The Lord grants shakti to a jiva who is qualified to assume an important post. How a jiva becomes Brahma.
About Siva-tattva: The Sastras also say that he is jiva-tattva and visnu-tattva; the Lord personally assumes the post of Brahma and Siva when no jiva is qualified.
About the difference between Mayavadis and Brahmavadis.
About the samadhi attained by the practice of Patanjali’s Astanga Yoga and the samadhi attained by the practice of Vaisnavas.
The definition of brahma-jnanis.
PART 1 The Vedic Trinity: Brahma, Visnu and Siva. Siva’s lila with Daksa, his proud and envious father-in-law. Sati Devi’s sad lila going to her father Daksa’s fire ceremony even though she was uninvited, and the painful insults she heard her father utter against Siva. About the lila in which Lord Visnu cut Sati Devi’s self-incinerated body with the Sudarsana-cakra and the 51 areas that became sacred when those parts fell on the soil of India. Story of Parvati and...
PART 1 The Madhurya Kadambini sheds light on Siva-tattva. Explanation of two types of Brahma: Vairaja Brahma (jiva-koti-brahma/jiva-tattva) and Hiranyagarbha Brahma (Isvara-koti-brahma/Isvara-tattva). When a jiva attains the qualification for the Brahma position, he receives sakti from the Lord to be able to assume the function of creation. A funny story of how the proud Brahma sent a letter of resignation to Lord Visnu. The jiva who performs perfectly in the Brahma position attains the Siva...
The qualification to get the position of Brahma and Shiva. Number of qualities of a jiva, Shiva, Vishnu, Rama and Krishna. A funny story about how a foreigner in India mistook the fireflies for mosquitoes that were looking for him with torches to drink his blood. Shiva is called Shankara because his tattva is mixed (not fully jiva-tattva and not fully vishnu-tattva). Lila of a small boy standing on shiva-lingam and getting the position of Kuvera by Shiva. Shiva is easily pleased and easily gets...
Shiva means auspiciousness. Shiva is the original name of Krishna. Krishna and Radha gave Their names to demigods. Sometimes people get confused about shiva-tattva. Lila: Bhrigu Rishi is investigating who is the best devata: Brahma, Shiva or Vishnu. Song: Tumi Sarveshvareshvara. Bhagavan is the only one Absolute Truth. Don’t chant Shiva aham (I am Shiva), otherwise a big problem will come. 12 mahajanas. Verse: svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ… (SB 6.3.20). Why the devotees of Shiva are rich...
Gurudeva meets many devotees who first received him in London in 1997. Gurudeva declares that his heart is filled with joy at the memory of the meetings where he was always received with great kindness and affection. About Isvari Puri Pada, a prominent disciple of Madravendra Puri Pada. Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, in the Caitanya Caritamrta, explains that the first sprout of prema manifested in the heart of Madravendra Puri Pada and that this prema actually comes from Srimati Radhika...