Author: Chaitanya Charan

How can we avoid forgetting our resolutions?

Bhikshu Gita 5 – Happiness comes by raising the standard of longing (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.46)

Opening minds while getting one’s own mind opened (Reflections on visit to Bahrain 2016)

We get only temporary happiness and that too after lot of struggle – does God not want us to be happy?

How do non-devotees without sadhana and siddhanta sometimes have better sadachara than devotees?

How can we fix the mind on Krishna?

Why do we get karmic reactions for one life in another life?

What are the sizes of the soul and the mind?

How can those unaware of scripture differentiate between the mind and the intelligence?

How can we inculcate Krishna consciousness in our children?

What is Maya – are women Maya?

How can inductive-deductive-abductive reasonings be correlated with pratyaksha-anumana-shabda?

Do our default settings come from our past karma or our association?

If having too many commitments makes us resentful, what can we do?

What is more powerful – the soul or the mind?

How should we preach – gently or forcefully?

Do the spikes of desire vanish when we become spiritually advanced?

What is the difference between being religious and being spiritual?

How can we attract materially comfortable people who don’t feel the need for spirituality?

Learning from the guru named death

QA on Practical application of bhakti

Bhikshu Gita 4 – The mind distracts us from bhakti in the name of bhakti (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.45)

If someone is going through a bad phase astrologically, how does the mind affect their problems?

How much does the mind affect problems in astrologically compatible relationships?

If yajna produces rains, how did the West that did no yajna have rains?

How can we constantly remember that we are not the doers?

If we keep curbing most of our impulses, aren’t we living a fake life?

How do we differentiate between the mind and the heart?

Is passion needed while functioning in this world?

If a devotee can’t find an astrologically compatible match, can they pursue astrologically incompatible matches where other things match?

Bhikshu Gita 3 – The mind makes the unreal seem real and the real seem unreal (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.44)

Bhikshu Gita 2 – The mind makes it difficult for people to change – be understanding (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.43)

Demystifying Gita 18.66 – Does surrender mean giving up dharma?

Navigating the social and emotional turbulence of adolescence

Is a devotee teacher cheating students by teaching them scientific theories about creation?

How can we remove bad impressions from our mind?

Does God want us to torture ourselves by fasting on holy days?

How can we survive spiritually when suddenly we lose devotee association?

How do we know that the knowledge coming through disciplic succession is authentic?

How do we convince people that scriptures are true, not fictional?

Why did Rama not stand by Sita when she was defamed?

Was Ravana an ideal brother who stood by his sister at all costs?

Bhikshu Gita 1 – Minimize misery by identifying the misery caused by the mind (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.42)

How can we cultivate humility in our bhakti?

Some devotees take a vow to chant lots of rounds and keep chanting all day – is that ok?

What is the significance getting darshan of Radharani’s lotus feet on Radhashtami day?

Why did Balarama favor Duryodhana?

Will you please talk something about Devi Bhagavatam?

What are the duties of a modern woman who wants to practice bhakti?

How can we attain true peace?

Why is the Bhagavatam called the Amala Purana?

If Vyasadeva wrote the Bhagavatam, how is he present in the Bhagavatam?

Can we chant while traveling or walking?

Who all heard the Gita – why were Sanjaya and Dhritarashtra able to hear?

How can we chant without distractions?

Why does Bhagavatam contains sections that don’t glorify the Lord?

Why are we more judgemental towards equals instead of seniors?

Why are we judgemental towards others?

Do we relate with God only as our father?

Are all commentaries on Bhagavad-gita of equal value?

For what purpose did Krishna speak the Bhagavad-gita?

For whom is the Bhagavad-gita spoken?

In the Bhagavad-gita, what is the significance of the word Bhagavan?

What is the Bhagavad-gita?

What is the difference between humans and animals?

On self-mastery: Fight the archer, not the arrow

How do we differentiate between which desire to accept and which to reject?

What is the spirit of Bhagavad-gita?

What makes Vedic knowledge infallible and human knowledge fallible?

Who is fit to understand Bhagavad-gita?

Why did Krishna choose Arjuna as the recipient of Bhagavad-gita?

Why is Vedic knowledge received through disciplic succession?

Does existence alone go from one life to another without carrying any karma from the past?

Can spiritual wisdom explain split personality disorder?

How can we strengthen our faith, especially while going through mood swings?

How can we disconnect from undesirable thoughts?

Can the soul experience anything other than what is displayed on the mind’s screen?

Does the level of consciousness indicate the strength of the soul?

Can’t future science explain consciousness?

How are the soul, mind and body brought together?

How can we know if our intelligence is misleading us through rationalization?

Will we ever come to a spiritual level when we understand Krishna’s plan perfectly?

How can some people remember their past lives?

“What’s your name?” & “What’s in a name?”

​Is the golden cord that goes with the soul permanent or temporary?

​What should we do if we have a near-death experience or a mystical experience?

​I saw a shining light during a vision – what does it mean?

​Are reports of people having gone to Yamaraja and returned true?

​How do medically dead people sometimes return to life?

What is the difference between near-death experience, out-of-body experience and after-death experience?

​When does the soul get connected with the body?

​When there are different kinds of jehad, why is jehad associated with terrorism?

Moments of bhakti & momentum in bhakti

Was the Sita that Viradha abducted also Maya-Sita?

​Do pure devotees have no worldly desires or do they have desires but no inclination to act on those desires?

​How can we use in bhakti the qualities we don’t know we have?

​Is there a difference between vairagya and virakti?

​How can we deal with bad thoughts that come up subconsciously?

​How does the Placebo effect work?

When artificial intelligence becomes as good as our intelligence, what will our purpose be?