Month: July 2022
Is a previous birth in varṇāśrama required for bhakti?
This article is motivated by a reader’s comment on a previous article. It was proposed that anyone who succeeds on the path of bhakti must […]
Did Śrī Jīva Goswami copy his theology from others?
People from other sampradāyas often visit this site. These people seek to teach me, sometimes directly, and sometimes indirectly, that Śrī Jīva Goswami copied major […]
The essence of the Bhāgavata according to Śrī Jīva Goswami
In a previous post, we saw how the Bhāgavata is an independent pramāṇa meaning that it does not depend on the Vedas even for its […]
The Bhāgavataṁ is self-authoritative
The Bhāgavata is known as the topmost pramāṇa for Caitanya Vaiṣṇavas. What this means, in practical terms, is that Caitanya Vaiṣṇavas do not accept those […]
There is no such thing as brāhmaṇa dīkṣā
Śrī Babaji answers questions in Pearls of Wisdom Question: What is dīkṣā? Does it refer to getting Hari-nāma and taking a different name? Or does […]
The concept of Brahman as taught by Śrī Jīva Goswami
There are differing views about Brahman in Indian theology. The Advaitavādis claim that the only real existent is quality-less, formless Brahman. Both Śrī Vaiṣṇavas and […]