June 21st, 2018 | by Harmonist staff
The six defects of over-accumulation, materialistic endeavor, unnecessary talk, rejecting the rules meant for one’s self and following the rules meant for others, association with non-devotees, and fickle-mindedness are detrimental to devotion
June 18th, 2018 | by Harmonist staff
Devotional practice based on the acceptance of the favorable and rejection of the unfavorable that is prescribed in this verse is extremely necessary for devotees
May 17th, 2018 | by Harmonist staff
Despite the objective superiority of gopi-bhava, the venerable Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami makes it clear the best rasa is the one that is subjectively best for each devotee
May 7th, 2018 | by Harmonist staff
Once he is so liberated, he never again returns to this world of repeated birth and death. The proof of this is found in “sound” or revelation (sabda)
April 30th, 2018 | by Harmonist staff
Devotion attracts him, devotion reveals him, the Lord is influenced by devotion. Nothing is more powerful than bhakti
April 23rd, 2018 | by Harmonist staff
The Srimad Bhagavatam (1.2.11) shows that there is an aspect of the divine beyond even Brahman. It is paratpara, or “beyond that which lies beyond.”
April 16th, 2018 | by Harmonist staff
For the Gaudiyas, the unblemished commentary on the Vedanta Sutra is the Srimad Bhagavatam.
July 6th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
While on the outside the effects of prema appear like poison, on the inside they are filled with ananda</em
March 20th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
The Veda does not claim that by studying its words with our intellect we will know the truth. It is the self-established truth imploring us to take up the means of experiencing the truth ourselves
January 23rd, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
Although gurus are not God, neither are they to be considered as merely atomic souls bound in the net of material illusion. Gurus are servants of God as are all souls, yet they are servants who have realized the truth of their eternal servanthood
December 5th, 2016 | by Harmonist staff
We all want everlasting joy, but we are looking in different places for it. The joy we find in this world is fleeting at best. The search for joy is, in reality, the search for self
November 3rd, 2016 | by Harmonist staff
Always pray for the mercy of Krsna, the guru, and the Vaishnavas. Remember that progress in devotion depends on progress in humility--that is the art of sadhana
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