Tattva-viveka

Madan Gopal 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 favorab...

In this way, the formal declaration (pratijñā), “Kṛṣṇa, however, is Svayaṁ Bhagavān,” like a great heroic emperor, single-handedly overrules hundreds of opposing statements, assimilating them unto itself. Yet, just to augment the pleasure of the audience by a display of unique splendor, I will now cite other verses as well that are like the emperor’s supporting fourfold army. First, in their praye...

Krisangi dasi, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak con Chapter Two of the Bhagavad-gita.

Mohini dasi, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the Mercy of Sri Nityananda Through Song and Sastra.

Gurunistha das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on The Intentional Sadhaka: Focusing on Making Progress.

Madan Gopal 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 favorab...

By such an assertion from Śrīmad Bhāgavata, statements to the contrary from other Purāṇas are superseded. This is to be understood in the same manner as the overruling of one injunction by another [in the ritual portion of the Vedas], such as the statement “We shall drink soma and become immortal” (Ṛg Veda 8.48.3)72 being overridden by the contravening statement “Just as in this world the objects...

Krisangi dasi, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak con Chapter Two of the Bhagavad-gita.

Questions 00min Is Vrinda-Devi like a nymph? 05min Can you elaborate on the meaning of experiential spirituality? 19 Is Vrinda-devi the same as Bhakti-devi, an expansion of Radharani? What is the connection between all these names and Devis? 25 Some scriptures describe Srimati Radharani as older than Krishna. Is it possible that this is referring to their appearances in other ages and universes th...

Mohini dasi, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the Mercy of Sri Nityananda Through Song and Sastra.

Gurunistha das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on The Intentional Sadhaka: Focusing on Making Progress.

The Gopals are 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 favorab...

Here, Śrī Jīva takes up the task of reconciling similar conflicting statements found in other Purāṇas. Among such descriptions, the most prominent are those that depict Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma as avatāras of the black and white hairs of Viṣṇu. This notion is found not only in Mahābhārata (Ādi-parva 197.32–33), but also in Viṣṇu Purāṇa (5.1.59), Nṛsiṁha Purāṇa (53.32), and even the Bhāgavata Purāṇa (2.7...

Bhrighupada das, Sanskrit translator and professor of religious studies, will speak Yoga Sutra for devotees.

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...

The story behind the keśa (hair) avatāra is that when the Earth Goddess felt overburdened by the proliferation of unrighteous kings, she approached the host of devas headed by Brahmā. Hearing her plea, Brahmā advised the devas to accompany him to the Milk Ocean to supplicate Bhagavān Viṣṇu. Being pleased with their prayers, Śrī Viṣṇu appeared to Brahmā. In response to the report of the Earth’s pli...

Syamasundara das, deity-dresser of Dauji Gopala at Madhuvan, will speak on the importance and implications of prayer.

Swami B. P. Padmanabha, full time teacher since many years, will speak on Bhramara-gita.

Bhrighupada das, Sanskrit translator and professor of religious studies, will speak Yoga Sutra for devotees.

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...

Direct statements are called śruti. They are independent utterances (nirapekṣa-ravā śrutiḥ, Artha-saṅgraha 16) that convey their meaning without any intermediate steps, as is the case with indirect instruction. A direct statement of this sort is supremely powerful and can override any indirect means of interpretation. The hermeneutics of textual analysis is the subject matter of Jaimini-sūtra 3.3....

Syamasundara das, deity-dresser of Dauji Gopala at Madhuvan, will speak on the importance and implications of prayer.

Swami B. P. Padmanabha, full time teacher since many years, will speak on Bhramara-gita.

Questions: 1min  It is said that we must harmonize guru, sadhu, sastra, and our own heart. What is the process for doing this? Because sometimes it’s said, for example, that the guru’s words overrules sastra while sometimes the opposite has been said. 28min When we talk about ordinary faith and scriptural faith, where does personal experience come into play? 33min Can you say something about the b...

Kanuram das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on The Gurus of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.