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The End of Philosophy

March 2nd, 2017 | by Harmonist staff

Many perennialists consider the terms \"sanatana dharma\" and perennialism to be synonymous – and conclude that all wisdom traditions end with eternal being. This pause is where Gaudiya Vedanta offers a second wind.


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On Idolatry

February 20th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff

Those who see the spiritual form of the deity in their souls\' eyes carry that impression as far as possible to the mind and then frame an emblem for continual study of the higher feeling, are by no means idolatrous


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Go-seva

January 26th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff

There is a mantra for the worship of the cows. There is a mantra for herding the cows. Krishna was a cowherd, that is why he has names like Gopal and Govinda. Krishna protected all the cows himself


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Living on Grace

January 19th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff

We won’t try to take anything new, but we will wish only for something which has been used by the guru and Vaisnavas, whether it be a garland, clothes, decorations, or whatever. We shall try to live by the remnants of the Vaisnavas


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The Case Against Reality

January 12th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff

The world presented to us by our perceptions is nothing like reality, and we have evolution itself to thank for this magnificent illusion


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Inquiry and Faith

January 9th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff

Ultimately everything is adhoksaja (transcendental). Krishna is adhoksaja and approachable only through faith. He is not approachable by intellect, reason, or argument


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Higher Harmony

January 5th, 2017 | by Harmonist staff

We are to try to understand things according to our capacity, faith, and realization. Despite all this, sweetness is sweet and truth is truth. Truth, however strong it is, is truth. We are to accommodate this in our mind


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Thomas Merton on the Bhagavad-Gita

December 8th, 2016 | by Harmonist staff

Bhagavad-gita can be seen as the great treatise on the “active life.” But it is really something more, for it tends to fuse worship, action and contemplation in a fulfillment of daily duty that transcends all three by virtue of a higher consciousness


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Devotional Yoga

November 17th, 2016 | by Harmonist staff

The unique contribution of Bhakti, or devotional yoga, is a tried-and-true, practical method for seeing that deeper reality — through the chanting of sacred mantras, having a healthy lifestyle, and cultivating a yogic way of life


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Panpsychism

November 14th, 2016 | by Harmonist staff

Panpsychism bridges the modern epistemological gap between the subject of experience and the experienced object, the latter of whose intrinsic nature is unknown to us ... and paints a picture of reality that emphasizes a humane and caring relationship with nature due to its fundamental rejection of the Cartesian conception of nature as a mechanism to be exploited by mankind


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Follow the Angels

November 10th, 2016 | by Harmonist staff

The intuition of a pure devotee should be given preference to the calculated truth of ordinary persons here. Faith has no connection with the so-called reality of this world. It is completely independent



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