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
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
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.”
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
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
September 26th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
Serving Kṛṣṇa indirectly without even knowing it can hardly be the defining nature of the jīva. Rather, the jīva’s true nature is to serve the Lord with intentionality
September 22nd, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
There is no way to have spiritual ānanda without bhakti. This irrefutable fact is an inconvenient truth for those who maintain that spiritual ānanda is not the nature of the soul
September 19th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
A liberated soul is either identified with Brahman or enjoying the bliss of a relationship with Bhagavān
September 15th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
Vaiṣṇava ācāryas hold that the soul has eternal knowledge and bliss—not merely the ability to identify with a spiritual body that remains constitutionally different from the soul
September 12th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
Before I establish simultaneous inherency and bestowal based on the Sandarbhas and other foundational Gauḍīya literature, which will quickly become philosophically terse, I would like to explain a couple of things that will be useful in understanding the articles that follow
September 8th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
An overview of the topics covered in each article of the The Simultaneous Inherency and Bestowal of Bhakti series, by Vrindaranya dasi
September 7th, 2022 | by Harmonist staff
By Vrindaranya Dasi Additional articles in this series Is bhakti bestowed upon a jīva by God or a devotee at &hellip
The Holy Day of Vasanta-pancami
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The Role of Faith in Science
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What If Animals Have Nightmares Too?
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Spiritual Nonviolence: From the Center of the Battlefield to the Center of Bliss
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Consciousness May Not Require a Brain
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