Gradations of Prema
Question: In his tika on Ujjvala Nilamani 8.137 Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur appears to grade the prema of five groups of sakhis with the parama-prestha sakhis having the best prema for Radha Krsna. Both they and the priya-sakhis are said to have greater prema than the prema of the prana and nitya-s ...
Varnashrama and Individual Nature
Question: I am reading “The Yoga of Dejection” again. On page 153, when answering a question about varnasrama, you say: “Aptitudes can be ascertained by studying the genes of the students.” This doesn’t sit well with me as this is eugenics, which is something with which ...
Happiness and Suffering
Question: Is there any difference between the happiness and distress caused by karma and the happiness and distress that are caused by the Lord’s mercy in terms of “sense” or the “taste” level of that experience? On the “cause and effect” level, you have already explained that non-devo ...
What Are Offenses?
Question: What are offenses? Answer: Offenses are the activities which are against devotion. We have a list of them. It is important to avoid them because they are detrimental to one’s progress in devotion. Question: Do the offences only affect the devotees or also non-devotees? Answer: Both d ...
Questions on Indian Schools of Philosophy
Question: I found your article on the Indian Schools of Philosophy very interesting and I have some questions for you. Did the six darshans evolve from one another? Or did they evolve or manifest separately? Answer: They did not evolve from one another but independently. Of course, during their ev ...
