In Bhakti Sandarbha, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī discusses the supreme potency of bhakti. He writes that even a semblance of bhakti, bhaktyābhāsa, has the power to grant liberation (Anuccheda 153). To demonstrate this, he cites some … Read More
Il Chaitanya mangala si concentra su aneddoti nella vita di Chaitanya, ma ha una speciale sezione introduttiva in cui Murari Gupta discute con Damodara Pandita, narrando tre conversazioni sull’apparizione e sulla missione di Chaitanya … Read More
How to do #acamana Take the acamana spoon in your left hand, dip purified water, and pour the purified water (few drops) into the right hand, which should be formed palm up with the tip of … Read More
Ananga Manjari is the daughter of Sri Vrishabhanu Maharaj and Kirtida devi, and the younger sister of Vrindavaneshwari Srimati Radhika. As her name ‘Ananga’, meaning cupid, suggests, she is the embodiment of exquisite transcendental beauty, … Read More
The Guru of the devas. 1) Birth. The father of Brhaspati was Angiras, the son of Brahma. Brahma grew amorous, at the sight of some celestial maids who were present at a sacrifice performed by Rudra … Read More
In the Puranas there are references to 49 gods who are known as “Maruts”. All of them are the sons of Kasyapa. The story of how the child in Diti’s womb was cut into … Read More
Sadaputa Digital Channel – Dr. Richard L. Thompson Although the Puranic description of time as “an active potency of the Supreme which manipulates the material energy” may appear incompatible with Einstein’s … Read More
#Nectar of Instruction 7 स्यात् कृष्णनामचरितादिसिताप्यविद्यापित्तोपतप्तरसनस्य न रोचिका नु । किन्त्वादरादनुदिनं खलु सैव जुष्टा स्वाद्वी क्रमाद्भवति तद्गदमूलहन्त्री ॥ ७ ॥ syāt kṛṣṇa-nāma-caritādi-sitāpy avidyā- pittopatapta-rasanasya na rocikā nu kintv ādarād anudinaṁ khalu saiva juṣṭā svādvī … Read More
One who does not know the path of attachment yet instructs others on this path, or who knows the path of attachment and instructs his disciples without considering their qualifications, is a bogus guru and must … Read More
A mountain famed in the Puranas and lying to the east of the Himalayas. (Bhagavata, Pancama Skandha). The puranic importance of the mountain may be summarised as follows :- (1) Kasyapa did tapas at this … Read More
