Leaving one’s guru and taking reinitiation
Śrī Babaji answers questions in Pearls of Wisdom–
Question: What are the criteria for leaving …
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Q/A: should prasāda be offered to everyone?
Q: It is said that distributing Bhagavat-prasāda to others is equivalent to distributing bhakti for …
Should Caitanya Vaiṣṇavas observe Śivarātri?
Question: Should Caitanya Vaiṣṇavas observe Śivarātri?
Answer: In the Gadādhara parivāra, we fast on Śivarātri. …
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 …
Q/A: Is Indian culture important for bhakti?
Śrī Babaji answers question in Pearls of Wisdom –
Question: Having recently read Rajiv Malhotra’s …
Q/A: are women less intelligent than men according to the Goswamis?
Q: Do the Goswamis say that women are less intelligent than men?
A: I am …
Is renunciation a part of the bhakti path?
Śrī Babaji answers a question in the book Pearls of Wisdom:
Question: We read in …
Bhakti is not a group dharma
From Pearls of Wisdom – A Questions and Answer Anthology
Question: What is the destination …
Q/A: How can Kṛṣṇa be the cause of anādi creation, when anādi means without cause?
I received a long reply from a proponent of the jiva-choice theory- but I did …
Q/A: dying in Vṛndāvana
Maharajji answers questions in Śrī Guru Darśanam, p 490
Question: Many people believe if …
Dikṣā guru of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Sanātana Goswami
From Śrī Guru Darśanam, page 286:
Question: Where and from whom did Rūpa and Sanātana …
Q/A: Function of yoga-māyā
Question: What is the function of yoga-māyā?
Answer: Just as jīva-māyā obscures awareness of the …