Tattva-viveka

Syamananda das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the life of Swami B. V. Tripurari.

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...

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī offered a description of the puruṣāvatāras in Anucchedas 1–5, and of the līlāvatāras in Anucchedas 6–26. In Anuccheda 27, he outlined the vibhūtis of Bhagavān. In Anucchedas 28 and 29, he analyzed the first quarter of verse 1.3.28, kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam, and established Kṛṣṇa as the original Bhagavān, the source of all avatāras. In Anuccheda 29, he dealt with scriptural affirm...

This second class will discuss a little of whose who in Krishna lila, the past powerful lives of Kamsa, how he represents misguided intelligence, and how to be aware of and rid this unwanted tendency from our heart.

Hari Priya dasi, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the topic of faith.

Questions: 0min As Lord Balarama presides over sambandha-rupa bhakti, who presides over kamarupa bhakti? 19min Are the presiding deities of the two forms of Vraja-bhakti related with the presiding deities of the sandhini-, samvit-, and hladini-sakti? 22min What’s the relationship between Sri Krishna’s sakhas and the gopis? 30 min Can you explain what’s needed to understand the meaning of sastra? 6...

Swami B. A. Ashram, author of 'O My Friend, O My Friend' about Srila Prabhupada's inner life, will speak on how great is bhakti.

Syamananda das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the life of Swami B. V. Tripurari.

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...

Kṛṣṇa Is the Subject of the Bhāgavata’s Major Dialogue Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī offered a description of the puruṣāvatāras in Anucchedas 1–5, and of the līlāvatāras in Anucchedas 6–26. In Anuccheda 27, he outlined the vibhūtis of Bhagavān. In Anucchedas 28 and 29, he analyzed the first quarter of verse 1.3.28, kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam, and established Kṛṣṇa as the original Bhagavān, the source of all ava...

This first class will lay the ground work for discussing the use of metaphors drawn from the demons of Vraja to enhance our practices, focusing on the removal of unwanted tendencies within our heart.

Hari Priya dasi, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the topic of faith.

Swami B. A. Ashram, author of 'O My Friend, O My Friend' about Srila Prabhupada's inner life, will speak on how great is bhakti.

Syamananda das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the life of Swami B. V. Tripurari.

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...

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.

Questions 0min Can you give some advice on how to develop humility in a sustainable way in keeping with one’s eligibility? 14min Can you say something about the five samskaras given at initiation? 23min Can you explain the word adhikara and whether it relates to dharma? 29min Some gaudiya vaishnava institutions are insular and not open to consider outsider perspectives. How can devotees in such gr...

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

Why are bad habits so easy and good ones so hard? Why do we fail so often with our good habits despite our best intentions? How can we get out of the rut? In this final class of the Intentional Sadhaka series, we will be talking about habit formation from the bhakti point of view as well as looking at what psychology, biology, and neuroscience have to say about why and how our habits are formed, a...

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.

Questions: 1min How should one deal internally with the fact that the details of arcana not always line up with the details of the lila considering that arcana is meant to foster lila-seva? 18min Can you explain how it is that Sri Gadadhara is Srimati Radharani, Lalita, and Visakha. 24min Can you elaborate on Govardhana-tattva? 35min How can we understand the characters in the lila who seem to be...

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