Pantheism is the primary way to see God▪︎ No one sees God in person or directly ▪︎ Seeing by the eyes or the ears? ▪︎ Monotheism is a myth. "The Supreme Lord is understood in two features — impersonal and personal. If one considers the Supreme Personality of Godhead in both features, he can actually understand the Absolute Truth. He k

"For the Jews, God creates an imperfect world; it is up to man to perfect it, hence the idea of progress and free choice. There is no determined archetype." I wrote this reflection while reading a book on the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. That was his thought. There are two postures to action defended by the vaishnavas; that of the kitten which the

Vedic Enquirer's forum was created in 2020. Its purport was to bring awareness regarding pedophiles harassing children in ISKCON and to denounce them. To the great despair of the participants, many among them having been victims in their childhood, these vicious and criminal activities are still present in ISKCON. And, as is often the case in this

Is there any benefit to see the future through the lens of astrology? What is the pertinence these days of reading destiny through the stars? The more time passes, the less we believe in it. At the end of the 70s, being a brahmacari dreaming of marriage, like several of my godbrothers, and finding the situation difficult, the choice for finding a p

Where I draw attention to Arab philosophy ▪︎ Srila Prabhupada depends on his followers for the content of Western philosophy ▪︎ Did Spinoza believe in God? ▪︎ Garuda das, a disciple of Prabhupada, believes in free choice. ▪︎ Attachment to Krishna and the origin of the soul ▪︎ Prabhupada's determinism. As it is my first blog post

Gurus make also mistakes ▪︎ Paramatma is not eternal ▪︎ Self-censorship▪︎ Ritvik and guru. Looking back after so long since Prabhupada disappearance, it is clear that some of his instructions did not turn out to be the right thing to do, and others remain confusing. They nevertheless serve as essential references to the institution, and

If the guru tells his disciple to throw himself off the cliff, Krishna will protect him, the disciple should do so without questioning or doubting him. That is the meaning of an advanced and faithful devotee according to scriptures. At night, it is difficult to distinguish a rope from a snake. I vaguely remember a discussion where Prabhupada explai

How to become a philosopher or a scientist ▪︎ Staying away from utopia or sahajya ▪︎ Krishna speaks only to pure devotee. Srila Prabhupada insists and is repeating it two times in a row: "This is the greatest contribution of Srila Rupa Gosvami: how to become a devotee. It is not sentiment; it is science. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movem

Response to a letter from a Gaudhya vaishnava devotee▪︎ Imitation is not the goal▪︎ Srimati Radharani's pure love▪︎ Sahajya▪︎ “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠

My thesis on instincts ▪︎ Invention and discovery are not the same ▪︎ Srila Prabhupada's Trojan horse: Darwin’s theory ▪︎ Taking the bull by the horns ▪︎ It is philosophy as Prabhupada liked it ▪︎ Everything comes from India ▪︎ Greeks and Romans disputes on cherries ▪︎ Adishekar das, sankirtana leader for French Yatra