April 2nd, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
Beyond being human and pragmatically cautious, as spiritual aspirants we must be philosophically sober in the face of the coronavirus. Moments like these should cause us to turn inward
March 30th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
We can choose how to digest this gloomy situation. Either we can just worry about what will happen in the future, and lose our peace, or we can take this opportunity to deliberate on the deeper meaning of life. Every cloud has a silver lining and every adverse situation is an opportunity for growth
March 23rd, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
Moments of compassion that bring relief from dread are most deeply felt when we reach out to others
March 16th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
In pursuing the death of the conventional ego we pursue also the flourishing of the serving ego, which is the gateway to genuine spiritual emotion
February 6th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
Eight Verses Glorifying Lord Nityananda: \"Lord Nityananda\'s Face is as Splendid as the Autumn Moon.\" By Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura. Translated by Srila Gaura Govinda Swami
January 30th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
\"Then Advaita Prabhu thought, \'I have to make a plan so I can prove Mahaprabhu\'s superiority in relation to myself.\'\"
January 13th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
I have a dream I cannot stop having. I’m walking in a dark forest toward a lit house.
December 26th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
Sri Caitanya flowed beautifully yet unapproachably like a great waterfall of love of Godhead. Sri Jiva made a lake out of his ecstasy in the form of Sat-sandarbha</em
October 17th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
Consumerism will not just magically disappear from its central place in our culture. It needs to be supplanted by something
October 10th, 2019 | by Harmonist staff
By Pico Iyer, originally published in The New York Times. When I was 29, I began to guess that happiness &hellip
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