Author: Chaitanya Charan

Mukunda Mala Stotra 21 – 4 When bathing in holy places becomes like an elephant bathing

The Realizations of Pingala – How Frustration leads to Renunciation

Why did the Lord give spiritual knowledge to the sun-god when he had already given it to Brahma?

How did Parashurama exist at the same time as another avatar Rama? Why did he oppose Rama?

18.70 – Veneration, comprehension, application, transformation: The four stages in our relationship with the Gita

Self-realization means to act for that which is the impetus for all activities

13.32 – How the world sees us is not as important as how we see the world

When machines victimize and degrade us…

12.06 – When we do what we can do, Krishna helps us to do what we can’t do

15.10 – The eye to see the I

10.14 – See eye-to-eye with Krishna to gain an enlightened eye and an enlivened I

Isn’t renunciation a sign of frustration?

The virat-rupa is an imaginary meditational tool for neophyte worshipers

10.18 – The Bhagavad-gita is infinitely pregnant with wisdom

Using our freedom to attain the truth

How far can we go in the cosmic hierarchy?

02.22 – We are dressed by and for our desires

Intelligent introspection and implementation

Varying percentages of godly qualities in different personalities

08.16 – Double Empowerment for Destination Eternity

Intelligence is like a father and comes from the Supreme Father

Why did Yudhishthira consider the wicked Dhritrashtra as a respectable elder who had to be obeyed? Why didnt he consult Krishna?

16.15 – Weary, dreary, scary – Isn’t there a better life?

Human life is not meant for cheap happiness

Why did Yudhishthira gamble despite knowing its consequences?

Are dinosaurs and ghosts included in the 8.4 million species?

Why is Tukaram Maharaj especially glorified among various Maharashtrian saints in ISKCON?

Is mother earth a jiva a demigod or a metaphor?

06.08 – What does seeing stone and gold equally mean?

Bhakti-yoga: The highest form of religion, the only source of happiness

Why cant we have the morning program at 6 am so that more people can participate?

07.15 – Are needles determining our needs?

Lord Buddha is the emblem of theism for atheists

03.30 – Expecting the default to change by default is a dangerous fault

How knowledge leads to renunciation

18.58 – Let’s not tell Krishna how big our problems are; let’s tell our problems how big Krishna is

Do those who die on a battlefield get liberation?

Why do ISKCON Temples have Ganesh at entrance and not have bell?

04.39 – Faith bridges the distance between scriptural revelation and personal realization

A self-test for assessing spiritual advancement

How does Lord Jagannatha reciprocate in Puri when the temple priests are so rude?

Why are there fossils of dinosaurs but not of Rakshasas?

04.35 – Are we outsourcing our thinking?

03.26 – Do not make a virtue out of alienating people

Is the Yamuna purer than Ganga? On whose banks was the Bhagavatam spoken?

Mukunda Mala Stotra 21 – 3 When prescribed duties become like oblations in ashes

Polytheistic materialism is a perversity of religion

The danger in neglecting to think of the Lord

The Expert Tightrope Dancer – 2012 Vyasapuja Offering to Srila Prabhupada

Dovetailing our propensities in Krishna’s service – SB 1.5.32

Utilizing fame in Krishna_s service_SB 1_12_5

Team work in the Ramayana

04.34 – Tap HIS grace by Humbleness, Inquisitiveness and Service-mindedness

When all killing brings karmic reactions how can we do pest control?

Krishna can be known not by challenging but by submitting

User Friendly spirituality and Krishna consciousness

13.22: Might we be human silkworms?

Relishing the glories of the Holy Name

Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.24-30: Are Mayavadi interpretations of Gita justified?

Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.15-23: Those who don’t surrender, surrender, and surrender to Krishnetara

Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.04-14: How Krishna pervades the material world as its essence

Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.01-03 – Understanding phenomenon and noumenon

Gita Study Mumbai 2012 – 06.42-47: The Glory of Bhakti

Mukunda Mala Stotra 21 – 2: When fasting becomes a mere fat reducing exercise

Mukunda Mala Stotra 21 – 1: When scriptural study becomes like crying in the wilderness

Janmashtami meditation: Krishna is committed to our freedom. Are we?

Temples are centers of learning that enable us to find the Lord within

Science of Transforming the Modes

Please explain the union of Parasara Muni and Satyavati.

Why does Krishna accept a bluish complexion when blue is considered to be in the mode of passion?

Is Debating wrong?

What are the things we need to be attached to and detached from during the initial and advanced stages of spriitual life?

If Dhruva Maharaj attained the Lord in 6 months can we go back to godhead in six years?

How do we understand and explain that the Vedas are self-evident truths?

Krishna is more anxious for our welfare than we are

Goal of a devotee is to know Krishna

From knowledge to realization

Rituals and Essence – Understanding why we do what we do

Art of Becoming Happy – Seminar given at Tech Mahindra

Preaching with emotional sensitivity

Liquid beauty – Going beyond false beauty to real beauty

Glorious Vedic culture is being destroyed

Get_Beget_Forget_Regret 08-08-30 _SB 2_1_3

BHISHMA acronym: Parallels between Bhishman and Srila Prabhupada

Heroism – Real vs Virtual

18.55 – Claiming that the unknown is unknowable is claiming to know the unknown

KAILASH acronym – 7 insights from the Kailash story

Krishna’s childhood boyhood pastimes

Anand Vrindavana Champu – Childhood pastimes of Krishna SB 10.23.22

Krishna lila from Gopal Champu

09.10: Why attraction to the supernatural is natural…

Like a baby hankers for the mother, let us hanker for the Lord

13.10-11: Inner resonance leads to outer coherence

Mukunda Mala Stotra 17 – The holy name offers us employment with the ultimate master

Why are there talking animals in Ramayana but not in Mahabharata?

Mukunda Mala Stotra 9 – No better happiness than the remembrance of Krishna

13.09 – Suspended between the unknowable and the unavoidable

The use and abuse of varnashrama.

When we dont get results due to our karma, does service get affected by our karma?

Why does the Lord send Kali if he wants the souls to come back to him?