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The ānanda-maya: reaching ultimate bliss (Vaishnava Vedanta #11)
After describing the greatness of the Lord, the text proceeds to define ananda, spiritual bliss. This whole chapter urges us to seek this ananda, and…
1 year, 5 months ago
Seeing the Spiritual Form of the Lord (Srimad Bhagavatam #38)
In the previous two chapters, Lord Kapila described the constitution of the universe, the nature of the soul, and the entanglement in the illusory ma…
1 year, 5 months ago
Levels of consciousness (Vaishnava Vedanta #10)
The ātmā of the mano-maya person is the same as that of the prāṇa-maya, which is the vijñāna-maya, or the soul. Our self has many layers, including t…
1 year, 5 months ago
Returning to our original position (Srimad Bhagavatam #37)
In this part, the "fall" of the soul in the material world continues to be discussed. What binds us to this temporary world, and how can we finally b…
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How the soul meets the Lord at the end of every day (Vaishnava Vedanta #09)
Just like the souls merge into the body of Lord Viṣṇu at the end of each day of Brahma, and also after the final dissolution of the universe, the sou…
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Positive spiritual identity (Vaishnava Vedanta #08)
The process of reinforcing a positive identification instead of adopting the negative process of destroying one's material identity is commonly offer…
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The sacred syllables (Vaishnava Vedanta #07)
The vyāhṛti are sacred syllables or mantras which are very foundational in the Vedic tradition. They are found in the Gayatri mantra and recited in a…
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The teaching of connecting links (Vaishnava Vedanta #06)
For the process of seeing to happen, for example, there must be an observer, the cooperation of the demigods who control vision (for the sense of vis…
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An introduction to the Taittiriya Upaniṣad (Vaishnava Vedanta #05)
Verses of the Taittiriya Upanisad are often quoted by Srila Prabhupada. Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana also quotes several verses in the Govinda Bhasya …
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How the soul falls into the material world without leaving the spiritual sky (Srimad Bhagavatam #36)
A central point in Prabhupada's teachings is the idea that the soul is an eternal servant of Krishna. The original consciousness of the soul is Krish…
1 year, 5 months ago