October 3rd, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
At some point explanations of all and every kind become nothing more than words. They flatten into just symbols on a page, a \"thing\" which must be held in the mind. In that essential sense, they are always secondary to experience
September 30th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
Religious communities serve as icons of the Christian life. Today more than ever, we need their witness of poverty, chastity, and obedience to counteract our contemporary excesses
September 12th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
Because mythologies and sciences alike aspire to be true, they are perpetually under revision. Both lapse into dogma when this revision stops. A mythology that has suffered such a fate is often known as a religion. But where they are healthy, both mythology and science are as faithful to the real as their practitioners can make them
August 12th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
In honor of Srila Prabhupada\'s boarding of the Jaladuta on this day in 1965, Srila Sridhara Maharaja glorifies Prabhupada\'s blessed journey, life, and the prayer that Prabhupada composed while traveling across the ocean
July 18th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
In the hour she is most herself, forgiveness loses herself in the knowledge that never has there been anything to forgive; all has been, is, and always will be well. Then she is initiated with a new name: then we call her mercy
May 16th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
You may not catch Mahaprabhu’s ecstasy in this life, but in one life you will
March 18th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
This month the Harmonist celebrates ten years online. Launched in April 2009 with inspiration from Swami B.V. Tripurari, we have published over 1,000 articles exploring the depths of Gaudiya Vedanta and how modern thought and intellectual trends interface with the tradition of Caitanya Vaisnavism
February 28th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
Eventually, I started to understand that sadhana and parenting have a symbiotic relationship. The more of my heart I gave to my family, the more I could give my heart to my practice and which in turn allowed me to be increasingly loving and kind to my wife and children
February 18th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
The issue before us is death. Not only our individual death, which is more imminent for some of us this morning than others, but our collective death. We have begun the sixth great mass extinction
February 17th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
Nityananda Prabhu traveled throughout Bengal making his humble appeal: \"Give all your attention to Gauranga and you will be benefited beyond expectation. This is my request to you.\"
February 14th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
Is love an art? Then it requires knowledge and effort. Or is love a pleasant sensation, which to experience is a matter of chance, something one \"falls into\" if one is lucky
February 7th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
In the following excerpt from Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion Srila Sridhara Maharaja begins to speak about some of the numerous events that make Vasanta-pancami an especially holy day
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