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A map of the sixth chapter
Kṛṣṇa concludes His explanation of the path of jñāna-yoga, explaining its natural progression, the path of meditation. He stresses that the perfection…
The Friend Who Never Left, A Dialog on the “Fall” of the Jīva
The story follows Mādhava Dāsa, a young devotee whose confidence is shaken after reading a scholarly book that challenges his understanding of the…
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The devotee is the topmost yogī (Bg 6.46 and 6.47)
Even among the yogīs, there is a gradation. The highest is not the one who performs great austerities but the yogī who always thinks of Kṛṣṇa and serves…
The friend who never left #7: What Did the Soul Forget?
If love for Kṛṣṇa is eternally present in the soul, why must we develop it through devotional service? We explore what it means to awaken something that…
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The fate of the unsuccessful yogī (Bg 6.37 to 6.45)
Arjuna then asks a very intelligent question: what happens to a person who commits to the spiritual process, but falls later? Does he still benefit…
Will AI kill us all?
AI cannot become sentient because a computer cannot have a soul. However, sentience is not necessary to cause damage.
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What is nyāya and why is it important to understand the scriptures
We often find passages that appear to be contradictory at first. How do we reconcile then? And how can we infer details that are not directly mentioned?
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The friend who never left #6: The Reflection of Consciousness
Two souls of the same nature, both living in a material body and walking in this world. How can one be completely unaffected by matter, while the other…
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Controlling the turbulent mind (Bg 6.33 to 6.36)
The perfect yogī sees the Supersoul in all beings and thus he doesn’t discriminate based on the body. He sees all living entities as part of the same…
The friend who never left #5: Crow and Tal-Fruit Logic
Prabhupāda wrote a detailed letter directly answering these questions. Crow and Tal-Fruit Logic. What does a crow have to do with the fall of the jīva?
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The vision of the perfect yogī (Bg 6.24 to 6.32)
Material life is an unnatural condition for the soul. As the yogī is able to give up material desire and ego, he becomes again situated in spiritual…
The friend who never left #4: Beginningless Conditioning?
What does beginningless conditioning mean for an eternal soul? Mādhava reads Prabhupāda’s explanations of the difference between our material condition…
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