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Bhaktisiddhanta did not emphasize lila smaranam for those who had not attained nistha, based on the reasoning that dhyana (meditation) requires a pure heart, whereas kirtanam (chanting) does not. He reasoned, as has Sri Sanatana Goswami in Brhad-bhagavatamrta, that smaranam (remembering) arises naturally out of kirtanam.
Read MoreThe Gaudiya Saraswata sampradaya coming through Bhaktivinoda Thakura to Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura and his disciples and grand disciples has enough spiritual current to have fulfilled Mahaprabhu’s prophecy that his name would be heard in every town and village. Such power of distribution is the right of those who have possession of the commodity they distribute.
Read MoreAcaryas offer these kinds of explanations as reasoning for the fallen condition of the jiva and to exonerate God from any fault for the suffering of souls in the material world.
Read MoreGaudiya Vedantins describe ultimate reality as nondual consciousness, which on account of its being joy itself, is experienced in three realizations through three paths to transcendence.
Read MoreThe presence of God within the Deity is to a large extent dependent on the devotion of the servants of the Deity. It is the power of their love that causes him to descend in Deity form and accept worship.
Read MoreThe sincerity of all concerned is essential. Sincerity will harmonize everything, for it is the language God speaks. Without sincerity no one will progress, regardless of the realization of one’s guru, and with sincerity, one will never be a loser.
Read MoreOne’s social or religious standing in society has no bearing on one’s capacity to serve as guru. The only qualification is yei krishna tattva vetti, one must know the tattva of Krishna.
Read MoreWhat is true in every sense will only be discovered through spiritual practice and the grace of saints. Looking for the demon in others will never result in finding God in your own heart.
Read MoreThere is no shortcut to Vraja bhakti no matter how you frame it. Raga-bhakti is in one sense the express train to Vraja, but it is also the only train.
Read MoreOnly in a worldview that advocates transcendence of the world as its goal is there some hope for peace on Earth and the distinct possibility of attaining residence in the plane where there is no war.
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