Author: Chaitanya Charan

Transmigration of Soul is Scientific, it is not just a Hindu belief

Satisfy God and You will automatically be Satisfied

Don’t concoct purpose in purposeless material existence

Gita 18.64-78 – The Gita culminates in a call for pure love (Hindi)

Gita 18.40-63 – Bhakti is the spiritual summit that also extends down to wherever we may be (Hindi)

As tapa is not a distinct spiritual path, what does Gita 6.46 tapsvibhyo adhiko yogi refer to?

Why is the flow the Gita verses not given in Prabhupada’s Gita?

How is the car-body analogy a good analogy when the car can’t reproduce and the driver can live independent of the car?

Our endeavor play a part in determining the result, so does endeavoring more make the result more likely?

What is the connection between Gita 6.4 yogarudha stage and 6.5-6 mind’s inimical nature?

Gita 09.14 Strive to show Krishna our desire to break the blockages of contaminations and he will do the magic

Gita 18.29-39 Choose the intelligence, determination and happiness for attaining auspiciousness (Hindi)

SB 01.05.38 The holy name offers us easy accessway to deeper, richer, sweeter Krishna consciousness

With what attitude should we quote new verses or scriptural points apart from those given In Prabhupada’s books?

How can we practically understand the modes influencing us wrt the jnana karma and karta analysis in Gita 18.20-28?

How are the 6 components of action in Gita 18.18 reduced to 3 in Gita 18.19?

Gita 18.13-18.28 – The five factors and the three components of action (Hindi)

Gita 18.01-12 – Don’t garb irresponsibility as renunciation (Hindi)

Gita 17.17-17.28 – Various religions are pathways towards the same sat moutain-peak (Hindi)

Vedic knowledge is infallible, it is given by infallible God himself

While explaining the philosophy we sometimes come up with examples that we not have heard in classes. How can we know whether they are realizations or speculations?

Gita 3.9 enjoins yajna for the satisfaction of Vishnu. Then why does the next section talk about the lower level of karma kanda?

What is the connection between the Gita’s fifth and sixth chapters? Is Gita 6.1 a rejection of jnana-yoga?

Gita 2.38 and 2.48 seem very similar. What is the difference between them?

What is the difference between karma-kanda and sakama karma-yoga? Which does Gita 2.31-37 refer to?

Gita 2.39 is a linking verse. Which sections in the Gita and which levels in the yoga ladder does it link?

Is there any difference between nishkama bhakti and shuddha bhakti?

Do karma-mishra, yoga-mishra, jnana-mishra bhakti come under sakama bhakti?

Gita 17.07-16 – Understanding food, sacrifice and austerity from material and transcendental perspectives (Hindi)

Gita 16.13-17.06 – Demoniac mentality in today’s society (Hindi)

Gita 15.15-16.12 – Purushottama – the highest reality and the qualities that define our natures (Hindi)

Gita 15.01-14 – Understanding material existence metaphorically and philosophically (Hindi)

Gita 14.06-27 – Understanding and transcending the modes (Hindi)

God cannot be formless, that would make him incomplete

Yajna Means Work for Vishnu

What is the mechanism of memory recollection? What is the Supersoul’s role in it?

Gita 13.30-14.05 – Jnana Chakshu and the reality of dreams (Hindi)

How can advanced devotees be both transcendental to material pains and still sensitive to others’ material pains?

The Son of the Sun – Part 3

How important is it for devotee-couples to follow the Vedic model for gender roles in their relationship?

