Category: Philosophy

The path of spirituality is very confusing in this fast-paced westernised world that we are living in today’s times. Majority of people are mostly unaware of the inner search and hardly rare few ones care about finding the actual purpose of life, cause of pains and answers to the deeper meaning of life. People are […]

Srila Rupa Goswami in his book Ujjwala Nilamani describes the five types of sakhis (cowherd girls) in Nitya Goloka Vrindavan. Here is the detailed explanation of each of them: Sadharan Sakhi They consider Krishna as their everything. For them, their devotion is only and only Krishna. They worship Krishna as their husband. Anything else other […]

Scriptures and Rasika Vaishnavs mention about 5 rasas which only a fully liberated soul (jiva) when in complete awareness of their spiritual identity or eternal relationship with Divine Couple can serve Them in different bhavas.  5 Transcendental Rasas of a devotee for Krishna Shant Rasa Here, the jiva takes a form which is not directly […]

The stages of nama (both nama japa and nama sankitana) are of 3 types: Nama Aparadha Nama Abhas Shuddh Nama Nama Aparadha At nama-aparadha level, we might be chanting with the 10 offences or often for our material gain. This is a selfish type of chanting where if Krishna presents a test or struggle before […]

Chanting the holy names of Lord (or nama) Hare Krishna Hare Krishna | Krishna Krishna Hare Hare | Hare Rama Rama Rama | Rama Rama Hare Hare is done in two ways -nama japa and nama sankirtana. Nama Japa Nama japa is a personal remembrance of Divine Lordships on japa-beads. It is a personal seva. It purifies the sadhaka’s (devotee who chants) consciousness […]

As we know, the day is made up of 24 hours. There are 8 prahar (period) each of around 3 hours in the 24 hour period. Asta stands for the number 8, and kaliya means time period. So each prahar is of 3 hours (approx) and the 8 (asta) periods (prahars) make the entire day […]

Meaning of Vraj The meaning of Vraj as explained by vrajvasis and saints is that it is a path (rasta) which leads one to Paramatma within the heart, and this Paramatma is non-different from chaitya guru residing in the heart, who is Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Radha and Sri Krishna.  The other meaning of […]