October 15th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
If at times there are apparent differences between Bhaktivinoda\'s writing and the Goswāmīs, it is not because Bhaktivinoda was not aware of their teachings, but because of something else—as we will see
October 12th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
Śrī Jiva Gosvāmī describes various types of sādhus belonging to the paths of karma, jñāna and bhakti. In the course of this description, Śrī Jiva Gosvāmī also describes a lower level bhakta
October 8th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
An examination additional opposing arguments regarding bhakti in the ātmā
October 1st, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
Giving the benefit of the doubt to those who may claim that bhakti is inherent in the jīva, we will examine in this article some of the main pūrvapakṣa, or arguments against the possibility of noninherence
September 24th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
An analysis of the noninherence of bhakti and the siddha-deha
September 21st, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī gives the definition of bhakti in Anuccheda 216.3 of Bhakti Sandarbha
September 17th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
Although Bhagavān may know in his omniscience what ultimate identity each jīva will attain, this does not mean that he decides which identity each soul will achieve
September 14th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
Muslims did not convert to Hinduism but found in Sri Caitanya and his preoccupation a symbolic example of the heart of that which they themselves were striving for, albeit in different words than those found in the Koran
September 10th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
Some jīvas can have inherent bhakti, but only if they have already acquired bhakti-saṁskāras in previous births through association
September 3rd, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
If we establish the concept of ajñāta-sukṛti as the ultimate origin of bhakti, our search again culminates inevitably at the feet of the sādhu
August 27th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
In India, we do not have philosophy, we have darśana. You see the truth and then you explain it logically, as far as possible. But ultimately logic has its limitations
August 24th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
A lover can do many types of work, many different things, but they cannot forget their lover for a second. When we dedicate our love to the supreme lover, Krishna, with that kind of attachment and attraction and with our full energy, then it is called paramour love
Prarthana Dainyamayi 5: Prayer to Yogamaya (Durga Devi)
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Bhakti In The Jīva: Inherent Or Inherited? Part 8: Teaching Strategies And Historical Presentism
October 19th | by
Bhakti In The Jīva: Inherent Or Inherited? Part 7: The Origin of the Theory of Inherence
October 15th | by
Two Types of Śraddhā – Laukīkī and Śāstrīya
October 12th | by
Bhakti In The Jīva: Inherent Or Inherited? Part 6: Nurture and Nature
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