Author: Chaitanya Charan

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

Gita 05.13 – The bodily city metaphor conveys our difference from our sensory gates

Gita 05.14 – The more we become detached, the more we master the body

Bhagavatam-daily 240 – 11.11.46 – Specific details of Krishna’s forms are not to be transcended but to be treasured

If God’s will is the universal cause for everything, why do some events such as quakes that happen only at specific places?

When heavenly residents have subtle bodies dont all bodies contain all elements?

When doctors find treatments nature endows germs with resistance to medicies – why?

When likings are relative to species, what’s wrong with a hog’s attraction to stool?

CC daily 136 – M 6.200 – Pride alters our destination by distorting our vision

Gita 05.12 – Action per se is not binding – attached action is

Bhagavatam-daily 239 – 11.11.45 – See social service as a form of devotional service, not its replacement

How do we differentiate between the mind and the intelligence when the mind can also speak good things?

How do we know which is our voice, the minds voice and the Supersoul’s voice?

Gita 05.10 – Live in the world but be not of the world

Gita 05.11 – Change the motivation for action from gratification to purification

Gita 05.09 – Contact of senses & sense objects is not the problem – infatuation with the contact is

How can we use emotional intelligence to manage our relationships?

As we will become attached to services we like should we also take services we dont like?

Does the soul’s composition change from the material world to the spiritual world?

How can the soul carry subtle elements from one body to another?

When the Supersoul is with the soul how can it be covered by the material energy?

Do elderly people in the spiritual world remain eternally elderly?

Bhagavatam-daily 238 – 11.11.44 – Worship of Krishna is eminently accessible through his devotees

CC daily 135 – M 6.198-99 – What the Bhagavatam teaches in principle it demonstrates in practice

Bhagavatam-daily 237 – 11.11.43 – See various worshipable things as pathways to the supreme worshipable

CC daily 134 – M 6.196-97 – Krishna’s qualities pull our mind towards him – other spiritual goals don’t

Should we seek financial security first so that we can focus more on bhakti later?

In Gita 6.35 what does abhyasa and vairagya mean?

How do we differentiate between sentimental practice of bhakti and sentiments coming from bhakti?

How can following rules lead to developing of spontaneous love?

Should we seek satisfaction by serving according to our nature of sacrifice by doing whatever we are told to do?

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Gita 05.08 – Don’t take credit for actions done by bodily mechanisms

CC daily 133 – M 6.187-95 – Sarvabhauma is outplayed at his own game

Bhagavatam-daily 236 – 11.11.42 – Don’t see God as reduced to the world or as disconnected from the world

Are Prabhupada’s standards being diluted by, say, singing mahamantra in Bollywood song tune?

How can I overcome confusion about which spiritual master to choose?

What is the relationship between intelligence and consciousness?

If even sinful devotees are considered saintly should we not look for trustworthiness in relating with devotees?

If descending to lower species is the greatest fear why does Bhaktivinoda T not fear an insect birth?

If morality can be developed without religion, will religion become redundant?

How does the reconditioning of the soul from one body to another happen?

Gita 05.07 – Inner purity ensures outer action without reaction

Bhagavatam-daily 235 – 11.11.41 – By giving our dearmost things to Krishna, we make Krishna our dearmost thing

Gita 05.06 – Renunciation without yogic connection is distressing

CC daily 132 – M 6.185-86 – Attraction of the liberated to the Lord demonstrates the transcendence of his qualities

Can working devotee-mothers send their children to child care?

Do the Vedas already contain a Theory of Everything?

Hasn’t Stephen Hawking already come up with a Theory of Everything?

Can’t scientists experiment about origins using Large Hadron Collider?

Are abnormal behaviors caused by nervous breakdowns or by ghosts?

If the soul is eternal why does it need food?

Should we work without worrying about result or work for Krishna?

Why does Prabhupada give Sanskrit word-to-word translations that aren not found in Sanskrit dictionaries?

Personal Management Mantra – Productivity in Activity through Spirituality

Bhagavatam-daily 234 – 11.11.40 – Maintaining the sanctity of Deity worship protects our vision from sliding to the mundane

Is it ok to savor the good feelings we get while practicing bhakti?

If the number of our breaths is fixed do exercises that accelerate our breathing decrease our lifespan?

How can we stay busy in Krishna consciousness?

CC daily 131 – M 6.183-84 – Lord Chaitanya defeats Sarvabhauma without dishonoring him

Gita 05.05 – Sankhya and yoga aim for the same destination, yet they aren’t same

CC daily 130 – M 6.182 – Impersonalism gives Vedic facade to voidism

Scientific, Christian and Bhagavatam conceptions of God

Gita 05.04 – See beyond the diversity of process to the commonality of purpose

Bhagavatam-daily 233 – 11.11.39 – The counter for duplicity is not just honesty but also simplicity

How to avoid boredom while hearing the same points being repeated in classes?

In Gita 3.1 what does intelligence and fruitive work refer to?

Bhagavatam-daily 232 – 11.11.38 – The desire to become bigger keeps us a beggar

How should we pray in front of the Deities?

How do we know whether we are accepting and rejecting while surrendering based on the mind or the intelligence?

Why are the Bhagavatam’s and science’s conceptions of the universe so different?

CC daily 129 – M 6.181 – Rationalization enables us to believe what we want to believe

Gita 05.03 – Renunciation in action is lasting renunciation

Bhagavatam-daily 231 – 11.11.37 – Don’t let technical minutiae blind you to transcendental purpose

Conceptions of time in science, Christianity and Bhagavatam

CC daily 128 – M 6.180 – Don’t make peoples emotion come in the way of their reason

Gita 05.02 – The path that takes us away from bondage fastest is the best

Gita 05.01 – Understand meanings of terms from context, not from preconception

If time is an independent reality why do different people perceive it differently?

If time moves only forward how do we explain hypnotic regression?

Bhagavatam-daily 230 – 11.11.36 – Pass higher test to quickly gain higher taste

Counter anxiety by spirituality

Managing the mind 2 – Catch the ventriloquist with intellectual and emotional energy

Managing the mind 1 – The mind is the TV and the thief

Importance of celibacy in the world’s spiritual traditions

How important are close relationships with devotees?

How can we prevent ability from making us proud?

CC daily 127 – M 6.179 – Understand scripture not by coming up with an original interpretation, but by coming to the original intention