Did King Bharata perform yajña with śraddhā?
Reader Vivek requested a translation of SB 5.7.6, which describes Bharata mahārāja’s performance of yajña. …
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Rules of chanting japa
Sri Ananta Krsna dasa ji, Babaji’s disciple, has selected a number of statements from chapter …
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 …
The stages of bhakti
Śrī Rūpa Goswami presents the nine stages of bhakti in his famous book Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. He …
The importance of hearing from one’s guru
The current profusion of books on bhakti has created the false impression that bhakti has …
Does Śrī Sanātana teach that merging into Brahman is not permanent?
Reader Asd ji requested a translation of a section from the Bṛhad-Bhagavatāmṛta that deals with …
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 …
Rāgānugā bhakti is dependent on śāstra for its existence and for its practice
There is a common misconception that a rāgānugā bhakta does not follow śāstra. Here I …
rāgānugā bhakti leads rapidly to the sādhya
In a previous article, I examined the methodology of rāgānugā bhakti. Śrī Jīva Goswami’s exposition …
The methodology of rāgānugā bhakti
I have already written two recent articles on the concept of rāgānugā bhakti. There, I …
Rāgānugā bhakti is primarily for Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Gokula
In a previous article, I examined the definition of rāgānugā bhakti. This rāgānugā bhakti …