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Who is more important than God?

Who is more important than God?

guru govinda dono khaḍe, kāke lāgū pāya balihārī guru āapane, govinda diyo milāya In this verse, Saint Kabir asks “God and Guru are standing before me. Whom should I first pay my respects to?” And he answers, “I will first pay my respects to the Guru, for he is the...

Why Should We Trust the Scriptures?

Why Should We Trust the Scriptures?

As we embark or progress on the spiritual path, there is a desire to become more knowledgeable about this subject. To learn about a topic, we usually follow any combination of three avenues. First, we try to learn through self-effort by reading and researching the topic ourselves. Second, we ask...

Obstacles to Surrender

Obstacles to Surrender

The topic of surrender has been explained in various scriptures and was most recently covered in our blog titled “What does it mean to Surrender?” The surrender of the Gopis of Braj was such that even Shree Krishna longed for their footdust! How can we get any where close to...

Knowledge and Wisdom – Bhagavad Gita

Knowledge and Wisdom – Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita, a treasure trove of spiritual knowledge, is one of the most widely translated books around the world. It forms a portion of the great Indian epic, the Mahabharat, written by Sage Vyasa and captures the instruction of Shri Krishna to Arjun on the battle field of Kurukshetra....

Akrura’s Meeting with Sri Krishna

Akrura’s Meeting with Sri Krishna With his heart full of excitement and anticipation, Akrura arrived in his chariot in Vrindavan to meet his darling Sri Krishna for the very first time.  Even though Akrura was Krishna’s uncle by virtue of being Vasudeva’s cousin, he considered himself to...

Ramayana – Why did Sati test Lord Rama?

The Ramayana, first written by Sage Valmiki, has withstood the test of time and proven itself one of the greatest epics ever written. The Ram Katha(story) appears as a series of dialogues – between Maharishi Yagyavalkya and Maharishi Bharadwaj, between Lord Shiv and Parvati, and finally between Kag Bhushundi and...

A Gopi’s Love for Shri Krishna

A Gopi’s Love for Shri Krishna

A Gopi’s Love for Shri Krishna Sharad Poornima is celebrated on the full moon night of the Hindu lunar month of Ashwin. It was on this day that the Gopis of Vrindavan earned the grace of Lord Krishna by overlooking society’s disdain on them and offered their unalloyed...

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