Author: Chaitanya Charan

Reincarnation 1 – Preview of scientific, historical and philosophical analysis

Gita 12.13 Devotion manifests as action, even aggression, without mundane passion

Advaita Acharya 1 – Compassionate call to the Lord

What is the difference between knowledge in the three modes and intelligence in the three modes?

Gita 12.12 Serenity comes by rising from piety to spirituality

Gita 12.11 To be self-situated, begin with selflessness

Gita 12.10 Bhakti means dedicating our external to the eternal internal instead of the ephemeral internal

Gita 12.09 If absorption in Krishna is unattainable, seek attraction through connection

Gita 12.08 Bhakti changes not our outer location but the locus of our inner world

Gita 12.07 Bhakti-yoga complements human agency with divine agency

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Gita 12.06 Devotional renunciation centers not on what we renounce but on for whom we renounce

Gita 12.05 Attachment to oneness leaves us with nothingness to be attached to

Gita 12.04 Don’t treat impersonalists impersonally – they are not all the same

If human will is strengthened by connection with divine will, how do nondevotees sometimes have great determination?

If Indra got the reaction of brahma-hatya for killing Vritrasura, why didnt Rama, for killing Ravana?

A giant desire tree blesses ISKCON desire tree

Gita 12.03 To say that the Absolute is indescribable is to describe it

Gita 12.02 Closeness unites more than oneness

As we desire, so we see (Subhashita commentary 2)

Gita 12.01 Pantheism and impersonalism both conceive of the Absolute as diffused

Gita 11.55 – Absorption comes by harmonizing action and intention

Gita 11.55 The same chapter that calls for war also calls for giving up animosity

Gita 11.54 Pure devotion grants the topmost spiritual vision

Was Ravana revenging the dishonor of Shurapanakha by kidnapping Sita?

Gita 11.53 Krishna can’t be known by the Vedas, although the Vedas are meant for knowing him

Gita 11.52 Vision results not just from perception but also comprehension

Gita 11.51 Right emotion results from right perception

Gita 11.50 The many-handed changes through the four-handed to the two-handed

Gita 11.49 If we maintain a service disposition, Krishna will reveal a conducive vision

Gita 11.48 Pious action doesn’t qualify us for devotional vision

Sugriva: Comfort – Material and Transcendental

Gita 11.47 The vision of the universal form, even its destructive feature, is a rare favor

Gita 11.46 Darshan of Vishva-rupa and Vishnu-rupa provide visual demonstration of verbal exposition

Gita 11.45 The vishva-rupa causes jubilation, the kala-rupa causes trepidation

Gita 11.44 Humility in the forgiveness-seeker and magnanimity in the forgiver uplifts both

Gita 11.43 Our response on coming to know others’ greatness is shaped by our relationship with them

Gita 11.42 Intimacy comes not by formality or informality but by affinity

Why is there the conservative-liberal divide everywhere, including even in spiritual organizations?

Dasha Mula Tattva 4 – Hari is the Absolute Truth concealed and revealed in the Vedas

Dasha Mula Tattva 3 – Understanding the necessity and focus of Vedic knowledge

Gita 11.41 Knowledge reveals the power asymmetry to be in the opposite direction

Did Draupadi love Karna?

Both Narada and Shakuni incited others – what is the difference?

Can superstitions be used in bhakti?

How can we raise our remembrance of Krishna from intellectual recollection to devotional redirection?

Narada Muni – Not kalah-priya, but krishna-priya

Gita 11.40 Acknowledge Krishna’s presence everywhere and appreciate it where it is specially manifest

Schedule of upcoming visit to Australia – Chaitanya Charan Das

Gita 11.39 Appreciate the Absolute Truth in both bheda and abheda aspects

Is anger always bad?

Does spiritualist refer to a practitioner of spiritualism, not spirituality?

If everything comes from Krishna why doesn’t everything take us to Krishna?

QA with Christian students 4 – Is the Christian incarnation similar to Vedic avatar?

QA with Christian students 3 – Does the Prodigal Son parable correlate with the fall of the soul?

QA with Christian students 2 – Is there any bhakti equivalent to the Trinity?

QA with Christian students 1 – Is Yashoda similar to Virgin Mary?

Gita 11.38 Knowledge of the Absolute helps us see how the things we know manifest the one we need to ultimately know

If the soul is marginal energy, how can it never fall after attaining Krishna?

From moksha one falls back, from svarga one can be elevated – is kama better than moksha?

Gita 11.37 God in this world is like an author in a book – the cause outside the cause-effect chain

Gita 11.36 What brings joy to the godly causes misery to the ungodly

Gita 11.35 The kala rupa makes the fearless fearful

Gita 11.34 Assurances are reassuring when they are not just generic but also specific

Gita 11.33 Harmonizing with the divine will is the perfection of human expertise

Gita 11.32 Question about the identity of the familiar refers to the unfamiliar within the familiar

See criticism with a critical eye

Wasn’t Hanuman’s anger in burning Lanka excessive?

How could Arjuna ask Krishna to become his charioteer?

Is Tulsi-Ramayana more biased against Ravana than Valmiki-Ramayan?

When Hanuman was a monkey, why did Sita see him as a man and decline to be carried by him?

Did Vibhishana betray his brother by defecting to Rama’s side?

If Arjuna being a kshatriya was anyway going to fight, why did Krishna speak the Gita?

Dasha Mula Tattva 2 – Scripture is the only way to know inconceivable Absolute Truth

Gita 11.31 Encountering the fearful kala rupa in the vishva-rupa is disconcerting

Gita 1​1.30 The all-devouring feature of the universal form reveals how the war is a yajna

Gita 11.29 – The natural is not always desirable

Why did Arjuna kill Bhishma unfairly?

Was Arjuna a better archer than Karna because he got better training facilities?

Why did Dasharatha not go with Rama to the forest when he felt separation from him?

When Vasudeva and Devakis son was going to kill him, why did Kamsa keep them in the same prison cell?

Was Ravana virtuous because he didn’t violate Sita forcibly?

What should I do if my bhakti is damaged after coming from ISKCON?

How does spiritual sound stimulate and facilitate meditation?

​Gita 1​1.29 To be enriched with speed on the path of self-destruction is tragic

Draupadi – dishonored yet honorable

​Gita 11.28 The life and the death of the dharmic is auspicious

Bhagavatam study 30 – 1.7.15 -21 – Arjuna pacifies griefstruck Draupadi with fierce sweet words

​Gita 11.27 The comprehensive vision of the universes includes its gruesome features

Bhagavatam study 29 – 1.7.8-14 – Krishna attracts those who are not attracted to anything

Gita 11.26 The event of death is virtue-neutral, but the destination after death isn’t

Bhagavatam study 28 – 1.7.1-7 – Vyasa offers bhakti as the remedy for the worlds malady

Positive Thinking 35 – Let the IDEA lead to ENERGY

When the Lord’s pastimes are transcendental, should they be analyzed?

Positive Thinking 34 – No time?

Gita 11.25 The sight of the unfamiliar in the familiar is disorienting

Bhagavatam study 27 – 1.6.32-38 – Krishnas glories fulfill our search for pleasure

Why do jnanis need many lives to become jnanavan?

Why are the eka-bhakti jnanis of Gita 7.17 considered jnana-mishra?

​Gita 11.24 Repetition is not always rambling – it can be for stress or beauty