Maturity means to not let our emotionality interfere with our responsibility
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In our fast-paced, want-filled culture, it’s easy to get stressed out and suffer emotional breakdowns. Perhaps the emotion most likely to disrupt the lives of most people today is anxiety. The whole process of becoming mature centers on becoming effective in managing our emotions. Babies are governed by their emotions – if they feel pain […]

If we concede that scripture doesn’t contain literal report of conversations then where will the erosion of scriptural authority end?
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Answer Podcast My thanks to Hari Parshad Prabhu for the following references: From Srila Sridhar Swami’s commentary on introduction to Bhagavad Gita: tam eva bhagavad-upadiṣṭam arthaṁ kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanaḥ saptabhiḥ śloka-śatair upanibabandha | tatra ca prāyaśaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-mukhād viniḥsṛtān eva ślokān alikhat | kāṁścit tat-saṅgataye svayaṁ ca vyaracayat Translation: Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa composed 700 verses from that purport spoken […]

Why are certain important verses quoted by acharyas not found in the scriptures?
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Answer Podcast Devotee-scholars’ research is uncovering the presence in scripture of many verses whose sources were earlier unknown or debated. One excellent sample of such scholarship is this document compiled by a devotee-scholar and friend Hari Parshad Prabhu: Prabhupada verses – sources found by Hari Parshad P Specific reference to verses about Mayavada: mayavadam asac […]

How the Gita’s ninth chapter reveals its bhakti essence
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Lecture Podcast Lecture Highlights: 9.13-14: Inner disposition and outer action of devotees Concept of bhakti developed in the Gita: 2.61, 3.30, 4.9, 5.25, 6.14-15, 6.30, 6.47, 7.1, 8.14 Varying initial focuses of concentration in ashtanga-yoga: 5.27 and 6.13 Unvarying eventual and final focuses: 6.14, 6.30, 6.47, 7.1 Four ways Gita’s chp 9 glorifies bhakti: 1. […]