Author: Chaitanya Charan

A fresh Worldview

Is factual not actual?

Isn’t That Unscientific ?

What is wrong with creating life?

What is the Vedic perspective on the creation of artificial life?

Isn’t the claim that the soul is the source of energy in the body disproved by the bodily need of food?

Is there any proof of reincarnation?

Is there any scientific proof for the soul’s existence?

Why is spiritual happiness considered superior to material happiness?

Is God a Crutch?

Did man make God?

If God exists, why can’t we see him?

Why didn’t we find gold and diamonds during the Dwarka excavations as were said to be existing in the scriptural Dwarka?

Is the sun closer to the earth than the moon?

Are eclipses caused by Rahu?

Did man go to the moon?

Are the Vedas mythological because they talk about mysticism?

Why rituals?

Is vegetarianism necessary for spiritual advancement?

Is The Law of Karma Scientific ?

Why believe in spiritual promises about future happiness?

Why can’t we remember our past lives?

Does the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra do any practical good for the world?

Are the words dharma and religion synonyms?

Isn’t chanting an act of blind faith?

Doesn’t spirituality demand blind faith?

TSS 2.0 – Project plan

What is the Vedic perspective on the current agitation against corruption?

Editing the Unchangeable Truth: Jayadvaita Swami

Isn’t spirituality an escapeway for those who can’t take life’s sufferings?

How does the knowledge of reincarnation benefit us practically?

Where Technology Falls Short…

If there is only one God, then why do different spiritualists have differing conceptions of the divine?

Does the theory of evolution have a scientific basis? (full)

What’s wrong with sex?

If God is good, then why does he allow suffering?

Why do people feel peaceful while meditating?

Why do you consider Krishna to be God?

When God is one, why does the Vedic tradition teach polytheism – the worship of many gods?

Is there any practical use of knowing about the soul?

Why waste time in uttering a mantra repeatedly?

Religions are meant to bring peace; then why do they cause wars?

How can pizza be called prasad?

Are spiritual feelings imaginary or actual?

What is the role of logic on the spiritual path?

If God is supreme, why does he need weapons?

Are Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) hallucinations?

If God has designed our world, then why is there so much suffering here?

Is doubting a virtue or a failing?

Why do people fight in the name of religion?

Is there any scientific proof for the existence of the soul?

What is the source of consciousness: the brain or the soul?

Can robots be conscious?

Doesn’t population growth disprove reincarnation?

Do animals have souls?

Is Krishna mythological or historical?

Why is some food considered sacred?

In temples, why is worship offered to cars instead of God?

Don’t neuronal correlates of consciousness disprove the soul theory?

If consciousness comes from the soul, then why do brain states affect consciousness?

Is the ritvika claim true?

Is the poison allegation true?

Can Vedic spirituality offer a solution to the current global eco-crisis?

Is Deity worship for less intelligent people?

What is the significance of the aarti performed in temples?

Isn’t repeating the same mantra boring?

Why can’t all of us experience spiritual bliss?

What is the purpose of life?

Is spirituality relevant for a globalizing India?

Why did Lord Rama banish Sita?

Why is Vedic philosophy pessimistic?

Who is God?

Isn’t fasting self-torture?

Isn’t spiritual life an attempt to escape from reality?

Can spirituality help us when we are sick?

Isn’t scientific knowledge preferable to spiritual knowledge because it doesn’t depend on faith?

Can science by its future progress discover spiritual truths?

Why discuss unscientific things like God, soul and rebirth in this scientific age?

What is the relationship between yoga and bhakti?

Can God make a square circle?

How do we understand the Madhva position that Putatna was actually two demoness Urvashi and Tataka

SB 5.11.5 The struggle to change what we hold in the mind can grant life’s greatest achievement

How can determination be unintelligent, as mentioned in Gita 18.35?

While practicing bhakti, should we be concerned about how the world perceives us?

Why do our resolutions for inner transformation not last?

Healthy self-understanding 1 – How the modes distort our self-understanding

Vidura-Dhritarashtra relationship – The contrast of commitment and attachment

The search for meaning 2 – How science points to spirituality

The three modes and the search for happiness