The qualification for līlā-smaraṇam
Maharajji answers questions in Śrī Guru Darśanam, pp. 249-250 Question: What are the qualifications for someone to do this līlā-smaraṇam? Answer: The qualification for smaraṇam is […]
Month: December 2021
Why a cultural context is critical for understanding śāstra
There are many sentences in śāstra which at first sight seem impossible. For example, śāstra contains the common example of a swan that can separate […]
The false cause fallacy and the ātmā
The false cause fallacy is a fallacy in which a cause is incorrectly identified. As an example of this, consider the statement: “Money makes a […]
Inherent prema-vāda is as difficult to uproot as advaita-vāda
In the Bhakti Sandarbha course that Śrī Babaji is teaching, there was a long discussion on whether the jiva has some kind of prīti in […]
Is bhakti selfish or selfless?
Śrī Babaji gave a wonderful answer to a question by one of his students in a class on the Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha.
Four types of abheda between Kṛṣṇa and His śaktis
Now that Śrī Babaji has concluded his classes on the topic, I am resuming the series of articles on the Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha. For this article, […]
Is the duration of the four yugas to be taken literally?
According to Hindu tradition, time is divided into four yugas named Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali. The span of these yugas is extremely long. For […]