The Amish and the practicality of varnashrama in today’s world

Gita 05.20 – The holy name connects us with spiritual reality and protects us from being overwhelmed by material reality

Bhaktisiddhanta S T appearance – Faithfulness to tradition includes faithfulness to the tradition’s flexibility

Aspire to get out of the Prison, not to get a better cell within the Prison

Gita 13.18-29 – How the purusha gets bound by prakriti (Hindi)

SB 01.05.36 – Chanting integrates the inner devotion and the outer service dimensions of devotional service

Gita 18.73 – Persistence on our part attracts Krishna’s mercy, unleashing the magic of the holy name

Gita 18.78 – Spiritual success is sure for the determined chanter

God is simultaneously identical with His creation and yet exists in His completeness

Gita 13.08-17 – Understanding jnana and jneya (Hindi)

Mahabharata Wisdom 2 – Karna 1 – Past life karma comes as this life’s problems (Hindi)

Want to become Deathless? Take the “Back to Godhead” treatment

SB 01.05.35 – Knowledge will emerge from devotion – focus on chanting

SB 01.05.34 – The very action that causes bondage brings liberation when there is change of intention

If one’s nature doesn’t change even after purification then how is a pure devotee transcendental?

When we become purified does the predominant mode of the mind change?

How are the living symptoms of consciousness manifestations of the subtle body as the Gita 13.6-7 purport says?

Gita 13.01-07 – Overview of chps 1-12 and understanding Kshetrajna & Kshetra – Hindi

Litmus test of a Religious person

Doesn’t the idea that the infant suffers in the womb deny the glory of the mother’s love in caring for her infant?

Is rape always motivated by lust? Or is it due to the hunger for power as sociologists say?

When the mahaprasad of devotees is so glorious, why are we discouraged from taking it during our regular interactions with other devotees?

Should a devotee be eager to die, as Kulakshekhar Maharaj’s prayer says?

When we face unexpected and big problems, does that meant God is angry with us?

According to Krishna, which is more important – karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga or both?

Can you explain clearly the role of mind, intelligence and consciousness in the path from impulse to intent?

Do our impulses come from outside us or inside us?

Is karma yoga practical when even the people for whom we sacrifice consider it insane?

Why does the Bhagavatam say that we shouldn’t endeavor even for our necessities?

If people in Dwapara Yuga were ten times bigger, why don’t we see such fossils?

Are our senses actually defective or do we just have to be alert while taking in sense information?

If the demigods are not Krishna’s competitors, why do they compete with him as in Govardhan lila?

Why did Draupadi insult Duryodhana when he fell in the Maya sabha by saying ‘andhe ka beta andha’?

What should a devotee do on being overcome by temptation?

Don’t avoid religion just because it has been misused

The Son of the Sun – Part 2

Preach about Krishna for Krishna

SB 01.05.33 – Chanting appears ordinary but is extraordinary – see with the eyes of knowledge

SB 01.05.32 – The holy name is a potent medicine – focus on its potency not on its taste or on our guilt

Another meaning of the word yoga is “plus”

Special lecture on Valentine’s Day

SB 01.05.31 – Cultivate knowledge to stimulate devotion

SB 01.05.30 Look forward to the holy name’s daily parting gift of strength and taste

How to quickly dry up an ocean of tears?

SB 01.05.29 – Use the power of goodness for self-propulsion in devotion

Lord Nityananda’s mercy: The magnitude, the motivation and the magic

SB 01.05.28 – Gain confidence about chanting’s presently unverified potency by meditating on its verified potency

SB 01.05.27 – Taste for Krishna comes by using the gross and subtle bodies in his service and it helps us use those bodies for the perfect purpose

SB 01.05.27 – Persist prayerfully in mind control while the holy name does mind conversion

What is the most wonderful thing in this world?

The Son of the Sun – Part 1

A man without aim is ship without rudder

When our senses are designed by God and they are defective, doesn’t that make God’s design defective?

Is our memory a manifestation of our mind, intelligence or soul?

What is the Vedic perspective of godless religions like Jainism and Buddhism whose followers still live good lives?

How can we understand scientific concepts like space and time from the Vedic perspective?

Mahabharata wisdom 1 – Ashwatthama – Beware of the temptation to punish (Hindi)

SB 01.05.26 – The holy name offers the same potent mercy as the mahaprasad of the Vaishnavas

How is the Gita 4.9 the essence of the Bhagavad-gita?

God helps those who help themselves