Author: Chaitanya Charan

How to avoid becoming discouraged when we are unable to pronounce the mahamantra clearly and correcting it takes too much time?

Is there any correlation between the Dashavataras and the four yugas?

Does the sequence of the Dashavatars reflect the theory of evolution?

What are the differences between plenary portions, expansions and incarnations?

What is the exact difference between brahmavadis and mayavadis?

When Krishna can free us from illusion, can’t he free us from pride too?

If Bhagavatam and Bible come from different frames of reference, does that mean everything is relative?

Is the Biblical Adam-Eve story of creation reconcilable with the Bhagavatam’s description of narration?

If everything coming from Krishna is also Krishna, then is everyone God?

Holy Name is Everything Part 2

Holy Name is Everything Part 1

Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 2 – Understanding Maya

Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 1 – Understanding the Absolute Truth

Gita 13.17 The all-round glory of the Absolute includes its glory as the destroyer

Gita 13.16 The Gita’s Absolute reflects not naive anthropomorphism but profound sophistication

Gita 13.15 The Absolute’s paradoxical attributes underscore its transcendental inconceivability

If our outreach services require us to go away from devotees how can we get their association?

Bhagavatam study 35 01.7.52-58 Law codes alone aren’t enough for justice – an expert judge is needed

Gita 13.14 The knowable’s all-pervasiveness points to its transcendence of our capacity to know

Is it appropriate to speak directly on the Bhagavatam to new people?

When people are alienated by ISKCON’s high standards, how can we attract them?

How can we present shastra in a contemporary way?

Which Krishna pastimes can we meditate on?

How can we attract people who are connected with other spiritual organizations?

Doesn’t ISKCON’s managerial structure sometimes impede its spiritual outreach?

Why don’t we spontaneously act according to our svabhava?

How can we accommodate those who can’t practice bhakti with high standards?

The living bhakti tradition is a garden, not a museum

Gita 13.13 That which grants the immortal is the most vital knowable

Dasha Mula Tattva 13 – Study scripture with focus on the purpose of scripture

Dasha Mula Tattva 12 – Enter higher rasas by purification, not imitation

What is the Gaudiya Vaishnava understanding of Manu Smriti?

Do the Vedas teach that only brahmanas by birth can become brahmanas?

How can we explain that Krishna’s pastimes are not mythological?

Why are the same pastimes described differently in different scriptures?

How can we tune our consciousness so that Krishna manifests therein?

How can I celebrate my birthday spiritually?

Spirituality in the Age of Science

Gita 13.12 Knowledge means to what is the most important to know

Bhagavatam study 34 01.7.44-51 Differences in opinion arise from differences in focus of perception

Gita 13.11 The way of devotion is different from the way of the masses

Are there any scriptural examples of those indifferent to the modes?

Why does Krishna do certain things for maintaining people’s faith in paths other than bhakti?

Why does the Gita refer to people following scripture (17.11) while describing people without scriptural faith?

Does one need to know one’s svarupa to be liberated?

Does pure devotion mean expecting no reciprocation from Krishna?

Can we have a relationship with someone without reciprocation from them?

How can we explain Krishna’s conspiracies in the Mahabharata?

How can we correlate shastra with our daily life?

Gita 13.10 Detachment is not meant to make us hard-hearted

Dasha Mula Tattva 11 – Love is not just feeling but also doing

Why do senior devotees sometimes join apasampradayas?

What makes Indians convert to Islam or Christianity?

Dasha Mula Tattva 10 – Mayavada is the inversion, not contradiction, of Vaishnavism

Isn’t it better to be a stable grihastha than a bewildered brahmachari?

How can we be inspired when we don’t get much association of senior devotees?

Should we associate with like-minded devotees or devotees who have the qualities we don’t have?

Dasha Mula Tattva 9 – Association is the way to liberation

Gita 13.09 To cultivate detachment from matter, contemplate the distresses of material existence

Bhagavatam study 33 01.7.38-43 Ashwatthama’s actions were inexcusable and punishable

Why has God given us such a troublesome mind?

Does spirituality choke our scientific enquiry?

Dining with a monkey

Gita 13.08 The Gita is not a glorification of war, but a delineation of dharma

Gita 13.07 Consciousness is shaped, not sourced, by changes of matter

Bhagavatam study 32 01.7.30-37 The protector from provocation tests by provoking

Gita 13.06 The subtle points towards the spiritual

Bhagavatam study 31 01.7.22-29 Krishna relieves from the dangerous fire – literal and metaphorical

How can we choose among various services that we can do?

When we want to serve Krishna, why do we get tempted?

If people commit murder in the name of religion, what is their destination?

Dasha Mula Tattva 8 – Maya binds us not as prisoners but as puppets

What is the difference between shunyavada, mayavada and nirvisheshavada?

How do impersonalists interpret the Gita’s clearly personalist verses?

Dasha Mula Tattva 7 – Achintyabhedabheda is the most evolved understanding of Vedanta

Gita 13.05 Study matter for functioning and transcending

Does ISKCON brainwash people?

When the Vedas talk about so many gods, isn’t that confusing?

Gita 13.04 Use your sphere of influence for bringing about the ultimate change

Gita 13.03 Knowledge means to know both matter and spirit

How do we see devotees who dont complete their japa in the morning?

How does the hladini shakti entering our consciousness please Krishna?

How to respond to the Buddhist argument that the universe is eternal?

What does the Absolute Truth being one in synthesis and separate in analysis mean?

Just as Christians adopt local cultural forms while converting Indians, can devotees do the same in their outreach?

What is the scientific evidence for incarnations other than Krishna?

Dasha Mula Tattva 6 – The Absolute Truth delights and shares delights through three internal energies

Dasha Mula Tattva 5 – The Absolute Truth and its energies are one in synthesis, different in analysis

PRAHLAD acronym – 7 glories qualities of Prahlad Maharaj

Gita 13.02 Our field reflects our sphere of influence

Gita 13.01 The meanings of words exist not just in dictionary but also in context

Gita 12.20 The concluding verse reiterates and reinforces the starting verse

Gita 12.19 Seek satisfaction not by horizontal improvement, but by vertical advancement

Gita 12.17 Conserve your emotional energy by focus on service

Gita 12.18 To rise above material dualities, break free from material association

Reincarnation 3 – Five intuitive contemplations for self-discovery

Reincarnation 2 – Europe’s incredible delusion – we have only one life

Gita 12.16 Complement spiritual devotion with material dispassion

Gita 12.15 Avoid agitation coming from the social and the mental

Gita 12.14 To sustain satisfaction, seek absorption