Philosophy

Four schools of Buddhism refuted by Vedanta-sutra

By Suhotra Prabhu - 10.5 2022 Srila Vyasadeva, being tri-kala-jna, foresaw 5000 years ago the rise of Buddhism. Therefore in his Vedanta-sutra (second adhyaya, second pada) he encapsulated a description and a refutation of each of the four main schools of Buddhist philosophy...Read more...

Jainism and Buddhism

Which is the oldest religion in the world?

What are the six characteristics of pure devotional service?

By Purushottam Kumar - 2.2 2022 The six characteristics of pure devotional service are: klesaghni: Pure devotional service gives immediate relief from all kinds of material distress. subhada: Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness. moksa –...Read more...

Narada Muni – The Father of Devotional Service

Ahankara – Foundational principle of our material existence

What exactly is the mind

By Chaitanya Charan - 10.1 2022 Question: What exactly is the mind and where does it reside? Answer: Generally we think of two things-jada and chetan, so conscious and unconscious. They are referred to as things and beings. Things are those which exist but don...Read more...

Mind and Consciousness

Mind as Your Best Friend or Worst Enemy

Mayavadis

What is the difference between brahma of Mayavadis and shunya of voidists? By Chaitanya Charan - 10.1 2022 Question: What is the difference between the nirmal jyoti of the impersonalists and the void of the voidists? Answer: We can look at it in three different ways-...Read more...

Mahaprabhu’s Victory – Over the Mayavadis at Benares

Why we criticize Mayavadis?

The Tree of Vedic Literature

By Atmatatva das - 28.12 2021 An insight into the tree of Vedic literature in relation to Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Nectar of Devotion (Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu), Srimad Bhagavatam and Caitanya Caritamrita. A complete explanation of: Vedas, Samhitas, Mantras, Brahmanas, Aranyakas,...Read more...

Review of Vedic Literature

If smriti is compiled by sages, how can we know that it is free from the four defects?

The Nyāya Conception of a Scientific Theory

By editor - 10.9 2021 Below is the translation and commentary on some of the Nyāya Sutras, which describe the nature of a scientific theory as comprised of four aspects. The first aspect represents the purpose of the system; the second, the functional parts that execute this purpose; the...Read more...

The Tree of Vedic Literature

Indian Philosophy

Impersonalism

Impersonalism and the Doomed to Fail Attempt to Judge Sadhus By Madhavananda Das - 9.8 2021 The proud practice of using our dull material senses to try to judge who is sadhu and who is not is the same as the neti neti endeavor of the impersonalists. The impersonalists try to understand...Read more...

Impersonalism vs demigod worship

Impersonalism, Voidism and Science

Challenges Facing Science and Religion

By Sadaputa Dasa - 6.8 2021 While scientific discoveries test religious dogma, religious and paranormal experiences challenge scientific theories. In the Vaisnava tradition of India, God is defined as Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan: the unlimited light of pure being...Read more...

Science and Krishna Consciousness

Focus on Spiritual Science

Four schools of Buddhism refuted by Vedanta-sutra

By Suhotra Prabhu - 21.6 2021 Srila Vyasadeva, being tri-kala-jna, foresaw 5000 years ago the rise of Buddhism. Therefore in his Vedanta-sutra (second adhyaya, second pada) he encapsulated a description and a refutation of each of the four main schools of Buddhist philosophy...Read more...

Seven Days North Of Tibet

The History of Ancient India

Impersonalism vs demigod worship

Urmila (Devi Dasi) ACBSP - 18.6 2021 It is difficult to say which is "better." In the Isopanisad it is stated that impersonalism is worse than demigod worship, and that demigod worship leads one to ignorance. But in Bhagavad-gita demigod worship is described as being in...Read more...

Indra and Kuvera

Varuna and Vayu

Raja Yoga, Hatha Yoga and Asana

Dr David Frawley - 10.6 2021 Raja Yoga commonly refers to the royal or higher Yoga of meditation. While the term is not specifically mentioned in the Yoga Sutras, the Yoga Sutra tradition has been commonly called Raja Yoga over time. Raja Yoga is an ancient term found in the works...Read more...

Hatha Yoga and the Bhagavad-gita

5 Differences Between Ashtanga Yoga and Hatha Yoga

Make Progress Towards the Transcendence

BY: SUN STAFF - 14.4 2021 HDG Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, 'Colloquies With Foreigners'. Talk to Mrs. Nora Morell of Germany September 1, 1936 We should have firm faith in the Divinity. We are absolute infinitesimals, and it is only proper we should associate...Read more...

