April 17th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus: who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness
April 14th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
The most direct and undeniable fact of our existence is consciousness itself. Before we know anything about atoms, brains, or even bodies, we know that we are conscious
April 10th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Because Balarāma is Kṛṣṇa’s older brother, this precludes his being directly involved in the romanticism of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa that is central to the Vṛndāvana līlā
March 27th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
The advent of Sri Caitanya is not simply a historical event in the phenomenal world. It is the culmination of a transcendental dialectic. The dialectic is inherent in the very nature of parabrahma or the Supreme Being
March 24th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
By Swami Tripurari, originally published in Ananda Magazine, Autumn 2009. It is perhaps worth noting that Descartes’ argument for a self in the &hellip
March 13th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
In the opinion of Mahāprabhu, magnanimous dispensation reaches its zenith with the appearance of Kṛṣṇa nāma. Kṛṣṇa nāma is so high, so great, yet he nonetheless makes himself so readily available. Although nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa himself, Kṛṣṇa nāma is more merciful
March 10th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
The greatness and importance of Sri Madhavendra Puri, however, does not rely so much in his being a mere bona fide member of the Madhva community as in his being the pioneer of the faith of transcendental love of Sri Krishna, which Sri Caitanyadeva descended on earth to proclaim
March 6th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Always search for service to Krishna, the heart-satisfying Lord, and you will find he is by your side
February 17th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
In honor of the avirbhava of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, Swami Tripurari discusses Bhaktisiddhanta\'s approach to raganuga sadhana</em
February 13th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
People on the spiritual path know that God loves all beings, and they know as well what would happen if all beings loved God. Spiritual practitioners also know what happens when a practitioner falls in love. However, they may not know what happens when God falls in love
February 3rd, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Despite his absorption elsewhere, Sri Advaita asks Krishna to show compassion to his constituents, a request Krishna apparently cannot refuse
January 30th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
When Gaura enters Krishna lila, Visnupriya does not transform into Radha. The reason for this is that she is Radha’s expansion and not svayam-sakti Radha herself
