With news of Dove World Outreach’s “Islam is of the Devil” campaign and “International Burn a Quran Day”, we are called to inquire, “What makes something ‘of the Devil?’”
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Philosophical articles on Gaudiya Vaisnavism that focus on the tradition’s scriptural conclusions as well as its feeling for the nature of ultimate reality.
Gopa Kumara attained perfection in fraternal love of Krishna through the dhyana of his Gopala mantra and the chanting of Krishna’s holy names.
Steven Rosen presents an inspired offering of knowledge, communion, and music in an easily accessible format. His conversations with twenty-one kirtana singers, or kirtaniyas, and his short introductory and concluding essays are lively and engaging.
Humility is constantly in danger of subverting itself and turning into its own opposite. As a result, what appears to be humility may very easily be, or become, something radically different from humility.
In this section Brahma concludes the present lesson of this Upanisad by urging everyone to chant the Gopala mantra. The repetition of the words nityam abhyaset is meant to emphasize that one must make this practice a daily function to achieve the desired result.
The interaction of Eastern spirituality and Western science has expanded methods of stress reduction, treatment of chronic disease, psychotherapy and other areas. But that is only part of the story.
Who will protect Vrindavan from the onslaught business schemes, pollution, and general environmental apathy?
A brief and informal discussion of the four Vaishnava sampradayas, spoken by Srila Sridhara Deva Goswami.
When I first saw a Youtube video of the Mayapuris dancing shirtless on stage, for a second I thought I was accidentally streaming the Backstreet Boys.
