There is an increasingly common tendency to apply the values and structures of modern political life to spiritual life. One of the strangest results is the idea that spiritual truth should somehow be democratic—that everyone’s opinion should carry equal weight and that truth should emerge through consensus.But spiritual truth is not decided by majority vote.If … Continue reading Can Spiritual Truth Be Democratic?

From time to time, one encounters the idea that after Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism was represented primarily by the tradition that would later develop into the Gauḍīya Math.I think it is helpful here to take a somewhat broader look at history.Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left this world in the 16th century. The Gauḍīya Math, particularly … Continue reading The Gauḍīya Math within the Greater Stream of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Tradition