Author: Chaitanya Charan

What exactly is vrtti?

Are the intelligence and ego just transformations of the mind or are they constitutionally different?

What does vikalpa mean in the mind’s sanklpa-vikalpa?

Srimad Bhagavad-gita-mahatmyam  THE GLORY OF SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA  from Sri Vaisnaviya-tantra-sara

Mahabharata characters 63 Duryodhana 2 Krishna’s magnanimity vs Duryodhna’s obstinacy

Mahabharata characters 62 Duryodhana 1 The humiliator is humiliated

How contemplating controversy can take us towards Krishna

Avoid criticism that creates enmity

Mahabharata characters 61 Draupadi 2 Exemplary devotion amidst tribulation

Transcend anxiety by avoiding partisanship

The ocean of mercy is eminently worthy of mastery

Mahabharata characters 60 Draupadi 1 Responding to vice with virtue

Mahabharata characters 59 – Sahadeva – Using intelligence in the service of dharma

Even offenders should chant

Scientism fosters not respect for science, but disrespect for humanity

Mahabharata characters 58 – Nakula – Sustaining unity amidst individuality

Association is like a crystal stone

Mahabharata characters 57 – Arjun 20 – World conquest for Ashwamedha-yajna

Simple process, supreme benefit

Is the Gita’s teaching that women are sinful resposible for female infanticide?

While writing articles should we write about topics connected with our personal lives or about unconnected topics?

Mahabharata characters 56 – Arjuna 19 – The difficult disciplining of Ashvatthama

Practice yoga by bringing the mind on Krishna repeatedly

Devotion leads to virtue

Mahabharata characters 55 – Arjuna 18 – The final battle with Karna

Scientism makes it impossible for us to be scientific

Four kinds of faith

Elevate one’s mode by intelligence and guidance

Should the gold in temples be used for social development?

Mahabharata characters 54 – Arjun 17 – Devotional surrender amidst mixed feelings at Drona’s death M

Does ISKCON have a phobia for the tenth canto? (Bhagavatam 10.47.28)

Why did Bhima kill Duryodhana unfairly by hitting him below the waist during their final battle in the Mahabharata war?

Is scriptural knowledge needed only when devotion is dilute and not when devotion is pure?

Is experience a pramana if one’s experience contradicts scripture?

Mahabharata characters 53 – Arjuna 16 – Racing against time with the Lord of time

Doubting in the beginning is a sign of intelligence

Not all piety is fortunate – strive for spiritual piety

Mahabharata characters 52 – Arjuna 15 – Breaking through the wall of the Kaurava forces

SB 10.47.28 – The holy name is the essence of Krishna’s confidential message of love

Mahabharata characters 51 – Arjuna 14 – Besting the fearsome elephant and the formidable elephant wa

Bhagavatam first canto study 1 – 1.1.1 – The Attributes of the Absolute Truth

Faithful devotion attracts blessings

Is God hard of hearing that his devotees need to chant his names loudly?

If Krishna’s ultimate instruction is to give up all duties for surrendering to him why shouldn’t everyone join the temple?

Is Krishna omninpresent as his energy or personally as the Supersoul?

If the Supersoul is present in all atoms and the space between them, what is special about the Superoul in our heart?

What happens to the Supersoul after death and after liberation?

Is the Supersoul actually expanded in every heart or is it an appearance of expansion?

Different religions arise from varying faiths in the modes

Mahabharata characters 50 – Arjuna 13 – Battling and serving the beloved grandsire

Do the scriptures treat women as the property of men?

How do we deal with people’s fear that ISKCON preachers will make ours sons into brahmacharis?

What is wrong with worship of devatas if one understands them to be devotees of Krishna?

How do we reconcile different Puranic versions of the origin of Lord Shiva?

How do we know whether we desire to preach for fame or for pleasing Krishna?

Experience confirms scripture, thus providing the highest pramana

Why is Krishna worshiped in North India in intimate mood and Vishnu worshiped in South India in reverential mood?

Mahabharata characters 49 – Arjuna 12 – The Gita goes far beyond violence to transcendence

Can grihasthas who want to preach make preaching as their source of livelihood?

The religious rural culture of India is being replaced by materialisitc culture. What can we do to counter this?

Should we preach to make people ISKCON devotees or to make them better human beings?

How can we understand which mode we are in?

How can we stay in the mode of goodness?

If one doesnt practice raganuga bhakti then how will one get the realizations needed to return to our svarupa?

Does one have to practice raganuga bhakti to go BTG or is just departing in devotional circumstances enough

Hearing Krishna’s pastimes with the gopis is said to remove lust, but it often induce lust. How do we understand

Why does the mind develop bad habits more easily than good habits?

Mahabharata characters 48 – Arjuna 11 – The divine heart calls the human heart to the path of love

Mahabharata Characters 47 – Arjuna 10 – Arguments against and for fighting in the Gita

Mahabharata Characters 46 – Arjuna 09 – Choose Krishna over the world

Mahabharata Characters 45 – Arjuna 08 – The stunning victory at Virata

Mahabharata Characters 44 – Arjuna 07 – Singlehanded triumph over the Nivatkavachas and Kalakanyas

Mahabharata Characters 43 – Arjuna 05 – Heaven hath no fury like a woman scorned

Ratha-Yatra – When the Lord comes out, let’s invite him in

Mahabharata Characters 42 – Arjuna 05 – Austerity and audacity for the pleasure of Lord Shiva

Mahabharata Characters 41 – Arjuna 04 – All the gods bested at Khandava

Mahabharata Characters 40 – Arjuna 03 – The match made with Krishna as the matchmaker

Meditation on Bhaktivinoda Thakura pranama mantra

Mahabharata Characters 39 – Arjuna 02 – Accepting exile to honour virtue

Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contributions 4 – The Eastern Savior offers the zenith of religious experience among all the world’s religions

Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contributions 3 – The sara-grahi redefinition of Panchopasana as progressive modes of comprehending the divine

Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contributions 2 – See the unity of purpose underlying the diversity of religions

Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contributions 1 – Let faith and reason remove the mosses of illusion

Mahabharata Characters 38 – Arjuna 01 – Diligence is essential for attaining excellence

Doesn’t religious violence disprove the existence of God?

Is Deity worship needed only for neophyte devotees who can’t see Krishna in the heart?

How can we overcome the tendency to take the association of devotees for granted?

What is the difference between bhara-vahi and sara-grahi Vaishnavas?

Are we compromising when we use mild words like outreach instead of Prabhupada’s standard words like preaching?

Jagannatha Ashtakam 8 – The end of all desires except the desire to serve is the end of material existence

Jagannatha Ashtakam 7 – A glimpse of the supreme indestructible rasa removes all taste for destructible things

Jagannatha Ashtakam 6 – The rasanandi Lord relishes the highest ananda through the highest rasa reciprocated with his highest devotee

Jagannatha Ashtakam 5 – The Ratha Yatra festival offers affectionate service in the association of those with intense devotion

Mahabharata Characters 37 – Bhima 07 – Draupadi’s dishonorers destroyed

Selecting our association without being judgmental or offensive

Mahabharata Characters 36 – Bhima 06 – Bhima decimates the Kauravas in the war’s first sixteen days

Jagannatha Ashtakam 4 – The Lord of the Universe is glorified by the whole universe

Jagannatha Ashtakam 3 – The difference in the sequences of designation and depiction of the Deities

Jagannatha Ashtakam 2 – Spiritual vision goes beyond abstraction to transcendental specification

Jagannatha Ashtakam 1 – The supreme love transcends worldly concerns and genders