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Synthesis between philosophy and pastimes in Krishna Conscious practice
Recently, during a Bhagavatam class at Bhakti Center, a devotee asked a nice question that I tried to answer. My answer was well-received...
Jitendra Savanur
Mar 42 min read
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Thinking of resuming to write to this blog
I had started this blog during COVID as a way to express myself during all the free time that I had working from home. But today, the...
Jitendra Savanur
Feb 241 min read
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Mukti Redefined
Suffering the pangs of material struggle, we all yearn for respite. The Vedas talk about four purusharthas or human objectives: dharma,...
Jitendra Savanur
May 28, 20204 min read
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From Rejection to Reconciliation (Introduction and Part 1)
Introduction When faced with apparently contradicting thoughts, most of us try to accept one and reject the others as being false. And we...
Jitendra Savanur
May 13, 20202 min read
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When God Offers a Discount
An offer too good to refuse In the retail industry, a tremendous amount of planning and strategy is involved in pricing products. Using...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 27, 20204 min read
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Degree Matters, but only to Some Degree
The Modern Education System Albert Einstein had said, “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learnt in school.”...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 19, 20206 min read
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Poem: Look Within, O Mind!
(Musings with my mind amidst the coronavirus lockdown) Your merry rides have been thwarted, Your house has been fenced, Amazing you are,...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 13, 20201 min read
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Screenless Chanting
(This article was inspired by conversations with my mentor, HG Mukundanand Das) Nothing in the world today enamors us as much as...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 13, 20205 min read
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Where Participation is Victory
(This article was inspired by conversations with my mentor, HG Mukundanand Das) A passionate athlete that I was during my school days, I...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 13, 20205 min read
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Joy of Devotion
On August 13th 1965, an elderly man, seventy years old, was boarding a cargo ship headed to the United States. Very few people, one or...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 13, 20204 min read
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From Four Arms to Four Legs: a Tale of Spiritual Devolution
(This article was inspired by conversations with my mentor, HG Mukundanand Das) Seeing terrible looking beings trying to drag him away,...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 13, 20205 min read
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Poem: Prayers to Lord Chaitanya
Amidst a drought of pure devotion, You appeared in your form like molten gold, Hearing the pleas of your great devotee advaita, You saved...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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Poem: The Vedic Oasis
(Dedicated to HG Radheshyam Pr, who gifted the youth of today the much needed Jet-age gurukul, Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture and...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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Poem: The Commander-in-Chief
(Dedicated to His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who brought the gift of Krishna Consciousness to the entire world) He...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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Poem: Boon in a Bane
Gone are the days of morality and peace, Enjoyment the focus, on an exponential increase, The door of mind being dangerously ajar, Every...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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Saffronized Marriage
“Ha, a brahmacäré color for a marriage ceremony!” I remarked when I saw sheets of cloth with various shades of saffron lying in front of...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 12, 20204 min read
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Timelessness of Krishna’s timely guidance
Krishna’s timely guidance refers to His speaking the Bhagavad Gita to enlighten a distraught and nonplussed Arjuna. Of course, there are...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 12, 20206 min read
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Rise in Life, By Falling in Love with Krishna
We may be great men in the eyes of the world, yet our heart longs to be with our loved ones. We may have the whole world at our beck and...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 12, 20203 min read
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Poem: HEED THE PURE SOUL
For unceasing glories, continues my toil, The toil that results, in but endless turmoil... Glories come and go, but greed likes to stay,...
Jitendra Savanur
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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