Difference between atmarama and aptakama: atmarama is the one who is renounced and satisfied within (Shukadeva Gosvami) and aptakama is the one who lives in a family but is renounced (Janaka Maharaja). When we offer everything to Krishna, we become free from all sins. The symptom of brahma-jnana is having no attachment to anything, and the heart never melts. If brahma-jnanis obtain sadhu-sanga (association with the saint), their hearts will be transformed. Everything transforms when we obtain...
2026, Discourses in English 2026, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2026, Igualada 2026, Spain 2026, Glories of the Holy Names, atmarama: self-satisfied souls (those who are satisfied in the self; liberated persons absorbed in spiritual realization), jnana: brahma-jnana (knowledge of Brahman; realization of the impersonal aspect of the Absolute Truth), renunciation: aptakama ((those whose desires are fulfilled), renunciation: difference between atmarama (self-satisfied souls) and aptakama (those whose desires are fulfilled)