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Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 3 January 2024 English

This quiz is designed to motivate you to study the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava scriptures in specific, and the Sad Darshanas in general, which are necessary... Read More The post Shastra Quiz …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 31 December 2023 English

Question: Regarding the ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānuśīlanaṃ verse in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Jaya and Vijaya agreed to please Kṛṣṇa by fighting with Him and thus took birth as... Read More The post How Yogamaya …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 24 December 2023 English

Question: We are reading the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu in a workshop. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī has ten practices considered “primary in the beginning”—including worship of the banyan... Read More The post Diving into …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 17 December 2023 English

The word artha is derived from the Sanskrit root artha, which means “to desire.” Thus the word artha means a desirable object, purpose, goal,... Read More The post What is …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 14 December 2023 English

This quiz is designed to motivate you to study the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava scriptures in specific, and the Sad Darshanas in general, which are necessary... Read More The post Shastra Quiz …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 10 December 2023 English

Question: I have heard that in the Gauḍīya sampradāya, the ātman is conscious as well as aware of itself. In Advaita Vedānta, the ātman... Read More The post Consciousness in …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 3 December 2023 English

Question: I have questions regarding offenses to uninstalled Deities. Recently I informed a devotee that keeping dogs in the home is an offense to... Read More The post Observing Proper …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 26 November 2023 English

Question: The impersonal aspect [of God] (Nirakara, Nirguna) is called Brahman, or ‘unknowable’ by Herbert Spencer, ‘will’ by Schopenhauer, Absolute Noumenon by some ‘substance’... Read More The post Bhakti in …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 19 November 2023 English

[The following is the last part of a transcription of a class on Bhakti Sandarbha, Anuccheda 134] CONNECTION WITH BHAGAVĀN As Śukadeva Goswami explains... Read More The post Everything Related …


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 15 November 2023 English

This quiz is designed to motivate you to study the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava scriptures in specific, and the Sad Darshanas in general, which are necessary... Read More The post Shastra Quiz …