Leaving one’s guru and taking reinitiation
Śrī Babaji answers questions in Pearls of Wisdom– Question: What are the criteria for leaving one’s guru and taking reinitiation? Answer: This is an important […]
Month: September 2023
Are the Sandarbhas not written by Śrī Jīva Goswami?
Question: Is Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa or Śrī Jīva author of the Sandarbhas? Answer: Anuchheda 4 and Anuccheda 5 of the Tattva Sandarbha make this matter […]
Limitations and utility of tarka or logic
In a previous article, I had discussed the meaning of the word ‘acintya’ in Caitanya Vaiṣṇava theology. There, I had shown that the word ‘acintya’ […]
How to diagnose if you are in a religious cult
You are in a religious cult if one of more of these apply to you: You look down upon anyone not in your religious group […]
Śrī Jīva Goswami explains the types of perception
A skeptical reader asked where Śrī Jīva Goswami explicitly states that experience, which is a type of perception, requires a mind-body complex. That this is […]
Does SB 10.2.32 state that the jīva falls from Brahman?
I am often asked about verse 10.2.32 from the Bhagavata purana. Proponents cite this verse to support the mistaken notion that the jīva can fall […]