Author: Chaitanya Charan

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

“The Eye to See the I” free on kindle for five days 

Bhagavatam study 26 – 1.6.23-31 – Devotion offers the supreme liberation

Positive Thinking 33 – Tap the power of meditation

Can we use freewriting in bhakti-yoga?

How can I go about writing in Krishna’s service?

Gita 11.23 The universal form’s predatory features arouse fear even in Arjuna

Bhagavatam study 25 – 1.6.16-22 – Spiritual desire cleanses material desire

Positive Thinking 32 – PIES – 4 dimensions for all-round well-being

Be an agent of positve change

Positive Thinking 31 – Complement diagnosis with prescription

​Gita 11.22 The vibhutis are astounded by the virata rupa

Bhagavatam study 24 – 1.6.8-15 – Spiritual vision makes the heart-breaking heart-freeing

When the Vedas also talk about transcendence, why does Gita 2.45 ask us to go beyond the Vedas?

Does the Gita flow from 2.58 to 2.61 reflect rise from karma-yoga through jnana-yoga and dhyana-yoga to bhakti yoga?

Does Gita 2.12 actually counter impersonalism?

Does Gita 2.11 refer to the life-air or to the soul?

What is the difference between kula dharma and jati dharma?

Bhagavatam study 23 – 1.6.1-7 – Even when our disposition changes, our position may not change

Does the well-river example of Gita 2.46 illustrate transcending the Vedas recommended in Gita 2.45?

​Gita 11.21 The celestials are not just the universal form’s components but also its respondents

Gita 11.20 The universal form induces awe – both wonder and fear

Gita 11.19 – The universal form is not just blinding but also burning

Positive Thinking 30 – Faith reveals the integrated beyond the fragmented

Why did Dasharatha not follow Ram into his 14 year exile?

Gita 11.18 – The universal form is the eternal personal protector of dharma

Bhagavatam study 22 – 1.5.33-40 – Action with devotional recollection leads to liberation

Positive Thinking 29 – See the invisible, feel the intangible, achieve the impossible

How can scripture be understood relevantly without deviant interpretations?

Why are we unable to apply what we hear?

How can spiritual wisdom be introduced in academic curricula?

When we understand scripture with senses and intelligence, how is the knowledge acquisition descending, not ascending?

Is it because scripture’s message is spiritual that we don’t find it interesting?

Does our capacity for intelligence prove the reality of our free will?