Bhakti Collective

Bhakti Collective

  • Srila Bhaktisiddhanta and Raganuga Sadhana Bhakti

    ESSAY: Dhanurdhara Swami’s paper, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta and Raganuga Sadhana Bhakti explores a central point of contention regarding the influence of Vaishnava reformer and modernizer, Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati.

  • Morning Rituals: Waking

    A Brief Description of a Ritual of Waking Within the Bhakti Tradition In order to understand ritual, one must understand context. Within the Vedantic tradition of presentation there are three underlying principles: sambandha, the subject’s relationship to the object, abhidheya, the activity, and prayojana, or goal. A achieves C through B.

  • “A Person is Made of Desire”

    A Translation of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.4.5-6 (Madhyandina Recension)

  • Gopurams in Sepia

    SLIDESHOW: A photo collection of the extraordinary gopurams (temple gates) of South India by Kaustubha das.

  • Essentail hinduism

    Essential Hinduism by Steven J. Rosen

  • Krishnas song

    Krishna’s Song: A New Look at the Bhagavad Gitaby Steven J. Rosen

  • CLEANING THE GANGES

    Smithsonian Magazine reports on the battle Indian environmentalists are fighting to clean the Ganges. [Kd]

  • My Studies with Sri Krishnamacharya

    MAGAZINE ARTICLE: My Studies with Sri Krishnamacharya: By Srivatsa Ramaswami. A thorough account of the author’s training in yoga and mantra under the tutelage of the Sri Vaisnava, Sri Krisnamacarya who is often credited with reviving yoga in the 20th century. From NAMARUPA Magazine.

  • Unhappily Ever After

    Now in Bookstores: The Post-Apocalypse World Recent bestsellers on life after Armageddon point to a growing paranoia: humanity may not be capable of managing its own survival. In her book Oryx and Crake, Booker Prize-winner Margaret Atwood tells a cautionary tale about a near-future time when the world has become a wasteland due to genetic…

  • Portraits from the Kunds of Govardhan

    SLIDESHOW: Portraits from the Kunds of Govardhan: Photos by Gitapriya dasi of some of the residents and pilgrims at the sacred kunds (lakes) at the foot of Govardhan Hill in Vrindavan.

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