Archive - Mysteries of the Vedas

Can we progress in devotional service without a spiritual master?

On the one hand, the scriptures advertise the potency of the holy names. On the other hand, it's said we can't go back to Godhead without a spiritual…

1 hr ago • Caitanya Chandra Dasa

Kṛṣṇa can be seen only through devotion

Only devotees can truly see Kṛṣṇa, for they have spiritual eyes by which they directly experience Kṛṣṇa’s spiritual form, the supreme abode of eternity…

Oct 9 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa

The vision of the self-realized (Bg 5.17 to 5.21)

Kṛṣṇa describes the symptoms of a person situated on transcendental consciousness. He becomes fixed on the spiritual platform, and his happiness no…

Oct 8

Why is bhakti superior? Understanding the 61 explanations of the ātmārāma verse

There is a verse in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that is especially significant in the context of the philosophy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. That’s the…

Oct 8 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa

The subscription service of material existence

The basic technique is well known: make subscribing easy, renewing automatic, and unsubscribing difficult. That’s a perfect description of life in this…

Oct 7 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa

The liberated soul does not create activities, nor induce others to act (Bg 5.13 to 5.16)

Kṛṣṇa offers a philosophical analysis of the process of action: who are the doers, how the soul becomes entangled in karmic reactions, and how He, as…

Oct 5

If Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, why does the Bhāgavatam mention that He is an expansion of Viṣnu?

Gaudiya Vaiṣnavas accept the conclusion that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is, however, a verse from the Bhāgavatam itself that…

Oct 5 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa

Niṣkāma-karma-yoga: Remaining free from bondage (Bg 5.7 to 5.12)

The devotee does not become liberated by stopping activity but by changing the consciousness behind the activity. He remains untouched by karma, just as…

Oct 4

Hell in the Vedas: a description of the realm of Yamaraja (5th Canto #37)

Each planetary system of the cosmos has its own clock rate, with time being experienced differently by different inhabitants of the universe. What is…

Oct 4

Kṛṣṇa in His destructive form

We normally think of Kṛṣṇa as the enchanting youth who plays the flute and performs many wonderful pastimes. There is, however, an aspect so terrifying…

Oct 3 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa

Devotional action is better than renunciation of work (Bg 5.1 to 5.6)

Work performed for Kṛṣṇa is not opposed to renunciation or knowledge. On the contrary, when properly understood, devotional service includes the essence…

Oct 2

What prevents us from being loved

Everyone wants to be loved for who they are. But here is a problem: Often, what we call “who I am” is exactly what prevents other people from loving us.

Oct 1 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa

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