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Rāmānanda Rāya

May 4th, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

“I do not know anything about Kṛṣṇa, but Rāmānanda Rāya knows. Go to him and hear about Kṛṣṇa. Take My name, and perhaps he will talk with you.”


Worshiping Narasingha on the Raga-Marga

April 30th, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

For Gaudiya Vaishnavas, the right reason to worship Narasinghadeva is as Bhaktivinoda prays, “to beg at the lotus feet of Lord Narasingha for the benediction of worshipping Radha and Krishna in Navadvipa, perfectly safe and free from all difficulties.”


Absolute Harmony

April 23rd, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

Sacrifice, dedication in its highest degree, will be of such a nature that it can accommodate and tolerate all differences


Inconceivable, Not Illogical

April 20th, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

In the course of pursuing his own investigation into the nature of being, Sri Jiva found himself inspired to find out exactly what the fundamental nature of consciousness is


Śrī Gadādhara Pandita

April 16th, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

Gadadhara relinquishes his bhāva so that Gaura Krsna may be successful in accomplishing what he has descended for. Thus Gadadhara shows the way in Gaura lilā


Symbolic Images of Divine Love

April 2nd, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

The images of Christ on the cross and the Rāsa Līlā are both expressions of sacrifice are ultimate, total, and necessitate death as a means to a salvific end


Sri Balarama Rasayatra

March 30th, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

The Gaudiya sampradaya does not speak of Balarama\'s gopi lila in any depth, but prefers to depict him in light of his devotion to Krishna as guru (elder), friend, and servant, kabhu guru, kabhu sakha, kabhu bhrtya-lila


Śrī Rāmacandra

March 26th, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

Rāmacandra’s temperament remained the same: He was going to discharge a duty. To get the throne is duty; to obey His father’s will by going to the forest also duty. By accepting banishment to the forest, He is discharging a duty, and His temperament does not change. His balance of mind, His equilibrium, is not disturbed


Love and Reason

March 19th, 2026 | by Harmonist staff

The object of reason is to help love and not to create it. Reason may be properly styled as the servant of love and must always be subject to her in all her hopes, aspirations, and holy works



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