Gaur Purnim Reflections 2010
The day started out with a tsunami warning which is part of the reason we live 1,000 feet above sea level. Some of our friends with their coastal homes were evacuated. Our trip to Hilo was cancelled. Thankfully, the tsunami fizzled.
After dinner, Jahnava and I drove down to the Kalapana coast and walked across massive [...]
An Historical Introduction to Erotic Spirituality
Here is the introduction to my next book, Universalist Radha-Krishnaism: A Spirituality of Natural Devotion, in PDF format: erotic-spirituality
What I Say
Here’s something for those of you who understand the language of music: what-i-say
Tantric Radha-Krishna Devotion
In his book Sacred Sexuality, Georg Feuerstein explains:
“Whereas mainstream Hinduism tends toward puritanism and life-negating asceticism, the culture of the Vedic tribes of circa 1500 to 1000 B.C. was clearly life-affirmative and sex-positive. They loved music, dance, and gambling, were not at all averse to inebriation, and prayed for a hundred years life on Earth, [...]
Chaitanya on Panentheism
In the Chaitanya Charitamrita (2.8.226-27 & s 52) Prabhu replies to Ramanand, “The mahabhagavata looks at animate and inanimate objects, and everywhere is the glowing of Sri Krishna. They look at animate and inanimate objects, but do not see those images; rather everywhere they see the blossoming of their own ista-deva. ‘He who sees his [...]
The Daily Meditation
I have posted ❦ “The Daily Meditation” (PDF) on stevebohlert.com. This is a draft of my adaptation of Radha-Krishna’s pastimes drawn from Krishnahnika Kaumudi and Bhavanasar Sangraha. It is the final chapter of my upcoming Universalist Radha-Krishnaism: A Spirituality of Natural Devotion. Read it here.
A spiritual journey from Sunol to Oregon, Berkeley, the Midwest and Hawaii
I love the sweet smell of Kilkare Woods. It signals my re-entry to Sunol. Twenty-three years ago, I pried myself away from here and my position as editor of the Sunolian. I now live in a yurt in the Hawaiian rain forest. A personal journey by Geraldine Baldassarre.
Steve Bohlert to Address Unitarians
Steve Bohlert will speak on his new book, Universalist Radha-Krishnaism: A Spirituality of Liberty, Truth, and Love at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Puna, in the Kea’au Eagles Hall (across from the Humane Society on Hwy 130), at 10:15 am, Sunday, January 17th. After the talk, there will be discussion.
A Review of Universalist Radha-Krishnaism
A Review of Universalist Radha-Krishnaism
by Daniel Clark–longtime Radha-Krishna devotee
It’s evident the book is a product of a lifetime-to-date of experience and contemplation. Steve, you’ve put not just your thoughts, but your entire self on the pages. As a personalist should. Thank you for not hiding behind words.
I hope everyone who is or was a “Hare [...]
My Initiations
Since the question of my initiation has come up again, let me tell you a little story about myself by way of analogy. In 1976, I received an unaccredited BA in General Studies through Study of Religion and the Whole from Paideia, a university-without-walls in San Francisco. This was based on my experience with ISKCON [...]
