July 31st, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
Hindu ecology makes us catch our breath and enter into that special moment where our senses become filled, our mind becomes stilled, and we dwell, even if for just an instant, in a state of perfection and gratitude
July 24th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
The path of pure devotion is not about acquiring anything other than devotion itself. It is thus to be executed for its own improvement. It is a spiritual and thus eternal means to a spiritual end
July 23rd, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
Go forward in your life with the spirit that you are willing to give away this life
July 17th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
There is no such thing as Vaishnava dress specifically. It is Indian dress with Vaishnava identification-marks: a specific tilak and Tulasi kanthimala
June 22nd, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
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
June 15th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
There is nothing like consciousness in the brain, nor is there an evolutionary place for it since evolution is conceived of as a continuous process that molds preexisting properties into more complex forms but which cannot produce entirely novel properties. Consciousness is clearly such a novel property
June 8th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
The guru is the present presentative of the parampara, which includes the previous acaryas. The very word parampara means the conduit or medium through which the knowledge is passed from guru to disciple. In the same way, the guru represents the teachings coming from the founder of the sampradaya through an unbroken chain of guru and disciple
May 22nd, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
The line of causeless mercy is extending from the center, but the extension gets the more intense position. In this way we find the servants are more benevolent than even their Lord. It is inconceivable
May 15th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
Gaudiya Vedanta posits an Absolute that is singular in principle yet plural in terms of experience. The Godhead’s experience of himself is made possible by his inherent energies. Because these energies have no independent existence from the Godhead, they are in this sense one with him
May 4th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
Truly speaking, a Vaishnava is a shudra, because his or her life is dedicated to doing service for the pleasure of guru, the Vaishnavas, and Krishna
April 24th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
Wherever we go, our only duty is to serve Visnu and Vaisnava. We do not have any other duty. Our life is only meant for serving Visnu and Vaisnava
March 16th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff
Why does Bhagavan allow Maya to create obstacles even for a jiva in whom the desire to surrender to Him has been born
