Dry Reason Needs a Drink
November 17th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
Reason unto itself is dry. It needs a drink and it says so if we listen to it
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The Simultaneous Inherency and Bestowal of Bhakti—Part 18: Concluding Words
November 3rd, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
Each school of Vedānta has to reconcile the apparent difference between the world—with all its variety—and the Vedāntic understanding of advaya-jñāna-tattva (one nondual Absolute Truth). The way that Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism explains this apparent contradiction is through śakti—the Lord is one and different with his śaktis
The Simultaneous Inherency and Bestowal of Bhakti—Part 17: Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa’s Govinda-Bhāṣya
October 31st, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
Vedānta-sūtra 4.4.1 reconciles receiving grace with realizing one’s own true nature. By directly showing the paradox of needing mercy to realize one’s own inherent nature, it very clearly shows simultaneous inherence and bestowal
The Simultaneous Inherency and Bestowal of Bhakti—Part 16: The Manifestation of Śakti
October 27th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
The siddha-svarūpa is an extension of God’s own form, and thus the devotee identified with that siddha-rūpa experiences, through what is really an extension of God’s senses, a dynamic union with God in love
The Simultaneous Inherency and Bestowal of Bhakti—Part 15: Identity/Oneness (Tādātmya)
October 24th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas understand tādātmya in terms of acintya-bhedābheda-tattva. Thus, we should not think that tādātmya means absolute nondifference
The Simultaneous Inherency and Bestowal of Bhakti—Part 14: The Soul Is Not Subject to Transformation
October 20th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
Although Jīva Gosvāmī often compares the material body to iron filings, he never compares the svarūpa-śakti to iron filings
The Simultaneous Inherency and Bestowal of Bhakti—Part 13: The Bliss of the Jīva
October 17th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
When the soul is analyzed in terms of svarūpa-śakty-ānanda, the amount of the soul’s bliss increases exponentially
The Simultaneous Inherency and Bestowal of Bhakti—Part 12: Understanding Śakti
October 13th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
Jīva Gosvāmī says that when the jīva does spiritual action, the jīva himself is the doer, indicating that svarūpa-śakti is intrinsic to the soul
The Simultaneous Inherency and Bestowal of Bhakti—Part 11: Jīva Gosvāmī on Taṭasthā-Śakti
October 10th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
Jīva Gosvāmī establishes that the jīva is only directly a doer when he performs action with the svarūpa-śakti
The Simultaneous Inherency and Bestowal of Bhakti—Part 10: Intrinsically of the Nature of Knowledge and Bliss
October 6th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
“The qualities which appear when the inferior qualities are destroyed simply manifest on their own. They are not created. They are eternally with the ātmā…the knowledge, detachment, power and dharma are eternally with the ātmā arising from Brahman.”
The Simultaneous Inherency and Bestowal of Bhakti—Part 9: Unmanifest Qualities of the Soul
October 3rd, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
“The jīva’s qualities which are similar to the Lord’s are hidden. From meditation on the Supreme Lord, a śakti which defies darkness appears by the mercy of the Lord, like the power of a medicine.” This comment very clearly shows simultaneous inherence and bestowal because it says that the jīva’s hidden qualities (śakti) manifest by the mercy of the Lord
The Simultaneous Inherency and Bestowal of Bhakti—Part 8: A Servant of God (Śeṣatva)
September 29th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
The śeṣa-śeṣi (servant/master) relationship is a key concept in Śrī Vaiṣṇavism. Since the term is not common in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism, it is easy for those unfamiliar with its origin to fail to understand its significance
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