara das - 16.7 2015
Our desire to love someone here in this earthly planet is a reflection of our original desire to love Krishna. Krishna is so kind; He has no reason to be hungry, He has everything and is everything, but based on our desire to serve Him, He becomes hungry. To awaken...Read more...
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By Dravinaksa-dasa - 16.7 2015
Sometimes we refer to the Vedanti philosophers as Vidantis, those who have no teeth (vi means without, and danti means possessing teeth). The statements of the Sankara philosophy, which are the teeth of the Mayavadi philosopher, are always broken by the strong...Read more...
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By Gauridas Pandit dasa - 16.7 2015
Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appeared during an eclipse on the full moon night of March in Mayapur India about 500 years ago. During eclipses in India it is the custom of the people to go to the holy rivers and chant mantras to invoke auspiciousness....Read more...
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