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Kirtan Podcast 4 – Karnamrita “The Story of Pingala”
PODCAST: A brilliant recording of “The Story of Pingala” from Karnamrita’s CD Dasi-Prayers by Women.
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Finding Selflessness Amidst Mumbai’s Sorrow
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On Reason and Love
Thus we find that the object of Reason is to help Love and not to create it. Reason may be properly styled as the servant of Love and must always be subject to her in all her hopes, aspirations, and holy works.
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The Reprehensible Delusions of Guruship
Sri Pillai Lokacarya (1217-1323) was a great teacher in the Sri Sampradaya who authored several works important to his Vaishnava bhakti lineage including the eighteen rahasya granthas known together as Ashtadasa Rahasya and Gadyatraya Vyakhyanam. In his Srivachana Bhushan (308-310), Pillai Lokacharya, points out three reprehensible delusions which must be avoided by the guru at…
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Kirtan Podcast 3: In the Temple of My Heart
PODCAST: A beautiful recording of Bhaktivinode Thakur’s Mama Mana Mandire (In the Temple of My Heart) sung by the bhajan group Spiritual Skyliner.
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Nine Symptoms of Advanced Bhakti
suddha-sattva-viseshatma prema-suryamsu-samya-bhak rucibhis citta-masrinya- krid asau bhava ucyate “‘When bhakti is executed on the transcendental platform of pure goodness (suddha-sattva), it is like a sun-ray of love for Krishna. At such a time, bhakti causes the heart to be softened by various tastes, and one is then situated in bhava (ecstatic emotion).” Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu (1.3.1)
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Kirtan Podcast 2: Aindra Das
PODCAST: A live recording of Aindra Das at the Krishna Balaram Temple in Vrindavan.