Pictorial journey into the life of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati (video)

Bhaktisidhanta Saraswati Thakur biography

The illusion of reality

By Krishna Ragini Devi dasi - 7.4 2021 We all complain we don’t have enough time. So many schedules, so many deadlines, so many tasks to attend to, so many phone-calls to answer and make, so many demands we have to fulfill: our check-to-do lists seem inexhaustible. Absorbed in all...Read more...

Bubble of Illusion

The gate of the mind

Words of wisdom from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

By editor - 2.9 2021 By Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura 1. We are put to test and trial in this world. Only those who attend the kirtana of the devotees can succeed. 2. Every spot on earth where discourses on God are held is a place of pilgrimage. 3. Possession of objects not...Read more...

Seven stages of purification

Seven stages of purification and transcendental elevation BY ADMINISTRATOR - 12.10 2020 By H.H. Radhanath Swami ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam sreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam...Read more...

Non-sectarian Vaisnava-dharma

BY: SUN STAFF- 8.10 2020 Introduction to Sri Krishna-samhita by HDG Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur. The people of India and other countries may be divided into two categories- the asslike and the swanlike. Of these two, the asslike are in the majority. The swanlike are in the minority. Swanlike...Read more...

Mind as Your Best Friend or Worst Enemy

By Vamadeva - 2.10 2020 Your own mind is your best friend or worst enemy, depending upon how you relate to it. The mind is the part of your nature closest to and most intimate to your inner Self and Being, but also connected to the external world and its influences. Much of what we call...Read more...

What Is Mind?

Wandering Mind, Diamond Throne

FOUR PRINCIPLES OF POSITIVE THINKING

By Venugopal Acharya (Vraja bihari dasa) A few years ago, I went through a serious crisis. I’d been hearing bad rumours about someone I respected and was disturbed by the news. Moreover, my relationships with people I knew closely had soured. I was distressed and began to feel...Read more...

Gopi Bhava vs Sakhi Bhava

By Radhacharan Das - 3.9 2020 There are various Sampradaya doing Vraj bhav upasana in Madhurya Rasa. Some call it Gopi Bhava some calls Sakhi Bhava or Sahchari bhava or Sringara bhava or Manjari bhav. But the broad difference made between them is Gopi Bhava and Sakhi bhava. This sakhi...Read more...

The Gopis

Radhastami mystery

Beyond Sectarianism

By editor - 1.9 2020 Edited from a lecture by Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa It is normally taken by people that religion means a type of faith, but this is not actually the real meaning of religion. In the introduction to the Bhagavad Gita As It Is, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami...Read more...

Sastras vs commerce

By editor - 21.8 2020 Selling sastras and teaching them for money is prohibited. APANYAM ATHA PANYAM VA VIKRAYAM NA PRAYOJAYET One should not sell something that should not be sold, or that has already been sold to someone else. (HBV 11.778; an example: salagram - HBV 5.436-7) ...he...Read more...

Panca Samskara: The Process of Initiation

When a Ghost Attacks God…

By Gauranga Darshan Das - 5.8 2020 Ghosts do not have gross bodies. But they do have subtle bodies. Gross bodies are made of earth, water, fire, air, and ether. Subtle bodies are made of mind, intelligence, and ego. Both of these bodies are material and all individuals in this world are...Read more...

Ghost

Ghosts and Spirits Are Real!

Six Qualities that Enhance Bhakti: Dhairya

BY: SUN STAFF - 9.7 2020 Six Qualities that Enhance Bhakti by HDG Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Dhairya - Patience For the practitioner of devotional service, dhairya, patience, is extremely necessary. Those who possess the quality of dhairya are called dhira, sober. Due to lack of this...Read more...

Time Line of Lord Krishna Supported by Science

Increasing our Bhakti Sukriti

The Mechanistic Darwinian

BY: CAITANYA DAS - 21.5 2020 The puffed up Darwinian scientific community think themselves very advanced in knowledge. Their effective brainwashing education programs have indoctrinated millions upon millions of supposedly intelligent students, but anyone with real intelligence -- and there...Read more...

The Defect of Darwin's Knowledge

Dialectical Spiritualism: Charles Robert Darwin

Analogies for Preaching

By His Divine Grace A.C.B. Swami Prabhupada Authorities and Lawyers (2:10:51) Any question that is put forward may be answered by quoting the authority, and that satisfies the saner section. That is the system even in the law court. The best lawyer gives evidence from the past judgement of...Read more...

Bhagavad Gita Analogies with pictures

Stories told by Srila Prabhupada

Philosophy

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