svarūpa-siddhā bhakti does not necessarily imply uttamā bhakti and vice versa
Question: As an uttama bhakta performs svarūpa-siddhā bhakti, would their actions other than svarūpa-siddhā …
Karma and Bhakti are different paths
Understanding Bhagavad-gītā 18.53-18.55: the four types of jñānis
I am often asked about jñānis and whether Brahman realization is possible without bhakti. Here, …
How does bhakti destroy prārabdha karma?
In the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.21 and 1.1.22, Śrī Rūpa Goswami teaches systematically, how bhakti destroys prārabdha …
Ascertaining the paramārtha or supreme object of attainment, part II
In the previous article, I discussed how Śrī Jīva Goswami ascertains the paramārtha or …
Ascertaining the paramārtha or supreme object of attainment, part I
A major concern of the śāstras is the ascertainment of the paramārtha or supreme object …
Bhāgavata dharma is distinct from and independent of varṇāśrama dharma
A reader suggested that the dharma taught in the Bhāgavatam cannot be isolated from varṇāśrama …
Is a previous birth in varṇāśrama required for bhakti?
This article is motivated by a reader’s comment on a previous article. It was proposed …
There is no such thing as brāhmaṇa dīkṣā
Śrī Babaji answers questions in Pearls of Wisdom
Question: What is dīkṣā? Does it …
Śrī Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains the difference between bhakti and varṇāśrama-dharma
The Caitanya tradition, being based squarely on the Bhāgavata purāṇa, has a different understanding of …
Is renunciation a part of the bhakti path?
Śrī Babaji answers a question in the book Pearls of Wisdom:
Question: We read in …
Avoiding yoga khicaḍī
There are three broad divisions of yoga – karma yoga, jñāna yoga and bhakti yoga. …
Attitudes toward free will on the jñāna, karma and bhakti mārgas
We have seen that the pure ātman does not have free will, simply because desire …