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Syamasundara das -- Pranayama - A Gaudiya Perspective, Part 4

Gurunistha Das -- Jaiva-dharma: The True Purpose of Human Life, Part 7

0min Can you clarify the difference between karma-misra-bhakti and aropa-siddha-bhakti? 7min  It is said in the Vraja-Vilasa-Stava it is said that Balarama’s mother Rohini sees Balarama and Krishna equally, yet she loves Krishna a million times more. Can you talk about this? 16min What causes a devotee to be attracted to a particular rasa? 37min When is lobha attained along the progression from sr...

Citta-hari -- BG Chapter 3: Training the Mind Through Action, Part 3

Swami B. A. Ashram -- Glimpses into the Bhagavatam's Mangalacarana, part 3

Archana-siddhi dasi is interviewing devotees about their sadhaka journeys with a backdrop of Joseph Campbell's stages of a hero's journey. Looking at our spiritual quest through the eyes of a hero's journey helps us embrace both the beauty and messiness we encounter on the way. Cultivating this vision helps the spiritual practitioners to accept everything that happens in their lives as...

Syamasundara das -- Pranayama - A Gaudiya Perspective, Part 3

Gurunistha Das -- Jaiva-dharma: The True Purpose of Human Life, Part 6

As the first class was not recorded due to technical reasons, here you'll find a summary: Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 3, Lecture 1 Summary We explored the question, “What is action?” and defined it as movement of body, mind, or speech. We also covered the five agents of action as found in Bg. 18.14, as well as the nature of the mind. Since the focus of this series is on training the mind though act...

Swami B. A. Ashram -- Glimpses into the Bhagavatam's Mangalacarana, part 2

Archana-siddhi dasi is interviewing devotees about their sadhaka journeys with a backdrop of Joseph Campbell's stages of a hero's journey. Looking at our spiritual quest through the eyes of a hero's journey helps us embrace both the beauty and messiness we encounter on the way. Cultivating this vision helps the spiritual practitioners to accept everything that happens in their lives as...

Syamasundara das -- Pranayama - A Gaudiya Perspective

Gurunistha Das -- Jaiva-dharma: The True Purpose of Human Life, Part 5

Swami B. A. Ashram -- Glimpses into the Bhagavatam's Mangalacarana, part 1

Archana-siddhi dasi is interviewing devotees about their sadhaka journeys with a backdrop of Joseph Campbell's stages of a hero's journey. Looking at our spiritual quest through the eyes of a hero's journey helps us embrace both the beauty and messiness we encounter on the way. Cultivating this vision helps the spiritual practitioners to accept everything that happens in their lives as...

Syamasundara das -- Pranayama - A Gaudiya Perspective, part 1

Mohini dasi -- Exploring the Mercy of Sri Nityananda Through Song and Sastra. Series 2, Part 4

Swami B. A. Ashram -- The Shelter of Sri Guru: The Key to the Temple of bhakti, Part 3

What is pure bhakti, and how does one attain it? Why is sambandha-jnana so essential? These are the core questions that Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura answers in the fourth chapter of Jaiva Dharma, titled Vaishnava-Dharma is Nitya-Dharma.

Mohini dasi- Exploring the Mercy of Sri Nityananda Through Song and Sastra. Series 2, Part 3

Swami B. A. Ashram -- The Shelter of Sri Guru: The Key to the Temple of bhakti, Part 2

In the third chapter of Jaiva Dharma, we will be exploring the relationship between karma and bhakti, and how any activity that has even a trace of material influence should be ultimately rejected.

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- Brahma Vimohan Lila, part 11, Conclusion.

Questions: 4min How are we to interact with people outside of Gaudiya Vaishnavism?  22min Can you comment on the recommendation to deal with kanaka, kamini, and pratistha by offering them to certain deities? 28min Is it sometimes difficult for Subala-sakha to inform Sri Krishna of Sri Radha’s separation from him, as it may cause him suffering? 33min Are the trees of Vrindavana in santa-rasa, and i...

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- Brahma Vimohan Lila, part 10