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A Holy Day: Part Two
January 27, 2012 – 11:50 pm | No Comment
A Holy Day: Part Two

In the following excerpt from Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion Srila Sridhara Maharaja begins to speak about some of the numerous events that make Vasanta-pancami an especially holy day.

A Holy Day: Part One
January 26, 2012 – 10:24 pm | One Comment
A Holy Day: Part One

In the following excerpt from Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion Srila Sridhara Maharaja begins to speak about some of the numerous events that make Vasanta-pancami an especially holy day.

Interview: Gauravani of Mantralogy
January 18, 2012 – 1:45 pm | 2 Comments
Interview: Gauravani of Mantralogy

Often the line between renegade and reformer is a fine one. Here I offered Gauravani and Mantralogy a chance to draw the lines themselves instead of having others do it for them.

Sri Upadesamrta: Text Two, Part One
January 11, 2012 – 2:07 pm | 2 Comments
Sri Upadesamrta: Text Two, Part One

To become big is easy. “I am a big man, I have something to be proud of.” But to accept that we are nothing in the face of the Absolute, to accept this creed in its true color, is very difficult.

Sanga: Balarama and the Gopis
December 24, 2011 – 2:47 pm | 2 Comments
Sanga: Balarama and the Gopis

“The Goswamis are revealing the feeling of the text as they understand its implications even better than its author Vyasa did- vyaso vetti na vetti va.”

Stepping Back Before Reaching Out
December 11, 2011 – 10:44 pm | 24 Comments
Stepping Back Before Reaching Out

To share Gaudiya Vaishnavism in a way that will resonate with a world that is reaping the fruits (some ripe, some spoiled) of reason and science necessitates an understanding of the essential spirituality that serves as the tradition’s basis.