Cultivating Surrender
November 20th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
The feeling of dependence is purifying and humbling and is the foundation for treading the path of saranagati</em
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Why Being Certain Means Being Wrong
November 13th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
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
Our Affectionate Guardians, Chapter Two
October 14th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
Chapter two of Our Affectionate Guardians offers a brief glorification of Srila B. R. Sridhara Deva Goswami, written by his beloved godbrother, Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami
Global Ethics for a Global Economy
September 11th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
Under Ashoka, Afghanistan was a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural state, built on fundamental values of tolerance, nonviolence, and respect for life
The Myth of Progress
September 4th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
Suggesting that a technology represents progress in any meaningful, moral sense would require understanding the values of the people affected by the technology
The Role of Repetition
July 20th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
When we engage in spiritual practice, we have placed ourselves on the stove and turned on the heat. If our practice is halfhearted, then it takes time for that low temperature to transform us. If we practice wholeheartedly, the higher temperature brings us more rapidly to a boil. Either way there is a period when nothing seems to be happening
Unexpected Sanga: Stumbling into Deep Community
July 13th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
Sanga, as it’s known in Hindu and Buddhist circles, is community on steroids: deep “association” with pilgrims on a spiritual path—more than just post-worship potlucks, Sunday School check-ins, and church gossip. Sanga is walking and wrestling in order to grow together. Sangas don’t swerve from the big questions: who are we in relation to God? What is our purpose? How might we serve
After New Atheism
June 12th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
The atheist spring that began just over a decade ago is over, thank God. Richard Dawkins is now seen by many, even many non-believers, as a joke figure, shaking his fist at sky fairies. He’s the Mary Whitehouse of our day
The Glories of Srimati Gangamata Goswamini
June 1st, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
All the ladies should try to be like Gangamata Thakurani. She never even dreamed of marrying any worldly person. I have come to help you to become a devotee like this
Shelter at Saragrahi Ashram
April 17th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
Gaudiya Vaishnavism is not a religion. It is a lifestyle. Unlike other traditions, ours is one of ego effacement. It is a practical path where one gradually replaces one’s physical identity with a spiritually focused one
New Commentaries Protect Srila Prabhupada’s Legacy
February 27th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
The purpose of the parampara is to keep the force of bhakti alive in the world and to find ways to attract people to the practices and ideals of true spirituality. If strategies from the past are getting in the way of this objective, they need to be renovated or disbanded to increase the receptivity of the public
Teachers and Masters
January 2nd, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
In honor of Swami B. V. Tripurari\'s 63rd Vyasa Puja celebration, the following lecture on the subject of spiritual masters is adapted from a lecture given by Huston Smith in
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