Author: Chaitanya Charan

Sharpen the weapon of jnana by service

Varieties in the material world originate in real prototypes in the spiritual world

02.27 – Watching TV while a cobra comes to bite?

Deviations in the four ashramas

16.13-20 The demoniac treat religion as a social cosmetic

Gita Overview Mumbai 16.8-12 Atheists abuse science for demoniac purposes

16.24 – Scriptural study strengthens the intelligence, stabilizes the mind and sustains the heart

If ether is present everywhere does that mean sound waves will transmit forever?

How does gambling break the principle of truthfulness?

Gita Overview Mumbai 16.1-7 Understanding pravrtti and nivrtti

Gita Overview Mumbai 15.15-20 Trishloki Gita refutes Mayavada unambiguously

Gita Overview Mumbai 15.9-14 Krishna arranges for even our material enjoyment

Gita Overview Mumbai 15.1-8 Analysis of the upside-down tree metaphor

Gita Overview Mumbai 14.22-27 Become an observer of the consciousness

No need to spend lavishly on ritualistic ceremonies

03.41 – Pause is not inaction but action

Animal killing for both religion and food is abominable

04.04 – The call to faith is for focusing, not forsaking, of intelligence

Overcome lusty desires by determination

08.07 – Are we changing the world or is the world changing us?

Austerity for spiritual advancement is not as dangerous as struggle for material improvement

04.11 – When strengths make us weak and weaknesses make us strong

What is kham brahma? What is ether? Is ether same as brahman?

Why is vatsalya and madhurya not included in the 9 forms of devotional service?

As bhakti centers on smarana, is just chanting enough to take us back to Godhead?

Why does Prabhupada’s Gita 6.46 translation of karmi not include nishkama karmis?

What is time?

13.08 – Are we letting knowledge steal our humility?

Avoid an argumentative attitude

Gita Overview Mumbai 14.17-21 Knowledge arises from sattva not abhyasa

15.10 – Blinded and addicted or illumined and liberated?

How can we improve our concentration during meditation?

What temples are meant for – and not meant for

Gita Overview Mumbai 14.11-16 How knowledge became redefined as the quest for power not truth

Gita Overview Mumbai 14.1-10 Characteristics of the three modes

Gita Overview Mumbai 13.20-35 A coherent understanding of the 6 items taught in Chp 13-

Gita Overview Mumbai 13.13-19 Understanding five koshas and achintyabhedabheda in the Gita

Gita Overview Mumbai 13.8-12 Role of bhakti in jnana and of jnana in bhakti

Gita Overview Mumbai 13.1-7 Vyashti and Samashti approaches to understanding reality

04.42 – Are we putting too much faith in doubt?

How the time factor enables us to come closer to Krishna

15.03 – Sharpen the head, ripen the heart

Mukunda Mala Stotra 19 – Redefining our conceptions of greatness

Observe the time factor intelligently

05.23 – The way to transcendence is through tolerance not indulgence

Genuine devotees feel themselves lower than other devotees

05.18 – Gita wisdom frees humanity from speciesism

Sanskrit equivalents

Victimized by sex because of lack of education and culture

Is the verse ‘Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu’ Mayavadi?

Do animals act by instinct or they have intelligence also?

Why do we consider 108 times chanting as 1 round?

How do we respond to atheists who refer to god as a magician?

Was the concept of sun-god invented by ancient people who didnt know about solar flares?

Can we remember in the spiritual world the technology Krishna used to make both the worlds?

Does Brahma have 4 or 5 heads?

Is stating that god has created the universe like saying a magic fairy moves a car piston?

What does Bhaktisiddhanta’s statement “The world doesnt need any reformer” mean?

Five aspects of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s outreach

02.11 – Learning begins with unlearning

We are not interested in a bluff of spiritual advancement

The Pune temple inauguration – The inner and the outer miracle

Gita Overview 12.12-20 Unraveling the mysterious hierarchy of 12.12

Gita Overview Mumbai 12.1-11 Progression from Virata Rupa to Impersonal Brahman

Gita Overview Mumbai 11.41-55 Pure devotion reveals all visions

02.38 – A package in which the best and the worst aren’t bound together

How the entire material world becomes spiritualized

17.15 – When self-righteousness obscures rightness…

Yoga-nidra is not nidra

Does the mind wander more while chanting Hare Krishna as compared to other mantras?

Gita Overview Mumbai 11.24-40 Material destruction paves the way for spiritual ressurection

Gita Overview Mumbai 11.1-23 The background to understand Vishva-rupa – Yoga aishvarya to rupa aishvarya

Gita Overview 10.34-42 – Krishna as victory adventure and other opulent manifestations

Gita Overview Mumbai10.25-33 – Metaphors for understanding Krishna’s glories

03.39 – Are we mistaking torture to be pleasure?

02.22 – Have we become the slaves of our clothes?

Bad association makes material existence intolerably miserable

So-called distress is a gift from Krishna

Why was Arjuna so dear to Krishna?

What is the difference between expansion and incarnation?

What is Krishna consciousness?

02.67 – Detect the storm of temptation when it is still a blip

There is no difference between happiness and distress

09.31 – Transcend the labor pains of devotion through loving anticipation

Suffering in the name of happiness

12.09 – Aspire not for feelings but for relationship

See beyond appearances while taking shelter

What does Krishna’s statement that “I am time the destroyer” mean?

16.04 – Are we trying to control without because of being uncontrolled within?

Why is the dowry system prevalent among Hindus?

Isnt the idea that only by modern science have diseases been cured West-centric?

05.21 – The road that turns into a roadblock

Devotee’s life span is not limited by karma

What is the relation of Vedvyasji with Parashar Muni and King Shantanu?

18.66 – The bond that sets us free

Can we be spiritual but not religious?

Why live in a kingdom of hallucinations?

02.44 – Are riches cutting us off from the richness of life?

06.26 – Parent the childlike mind by being vigilant and diligent

12.10 – Krishna wants our presence more than our presents