Author: Chaitanya Charan

Ganga Sagara Mela – Cherish austerity done for a noble cause

Makara Sankranti – Harmonize with the cosmic movements to move from darkness towards light

SB 01.05.19 – We can’t avoid being haunted – so better to be haunted by the higher taste than the lowe taste

As we wouldn’t chant “Papa, papa” if we wanted a chocolate from our father, why should we chant “Krishna, Krishna” if we want something from him?

Is religion meant to teach us to love God or to fear God?

SB 01.05.18 – Using dharma to get that which one can get otherwise underutilizes dharma

Is religion made by man or by God?

What is the definition of religion?

SB 01.05.17 Unsuccessful para dharma is far superior to successful apara dharma

SB 01.05.16 – Progression can become a regression if there is no knowledge of destination

Does God help atheists and oppose godmen, as OMG depicts?

Do we need middlemen to approach God?

Role of religious leaders in taking India forward

SB 01.05.15 Don’t use license to rationalize for staying at the material level

SB 01.05.14 Don’t let material sounds aggravate the mind’s oscillatory tendency – let spiritual sounds minimize it

SB 01.05.13 All good qualifications attain perfection when used for the supremely good purpose of glorifying the all-good Lord

Is ignorance a thing? What does “ignorance is nothing but the absence of knowledge” mean?

Is chanting 16 rounds practical for an engineering student (or for anyone in our fast-paced times)?

Doesn’t technology save lives? Casualties in USA are less than in India due to disaster predictors.

If serving the Lord is more important than serving parents, why did Pundalika keep Vitthal waiting?

Are spiritualists seeking a soul driving the brain like illiterates seeking a horse driving a car?

The transcendental is not meant to gratify the physical and the mental

Why are we bound to certain patterns of thinking? Doesn’t that make us like pre-programmed robots?

Why do so many saints from so many traditions desire to merge with the Absolute Truth?

When the Gita instructs sarva dharman parityajya why does a devotee need to perform apara dharma?

SB 01.05.12 – Cultivate conscientious concentration by contemplating the valuelessness of everything else

How Vedanta makes the transcendental accessible

Don’t try to imprison the transcendental in the sensual

Jiva Goswami – Scholarship perfected in the service of pure devotion

Jagadish Pandita – The Lord reciprocates wonderfully with the desire to serve

Is teaching children about religion before they can think on their own child abuse?

SB 01.05.11 – Those who let the peripheral distract them from the central live at the periphery of life

SB 01.05.10 – Don’t let deceptive surface attraction distract from lasting attraction to the essence

SB 01.05.09 – Don’t let the variety and the quantity distract from the quality and the intensity of devotion

SB 01.05.08 – When the heart doesn’t find satisfaction Krishna nothing else brings satisfaction

Happy New Year – Karmi, Jnani and Bhakti attitudes towards the celebration

If someone is really determined in one’s devotional service, why would that person fall?

How can we practice humility in a competitive world where everyone parades their credentials?

Do we need a personal culture with many devotee teachers? Does it mean that one guru is not enough?

Reciprocate with transcendental sound with an openness to transcendence

The Ultimate Dance

Is offering the heart to Krishna easier and more fulfilling than offering the head?

How can an aspiring devotee-precher put one’s heart in a career that increases people’s illusions?

How can we avoid the ego’s feeling that service to others is demeaning?

If Krishna frees the surrendered of sinful reactions , why do pure devotees suffer?

How can we avoid pride during times of material success and remain thankful to Krishna?

In our efforts to become pure, pride somehow or the other sneaks in. How to avoid this?

When we have to spend time on family duties, how can we stay strong in our devotional standards?

What can we do when the mind gets agitated by a tempting sense object that can’t be avoided?

We surrender to Krishna’s will sometimes but mostly act for our own pleasure. What is our hope?

When something happens, how do we decide whether it was due to past karma or present actions?

Sankirtan – Where dance and meditation intersect for spiritual therapy

Sankirtan churns feelings of separation and union to increase attraction to Krishna

Lord Chaitanya – The Divine Alchemist

Morning sadhana is vital

Mahesh Pandit – The Lord and his associates elevate everyone by their grace

Uddharana D T – Bhakti can deliver anyone and even use anyone for delivering bhakti to others

The oneness of love between the Lord and the devotee

Devanand Pandit – Devotion is the key to unlock the nectar in the Bhagavatam

If gambling makes people do foolish things, why are kshatriyas ordained to gamble when challenged?

Though Yudhishthira is the oldest Pandavas, why does Gita chp 1 mention him after Arjuna & Bhima?

Are the four defects hierarchical: imperfect senses cause illusion, illusion causes mistakes etc?

Among the four defects, can the first three be unintentional, but cheating is always intentional?

As all the bodily forms we take are temporary, does that mean the eternal and real is formlessness?

Riches bring misery both by absence and presence

What can we do when religions use surrogate advertising for converting unsuspecting needy people?

Is institutionalization alien to Vedic culture? Did Gaudiya acharyas import if from Christianity ?

When Hinduism is not a missionary religion, why does ISKCON stress missionary activities so much?

A time for fury and a time for forgiveness

If we are served more prasad than what we can eat, can we throw it away?

When even Americans are concerned about Christian conversions in India, why is ISKCON unconcerned?

When Prabhupada did many things different from his spiritual master, how did he not change anything?

How spiritual happiness is unlimited

Choose between difficult happiness and impossible happiness

SB 01.05.07 – Krishna is able and eager to guide us – we just need to express our desire for guidance

SB 01.05.06 – The Lord is detached yet masively active – Meditating on him makes us similarly effective

SB 01.05.05 – Remove the blocks that prevent Krishna’s wisdom from entering our head and his mercy from entering our heart

How can we identify false ego while doing services?

When do questions move from being inquisitive to offensive? What kind of questions can be asked?

Is chanting with beads more blissful because the fingers are connected with certain brain parts?

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The Lord is the only rest for our heart

Why the Lord is never attracted to material beauty

SB 01.05.02 – Don’t let the quest for physical and mental productivity deprive us of spiritual productivity

SB 01.05.03 – The materially magnificent can’t compensate for the spiritually deficient

How life is filled with misery

When sex is an experience of Krishna, as the Gita states, why does Yamunacharya spit at sex desire?

Is Ramananda Raya’s decoration of devidasis a standard devotional practice or an exception?

Is it possible for a human being to be entirely free from sex desire?

SB 01.15.28 – Remembrance of Krishna removes inner disturbance even when outer disturbance remains

SB 01.15.27 – When material reality consumes us, philosophy provides the foundation for seeking shelter in spiritual reality

SB 01.15.25-26 – Our spirituality protects our humanity from degenerating into bestiality

The immense potency of devotional service

The mind is ever changing and unreliable

When a grain becomes more valuable than tons

SB 01.15.24 – Choosing faith can ensure that the very things which may drag us away from Krishna will impel us towards him

Special Days Meditations (41)

The mind’s solutions are worse than the problems

SB 01.15-22-23 – Krishna can integrate into his spiritual masteraplan disasters, even self-induced disasters – always choose faith, not doubt

Are the beliefs “kshatriya martyrs attain heaven” & “jehadi suicide bombers attain paradise” different?