Author: Chaitanya Charan

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?

How to recover from harsh words of some devotees?

When Krishna is so loving, why is loving him so difficult?

How can we practically experience Krishna’s love for us?

MIND acronym 3 – The mind neglects opportunity and denies reality

Gita 08.24 – Astrological positions and psychological dispositions contribute to the soul’s liberation

What to do if the mind gets caught in the sector of disagreement between science and scripture?

How do we differentiate between scriptural principle and detail?

How to reconcile science and religion?

How to be selective in our association without becoming judgmental?

Appreciating scripture’s perennial relevance

What does beating the mind with broom and shoe mean?

How do we reconcile the mind’s coming from goodness with goodness giving rise to knowledge?

How can we prevent the mind from obsessing over negative things that shouldn’t happen?

How can we spiritualize the willing function of the mind?

MIND acronym 2 – Mind imagines pleasure

Gita 08.23 – The Gita unifies diverse Vedic concepts in a devotional framework

Death and the search for meaning

Gita 08.22 – Everything is in Krishna and Krishna is in everything

Is the mind or a source of desires or just a channel of the soul’s desires?

Does the working of the mind match with our desires?

How to fight against the minds self-sabotaging inner dialogue?

Does Krishna not help us when we are not his pure devotees?

Does the Gita contain verses against meat-eating?

How to deal with relatives who hurt us by their ego and negativity?

Philosophy seems abstract – how can we undestand that Krishna tangibly helps us?

Appreciating Radharani’s position and devotion – Radhashtami class

What does the Gita say about attachment, detachment and rupture in relationships?

How exactly is work worship – is bad work also worship?

How can we go beyond suppressing desire to becoming free from even the urge?

How to sustain our bhakti when we have to live in materialistic association

Understanding the Marshmallow test from the three modes’ perspective

Do aliens exist?

Why do great devotees die due to painful dieases or terrible accidents?