Evolution of the Cosmos

Whether or not someone believes the universe was created by God or by forces of nature instead, without a doubt the universe is real. A real thing cannot come from nothing, so another thing must have caused the universe. What the other reality is is hard to say. And who are we to talk...

Reflections on Maya-Tattva

Carefully considering the knowledge I received directly from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj, my initiating Guru, and my Param Guru Maharaj, Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami, I present a series of articles for consideration by swan-like Vaishnavas. These articles discuss the Lord’s power or Shakti, reflecting on the Shakti Tattva from different viewpoints. Further posts...

The Atoms of Matter

When the American war machine built a bomb that exploded at Hiroshima in 1945, splitting atoms of plutonium inside the bomb and releasing atomic energy, they produced a blast that was equivalent to 16 kilotons of TNT, obliterating the centre of that Japanese city. This explosion showed that atoms are not indivisible. It proved...

Prakriti

Salutations to you, O Devi Maya, Goddess Narayani, who abides as intelligence within the heart of all beings, giving each living being their own views, their rewards, and final liberation. (Markandeya Purana, 91.8) Srila Sridhar Dev Goswami Maharaj one day recited many parts of the Markandeya Purana, Chapter 85, to me. I was most...

So-Hum

Before the billions of worlds in the stars were forming at the start the power and potential of fire and water was unmanifest. There was no distinction between any positive and negative values. Geometric shapes did not occupy spaces, partition or divide things,...

Sankhya, Yoga and the Upanishads

by Muralidhar Das. Carefully considering the knowledge I received directly from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj, my initiating Guru, I now feel I understand something about the mysterious state of consciousness “I am” that exists inside me, and beyond me. I know that when sleepers awake, the awareness “I am” encounters new landscapes and...

He got her to Tickle his Fancy

ULTIMATUM | TO BN ACHARYA MAHARAJA December 6, 2013 by goswami.  Dear Srila Acharya Maharaja, My dandabat pranam, Forgive my bluntness, but you have run out of time. If I catch your bray, its as follows: You expect the members of the Primary Trust Board to endanger the lives of themselves and their...

Putana, the False Guru and Guardian

By Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada The first act of new-born infant Krishna recorded by the Bhagavatam is the slaying of the demoness Putana. The demoness Putana was deputed by King Kansa to kill all the newborn babies of the realm of Braja where he was informed by the Divine sage Narada that his...