Āropa-siddhā, saṅga-siddhā, and svarūpa-siddhā-bhakti
In a previous article, I examined Śrī Jīva Goswami’s definition of bhakti. Here I will …
Śrī Jīva Goswami defines bhakti
In the Bhakti Sandarbha, Śrī Jīva Goswami describes a large number of different types of …
Recognizing a genuine guru
From Babaji’s commentary on Anuccheda 202.4 from the Bhakti Sandarbha:
The śikṣā-guru and dīkṣā-guru are …
svarūpa-lakṣaṇa and taṭastha lakṣaṇa of uttamā bhakti
A reader recently suggested that the definition of uttamā bhakti I have written about is …
The kaniṣṭha bhāgavata lacks knowledge of śāstra and hence śāstrīya-śraddhā
In previous articles, I discussed the characteristics of the uttama and madhyama bhāgavatas as explained …
The characteristics of a devotee: the madhyama bhāgavata
In a previous article, I discussed the characteristics of the uttama bhāgavata. Here, I will …
Bābājīs, Sahajiyās and Apasampradāyas
Ever since I started refuting the inherent bhaktivādīs, there have been a number of abusive …
The characteristics of a devotee: the uttama bhāgavata
Śrī Jīva wrote the Bhakti Sandarbha, an unparalleled work, to teach the practice of bhakti. …
Concluding thoughts on inherent bhakti-vāda
This is my final article on the series of refutations of the newest theory of …
The meaning of the term ‘eka-rūpa-svarūpa-bhāk’
Claim [from the inherent bhakti-vādis]- Although the literal translation of eka-rūpa is “one form,” some …
The group of eight qualities, mentioned in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad, belongs to Paramātmā
The inherent bhakti-vādis claim that the guṇāṣṭaka or group of eight qualities cannot exist in …
Gītā on youtube
At the request of reader Ananta Krsna dasa, I have decided to post 15 min …