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    Modern Warfare and Kshatriya Duty Through the Lens of the Mahabharata.Nikolai Karpitsky - 2023 - Journal of Vaishnava Studies 31 (2):57–71.
    The article raises the question of the contemporary Gaudiya-vaishnava adherent’s attitude towards the war and kshatriya duty. It analyses the ways Vaishnavas from Ukraine, Russia and India perceive Russia’s war against Ukraine and kshatriya duty in the context of understanding the holy war in the Mahabharata and Krishna’s instructions about duty of kshatriya in Bhagavad-gita. There are four types of symbolic correlation of modern war with the events of the Mahabharata: religious, mythological, ideological, and ethical. The differences between them have (...)
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  2. Bhaktivinoda Thakur in modern rational criticism of traditional beliefs.Yulia Fil & Nikolai Karpitsky - 2021 - Ad Verbum (Literally) (2):65–84.
    The article deals with the relationship between faith and rational knowledge in modern Gaudiya Vaishnavism. It is shown that the position of modern Vaishnavas regarding revelation and critical knowledge is defined in the books of the reformer of Gaudiya Vaishnavism Bhaktivinoda Thakur. The positions of modern teachers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism – Bhaktivendanta Sadhu Swami and Dandi Maharaja are explained, the importance of their position for the development of interreligious dialogue in modern conditions is shown. The points of contact between Gaudiya (...)
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  3. The asymmetric dialectics in ISKCON tradition.Nikolai Karpitsky - 2021 - In До 150-річчя від дня народження академіка А. Ю. Кримського: матеріали Міжнародної наукової конференції (Київ, 19–20 жовтня 2021 року). Odessa, Ukraine: pp. 207-216.
    The academic approach involves a critical attitude towards the sacred text and comparative work with interpretations emerging in other traditions. However, ISKCON Vaishnava literature is based on the authority of spiritual teachers. This creates a barrier between secular scholars and Vaishnavas, so ISKCON needs its philosophy with the system of concepts, methods, and principles of critical thinking to overcome this barrier. The first attempt to create such a philosophy was undertaken by Vaisnava sanyasi Bhaktivedanta Sadhu Swami, the author of the (...)
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  4. Experiencing the integrity of life as experience of world in man's existence.Nikolai Karpitsky - 2006 - Philosophy Pathways 118.
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