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

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.

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Why Being Certain Means Being Wrong
August 5, 2011 – 8:35 pm | 13 Comments
Why Being Certain Means Being Wrong

Complex decision-making requires we defer the feeling of being right, by tolerating the tension of not knowing, but our innate craving for certainty undermines our ability.

Review: Food for the Soul: Vegetarianism and Yoga Traditions
August 1, 2011 – 12:03 pm | 4 Comments
Review: Food for the Soul: Vegetarianism and Yoga Traditions

Patanjali and other early authorities on the Yoga tradition assert that ahimsa, nonaggression, is as integral to yoga as meditation is, and Rosen’s contributors cite all the right sources, making this clear and obvious.

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.

Gopala-tapani Upanisad: Concluding Verses
July 27, 2011 – 6:18 pm | No Comment
Gopala-tapani Upanisad: Concluding Verses

The conclusion of Swami B. V. Tripurari’s commentary on Sri Gopala-tapani Upanisad.