The definitions of birth, form, name, action and attributes, and how they do not apply to Bhagavān
A sticking point with many people is that Vaiṣṇavas insist that God has a specific…
Bhagavān
How Kṛṣna is beyond the constraints of space and time
Śrī Jīva Goswami derives a number of insights into the nature of Śrī Kṛṣna’s existence …
The different forms of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Śrīla Rūpa Goswami has analyzed the various manifestations of the Lord in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta. He …
Why no one can know Bhagavān
One of the defining characteristics of Bhagavān is that it is most difficult to understand …
Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and not Śrī Nārayāṇa, is the speaker of the Bhāgavatam
A common understanding is that Nārayāṇa, from whose navel Brahmā was born, spoke the catuḥśloki …
vijñāna in the catuḥśloki
As discussed in a previous article, the four topics of the Bhāgavata’s catuḥśloki are jñāna, …
The Bhāgavatam’s Advaitavāda
We continue our discussion of Śrī Jīva Goswami’s commentary on the catuḥśloki in Anuchheda 96 …
The four topics in the Bhāgavata’s catuḥśloki
In Anuccheda 96 of the Bhagavat Sandarbha, Śrī Jīva Goswami analyzes seven verses spoken by …
Sambandha, abhidheya, prayojana and adhikarī of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
A book should begin by explaining the following four topics:
- Sambandha: the relation (sambandha) of
A logical argument for the existence of energies in Bhagavān
The Advaitavādis reject the notion that the absolute truth has energies. As such, for them …
Every action in Bhagavān’s līlā is eternal
According to Nyāya philosophy, “The attributes of an eternal object are also eternal” (nityaṁ gataṁ …
The nine characteristics of Vaikuṇṭha
Understanding Bhagavān is a difficult task because knowledge of Him is not easily comprehensible, and …