Rupanuga Bhajan Ashram Writings
‘Star of David or Star of Goloka?’ was written by Swami B.G. Narasingha on February 6th 2009. This article explores the Indic origins of what is commonly called the ‘Star of David’ and how this pattern is seen throughout the world.
‘Swastika and Cross’ was written by Swami Bhakti Gaurava Narasingha Maharaja on July 27th 2008. This article examines the origins of the swastika, its use in different cultures around the world and why the sign of the Christian cross is just as controversial, if not more so.
The Mahā-mantra” was written by Swami B.G. Narasiṅgha in 2008. This article explains the history of the Mahā-mantra and the various conceptions of the Mahā-mantra according to the different sampradāyas, including the Madhvas, Rāmānujas, Vallabhas and Nimbārkas.
In this article 'Prabodhānanda and Prakāśānanda' Swami B.V. Giri explores the misconception that the māyāvādī, Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī and the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava ācārya, Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī are one and the same person, and shows through logic and śāstra that this cannot be so.
“The Rāga-Patha is Above All” was written by Swami B.G. Narasingha on May 5th 2008. In this article, Swami Narasingha discusses the verse composed by Śrīla Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, ‘Pūjala rāga-patha gaurava bhaṅge’, its history, meaning and its significance in connection with Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja.
“Jesus as a Perfect Christian” was written by Śrīla Narasiṅgha Mahārāja in March 2008. This article consists of a number of questions and answers concerning Christianity such as ‘where early Christians or Jesus vegetarian?’ and “Was Jesus an incarnation of Brahmā?”
“More on ‘Real Religion is Not Man Made'” was written by Swami B.G. Narasingha in January 2008. This article was a follow-up from Narasingha Maharaja’s previous essay ‘Real Religion is Not Man Made’ after Mahārāja received various questions in regards to Vaiṣṇavism and Christianity.
'Śrīla Purī Gosvāmī's Appearance' is adapted from a class by His Divine Grace Bhakti Gaurava Narasingha Mahārāja on the occasion of Śrīla Bhakti Pramoda Purī Mahārāja's Āvirbhava Mahotsava on 10th October, 2002.
In 'The Self-Defeating Philosophy of Māyāvāda' Gaura Gopāla Dāsa gives a synopsis of the doctrine of Advaitavāda (also known as Māyāvāda) from the time of its conception and shows some of its philosophical flaws.
In “Daiva Varṇāśrama” written in 2007, Śrīla Narasiṅgha Mahārāja explains the difference between daiva-varṇāśrama and asura-varṇāśrama, and how Sarasvatī Ṭhākura conducted his mission based upon daiva-varṇāśrama principles.