Q/A: does Śrī Jīva Goswami state that the jīva is Bhagavān’s cit-śakti?
Q: You wrote in a previous article that the jīva is not Bhagavan’s cit-śakti. But …
Definitions
What is the meaning of the term duḥkha-pratiyogi?
Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī uses the term ‘duḥkha-pratiyogi’ as a synonym of the word ‘ānanda’, which …
A definition of mukti
We come across the term ‘mukti’ frequently in the scriptures. The term evokes a final, …
Definition of the word ‘Sandarbha’
Śrī Babaji is famous for translating the Sandarbhas of Śrī Jīva Goswami into English. As …
How to build a nyāya
A nyāya is a logical argument that is used to establish one’s point. Śrī Jīva …
Sat-kārya-vāda
In Anuccheda 60 of the Paramātmā Sandarbha, Śrī Jīva Goswami accepts the Vedantic concept of …
Definition of yukta-vairāgya
Vairāgya literally means a state in which a person is devoid of attachment or rāga …
The definition of śāstra
The word śāstra is commonly used in devotional parlance, but its definition is not always …
anādi means beginningless, which means without a preceding cause
The word ‘anādi’ is a simple word. Yet, in recent decades, much confusion has surrounded …
Avoiding yoga khicaḍī
There are three broad divisions of yoga – karma yoga, jñāna yoga and bhakti yoga. …
Which definition of jnāna applies to the ātmā?
The word jnāna has the common meaning of ‘knowledge’. However, in Sanskrit usage, the word …
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…