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Nectar of the Nectarine

July 9th, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

Now we may throw our bodies in this ocean and begin to swim in the waves of nāma-saṅkīrtana, the nectar of the nectarine, by the grace of our guru and the mercy of the Vaiṣṇavas


Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Socially Progressive Hermeneutical Lens

July 6th, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

Prabhupāda’s de-emphasis of the religious importance of patriarchal attitudes is highly significant because it indicates that a patriarchal interpretation of strī-dharma is not a soteriologically essential principle within ISKCON’s theological framework but is instead a context-specific detail, which can be disregarded if it turns out not to be conducive to one’s performance of Kṛṣṇa-bhakti


On Happiness

June 29th, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

The Lord is always there, even in the worst period of our lives. He is waiting, waiting to help us. We must only look up for His grace, with sincerity—with all sincerity


Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana

June 22nd, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

If Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana had not been present at that time, our Gaudiya Vaisnava identity would have disappeared from this world


Cowherd Picnic

June 18th, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

Lunches in hand and plates arranged, they sat in rows of concentric circles around Gopāla-deva, appearing much like the many petals of a lotus, the whorl of which was wonderful Kṛṣṇa


The Soul of the Soul

June 4th, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

We come together around a common cause that transcends our selfish needs. Living together requires that we give ourselves, and this giving of the self reaches its zenith in love


Chastity

June 1st, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

Chastity is faithfulness to the cause for which we have come. In the absolute sense it is unchangeable adherence to Krishna consciousness


Deep Ecology and Self-Realization

May 21st, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

Conservation efforts are empowered when they connect with religious duty. Self-realization is the ecologically relevant state of spiritual development in which a person comprehensively perceives the dynamic nature of the whole and the functional relationships among its unique parts



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