Philosophical Articles

Material Designations

by Srila B.B. Tirtha Goswami Maharaja Sree Sree Guru Gauranga Jayatah! The atma is sacchidananda—an eternally existing entity of knowledge and blissfulness. Upadhi means 'denomination or...

Suddha Bhakti is Inherent in every Jiva

by Srila B.B. Tirtha Goswami Maharaja Sree Sree Guru Gauranga Jayatah! The Supreme Lord is residing in the hearts of every living being and He has...

Ego, nescience and forgetfulness

by Srila B.B. Tirtha Goswami Maharaja Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah! Even if we, by previous eternal good deeds, come in contact with a true devotee,...

Do We Pull or Draw Lord Jagannath?

by Rasavihari das By Krishna's arrangement, during the time of Maharaj's stay in New York, 1997, Lord Jagannath decided to go on His annual sojourn...

The Actual Grace of God

by Srila B.B. Tirtha Goswami Maharaja Sree Sree Guru Gauranga Jayatah! Our Most Revered Gurudev often used to remind us to remember the pithy sayings of...

Can Anyone Be Free from Bias?

by Karnamrita dasa While human beings are touted as the “rational animal,” we are actually quite irrational (read, biased) in many ways. We often act...

How Can One Counteract Envy?

by Sri Vrindavan das Srila Prabhupāda: So when Kṛṣṇa advises, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66), it is the right advice, but we...

To Err Is Human

by Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Goswami, originally published in 1934, in The Harmonist. To err is human. To err is inevitable for all, being not...

Select Only Books Written by Tattva-Darsis

Srila Prabhupada..."Unless one is tattva-darśī, in complete knowledge of the Absolute Truth, one cannot describe the activities of the Personality of Godhead. Therefore although...

The Line of Sri Rupa

by Srila B.R Sridhara Goswami The rupanuga-sampradaya, the followers of the line of Sri Rupa, are those who have the unique taste of service in...