-Question 4) How do we transcend Maya? -Any spiritual person may be a teacher. The sincerity of the disciple makes all of the difference. -The story of Nachiketa in the Katha Upanishad is used to explain the evolution of spiritual life. -The conflict between the mind and the intellect needs to...

-As we evolve in spiritual life, the direction is from the gross to the subtle, from the many to one, and from mechanical rituals to inner experience. In answer to the second question, the three stages in the evolution of a devotee are explained. -In Vedanta, God and creation are realized to be...

-The Srimad Bhagavata Purana is as sacred as the Bhagavad Gita, as authentic as the Vedas themselves, and as metaphysically deep as the Upanishads. -Vyasa says that the Vedas (shruti) take precedence over the Smrti, which in turn take precedence over the Puranas such as the Srimad Bhagavata...