Author: Chaitanya Charan

Do those who die fighting against Krishna attain the spiritual world earlier than those who fight for him?

How did Duryodhana win Balaram over to his side?

God proposes, Man Disposes – Understanding Krishna’s failed peace mission

The Quest for Happiness – Collecting the material or recollecting the spiritual?

How does Krishna take away the karma of his devotees?

Gita 09.09 – Krishna is concerned but not sentimental

How can we understand that God is a person?

How can we develop a taste for bhakti and chanting?

Does destiny determine how we respond to situations?

How is destiny related to karma?

Life’s 4 defining D’s: Desire, Decision, Destiny and Dharma

Why do people in goodness sometimes not take up bhakti?

How to spiritually reach people who aren’t receptive to hearing Krishna’s glories?

Why is Krishna selectively merciful in inspiring some people to take to bhakti and not others?

How can we help reluctant people to become spiritually elevated?

Tread the path of the ears to the eyes and the heart

Gita 09.07 – Repetition of discussion is meant for elevation of vision

How to reconcile Krishna’s omniscience with our having free will?

RASA acronym for finding rasa in bhakti

If God is the explanation for everything, what is the explanation for God?

How to deal with doubts about God’s existence coming from the study of science?

Prabhupada – dependent on Krishna yet dynamic in service – 50th anniversary address

How to understand that there is life after death?

How to see death of a loved one philosophically without becoming hardhearted?

How are trust and expectation related? Can we love without trust?

Gita 09.06 – Krishna limits not our freedom but the scope of our freedom

Should criminals who go on murderous sprees be forgiven?

How to deal with anger when others hurt us?

IDEA – 4 insights for facing adversities

How can I write a book?

Is thinking that we may not attain Krishna in one life being realistic or being lethargic?

How can we avoid losing enthusiasm as we keep practicing bhakti over the years?

How do our relationships in this world relate with our relationship with Krishna?

Overcome discouragement through spiritual wisdom

Why does the Bhagavatam end with impersonal knowledge?

When prasad is so purifying, why don’t those who take prasad regularly get fully purified?

Gita 09.05 – God’s self-contradiction points to his inconceivable multi-level manifestations

What is the source of desire?

Three special results of loving Krishna – PSI: Purification Satisfaction Illumination (Bhagavatam 1.2.14)

How can we know that God exists?

How can we connect with God to get positive energy?

If destiny is supreme, how do we have free will?

How do we deal with negativity coming from reading bad news?

What is the best way to get positive thoughts regularly?

Why are we suffering in this world?

How can we decide when pursuing material things is enough?

Intention in Tension? – Principles for Sustainable Relationships

Gita 09.04 – God relates with the world through the impersonal, the immanent and the transcendent

How do impersonalists derive impersonal conclusions from the Gita?

What are the destinations of those who realize Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan?

Bhakti is the inclusive summit of all spirituality (Bhagavatam 1.2.6-13)

How do we balance serving according to our nature with asssiting our guru’s mission?

How can we find like-minded association?

Gita 09.03 – Bhakti harmonizes the temporary with the eternal

How can we do akarma practically?

How are thoughts generated?

How does association lead to spiritual advancement?

How can we avoid taking steps forward and then backward in our spiritual life?

Practicing bhakti amidst todays fast-paced life

How can we differentiate between Krishna and Maya in subtle situations?

How can we cultivate the disposition of surrender?

How does the existence of the finite point to the existence of the infinite?

QA tradition brings intellectual vibrancy to bhakti

Manage the mind through introspection and meditation

Can’t judging be a means of self-defense?

Gita 09.01 – Krishna’s glory can be appreciated by the devoted, not the envious

If we correct with good intention, isn’t that good enough?

Judgmental attitude ruins relationships

Gita 08.28 – Yogi gets what other paths offer and gets more too

How can we practice bhakti-yoga on a daily basis?

How can we control the unstable mind?

How can we set spiritual goals that harmonize with our material goals?

How to find our true nature?

How spirituality increases our social contributions

Gita 08.27 – Devotional consistency is more important than chronological accuracy

How is the worship of devatas inclusive within worship of Krishna?

Why does Krishna say the devatas are different from him in chp 7 and same with him in chp 10?

Does karshati in Gita 15.07 refer to attraction or struggle?

Why does the Gita 15.1 compare the Vedas to leaves?

How much should we discipline our children in practical things such as watching TV?

How do we develop the qualities the Gita recommends?

How can devotee-parents deal with children who don’t practice bhakti seriously?

How can I overcome sleepiness when studying the Gita?

How can bhakti help our children in their careers?

Parenting Principles from Bhagavad-gita

Gita 08.26 – Disinvest emotion from matter before it crashes

Can science by its progress gain spiritual knowledge?

Why is the soul’s connection with the Supreme established only through sound – and a specific mantra at that?

Where does our longing for love come from?

What to do when our vertical and horizontal relationships are not symbiotic?

What is the highest form of love?

Should one love oneself to be happy?

How can killing for one’s country be considered love?

Love is the highest reality

Gita 08.25 – Yogi’s spiritual exit velocity needs to be greater than the world’s gravity pull

Happiness lies inside, not outside – is this a spiritual and scriptural principle?

Prabhupada encouraged competition but that sometimes led to ego and power struggle – how to understand?

Why did Balaram favor Duryodhana?

Analyzing envy through Duryodhana’s history

If a thief after praying to Krishna robs a devotee, whom is Krishna merciful to?