The limbs of bhakti help us relate with Kṛṣṇa
Rupa Goswami lists 64 limbs of bhakti in the Bhakti rasamrta sindhu. We will examine …
The five types of anarthas and how to get rid of them
The word anartha means anything that is not artha- or that which is not the …
The concept of adhikāra
Rupa and Jiva Goswami take great pains to clearly distinguish between karma, jñāna and the …
Is Chaitanya Vaishnavism opposed to the theory of evolution?
I recently met a young smart Indian girl studying in the tenth grade who grew …
The rāsa līlā is to be understood in its vyañjanā meaning. Part 2
An example where the primary meaning of scripture can be misleading is Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa līlā described …
The rāsa līlā is to be understood in its vyañjanā meaning. Part 1
In Sanskrit kāvya, words have three kinds of meaning. Kavi-karṇapūra’s Alaṅkāra-kaustubha describes these meanings in …
Uttama bhaktas are very rare among both muktas and siddhas
Rupa Goswami quotes the following verse from the sixth canto of the भागवतम् in भक्तिरसामृत …
The four types of devotees of the Gītā are not uttama bhaktas
Kṛṣṇa lists four types of devotees in the Bhagavad Gītā 7.16. Rupa Goswami examines Kṛṣṇa’s …
The difference between a paramparā and a pantha
When Rupa goswami describes the limbs of bhakti, he writes the first limb as:
…guru-pādāśrayas
Three types of eligible beginners of vaidhī uttamā bhakti
In discussing the eligibility for beginners on the path of vaidhī bhakti, Rupa Goswami writes:…
sālokya mukti is not a valid goal in uttamā bhakti
There are two types of enjoyment (भुक्ति): material enjoyment and spiritual enjoyment. There are also …
