Author: Chaitanya Charan

Bhagavatam-daily 302 – 11.13.35 – Don’t equate the temporarily real with the eternally real

CC daily 203 – 7.30-32 – The Lord’s seeming hard-heartedness is due to his soft-heartedness

CC daily 202 – 7.27-29 – The Lord tastes the devotees affection while reproaching their action

CC daily 201 – 7.25-27 – Neglect of etiquette can be due to disrespect – and due to love too

CC daily 200 – 7.23-24 – Non-expression of emotion conveys depth of affection

Gita 07.21 – Krishna is much more merciful than the God in the Prodigal Son metaphor

Gita 07.20 – Don’t let desire steal your knowledge

Gita 07.01 – Hearing paves our way to the summit of yoga

Gita 07.19 – Krishna is not a dispensable filler; he is an indispensable shelter

Gita 07.01 – Focus not on evicting temptation – focus on inviting Krishna

Gita 07.18 – Krishna is so hungry for love that he deems those who become his devotees charitable

Gita 06.47 – The perfection of yoga is not disconnection from matter but connection with Krishna

Gita 06.45 – Past-life attraction and present determination leads yogi to perfection

Gita 07.17 – Jnana favorable to bhakti intensifies our connection with Krishna

Gita 06.46 – Focus on transcendence is superior to any material attainment – gross or subtle

CC daily 199 – 7.21-22 – Insistence is a sign of intimacy

CC daily 198 – 7.18-20 – The Lord reproaches the disruption of his plans but appreciates the underlying devotion

CC daily 197 – 7.15-17 – Love seeks proximity and safety of beloved

Bhagavatam-daily 301 – 11.13.34 – Don’t equate continuity of form with continuity of substance

Gita 06.44 – Past-life’s spiritual practice manifests as inexplicable irresistible attraction to transcendence

Gita 07.16 – Approaching Krishna for any reason is auspicious

Bhagavatam-daily 300 – 11.13.33 – Faith in Krishna is similar to and different from other kinds of faith

Gita 06.43 – Spiritual inclination is the credit that carries over beyond the corpse

Gita 07.15 – Scriptural categorization of non-devotees is living, not frozen

Gita 06.42 – Having past spiritual impressions reinforced in a present life is extremely fortunate

Independence Day Meditation – A Patriotism beyond Patriotism

Should the Bhagavad-gita be made India’s national book?

Gita 07.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position brings intellectual force to our call of devotion

CC daily 196 – 7.10-14 – The Lord’s external reason for South India tour conceals his inner reason

Bhagavatam-daily 299 – 11.13.32 – The absence of memory is also a memory

Gita 07.13 – The modes sabotage our prospects of coming out of material existence

CC daily 195 – 7.9 – The bhakti movement is nourished not by inreach or outreach but by loving exchanges

Jaladuta 50th anniversary special – New book: “Prabhupada: The moments that made the movement”

Bhagavatam-daily 298 – 11.13.31 – Absorption in higher reality counters infatuation with lower reality

Gita 06.40 – Krishna reveals how an apparently lose-lose situation is actually win-win

Gita 06.41 – The deviated yogi loses neither materially nor spiritually

Should we love ourselves or hate ourselves?

Prabhupada’s one step to enter Jaladuta – A giant leap in humanity’s spiritual evolution

CC daily 194 – 7.7-8 – The call of duty is not a license for insensitivity

Bhagavatam-daily 297 – 11.13.30 – Wake up from the dream, not within the dream

Gita 06.38 – The problems we perceive reflect our level of consciousness

Gita 06.39 – Doubts are natural due to our limitedness – seek the unlimited

Gita 07.12 – The Gita’s vision of God is not pantheistic but panentheistic

When cities were present in scriptural times too, why does ISKCON criticize urbanization?

Isnt fear of entanglement in grihastha life desirable?

Should one not become an IAS officer because one will get the karma of the people under one’s jurisdiction?

Is the quote about Macaulay systematically planning to destroy Indias glorious education and culture false?

CC daily 193 – 7.4-6 – Cycilicity of time is a universal truth

If a devotee commits suicide, will he become a ghost? What can his relatives do for him?

