Did Śrī Jīva teach that the jīva falls down from the spiritual world?
Anyone who has followed this website knows that the answer to the question in the title is an unequivocal ‘no’. Yet, there is now an […]
Month: July 2023
Twenty nine characteristics of bhakti
From Śrī Babaji’s commentary on Anuchheda 153 of the Bhakti Sandarbha — In Anuccheda 121, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī concluded the investigation into the means of […]
Aparādhas in deity worship
Aparādhas or offenses are the only obstacles that prevent sādhakas from attaining the fruit of bhakti. There are sevā-aparādhas and nāma-aparādhas. I have presented nāma-aparādhas […]
Q/A: should prasāda be offered to everyone?
Q: It is said that distributing Bhagavat-prasāda to others is equivalent to distributing bhakti for Bhagavān. What are your views on this? A: If that […]
Śrī Jīva Goswami justifies acintya bheda-abheda
Given the popularity of Caitanya Vaiṣṇavism these days, there is much use of the term ‘acintya bheda-abheda’. I am not sure if the popular descriptions […]
The meaning of the word ‘acintya’
I have previously stated in articles on this site that acintya means śāstraika-gamyam – knowable only through śāstra. śāstra states that there is neither bheda […]