Philosophical Articles

Reason and Love

by Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura, From an article called, “The Temple of Jagannatha at Puri” published September 15, 1871. We do not mean to say that...

Magic

by Swami B.V. Tripurari Physicalists often accuse spiritually-minded people who believe in trans-physicalism of believing in magic. Indeed, physicalists (a term coined in English less...

The Party That Never Ends

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alVJCQCjSRo Dream fade, bubbles pop, dew evaporates and lightning ceases . Nothing is permanent here. All things change. Time is cruel. It shows no mercy. Wheel...

How does one change the heart?

by Srila B.B. Tirtha Goswami Maharaja Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah! Devotee: How does one change the heart? Because even sometimes you can chant many lifetimes...

Her Divine Appearance

by Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami, originally published at Sri Gaudiya Darsan. We are told that Radharani was found floating in a lotus. Her father Vrsabhanu Raja,...

Do not to take any decision by own initiative

by Srila B.B. Tirtha Goswami Maharaja Whenever I submitted difficult problems to my Most Revered Gurudev, He used to give me the advice not to...

Droplets of Nectar

Once the emperor of heaven, Devraj Indra, had committed a great offence for which his Gurudeva cursed him to take birth as a hog....

Sambandha

by Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami, from Art of Sadhana. In the Bhagavad-gita (15.15), Lord Krishna says, vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo, vedanta-krd veda vid eva...

Pascal’s Wager 2.0

by Gary Gutting, professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, originally published in the New York Times. One of philosophy’s best-known arguments for...

Betting on God

by Satyaraja Dasa Pascal’s Wager and the Spoils of Faith I read a recent statistic that was mind-boggling: According to a series of Gallup surveys, ninety-four...