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Re: [Sadhu Sanga] Paper Refuting Darwinism Published in Journal 'Communicative & Integrative Biology'

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The Author is having an extraordinary conversation with God. This piece in an excerpt from his interaction with God on renunciation, which is similar to what Krishna explains to Arjuna throughout the Gita and again in Chapter 18..
I would like to share this with readers here and would appreciate their views on the same;
 "Man: Is renunciation a part of the truly spiritual life?
 God: "Yes, because ultimately all Spirit renounces what is not real, and nothing in the life you lead is real, save your relationship with Me. Yet renunciation in the classic sense of self-denial is not required.
 
A true Master does not “give up” something. A true Master simply sets it aside, as he would do with anything for which he no longer has any use. There are those who say you must overcome your desires. I say you must simply change them. The first practice feels like a rigorous discipline, the second, a joyful exercise.
 
There are those who say that to know God you must overcome all earthly passions. Yet to
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Yagna or Sacrifice is the means to realize God. There are many types of Yagnas. Some of them include - meditation on the form of the Lord, fire sacrifice, study of the scriptures, deity-worship, sacrifice of material possessions and sacrifice of individual sense pleasures.

 

The sacrifice specifically recommended in Kali Yuga - is the chanting of the names of God.

1) Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita - Yagnanam japo yagno'smi.

"Of all the sacrifices, I am the chanting of the Holy Name."

2) The Bhagavata Purana states: ....Kalau tad dhari kritanad.

"In Kali Yuga the sacrifice recommended is the chanting of the Holy Name.

3) The Brhad Naradiya Purana states: Harer Nama Harer Nama Hare Namaiva kevalam, Kalau nasty Kalau nasty Kalau nasty eva gatir anyatha.

"There is no other way, There is no other way, There is no other way in Kali Yuga - other than chanting the Holy Name, chanting the Holy Name, chanting the Holy Name."

 

We may chant any bonafide name of God. All the names of God hav

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Sakhya or Madhurya

Q & A with Swami B. V. Tripurari

"Despite the objective superiority of gopi-bhava, the venerable
Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami makes it clear the best rasa is the one
that is subjectively best for each devotee."

Q. While you believe that Srila Prabhupada is in sakhya-rasa, these
words from his commentary on Sri Caitanya-caritamrita (Madhya 11.31)
indicate to me that he must be in madhurya-rasa.

"There are different types of devotees--those in the santa-rasa
(neutrality), dasya-rasa (servitude), sakhya-rasa (friendship),
vatsalya-rasa (parental affection), and madhurya-rasa (conjugal love).
Although all the rasas are on the transcendental platform,
madhurya-rasa is the supreme transcendental mellow. Consequently, it is
concluded that the worship of devotees engaged in the Lord's service in
madhurya-rasa is the supreme spiritual activity. Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu and his followers mainly worship Lord Krishna in
madhurya-rasa. . . . It is he only who distributed love

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