January 23rd, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
He wants to take us to his lila where rasananda is experienced. In the Bhagavad-gita, Krishna tells us how to go there, from violence to nonviolence, and beyond
January 13th, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
There are interesting parallels between the classical eightfold Yoga system delineated in the Yoga-sūtras of Patañjali and the bhakti-yoga system delineated in the Bhagavad-gītā and Bhāgavata Purāṇa
January 2nd, 2025 | by Harmonist staff
Sri Jiva turned his back on this illusory world to tell us of another, which, as it turns out, is no more than this world when viewed through eyes anointed with divine love
December 23rd, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Drink deep of the fountains given to you in the Sermon on the Mount, Gandhi says, but then you will have change your attitude toward wealth
December 9th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Krsna and Arjuna discuss dharma from a number of angles, ranging from conventional concepts of dharma, such as karma kanda and varnasrama dharma, to the ultimate dharma, which is love of God, Krsna prema
December 2nd, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Scientists increasingly realize that phenomenal consciousness can\'t be explained by the workings of the brain
November 21st, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
While nāma-saṅkīrtana is the universal panacea, to experience deep attachment for Kṛṣṇa nāma, one must approach it with the humility that Mahāprabhu expresses in the second and third verses of Śikṣāṣṭakam
November 11th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
How can a guru reject his or her disciple, given that the relationship between the two is said to be eternal
November 7th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Gopa-rāja Nanda and Yaśodārāṇī blessed Kṛṣṇa to begin herding cows
October 31st, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
The Bhāgavata employs majestic descriptions of Kṛṣṇa in Vraja primarily for the purpose of showcasing how his devotees react to such majesty, for their reaction shows the measure of their prema
October 21st, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
Narottama dasa, born in the 15th century, was a lifelong Brahmachari renowned for his devotional achievements. Born into a kayastha family, his zealous meditation and devotion to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu was evident from his early childhood. As a testament to his spiritual prowess, it is believed that Mahaprabhu left \'prema\' (love) for Narottama by the Padmavati River. Transforming entirely after experiencing the ecstasies of prema, Narottama abandoned his affluent familial life to pursue divine communion, eventually becoming a disciple of Lokanatha Goswami
October 14th, 2024 | by Harmonist staff
In the auspicious invocation to his treatise, Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Sri Krishna dasa Kaviraja Goswami offers two pranam verses. Of these two Sri Krishnadasa tells us that the second verse is specific (visesa), indicating that it names and describes the presiding deity of the text
