Author: Chaitanya Charan

Do the Anthropic Principle and the multiverse theory make the design argument redundant?

If all three aspects (SAT CIT ANANDA) are present within brahman, why can’t we perceive all of them just within the brahman itself?

Just as one can climb out of a well without a rope using footholds in the wall, can one get liberated without following a valid process?

Mahabharata Characters 12 – Drona 02 – The Teacher’s Tests

If one has devotion, why does one need to count the names of God?

When this world is duhkhalayam why are the distressed only one of the four categories of people coming to Krishna

Isn’t demonisation of the present with its promise of hi-tech paradise necessary to make people seek spiritual happiness?

Mahabharata Characters 16 – Dhritarashtra 02 – How the attached get manipulated

Krishna is most suitable form of God for developing pure love

Mahabharata Characters 11 – Drona 01 – From poverty to power

Demonizing the other doesn’t remove the demons hither

Vishnu Sahasra Nama 15 – Krishna is ever-watching and ever-willing to help

Godless morality is no good

Mahabharata Characters 10 – Bhishma 09 – The Ideal Departure

Vishnu Sahasra Nama 14 – Krishna brings completeness to our existence and our longing for happiness

As India is still receptive to direct devotional preaching and Prabhupada emphasized that, shouldn’t that be our emphasis too?

Islam and Christianity have damaged Vedic culture yet we consider them revealed religions – so are they part of Kali’s plan or have they become distorted over time?

Don’t romanticize the past or demonize the present – utilize whatever is available

Mahabharata Characters 09 – Bhishma 08 – The Grandsire on the arrow bed

The different emphasis of the words “God”, “Lord” and “Krishna”

Govinda Damodara Stotra 1 – When all other shelters fall, Krishna’s shelter remains tall

Try to live naturally

Does the M-theory do away with the need for God, as Stephen Hawking claims in The Grand Design?

How do we respond when prominent scientists like Stephen Hawking write books propounding atheism?

Why do dharma-shastras say that aggressors should be forgiven?

Do the dharma-shastras say aggressors shouldn’t be killed and artha-shastras that they should be killed?

What are dharma-shastra and artha-shastra? How are they different?

Is belief in God a virus of the mind, as atheists claim?

Vishnu Sahasra Nama 12 – Our goal cannot liberate us as long as our desires are bound

Mahabharata Characters 08 – Bhishma 07 – Transcendental devotion amidst violent confrontation

Even those who deny the form of God accept his form

Vishnu Sahasra Nama 13 – The Lord’s shelter never dwindles

Scientism is self-contradictory

Hearing is the way to spiritual learning

Mahabharata Characters 07 – Bhishma 06 – The heartbreaking conflict among loved ones

Balance primary and secondary rules for healthy and happy life

Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 10-11 – The holy name links us to the Supersoul’s purity and guidance

What does it mean to see Krishna everywhere?

Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 8-9 Krishna is the essence of material existence

Mahabharata Characters 06 – Bhishma 05 – The sacrifice of reputation for devotion

Faith in God is man’s common and constant characteristic

Do cultural practices change as per age as does the yuga-dharma?

How do we respond to scientistic fanatics who deny even emotions like happiness?

If we have scriptural knowledge, why do we need science?

Can we be spiritual in an age of science?

Mahabharata Characters 05 – Bhishma 04 – The celibate becomes the match-maker

Do not delay the practice of devotion

I like to chant and meditate on the Supersoul. As that is my nature, can I just do this and not do other devotional activities?

When religions like Buddhism are non-Vedic, how can Veda be the source of all knowledge?

Mahabharata Characters 04 – Bhishma 03 – A test of faith

When science explains planetary motion through gravity, why do we need God to explain it?

When the design argument is so logical, why don’t most people and most scientists accept God’s existence?

Is God improbable because he has to be more complex than his creation and complex things have very low probability of emerging?

Why Caitanya Caritamrita is the authoritative source of Lord Chaitanya’s teachings

When Ramanuja has refuted the design argument, why does Prabhupada use it so extensively?

Why has Ramanuja refuted the design argument in his Vedanta Sutra commentary?

Short introduction to “Fascinating Mahabharata Characters” Course

Revelation is the complement, not the replacement, of reason (Countering Scientism 1)

Mahabharata Characters 03 – Bhishma 02 – The fatal complication

Do religionists become self-centered due to believing that God has a personal relationship with them?

Does religion cause sexual repression?

Vishnu Sahasra Nama Name 5-7 Chanting helps us realize that Krishna is never far away from us

Is it ok to have belief in belief instead of belief in God?

Bhagavatam is the most authoritative scripture

How can we know whether we are using our intelligence in Krishna’s service or are just enjoying Krishna consciousness intellectually?

Isn’t varnashrama based on looking at the harness instead of the horse?

Why was Hiranyakashipu not liberated even after being killed by Narasimhadeva?

Why did Hiranyakashipu let Prahlad return to school after trying to assassinate him?

How can we make our work into worship when it is not according to our nature and is not connected with Krishna?

Kunti’s Prayers 6 (SB 01.08.39-43) – The selflessness of pure devotion

Mahabharata Characters 02 – Bhishma 01 – The fierce vow

Can devotional, non-devotional and anti-devotional cultures be connected with goodness passion and ignorance?

Seek a purpose beyond purposeless material existence

Go beyond the sensory and the mental to the spiritual

Mahabharata Characters 01 – Three understandings of the timeless classic

After devastation, the first life appears in water

How to make our work into worship (Gita 18.44-45) (Hindi)

How etymology conveys the significance of pradakshina

To love means to serve

Should a devotee avoid initiation due to not being able to follow the fourth regulative principle fully?

Service is unavoidable

Pray not for oneness

Was Arjuna’s killing Karna when he was chariot-less not unfair, being against the kshatriya codes?

Won’t the progress of science make the God-of-the-gaps redundant?

Does bringing God into science stop progress as does attributing plague to evil spirits?

Do devotees have to oppose science to be faithful to Prabhupada?

Isn’t it better to be satisfied with the beauty of the garden without imagining a fairy at its bottom?

Prabhupada approves Monier-Williams Sanskrit dictionary

Does Krishna compassionately pull impersonalists from Brahman to Bhagavan?

What is vidvat pratiti? How can it be attained?

Does our seeking end after we find God as the Bible indicates or continue forever as Gaudiya Vaishnavism indicate?

Why do we do pradakshina?

Are Manava seva and Madhava seva like two largely overlapping circles?

Why does Prabhupada translate bhakti in Bhaktirasamritasindhu as ‘devotion’ instead of ‘devotional service’?

Ethics is the basic principle of purification

The scriptural basis for the translation of bhakti as ‘devotional service’ instead of ‘devotion’

Vishnu Sahasra Nama Name 4 Connecting with the controller of time brings life back in control amidst times of chaos

Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 1-3 Realize how the Lord is never far away from us by chanting

Why does Ambarish M consider his wealth to be material when he knows that it can be used in Krishna’s service?

Why does the Bhagavatam, a Vaishnava book, state that Kashi is the greatest of all holy places?