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Sri Nityananda Prabhu: The Original Guru
February 5, 2012 – 6:20 am | No Comment
Sri Nityananda Prabhu: The Original Guru

The grace of Nityananda Prabhu will construct a firm foundation for us. If there is a firm foundation, then we may build a great structure over it. If we have faith in Nityananda, then that faith can bear any amount of weight. It won’t betray us.

Advaita Acarya and the Unique Compassion of Caitanya Mahaprabhu
January 29, 2012 – 11:58 pm | One Comment
Advaita Acarya and the Unique Compassion of Caitanya Mahaprabhu

Although Ganges water and tulasi blossoms are not difficult to acquire, Advaita offered them with uncommon love, and thus the world knows something about love that in our times has never been known before.

Thomas Merton on the Bhagavad-Gita
December 1, 2011 – 10:54 pm | 31 Comments
Thomas Merton on the Bhagavad-Gita

Thomas Merton’s introduction to Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s 1968 Bhagavad-Gita As It Is.

Truth and Beauty
November 23, 2011 – 11:27 pm | No Comment
Truth and Beauty

The quest for the beauty of the world no doubt must be balanced with the harsh truth—the knowledge—of its ephemeral nature. But there must be more to truth than this if it is to save us.

Cultivating the Self-giving Attitude
November 17, 2011 – 2:13 pm | 2 Comments
Cultivating the Self-giving Attitude

Knowledge does not mean to store so many false incidents and sell them to the world for some name and fame. That is to be given up. But, service—unconditional self-giving—is noble and will take you to the higher, super-conscious region.

Jaya Giriraja Govardhana!
October 26, 2011 – 12:38 am | 7 Comments
Jaya Giriraja Govardhana!

Krishna is the master of Indra. And yet he has appeared as the master of cows; the Supreme Absolute Truth has accepted a simple position as the keeper of cows.

Jaya Rupa! Jaya Radhe!
September 4, 2011 – 8:59 am | 8 Comments
Jaya Rupa! Jaya Radhe!

Swami Tripurari showcases the theologically unique position of Srimati Radhika as well as her dearmost servitors.

Hinduism and Ecology
August 24, 2011 – 12:43 am | 186 Comments
Hinduism and Ecology

Hindu ecology makes us catch our breath and enter into that special moment where our senses become filled, our mind becomes stilled, and we dwell, even if for just an instant, in a state of perfection and gratitude.

Haladhara and His Horn
August 13, 2011 – 12:53 am | 7 Comments
Haladhara and His Horn

With his buffalo horn, he leads the world of divine service and with his plow he prepares the field of our heart where the seed of that seva is first planted.

Chastity to Sri Guru
July 30, 2011 – 1:39 pm | One Comment
Chastity to Sri Guru

On the occasion of Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Goswami’s Tirobhava Mahotsava, we offer his own thoughts on what constitutes chastity of a disciple to their guru.

Does Our Brain Really Create Consciousness?
July 22, 2011 – 12:34 am | 2 Comments
Does Our Brain Really Create Consciousness?

This proposal that consciousness is not a product of the mind is so contrary to the current paradigm, that die-hard materialists easily ridicule and dismiss it. But we should not forget the bishops of Galileo’s time who refused to look through his telescope because they knew his discovery was impossible.