Review: Enlighten Up!
March 9, 2010 – 10:03 pm | One Comment

Kim Churchill’s experimental documentary seeking to turn an average guy into a yoga enthusiast has enormous, but ultimately unrealized, potential.

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Mahadeva Siva and Vaishnavism
February 12, 2010 – 12:58 am | 20 Comments
Mahadeva Siva and Vaishnavism

Regard for Siva and regard for Krishna are not at odds with one another. If we read and study the Bhagavatam we can find so much room to understand, accommodate, and appreciate Lord Siva.

Writing, Rasa Sastra, and Rasabhasa
February 11, 2010 – 1:30 am | 2 Comments
Writing, Rasa Sastra, and Rasabhasa

Writing rasa sastra, as with reading rasa sastra, must be done according to spiritual qualification, which itself will become clear through engaging in Harinama-sankirtana, guru-seva, and the study of Gaudiya siddhanta. Thus it is these activities that we ought be concerned with.

Experiments in Karma
February 10, 2010 – 4:43 am | One Comment
Experiments in Karma

Although science is too primitive to fully comprehend, there is a direct and proportional price to pay for any act of cruelty or injustice.

The Battlefield
February 10, 2010 – 3:21 am | No Comment
The Battlefield