Tattva-viveka

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

Questions: 0min You’ve said that the mood in Gaura-lila is mainly dasya bordering on sakhya. How should we see the position of Visnupriya Devi since I understand that she is Laxmi devi, the eternal consort of Lord Narayan and Mahaprabhu is Krsna with the mood of Sri Radha? 4min What is the proper revelation of the siddha-deha? Is the siddha-deha fixed before it is revealed? 19min What is the contr...

Swami B. A. Ashram, author of 'O My Friend, O My Friend' about Srila Prabhupada's inner life, will speak on the beauty and mystery of Krishna's Rasa-lila.

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 Fourfold Army of the Bhāgavata’s Paribhāṣā Anucchedas 30–74.4 First Division: Supportive Statements - Anucchedas 30–43 Second Division: Kṛṣṇa Is the Subject of the Bhāgavata’s Major Dialogue - Anucchedas 44–73 Third and Fourth Divisions: Hermeneutics — Ṣaṭ-pramāṇa and Ṣaḍ-liṅga - Anucchedas74.1–74.4 Hermeneutics is the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of...

namāmīśvaraṁ saccidānanda-rūpaṁ lasat-kuṇḍalaṁ gokule bhrāja-mānam yaśodā-bhiyolūkhalād-dhāvamānaṁ parāmṛṣṭam atyaṁ tato drutya gopya I offer obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the possessor of all potencies, whose beautiful form is the entirety of concentrated existence, knowledge and bliss. On His cheeks, makara-shaped earrings are swinging playfully. His infinite brilliance shines forth from His most s...

Citta Hari das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the glories of Sri Radha.

Questions: 1min The Bhagavad-Gita says that acts done without sraddha will not bear fruit. How can this statement be understood in relation to the concept of ajnata sukrti? 8min If bhakti can be engaged in without faith, what does it mean that faith is the beginning of bhakti? 13min It is said that Sri Krishna is so beautiful that his devotees feel ashamed of their glorifications once they meet hi...

Kanuram das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on Govardhana's mellows.

Bhrighupada das, Sanskrit translator and professor of religious studies, will speak on vraja mandala parikrama.

Swami B. A. Ashram, author of 'O My Friend, O My Friend' about Srila Prabhupada's inner life, will speak on the beauty and mystery of Krishna's Rasa-lila.

Madana-mohana das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the psychology of Vraja.

It was actually Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s maidservant, His yogamāyā potency, who had understood His mind and accomplished the task of binding Him. This made Mother Yaśodā feel that all those astonishing activities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa were an illusion. When that rope was finally tied tightly around Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s waist, Mother Yaśodā knotted it to another long rope, which she then tied around the middle of the grinding mo...

Citta Hari das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the glories of Sri Radha.

Questions: 0min What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? 3min One of the names of Srimati Radharani listed in Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami’s Sri Sri Radhika astottara sata nama stotra is Bhaskaropasika, meaning “she who worships the sun”. Is the sun that she worshipped in the bhauma-lila the same sun that we see now in the sky? Can you share something about Srimati Radharani worshippi...

Kanuram das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on Govardhana's mellows.

Bhrighupada das, Sanskrit translator and professor of religious studies, will speak on vraja mandala parikrama.

Swami B. A. Ashram, author of 'O My Friend, O My Friend' about Srila Prabhupada's inner life, will speak on the beauty and mystery of Krishna's Rasa-lila.

Madana-mohana das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the psychology of Vraja.

The aerial voice said [to Mother Yaśodā], “Feeling hungry and thirsty, your little bumblebee made a hole in the bud of a lotus flower that had no pollen. When He saw that it was merely water that began dripping from that flower, He became disappointed and went to another lotus flower, where He has found a big supply of honey. The import is that in order to get fresh butter, your son performed all...

Citta Hari das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the glories of Sri Radha.

Questions: 4min Can you say something about Srila Gaurakisora dasa Babaji as it’s his disappearance day, and also about the significance of Bhisma-pancaka? 20min When Mahaprabhu entered trance at Cataka Parvata, it seems from the descriptions that he experienced manjari-bhava. What does that mean for him in his approach to experience Radha-bhava, and what does it mean for us in our aspiration to a...

Kanuram das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on Govardhana's mellows.

Bhrighupada das, Sanskrit translator and professor of religious studies, will speak on vraja mandala parikrama.

Swami B. A. Ashram, author of 'O My Friend, O My Friend' about Srila Prabhupada's inner life, will speak on the beauty and mystery of Krishna's Rasa-lila.