Why doesn’t Krishna Marry Radha? Lust, Adultry, Parakīya, …WTF!?

14 Dec 201614 Dec 2016

People have such a hard time understanding Vrindavana Krishna! Even if they figure out that the specificity of paramātmā is more infinite than the indefinite abstraction of brahman, they still have to figure the mystery…

Seeing God in Front of You

31 Aug 2016

“What happens to a living being,” the king asked sorrowfully, “as their consciousness and cognition decays and shrinks?” “It is so ironic,” the boy said. “By always concentrating on the…

Questions about Radha and Krishna

9 May 20169 May 2016

Question: Did Radharani marry someone else, or are they simply engaged? She is married to Abhimanyu (lit. the "Proud One" or the "Supposed Husband"). Her sister-in-law is Kuṭila (lit. "Crooked", "Fradulent",…

Female Chauvinism in ISKCON

28 Mar 2016

Aren’t you sick of being seen as just a piece of meat? An exploitable toy? I want the Hare Krishnas out of hardcore, and I’ll tell you why: blatant sexism.…

How to Think of Krishna?

16 Feb 201616 Feb 2016

Sri Rupa Goswami advises us how to think of Krishna (Bhakti Rasāmṛta Sindhu 1.2.294) kṛṣṇaṁ smaran janaṁ cāsya preṣṭhaṁ nija-samīhitam tat-tat-kathā-rataś cāsau kuryād vāsaṁ vraje sadā Kṛṣṇaṁ smaran is the first injunction:…

How Can I Give Up LUST? (Is Krishna Lusty?)

26 Jan 201626 Jan 2016

Question: I want to give up lust, but I always have lusty thoughts. How can I renounce lust? My Answer: You ask how it might be possible to renounce lust. It is…

Reincarnation Established by Logic

24 Jan 201624 Jan 2016

In this section of Gita, Krishna establishes reincarnation by way of logic alone, without reference to scripture. Vraja Kishor explains it by reading from his book, A Simple Gita -…

Love is Humility & Desires in Selfless Love

12 Jan 201612 Jan 2016

Question: You've said, "in love, the pleasure comes from humility." Can you explain this more thoroughly? My Answer:  Non-humility means to feel that the self is of central importance. The self,…

Krishna & Sexism

18 Nov 2015

Another big topic in Enquirer #5 was sexism, featured in an article blatantly titled, “Krishna and Sexism.” The article started out by defining sexism as the evaluation of a person’s…