February 25th, 2021 | by Harmonist staff
Even those who Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu rejected, Nityananda Prabhu sheltered, and gradually Mahaprabhu had to accept them. So the grace of Nityananda is the greatest both in magnitude and circumference, and that is our solace, for by his mercy even the most fallen souls can attain the supreme goal
February 22nd, 2021 | by Harmonist staff
After arriving in Nadiya, it was Nitai who started the Gaudiya sampradaya along the Ganga delta. He did so with the help of twelve associates of his own—the dvadasa gopalas. While Gaura had begun his nocturnal school of Krishna sankirtana in the courtyard of Srivasa Thakura, upon his arrival, Nityananda-rama turned the focus from Krishna to Gaura—Gaura Krishna
February 18th, 2021 | by Harmonist staff
When Mahaprabhu appears in the world, he does not defy convention. Thus he appears at the request of Advaita Acarya, the Mahavishnu of Gaura-lila.
February 15th, 2021 | by Harmonist staff
In the following excerpt from Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion Srila Sridhara Maharaja begins to speak about some of the numerous events that make Vasanta-pancami an especially holy day
February 4th, 2021 | by Harmonist staff
Our deepest identity can only exist, improve, and reach its highest level of development from the basis of a personal practice that is carried out within a social and intersubjective context, through a personal interaction with those who from the outside make possible the creation of our innermost reality
January 28th, 2021 | by Harmonist staff
The gopīs implied that with regard to religious duty (dharma), two things must be considered
January 21st, 2021 | by Harmonist staff
Spiritual practice brings together a number of elements that work with each other to ensure its success. At the center of them all, it has one essential constituent that serves as its catalyst: devotion to sri guru</em
January 14th, 2021 | by Harmonist staff
Those who have only partial devotion, clinging still to the world of illusion, can never be full and thus never stay with Kṛṣṇa
January 11th, 2021 | by Harmonist staff
The practice of churning wood to generate a fire was not just because matchboxes or lighters did not exist in the past, but because it was an essential part of the injunction to execute the yajña
January 7th, 2021 | by Harmonist staff
In Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava theology, Kṛṣṇa is fully God and fully human, but not in the sense that he undergoes material suffering. The fullness of Kṛṣṇa’s humanity is expressed when he falls in love
December 31st, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
In honor of the avirbhava of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, Swami Tripurari discusses Bhaktisiddhanta\'s approach to raganuga sadhana</em
December 24th, 2020 | by Harmonist staff
Krsna and Arjuna discuss dharma from a number of angles, ranging from conventional concepts of dharma, such as karma kanda and varnasrama dharma, to the ultimate dharma, which is love of God, Krsna prema
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