Author: Chaitanya Charan

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

Gita 06.29 – By seeing sameness in the material, yogi penetrates to the supreme spiritual substance

A succession conflict caused by selflessness (Ramayana Reflections 4)

CC daily 184 – 6.272 – See mukti not as separate from Krishna but as sheltered in Krishna

Bhagavatam-daily 286 – 11.13.19 – The essence-shower enlightens the essence-seeker

If something is destined, then will it not happen even if we don’t endeavor?

Can devotees perform Satyna-Narayan puja?

When later never comes, why tell people to postpone spiritual life for material life?

Shouldn’t we teach the highest standard, otherwise people will rationalize their materialism?

Gita 07.02 – Understand the appearance and the substance of everything

Gita 06.28 – To get the best happiness, connect with God, not sense objects

CC daily 183 – 6.271 – Revelation needs to be understood through the living tradition

Bhagavatam-daily 285 – 11.13.18 – Spiritual safety comes not by position but by devotion

Gita 06.27 – Joy is the natural fruity of purity

Artificial Life? Why Not Real Life?

Gita 06.26 – Overcome discouragement with the inner light and the inner map

CC daily 182 – 6.270 – Changing psychological orientation is more important than changing geographical location

Bhagavatam-daily 284 – 11.13.17 – Beware of the sense objects to which you are attracted and those which are attracted to you

Is it hypocrisy to kill animals for getting yoga-seat while claiming to be a vegetarian?

Is the idea of focusing on material life instead of spiritual life a deviation from Prabhupadas teachings?

In Bhagavatam canto 2, what is the relation between Parikshitas question and Brahmas listing various avataras?

In yugas when Krishna doesnt descend which avatar descend?

In Gita 13.24 why does Krishna say that he has spoken about the modes when he hasn’t spoken about them?

Gita Metaphors 2 – Wind 1 – A Boat Amidst a Storm

CC daily 181 – 6.269 – Wanting to merge in the personal absolute is a colossal self-deprivation

Gita 06.25 – Don’t expect overnight change – determinedly make gradual changes

Bhagavatam-daily 283 – 11.13.16 – Inspiration can’t be extracted by law or blood

Gita 13.26 – Hearing is foundational to the topmost yoga

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

CC daily 180 – 6.267-68 – Focus on internalizing conviction not parroting denunciation

Bhagavatam-daily 282 – 11.13.15 – The Kumaras are exalted souls eminently qualified for enlightenment

Gita 06.24 – Determination means rejection of dejection

Bhagavatam-daily 281 – 11.13.14 – The purpose of yoga is to help the mind find rest in Krishna

CC daily 177 – 6.263 – When compared to devotion, liberation is deprivation

CC daily 176 – 6.262 – Action contrary to expectation provokes question of intention

Gita 06.23 – Yoga brings disconnection from our infatuation with misery

Brahma Samhita 5.44 – Cultivate a Krishna-centered, not self-centered, vision of nature

Bhagavatam 1.8.21 – Kunti meditates on increasingly intimate manifestations of the Lord

Gita 18.61 – Krishna doesn’t cause our worldly wandering – he frees us from the cause of that wandering

Gita 09.02 – The most powerful knowledge brings about the most auspicious destruction

Bhagavad Gita Metaphors 1 – Introduction

Gita 02.52 – Take the intelligence beyond the illusion of knowledge

Gita 03.41 – Alluring sense objects are the trigger, not the cause, of lust

Bhagavatam-daily 280 – 11.13.13 – Connect regularly with transcendence to prevent sliding into ignorance

Gita 06.22 – Seek the achievement beyond hankering and lamentation

CC daily 175 – 6.261 – Accepting responsibility for our misery opens our heart to mercy

Gita 13.27 – Let sensory perception stimulate spiritual contemplation

Gita 04.35 – Focus on the knowledge that fulfills the purpose of knowledge

Bhagavatam-daily 279 – 11.13.12 – We may be contaminated by the modes, but we dont have to be controlled by them

Bhagavatam-daily 278 – 11.13.11 – Awareness of consequence without alteration of lifestyle is non-transformational

Gita 16.10 – Differentiate between kama as an enemy and kama as a purusha-artha

Gita 18.73 – Harmony with the Supreme is the sure sign of enlightenment

Gita 02.72 – Spiritual connectedness can provide peace even amidst violence

CC daily 174 – 6.260 – The tradition had robust mechanisms for preserving accuracy in scriptural transmission

Gita 06.20 – Stop outer obsession to begin inner perception

Gita 16.17 – Devotion is a matter of inner intention, not outer ostentation

Gita 14.01 – The Gita’s jnana section higlights its bhakti essence

Gita 18.35 – Expecting the worst of everything is ignorant, not transcendent

Bhagavatam-daily 277 – 11.13.10 – The mind’s oscillation keeps us in illusion

CC daily 173 – 6.259 – Diving deep into scripture is the life of transcendentalists

Gita 06.19 – Minimize the wind of disturbing desires to maximize the flame of meditation