Essays
Reading the chart into the everyday
Short essays that begin from an ordinary modern moment and think it through with the Goloka Chart's own vocabulary and the Gauḍīya tradition's reading.
The way back is not a distance
On a bad day you can feel entirely reducible to your job, your record, the things you own. The Goloka Chart is a map of a return — and the first thing it says about that return is that it does not go anywhere.
Last reviewed 7 September 2026 · 5 min read
The boat on the water
You lost your temper over something small, and knew even as it happened that the small thing was not the cause. A verse in the Bhagavad-gītā describes that exact moment — and the chart has a place for it.
Last reviewed 6 September 2026 · 4 min read