June 26th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Just as Mahaprabhu is himself Jagannatha but nonetheless took the position of cleaning the temple, similarly it is said that when one begins to chant Krishna nama, Krishna goes into their heart and takes the role of the sweeper, removing the dirt that prevents him from residing there at all times
June 23rd, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s expression of seeing Mahaprabhu at that time is, \"I want to take Mahaprabhu back to Mayapura.”
June 16th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
While pursuing the highest love during his earthly lila, Krishna was dumbfounded to experience the measure of Radha’s love, for it exceeded anything that he had ever experienced. Because he always considered himself the king of love, this experience threw Krishna into an existential crisis
June 9th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Mahāprabhu asked us to accept the path of love, which means giving one’s heart, one’s self. It is so powerful, nothing else can attract Kṛṣṇa
May 22nd, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Central to Indian philosophy is the idea of illusion. Here, there is a distinction between temporal and presentational notions of illusion. The first holds that whatever is not permanent in time, or else beyond time, is thereby an illusion
May 19th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
It is not the action or even the desire but rather the misunderstanding of either in relation to bhakti that causes the practitioner to stray from the path of uttama-bhakti
May 12th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Resuming our discussion of Srila Rupa Goswami’s defining verse of uttama-bhakti, I continue here with examples of bhakti covered by karma. In doing so, I continue to pray that Bhakti-devi may remove this ignorance and bring us closer to the heart of uttama-bhakti, thus increasing the glory of Sri Rupa!
May 8th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Śrīla Jīva Goswāmī has accepted Prahlād Mahārāj as an example of this great poem in Bhagavad-gītā (9.32)
May 5th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
As we saw in the previous article, bhakti is enough—really, more than enough—to free us from suffering and awaken our innate prema. And deep faith in this principle, understood through sastra, gives rise to the outer expression of saranagati, a very integral facet of bhakti. But where does one get such sraddha
April 28th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Many devotees wonder exactly where bhakti starts and stops in their lives. Can all activities be bhakti? Should one distinguish between sadhana and one’s engagement with work or family? To what extent is Krsna present in subtle healing modalities such as pranayama, astanga-yoga, or different types of therapy? Does engagement or reliance on such activities affect one’s standing on the path of bhakti? And, most importantly, how does faith play a role in all of this
April 24th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Everything is an idea in the ocean of consciousness
April 21st, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Because Vrindavana Thakura has in such an ostentatious way apparently committed some wrong against that particular unbelieving section, it will draw Krishna’s attention
