Author: Chaitanya Charan

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

CC daily 173 – 6.257 – To appreciate a devotional rags-to-riches story, understand what the rags and riches are

Brahma Samhita meditation 2 – Krishna is not just the greatest in a hierarchy but the greatest beyond any hierarchy

The quest for fame deconstructed and redirected

Bhagavatam-daily 276 – 11.13.9 – To think we are what we are not is our foundational illuson

Gita 06.18 – Self-control leads to real self-awareness

CC daily 172 – 6.256 – The glorifier of the supremely glorious also becomes glorious

Fatalism or pragmatism? (Ramayana reflections 3)

Bhagavatam-daily 275 – 11.13.8 – Illusion makes us to stick to the source of suffering

Gita 06.21 – The intelligence opens the door to trans-sensory happiness

Gita 06.17 – Material regulation cataylzes yogic liberation

Gita 17.03 – Gita’s categorization goes deeper than just believers and nonbelievers

Gita 14.18 – The modes present choices and propel us to choose

Gita 14.02 – Take shelter of the knowledge that inspires us to take shelter of Krishna

CC daily 171 – 6.255 – Sarvabhauma’s devotion manifests as aspiraton for total absorption

Bhagavatam-daily 274 – 11.13.7 – Guided destruction facilitates regeneration

Bhagavatam-daily 273 – 11.13.6 – Cultivate goodness as a foundation for spiritual takeoff

Gita 06.16 – Take responsibility for determining bodily balance

Bhagavatam-daily 272 – 11.13.5 – The Vedic plan is not just inclusive but also progressive

CC daily 170 – 6.254 – Sarvabhauma’s prayer expresses his philosophical insight and personal realization

Gita 06.15 – Yoga brings mental regulation and spiritual liberation

Gita 11.40 – Appreciate that the omnipresent is present in sacred sound

Gita 16.09 – Our conception critically changes our contribution

Gita 14.13 – Illumination and action make our life all-round productive

CC daily 169 – 6.253 – Humility means to not delight in one’s glory

Gita 06.14 – Use material dispassion to establish spiritual connection

Let verses be intellectual templates for meditating on Krishna

Bhagavatam-daily 271 – 11.13.4 – Observe and alter the ten factors that determine the mode influencing us

Meditation on prayer to Jagannatha

Gita 02.66 – We need Krishna-connection to keep our intelligence and mind on track

Three levels of manifestation of Jagannatha Rath Yatra

Gita 06.13 – Physical position is meant to facilitate mental absorption

Don’t let the mind drag you away from the tasty to the tasteless

CC daily 168 – 6.246-252 – Devotees anticipate the Lord’s actions and serve him proactively

CC daily 167 – 6.245 – Recognizing spiritual position as more important that material position reflects devotional realization

Gita 18.35 – We don’t lack determination – we lack direction for our determination

Bhagavatam-daily 270 – 11.13.3 – Goodness helps us to best live in the ocean while bhakti takes us to the shore

Defiance used in the service of devotion – Ramayana reflection

Brahma Samhita 5.30 – venum kvanantam – The creator adores his creator

Gita 06.12 – Concentration is the foundation for purification

Bhagavatam-daily 269 – 11.13.2 – Dont reject the material – connect with the material that takes us to the transcendental

Gita 14.11 – Is our acquistion of knowledge done with knowledge?

Gita 14.16 – Goodness detoxifies our consciousness

Gita 16.16 – The more we are spiritually deprived, the more become materialy depraved

CC daily 166 – 6.243-44 – Association grants us entry into the symbiosis of endeavor and mercy

Gita 18.57 – Don’t renounce work – offer work to Krishna

Gita 06.11 – Seek a balance between externals and internals

Gita 18.34 – Determination in devotion with material expectation makes devotion unsteady

CC daily 165 – 6.242 – Ten intensifiers heighten the clarion call to chanting

Bhagavatam-daily 268 – 11.13.1 – We need to come to goodness before acting in pure goodness

Gita 14.12 – Passion produces workoholism – protect yourself by devotion

Gita 06.10 – Popular yoga is not spiritual yoga

The success of calling Krishna is in the call itself – Govinda damodara stotra

What to when the mind despite our devotional practices gets caught in something?

CC daily 164 – M 6.241 – Lord Chaitanya is the topmost propagator of the topmost limb of bhakti

Bhagavatam-daily 267 – 11.12.24 – Both Gitas teach using and transcending jnana

Gita 06.09 – Equal vision towards those who relate unequally is challenging

Treasure the intelligence that enables us to value the treasure of devotion

CC daily 163 – M 6.239-40 – Awareness of our insignificance before Krishna animates our devotion

Bhagavatam-daily 266 – 11.12.23 – The godless are like reverse-swans

Gita 06.08 – Realization brings satisfaction and equal vision