Author: Chaitanya Charan

If traditional cultures aren’t against love why are love marriages banned in ISKCON?

How can peer pressure be avoided?

Can we have hobbies that are neither spiritual nor sinful?

How can we serve purely?

If we let go of things are we being cowardly?

Does satsang strengthen our buddhi – Hindi?

Select emotions with intelligence – Hindi

Cultivating the strength to let go

If our actions unintentionally hurt others will we get the reaction?

When money provides all comforts why is spiritual life needed?

Amidst today’s financial insecurity how can we decide how much accumulation is enough?

When bhakti practice hasn’t yet changed our disposition how can we take sound decisions?

Do we need to sometimes prioritize the spiritual over the material or the material over the spiritual?

Philosophy makes sense intellectually but doesn’t sink emotionally – what to do?

Is crowding desires out of our mind not superficially distracting?

Is working hard and getting promoted in our job good?

Gita 02.08 Don’t let comforts lure you away from life’s purpose

Gita Essence 3 – The transformational power of love – World-knowledge as the vehicle for love

How can we scientifically explain reincarnation?

How can we explain Bhagavatam sections that contradict modern science?

How can we identify our natural inclinations?

What is wrong with sense gratification?

If scripture contains advanced material knowledge such as Vimana-shastra why don’t we use it to make planes today?

How can we understand unbelievable statements from scripture?

How can we offer criticism constructively?

While seeking realization how can we avoid speculation?

When Bhishma took shelter of the Kauravas’ wealth why did Krishna shelter him at death?

Why is Krishna thirsty for our love when he has so many devotees loving him?

Attitude in outreach 2 – Explain the philosophy before the morality – Be respectfully compassionate

Attitude in outreach 1 – Present the product before the process – Be a role model

Gita Essence 2 – The transformational power of love – God-knowledge as the fuel for love

Gita 18.78 Human excellence and divine omnipotence herald victory

Gita 01.42 Today’s war against family increases self-centeredness and obstructs spiritual growth

Is there a scientific explanation of the benefits of eating prasad?

Can we scientifically prove the validity of scriptures?

What is the best way to present scriptural wisdom to scientists?

Does everything exist for Krishna’s pleasure?

How can we move on after painful conflicts with devotees?

What does seeing but not acting with equal vision mean?

How can we be detached when we want to offer the best service to Krishna?

How can we control impulsive behavior?

Gita 18.22 – A truncated representation of reality is not reality

Gita Essence 1- The transformational power of love – Self-knowledge as the basis of love

Niagara falls & the flow of life – A meditation

How can we know whether our decisions are right or wrong?

If strong speaking alienates people should we still speak strongly or speak sensitively?

During chanting how much is thinking of other related things acceptable?

If people are born together in a family because of similar karma why are some family members so different?

Many scriptural storylines appear to be predestined – do we really have free will?

What is causeless mercy – how can we qualify for it – can it come without initiation?

Gita 16.24 – The transition from description to prescription requires discretion

How free is our free will?

Meditation on Niagara Falls

Science-Religion QA

How can we share bhakti wisdom with the non-religious?

What is our religious identity – what is a simple answer that our kids can give to other kids at school?

From mindless accumulation to mindful realization

Being religiously spiritual in a multi-cultural world

Gita 02.58 Inevitable exposure to sense objects is different from initiated or instigated exposure

Gita 16.09 All truth-claims are power-claims – This is also a truth-claim and a power-claim

9 forms of devotional service part 1 – Shravanam Kirtanam Smaranam

Why spirituality matters – scientific ethical and relational perspectives

Is the holy name scientific ethical or relational?

How can a newly married couple new to bhakti strengthen their relationship?

What is the spiritual recourse amidst abusive relationships?

How do we have free will – how much can we use it?

Baahubali – A Spiritual Perspective

Focus on life’s big why not everyday’s small whys

Gita 14.26 – Bhakti is both a state and a process

Gita 18.63 – Don’t sway others – inspire them

Gita 14.05 – The modes comprise objective reality and color subjective perception

Understanding how Krishna is everything and controls everything even amidst worldly sufferings

If Prabhupada knew that certain projects weren’t going to succeed why did he encourage devotees to do those projects?

If karmic reactions come on earth itself what is the need for sufferings in hell?

How can we help others to not see problems at the bodily level?

How can we connect with Krishna tangibly when distracted by worldly objects?

How can we realize that we are different from our mind?

How can we transform practice into realization?

How can devotees mistreated by their seniors avoid discouragement?

How to respond when we are corrected by others?

Should we use the sandwich method when correcting others?

How does regulated devotion transform into spontaneous devotion?

Is revelation of Krishna’s all-attractiveness analogous to his mercy?

How can we study scripture not just read it?

Is investing money to increase it over-endeavor?

When we do a service well if people label us as proud what can we do?

How can we avoid self-acceptance of our abilities from becoming false ego?

While chanting can we hear kirtan?

Cultivate aversion to faultfinding

Seek not a pleasure-filled life seek a purpose-filled life

Seek not a problem-free life – seek a purpose-filled life

If we help someone but they don’t help us in return should we continue to help?

Lessons in love from Krishna-gopis relationship

Knowing when to endeavor and when to surrender

Given that the idea of trans-moral can be misused can it ever be applied?

Can you illustrate the principle of trans-moral actions?

Playing games for relaxation – which mode does it fall in?

Despite practicing bhakti and cultivating goodness we remain passionate – what to do?

How can we deal with our inner critic?

On failing to achieve our goal should we persevere in that goal or change it?