Author: Chaitanya Charan

Should scriptural stories be used to draw moral lessons that don’t convey Krishna’s supremacy clearly

How the Bhagavad-gita offers a world-unifying philosophy, The Monk’s Podcast 130 with Ishvara Krishna Prabhu

Is the Hare Krishna movement a Hindu organization?

Why we should or should not study the Rasa-lila, The Monk’s Podcast 129 with Garuda Prabhu

Is it scientific to believe in weird things such as ghosts, hallucinations and near-death experiences?

Is Bhagavad Gita a Hindu religious book?

How can we say that the essence of Gita is Bhakti Yoga?

Carl Jung & psychological insights for spiritual growth, The Monks Podcast 128 with Hanumat Preshaka Maharaj

How is mantra meditation different from other forms of meditation?

When scriptures depict animals speaking human languages, how is that to be understood?

When we are in anxiety searching for a new job, how can we maintain our spiritual practices?

How to forgive ourselves if we have made a serious mistake?

How can we cultivate the mode of goodness when we are puppets of the modes?

Is it really possible to be happy while you yourself see so much suffering in yours like as well as everywhere around?

Wasn’t it immoral for Rama to exile Sita on just a rumour?

Why ethics matter while practicing bhakti in today’s world, The Monk’s Podcast 127 with Rasamandala Prabhu

How can we deal with our past conditionings that come in the way of our bhakti – Hindi?

Shakespeare Revisited Universal Themes Spiritual Insight The Monks Podcast 126 with Hanumat Preshaka M

How yoga culminates in bhakti, The Monk’s Podcast 125 with Garuda Prabhu

Yoga of writing for children

Mindfulness

Presenting Krishna’s message to a contemporary audience – 2

Journaling as a means of transforming the inner world from chaos to order

Presenting Krishna’s message to a contemporary audience – 1

Is living in villages better for cultivating goodness and devotion?

Should we tell people about hellish torment to deter them from breaking the regulative principles?

Why did Prahlada Maharaja provide wine for demons instead of making them devotees as he did in childhood?

From platform speaking to personal coaching – The Monk’s Podcast 124 with Sutapa Prabhu

When we are unable to follow instructions, what can we do?

If we have to punish anyone, how can we decide whether we are over-punishing or under-punishing?

I can’t speak anything about God at my mother’s funeral – should I just remain silent?

​Is our capacity for long-term thinking our defining human feature?

How can we know if a particular guru is an uttama-adhikari or not?

When we multitask do we miss something as we switch from one thing to the next?

If we forget everything upon rebirth, how do our instincts carry over to the next life?

Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 10 – Kalki – The Monk’s Podcast 123 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj

Balancing obedience to authority & independent thoughtfulness, The Monk’s Podcast 122 with Radheshyam Prabhu

Growing through love and loss in relationships, The Monk’s Podcast 121 with Garuda Prabhu

How Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva s words revealed his love for Prahlāda part 2 – Hindi

Making bhakti spirituality relevant to today’s social concerns – The Monk’s Podcast 120 with Yogesvara Prabhu

How to see our past in a Krishna conscious way 2 – Dhruva pastime analysis

How Lord Nṛsiṁhadevas words revealed his love for Prahlāda part 1 – Hindi

How to see our past in a Krishna conscious way 1 – Dhruva pastime analysis

Bhakti spirituality for the contemporary mind – The Monk’s Podcast 119 with Shyamananda Prabhu

How to overcome hypertension, anxiety and depression during the pandemic

Faith-based organizations, eco-friendly living & ISKCON, The Monk’s Podcast 118 with Gauranga Prabhu

Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 9 – Buddha – The Monk’s Podcast 117 with Krishna Kshetra M

How do we understand scriptural statements that reject all non-devotional literature

Is the Bhagavatam anti-grihastha ashram?

Ambarisha M Pastime analysis 2 – How Krishna Consciousness helps with the three causes of suffering

How do we know when we are accepting ourselves and when we are justifying our weaknesses?

