Comparison between vaidhī and rāgānugā bhakti
In vaidhī bhakti, we have seen that the adhikāra is śāstriya śraddhā.
Śrī Rūpa Goswami …
concepts
Spiritual form follows function
There is a well known principle in biology: function follows form. For example, the double …
Unlearning wrong concepts is much more difficult than learning them
The process of learning necessarily involves emotion. The stronger the emotion, the deeper the memory, …
Concepts are more important than people
The ātman, stripped off the mind, body and senses is a formless conscious being consisting …
The material world is not a perverted reflection of the spiritual world
There is the notion that the material world is a perverted reflection of the spiritual …
The role of the ātman in experience and thought
Sri Jiva Goswami lists several properties of the ātman in the Paramātma Sandarbha. Pertinent …
The functions of manas, citta and buddhi
To understand human psychology, we have to first understand how the mind operates. The mind is …
The five types of anarthas and how to get rid of them
The word anartha means anything that is not artha- or that which is not the …
The rāsa līlā is to be understood in its vyañjanā meaning. Part 2
An example where the primary meaning of scripture can be misleading is Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa līlā described …
The rāsa līlā is to be understood in its vyañjanā meaning. Part 1
In Sanskrit kāvya, words have three kinds of meaning. Kavi-karṇapūra’s Alaṅkāra-kaustubha describes these meanings in …
The qualification for vaidhī sādhanā bhakti
Cause and effect in uttamā bhakti
In Indian philosophy1, साधन (sādhana) and साध्य (sādhya) refer to cause and effect, …