April 22nd, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Balarama’s confidential talks with Krishna’s gopis made Krishna fully manifest in the hearts and minds of the gopis. In this exchange, Balarama has the mood of a servitor of Krishna. He is fully representing Krishna with no desire to enjoy Radha’s group for himself in any way
April 18th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
If there is a conscious noticing of being the perceiving witness of whatever is perceived, then there is the immediate opportunity to utilise one’s always-available natural ability to drop interest and withdraw attention, thereby breaking the first link of a ‘chain’ which generally follows to ‘bind’ attention in the absence of such conscious awareness
April 15th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Rama lila draws us beyond Vaikuntha by speaking to us of the possibility of sakhya, vatsalya, and madhurya even while it does not afford us those opportunities itself. In this way it indirectly points to Krishna lila.
April 11th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
In Ramanuja’s view, a special relationship exists between Brahman, the jivas, and the world. He calls this relationship aprthak-siddhi, or inseparability. With this term Ramanuja seeks to logically explain the identity and difference of Brahman
April 4th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Losing things of this mortal world is not bad; it is all coming and going. The body itself, the center of all this activity, will also vanish. Then what is the necessity of collecting so much energy for the bodily connection? So, awaken your soul, the real person within; search him out and try to help him. That is possible only with help from the sadhu
March 28th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Before commencing this sacred pilgrimage which is completely individual and unique within each of our own hearts, perhaps it might be nice to attentively and sensitively review some practical preparations for the adventure that we are conjointly embarking upon, just as we would naturally be inclined to do if we were preparing for a pilgrimage to the holy dhamas of Vrindavan, or Nabadwipa, or Jagannath Puri
March 21st, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has shown by his own example how compassionate love for all animation arising in the context of the culture of uttama-bhakti precedes the attainment of bhakti-rasa</i
March 18th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Krishna concludes that he must steal Radha’s prema if he is to taste it, and taste it he must, because he knows that it is superior to anything he has tasted
March 14th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
We must be prepared for anything; anything from the environment may come to us, but we are to face it with optimism. That is the key to success in our life
March 7th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Unlike feeling detached from the work process itself, cultivating an attitude of detachment from the results of one’s work is presented in the Gita as a method for gaining a clear and stable mind
February 29th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Although outwardly he was like a lion, inwardly, he was very, very sweet
February 19th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
The original spiritual master is Nityananda Prabhu. He is the general representation of guru. In the spiritual world, he is the guru-tattva principle in the four primary mellows of devotion, excluding the conjugal mellow
