Q/A: Function of yoga-māyā
Question: What is the function of yoga-māyā?
T. Krsna dasa
I am interested in Chaitanya Vaishnavism. This site is inspired by the teachings of Sri Satyanarayana dasa Babaji, scholar and practitioner.
Q/A: jīvana mukti versus ātyantikī mukti
Question: Is your article on Brahman realization referring to realization in the material body? Answer: Yes, Brahman realization can occur in the material body. So can the direct experience of Bhagavān. Question: Then doesn’t the material body need to survive by eating etc. What will the person do […]
An analysis of deep sleep
As the ātman is situated in its own self during deep sleep and nothing else, i.e. it does not identify with anything external like the mind or body, one can intuit a number of intrinsic properties of the ātman through an analysis of deep sleep. In the Tattva […]
Attitudes toward free will on the jñāna, karma and bhakti mārgas
Free or not free- that is the question.
Q/A: sādhanā bhakti and citta vṛtti nirodha
Question: What is the relation between sādhanā bhakti and citta vṛtti nirodha?
The mechanism of Brahman realization
We now discuss the process of realizing Brahman.
acintya bheda-abheda is different from viśiṣṭa-advaita
We have examined previously that Bhagavān is the viśiṣṭa tattva. We also saw that Brahman is Bhagavān without attributes, or the viśeṣya tattva. Here we examine what viśiṣṭa tattva means in Śrī Jīva’s theology. Śrī Jīva discusses absolute reality or tattva with an analysis of the famous verse […]