Bhagavatam-daily 296 – 11.13.29 – Rejection of illusion brings release from anxiety

Which books of the previous acharayas can sadhakas read?

Doesn’t ISKCON’s rule to glorify Srila Prabhupada and not one’s guru go against Vedic culture of glorifying one’s guru?

Why did Yudhisthira while gambling Draupadi describe her physical beauty publicly?

Why did Arjuna to avenge Abhimanyu kill the weaker Jayadratha and not a stronger opponent like Karna?

Gita 06.37 – Considering future problems is a sign of intelligence

Gita 07.11 – Kama manifests the divine when harmonized with dharma

Gita 06.36 – Mind control is essential – and possible by proper process

CC daily 192 – 7.2-3 – The Lord doesnt rest on his laurels but desires to spread mercy further

Bhagavatam-daily 295 – 11.13.28 – Spiritual is not just above goodness – it is way above

Gita 07.10 – All seeds are exhaustible, but Krishna is the inexhaustible seed

CC daily 191 – 7.1 – The summary reflects the systematic structure of the book

Bhagavatam-daily 294 – 11.13.27 – Contemplate one’s observer position to cultivate dispassion

Gita 07.09 – Krishna underlies diverse manifestations as earth, fire, life and ascetic

Gita 06.35 – The supreme teacher offers guidance – and confidence

Lord Chaitanya gives special mercy – does that mean souls before his descent were deprived of mercy?

Why dont the Vedas talk only about bhakti – how are they the authority for bhakti?

Is Krishna’s coming only once in Brahma’s day mean that he is partial?

Bhagavatam-daily 293 – 11.13.26 – Resist the lower natural by embracing the higher natural

CC daily 189 – 6.278-80 – Sarvabhauma’s dramatic transformation points to the transformer’s divinity

Gita 06.34 – The mind is dangerous like an unstoppable storm

Gita 07.08 – Krishna is the essence that makes all taste accessible through water

How can we ensure that we apply what we learn?

Bhagavatam-daily 292 – 11.13.25 – Use your capacity to control to connect with the supreme controller

Gita 07.07 – Krishna is the substance underlying all appearance

Gita 06.33 – Seeing equally is tough, but seeing devotionally is easier

Lust brings out our lower side; love, our higher side

CC daily 188 – 6.277 – Training our emotions is the key to transforming them

Gita 06.32 – The topmost yogi sees everyone with benevolence, not indifference

Gita 07.06 – Nothing exists outside the purview of Krishna’s energies

Bhagavatam-daily 291 – 11.13.24 – Agnosticism reduces God to irrelevance and non-existence

Bhagavatam-daily 290 – 11.13.23 – Both spiritual and material monism are fallacious

Gita 07.05 – The Absolute Truth is immutable, but its energies are mutable

Gita 06.31 – See oneness in Krishna’s various manifestations – not Krishna and the soul

CC daily 187 – 6.275-76 – The test of our devotion is our inner response to outer devotional stimulation

After completing brahmachari training, how to overcome fear of entanglement while entering grihastha ashrama?

Should we pray for Krishna’s help for dealing with some problem in our profession even when such problem is material?

Should we pray for going BTG or pray for serving Krishna in this world?

CC daily 186 – 6.274 – The domination of impersonalism leads to default impersonal interpretation

Bhagavatam-daily 289 – 11.13.22 – Impersonalim reduces all inquiry to incoherence

Gita 07.04 – Sankhya when seen devotionally reveals Krishna’s glory

Gita 06.30 – The perception of Krishna everywhere takes one beyond the reach of illusion

CC daily 185 – 6.273 – Learn from the learned how to see Krishna in all shastric statements

While praying how can we cultivate emotions without becoming sahajiyaic?

What does it mean to remember Krishna while chanting?

Bhagavatam-daily 287 – 11.13.20 – Devotees want to know the identity of not just God but also his specific manifestations

Why don’t devotees discuss the eight stages of jnana?

When we are in tears, we need self-confidence to deal with it practically – what is the use of chanting?

If a famous person is dying and people pray for his longevity what is the Vedic perspective on it?

Vandanam – Understanding the dynamics of prayer

Gita 07.03 – The rarity of knowing Krishna reveals the mercy we have the opportunity to relish