Philosophical Articles

Krishna’s Transcendental Qualities

The Supreme Personality of Godhead / Krishna has all these fifty transcendental qualities in fullness as deep as the ocean. In other words, the...

Chanting the Names of God and see Him with the Eyes...

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda We get the essence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s teachings in His Śikṣāṣtaka. His Lordship does not lay much stress on arcana (temple...

Separation from Sri Guru

by Srila B.R. Sridhara Maharaja His Divine Grace A.C, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada advised his senior disciples that if the need arose to consult higher spiritual...

We Recognize a Sadhu by Sukrti

By Srila B.R. Sridhara Deva Goswami We can recognize a sadhu by sukrti. Apparently we can know him from the sastra, the scriptures, because the...

Excerpt from Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.50 on Lord Rama

Sri Sita Rama in the forest
Rama Navami It is sometimes said that people want the kingdom of God without God. Such an aspiration, however, is never to be fulfilled. Good...

Sri Nitaicanda

By Swami B.V. Tripurari, excerpted from his forthcoming book, Friends Forever: Sakhya-rati of Uttama-Bhakti, for the occasion of Nityanada Trayodasi. The circle of Gaura dhama...

Being Absorbed in God

By Sri Nandanandana dasa (Stephen Knapp) This is actually the goal of any saint, sadhu, holy man, or bhakta, to go through life and perform...

Bhagavad-gita’s Ultimate Purpose

By Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) The Bhagavad-gita is the essence of all Vedic philosophy and is composed of 700 verses and explains such topics...

The World-Peace

by Prof. Nimananda Sevatirtha Attempts are made from time to time to make the Kingdom of Heaven descend on earth. They are of different characters....

Sri Shukracharya glorifies Supreme Lord

Lord Vamandeva, the protector of brahman-dharm, once said to Sri Sukrachtya, the foremost of the Bhrigu dunasty brahmans and the guru of the demons...