The concept of adhikāra
Rupa and Jiva Goswami take great pains to clearly distinguish between karma, jñāna and the bhakti mārga. Not understanding these distinctions can cause problems in […]
Month: November 2018
Is Chaitanya Vaishnavism opposed to the theory of evolution?
I recently met a young smart Indian girl studying in the tenth grade who grew up in America. I started to talk to her about […]
The rāsa līlā is to be understood in its vyañjanā meaning. Part 2
An example where the primary meaning of scripture can be misleading is Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa līlā described in the Bhāgavatam. Here, there are references to intimate interactions between Kṛṣṇa and […]
The rāsa līlā is to be understood in its vyañjanā meaning. Part 1
In Sanskrit kāvya, words have three kinds of meaning. Kavi-karṇapūra’s Alaṅkāra-kaustubha describes these meanings in detail 1. They are abhidhā-vṛtti, lakṣaṇā-vṛtti and vyañjanā-vṛtti. The meanings […]