Ambarisha M Pastime analysis 1 – Three causes of Suffering – Providence, Incompetence or Malevolence

If we feel empty or lonely despite having enough materially, how to respond to such feelings?

Role of oral traditions in preserving spiritual culture, The Monk’s Podcast 116 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami

Is death as dreadful as we fear?

Offering to Pankajanghri Prabhu – A pivotal leader, a personal guide

Journaling in bhakti – The Monk’s Podcast 115 with Candramauli Maharaj

Understanding our relationship with Prabhupada’s words, The Monk’s Podcast 114 with Garuda Prabhu

Youth outreach for community-building & world-transformation, The Monk’s Podcast 113 with Radheshyam Prabhu

Crossing the Covid-19 ocean, Lessons from Hanuman’s flight to Lanka, Rama-Navmi Special

Earth Day Special, Vedic wisdom for eco-friendly living, The Monk’s Podcast 112 with Shyamananda Prabhu

What is the bhakti perspective on feminism – not the man-bashing extreme feminism, but the equal opportunity for women feminism?

When technological advances start playing God The Monks Podcast 111 with Yogesvara Prabhu

Should one take saffron only when one is convinced that Krishna is God?

If after striving for a long time in one area, we get only moderate success, what should we do?

Why is there no description of a pandemic in the Vedic scriptures?

How Rama’s apparent humanity enhances his divinity

Were kshatriyas allowed to eat meat in Vedic culture?

Why does Ayurveda prescribe medicines with non-veg ingredients when meat is forbidden in Vedic culture?

Can food with onion and garlic be offered to Krishna during emergencies?

How should we respond when sacred characters from our tradition are criticized?

How can we be responsible in our relationships without becoming attached?

Isnt the Pandavas’ killing their own relatives over a property dispute immoral?

How can contradictory-seeming scriptural statements be understood?

Are Radharani and Lakshmi devi the same person?

How are humans intrinsically moral beings?

What is the reason for shaving the head at Tirupati?

Can one go back home back to godhead by practicing Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism and Judaism?

Can devotees kill snakes and scorpions?

Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 8 – Balarama – The Monk’s Podcast 110 with Krishna Kshetra M

How is the Western world having its necessities despite not performing any sacrifices?

Should devotees take vaccines. – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – The Monk’s Podcast 109 with Garuda Prabhu

Can scripture be understood in multiple ways? – The Monk’s Podcast 108 with Radhika Raman Prabhu

Spirituality and Democracy – The Monk’s Podcast 107 with Shyamananda Prabhu

Gita key verses course 51 – Appreciating the Gita’s three conversations Gita 18.76

Sanatana Goswami’s surrender to Lord Chaitanya Adversity, Adventure and Advancement

Gita key verses course 50 – Love is the ultimate reality Gita 18.65

How does bhakti change our inner impressions?

Universal Dimensions of Chaitanya Ramananda Samvada

Understanding homosexuality, gender dysphoria & nonstandard sexuality – Sudyumna pastime analysi 2

Gita key verses course 49-The Quest for Oneness-Where it is right and where it goes wrong-Gita 18.55

Gita key verses course 48 – Can I be spiritual and still be ambitious Can my work be my worship Gita 18.46

Gita key verses course 47 – Why some people are knowledgeably ignorant or intelligently foolish – Gita 18.35

How scripture comes alive – The Monk’s Podcast 105 with Shyamananda

The essence of offense and its best antidote – The Monk’s Podcast 106 with Garuda Prabhu

Churning the BhagavatamThe Monk’s Podcast 104 – Dashavatara 7 – Rama with Krishna Kshetra M

How scriptural stories reflect a more expansive form of rationality – Sudyumna pastime analysis 1

Gita key verses course 46 – If we are not the doers why are we held responsible – Gita 18.14

Gita key verses course 45 – Speak to give peace of mind, not a piece of your mind – Gita 17.15

Gita key verses course 44 – Isn’t spirituality a matter of the heart – Why so many rules – Gita 16.24