Is bhakti selfish or selfless?
Śrī Babaji gave a wonderful answer to a question by one of his students in a class on the Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha.
Four types of abheda between Kṛṣṇa and His śaktis
Now that Śrī Babaji has concluded his classes on the topic, I am resuming the series of articles on the Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha. For this article, I am going out of sequence and starting at the end. Caitanya Vaiṣṇavas subscribe to the view of acintya bheda-abheda, which I have […]
Is the duration of the four yugas to be taken literally?
According to Hindu tradition, time is divided into four yugas named Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali. The span of these yugas is extremely long. For example, Kali is 432,000 years long, Dvāpara goes for 864,000 years. Tretā is 1,296,000 years while Satya is 1,728,000 years long. Many interpret […]
Babaji’s Bhakti Sandarbha published!
Separating story from sāra or the essence
Often we come across stories in the purāṇas, that, on the face of it, do not make any sense. How does one understand them?
HARI HARAYE NAMAḤ KṚṢṆA
Nāma-saṅkīrtana by Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura
Pronouncing the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra
Chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra is the main sādhānā in the Caitanya tradition. Incredibly, the vast majority of chanters get the mantra hopelessly wrong.
Bhakti is not a group dharma
From Pearls of Wisdom – A Questions and Answer Anthology Question: What is the destination of a person who practices devotion on an individual basis and is not part of an institution but takes guidance regarding sādhana from genuine sādhūs? Answer: When Kṛṣṇa played on His flute on […]
Śrī Guru-vandanā by Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura
ŚRĪ GURU-CARAṆA-PADMA Translation by Śrī Babaji (1) śrī-guru-caraṇa-padma, kevala-bhakati-sadma, bando mui sāvadhāna mate jāhāra prasāde bhāi, e bhava toriyā jāi, kṛṣṇa-prāpti hoy jāhā ha‘te The lotus feet of Śrī Guru are the abode of pure bhakti. I bow down to them with great reverence. O brothers and sisters! […]
Śrī Jīva Goswami explains how the relationship between the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa is not immoral
We hear that the gopīs are married to the gopas, and not to Kṛṣṇa. The gopīs accept Kṛṣṇa as their lover, or paramour. Isn’t this highly immoral? Many bhaktas think that the topic is beyond discussion given the conditioned nature of the jīvas and therefore is not to […]
Bhakti does not require isolation from society
Is dropping out of society in the name of bhakti a good thing?
Identifying a genuine guru
Given the profusion of gurus in the world, all modern seekers are faced with a vexing question – how can one identify a genuine guru?
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