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Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 17 November 2024 English

Question: What is the difference between Māyāvāda, Brahmavāda, Jñāna-marga and Kevalādvaitavāda? Some equate them all as the same, while others say that Śaṅkarites are Māyāvādis and jñāna-margis are different. Could …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 10 November 2024 English

Question: I understand that when there is an event associated with rāga, or attraction to something good that happens, meaning a positive experience, then if something else happens that is …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 3 November 2024 English

In the first 60 anucchedas of Prīti Sandarbha, Ṣrī Jīva Gosvāmī establishes that pure love for Bhagavān brings the highest happiness without any taint of suffering. Thus it is the …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 27 October 2024 English

It is common to read or hear that we should love ourselves. Self-love is sometimes propagated as the means to happiness. Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, however, says that even realization of …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 20 October 2024 English

Just as gold can be attained only from a gold mine similarly, happiness can come only from its source, i.e., Bhagavān. Whatever happiness one experiences in this material world is …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 13 October 2024 English

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī begins his Prīti Sandarbha by explaining that although there are four human pursuits called puruṣārtha, the true desire of every human being is to be happy without …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 6 October 2024 English

You can still register for our new course to be part of the growing community of devotees who participate in a fascinating journey: Dive deeply into the Gaudīya Vaiṣṇava philosophy …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 29 September 2024 English

Question: When the asuras take on a body in Krishna’s lila, is that body eternal, and if not how to understand that? For example, Aghasura or Putana, who are his …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 22 September 2024 English

Question: To reach a particular higher loka after death (higher in terms of consciousness), do only those who have followed a particular process to reach that loka reach there, or …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 15 September 2024 English

In today’s digital world, spiritual seekers have more access to teachings and resources than ever before. Jiva Institute, with its mission to preserve and share the ancient wisdom of the …