Author: Chaitanya Charan

Focus on the universality of suffering, not its variety

How do the sages’ austerities produce fire?

Why is Dattatreya described so briefly in the Bhagavatam – what is the significance?

Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord

Bhagavatam-daily 257 – 11.12.14 – Bhakti provides what other paths do and more

CC daily 154 – M 6.226-228 – Appreciation of transcendence is often beyond material comprehension

Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation

How was Kunti ever truthful when she lied to conceal Bhima’s identity?

Why was there ajnata vasa in Mahabharata, but not in Ramayana?

Venkatesh Stotra 5 – Krishna’s availability for others doesn’t make him unavailable to us

CC daily 153 – M 6.225 – Urgency to honor prasad can be due to sense gratification or due to spontaneous devotion

Bhagavatam-daily 256 – 11.12.13 – Devotion transcends mundane morality

Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards

Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon

Bhagavatam-daily 255 – 11.12.12 – Krishna uses impersonalist imagery to convey devotional glory

CC daily 152 – M 6.220-224 – Devotion drives away the dullness that sees the rule but not its purpose

Isn’t it material conception of Deity to offer fan or candana when we feel hot in summer?

CC daily 151 – M 6.215-219 – Sarvabhauma jubilantly accepts the triumph of the heart over the head

Bhagavatam-daily 254 – 11.12.11 – Relativity of the gopis’ perception of time demonstrates their intensity of love

Is the bead bag to be worshiped like Krishna?

How much is the jurisdiction of our free will?

Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities

Are there some Deities that are jagruta?

Is it good to practice bhakti because it teaches us good values?

Is it good to practice bhakti due to our cultural upbringing?

Krishna went to Kubja to satisfy her desires – how to understand?

Is KC also exclusivist because those who don’t accept Krishna’s form are said to be doomed?

How does bhakti compare with vipashana?

How does KC take us inwards when it involves many external activities?

Bhagavatam-daily 253 – 11.12.10 – Radharani’s love is the summit of selflessness

CC daily 150 – M 6.214 – Logic is a way of thinking and a school of thought

Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual

Accepted restriction facilitates elevation – resented restriction doesn’t

Bhagavatam-daily 252 – 11.12.09 – Religious activities should increase our Krishna consciousness, not our self-consciousness

When thinking is done by the soul, how can our thoughts be material?

When infinity is an attribute of Bhagavan, how can he manifest in a finite form?

When matter is indestructible what’s wrong with attraction to material forms?

Why are we attracted towards forms and not attracted towards Krishna’s forms?

Aren’t those who doubt whether Deities can perform miracles faithless skeptics?

Does seeing natural laws instead of Deities’ reciprocation amount to shallow Krishna consciousness?

CC daily 149 – M 6.213 – Don’t mistake heartfelt erudite appreciation with self gratification

Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition

Bhagavatam-daily 251 – 11.12.08 – Even the unqualified become liberated by bhakti

Why are personalists better than impersonalists? What is the destination of impersonalist?

Going beyond misconceptions about Deity Worship

Transcriptions uploaded on 28.6.2015. II

Transcriptions uploaded on 28.6.2015. I

Why did the Pandavas blindly follow Kunti’s uninformed words to share Draupadi?

CC M 21.136 – Savor the sweetness that supersedes superlatives

CC daily 148 – M 6.212 – Ecstasy and sobriety are both meant for service

Gita 05.22 – The so-called pleasure is the source of trouble

Bhagavatam-daily 250 – 11.12.07 – Association of devotees is equivalent to the association of Krishna

What are ISKCON’s views on adoption, in-vitro fertilization and surrogacy?

Should a devotee cardiac surgeon avoid doing angioplasty because it uses an animal product injection?

Prabhupada’s legacy lives on

CC daily 147 – M 6.211 – Our achievements are due to not our greatness but devotees’ desires and Krishna’s mercy

If soul doesn’t need food, why is cooking needed in the spiritual world?

Should we be humble with nondevotees who may exploit us?

Do mental, emotional and psychological refer to the same thing?

How do we understand the statement that women are less intelligent?

Even after practicing bhakti why do we still have worldly desires?

Gita 05.21 – Give up outer pleasure and seek inexhaustible inner happiness

Bhagavatam-daily 249 – 11.12.06 – Association benedicts not just the elevated but also the degraded

Bhagavatam-daily 248 – 11.12.05 – Association’s potency is not just declared but also demonstrated

Bhagavatam-daily 247 – 11.12.04 – Social division is not to be eternalized because social designation itself is not eternal

Bhagavatam-daily 246 – 11.12.03 – Association makes bhakti accessible to all humans – and nonhumans too.mp3

Bhagavatam-daily 245 – 11.12.02 – Association gives access to Krishna’s omnipotence internally and externally

Bhagavatam-daily 244 – 11.12.01 – The primacy of bhakti is not exclusive but is inclusive

Bhagavatam-daily 243 – 11.11.49 – Krishna teaches not as a pedant but as a friend

CC daily 146 – M 6.210 – Lord Chaitanya’s mercy makes the defeated delighted, not devastated

When a ghost possesses a person, how do two souls function in the same body?

Does a science student need to give up all faith in science for practicing bhakti?

CC daily 140 – M 6.204 – Sarvabhauma’s transformation is not just intellectual but all-encompassing

How can we overcome loneliness?

Does God play dice with the universe?

Gita 05.20 – Equanimity is meant to make us not emotionless, but purposeful

CC daily 145 – M 6.209 – Don’t laugh at others – laugh with others

CC daily 144 – M 6.208 – Lord Chaitanya shares supremely the supreme ecstasy of the supreme devotee

CC daily 143 – M 6.207 – Sarvabhauma’s ecstasy overload makes him swoon

Gita 05.19 – Sameness of perception is the situation of liberation

CC daily 142 – M 6.206 – Sarvabhauma’s scholarship supersedes that of Keshava Kashmiri in disposition and content

Gita 05.18 – Spiritual realization grants equal vision towards all

CC daily 141 – M 6.205 – Liberation in devotion is the zenith of liberation

Gita 05.17 – Spiritualize all the channels of consciousness to gain liberating knowledge

CC daily 139 – M 6.203 – Krishna’s defining depiction reflects his loving disposition

Gita 05.16 – Knowledge illumines our inner territory and reveals the indwelling Lord

Bhagavatam-daily 242 – 11.11.48 – Association sustains devotion

CC daily 138 – M 6.202 – The bhakti conception of the divine is polymorphic mono-theism

Gita 05.15 – The judge is not responsible for the criminal’s conviction

How can I serve with someone who doesn’t like me?

A spiritual wonder down under (Reflections on my outreach tour to Melbourne)

If science just uses pre-existing mechanisms how does that apply to computer codes and programs?

Does scripture have mathematical equation for relativity?

Can yoga be copyrighted?

Is yoga a cure-all?

Can there be something called Christian yoga?

Is yoga Hindu or not?

World Yoga Day – Let’s Go Beyond Political and Physical Posturing

Bhagavatam-daily 241 – 11.11.47 – Absorption comes from both attraction and determination

CC daily 137 – M 6.201 – Self-criticism is for our disposition not our composition