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The acintya of the Gaudiyas is not an illogical notion seeking to do away with logical discourse on the nature of being. It is central to an angle of vision in which, arguably, something more about the Absolute is revealed than that which we learn from other forms of Vedanta.
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Spiritual practitioners also know what happens when a practitioner falls in love. However, they may not know what happens when God falls in love.
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In devotion to Krishna, we do not encounter the fanaticism that holds to only one spiritual revelation, for Krishna includes all forms of the Godhead and thus all varieties of love of God.
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While pursuing the highest love during his earthly lila, Krishna was dumbfounded to experience the measure of Radha’s love; 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.
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Is Ekadasi auspicious or inauspicious? Do we observe Ekadasi because the stellar arrangement is inauspicious and we seek to counteract that, or is it simply auspicious to observe Ekadasi?
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Within the Krishna conception we find Sri Krishna Caitanya, the sacrificing half of the equation of love, Krishna endowed with Radha’s love for himself. In this manifestation of the Krishna conception we also find “the way” personified.
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Faith fully understood amounts to conformity to truth, whereas rational thought is but an imperfect means of apprehending truth. The former involves the latter, but the latter does not necessitate the former.
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Let us remember that our knowledge of the world begins not with matter but with perceptions/consciousness. I know for sure that my pain exists, my “green” exists, and my “sweet” exists. I do not need any proof of their existence, because these events are a part of me; everything else is a theory.
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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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We have all heard that kirtana—singing the names of God—is very efficacious for Kali-yuga. This is not merely a sectarian statement from our particular sect, but rather Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s emphasis on universal principles regarding the efficacy of sound and the divinity of God’s name, principles acknowledged in both the religious and secular worlds. If we look at how the name of God is thought of in all religious traditions and how sound is important to us in everyday life, then we can better appreciate the universality of the precept that Caitanya Mahaprabhu sought to drive home and make the central focus of his mission, and if we look deeply into Mahaprabhu’s emphasis, we will also find another universal principle, love’s power to conquer all. In Mahaprabhu’s teaching, this includes even God Himself.
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