Author: Chaitanya Charan

Which is the best way to read scripture?

Why is the irreligious West prosperous and religious India poor?

Is pain is caused by bodily attachment, how can painkillers stop the pain?

Gita 04.03 – Krishna reveals his glory to those who delight in that glory

Is anand present in the cit aspect of the Absolute Truth too?

How is Krishna attained by doing duty – doesn’t one need to rise to love for him?

How does mastery in yajna lead to Krishna consciousness?

As Krishna is the ultimate beneficiary, is devata prasad also Krishna-prasad?

If yajnas are not done will there be no rains?

What is the destination of those who take devatas’ prasad?

Bhagavatam-daily 189 – 11.10.31 – The more we understand that we are controlled, the more we can break free

CC daily 86 – M 6.30-36 – Nityananda Prabhu’s ecstasy attracts Jagannatha’s mercy

Gita 04.02 When time brings things down, let Krishna take things up

Gita 04.02 – The Gita lives through those who live the Gita

If brahmajyoti is nondifferent from Krishna, as is his holy name, what’s wrong with meditating on brahmajyoti?

CC daily 85 – M 6.21-20 – Gopinatha Acharya’s deep devotion to Lord Chaitanya

Bhagavatam-daily 188 – 11.10.30 – Krishna as time impels us to turn towards Krishna as Bhagavan

Why do Hindus worship ghastly gods with skulls?

Is Jesus the only way to God and Hinduism the lie of the Devil?

If Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth, why are Hindus so poor?

Is God too big to be contained in a picture?

Does the system of karma and rebirth imply that there is no forgiveness?

Is super-consciousness the same as Krishna consciousness?

If Krishna acts exemplarily why did he perform rasa-lila?

Gita 04.01 – Yogic knowledge comes from transcendental source through extra-terrestrial route to terrestrial recipient

CC daily 84 – M 6.14-20 – A providential meeting between the Lord’s associates advances his pastime

Meaningless material existence becomes meaningful through the human form (Churning the Bhagavatam 1)

Why did Dhirtarashtra ask for eyes to see the universal form but refuse the eyes to see the Kurukshetra war?

Why are Krishna and Arjuna both referred by the name Jishnu?

Are the names Ramayana and Narayana related?

When Lord Shiva is the destroyer why is he considered auspicious?

Gita 03.43 – Use intelligence to pursue transcendence and subdue lust

Was Drona a pure devotee? Was he a spiritual teacher?

CC daily 83 – M 6.8-13 – Lord Chaitanya manifest suddipta-sattvika vikara

Why are the Gita’s first and last chapters of Krishna’s instructions its longest chapters?

Material existence without the human form is pointless

Gita 03.42 – In the line of fire from lust the soul is the last

CC daily 82 – M 6.2-8 – Lord Chaitanya’s darshana of Jagannatha was dramatically devastating

Gita 03.41 – Regulation is the foundation for purification

What do the terms karya karana kartrtva adhyatma adhibhuta and adhiyajna in SB 2.5.19 mean?

Why does Prabhupada say in Gita 2.38p that sankhya doesn’t refer to and does refer to the Bhagavatam’s sankhya?

Whose Sankhya is the authorized Sankhya – the sage Kapila’s or of the avatara Kapila’s?

How is internal cleanliness a bodily austerity?

What is the difference between austerity and penance?

How can we ensure that our words of correction act as scalpels, not axes?

How can devotees avoid getting deviated to the heavenly planets?

Bhagavatam first canto study 4 – 1.1.4-1.1.23 – The sages’ questions

Bhagavatam-daily 187 – 11.10.29 – Enjoying by closing eyes doesn’t do away with consequences

CC daily 81 – M 6.1 – The expert Lord doesn’t just counter the head, but changes the heart

Gita 03.40 – Lust has taken over our knowledge-acquiring mechanism

Bhagavatam-daily 186 – 11.10.28 – Animal slaughter and fascination with vampires reflects tamo-guna

CC daily 80 – M 5.153-161 – The pastimes of the two transcendental brothers are inconceivable yet relishable

Gita 03.39 – The eternal enemy blinds, binds and burns

Bhagavatam-daily 185 – 11.10.27 – Obsession with pleasure causes degeneration of character

CC daily 79 – M 5.144-152 – Love changes perception of not just time but also space

Gita 03.38 – No one is exempt from lust’s delusion

Gita 03.37 – Inner enemies are more dangerous than outer enemies

Bhagavatam-daily 184 – 11.10.26 – Seek to not forget the temporariness of reality, but to transcend it

CC daily 78 – M 5.139-143 – Danda-bhanga is Nityanada P’s esoteric glorification of Lord Chaitanya

Gita 03.36 – Alien desires become our own and impel us to sin

How could a brahmana be so illiterate as to to not be able to read the Gita?

Which are the important commentaries on the Gita?

Why are there so many commentaries on the Gita?

What does “our senses are meant for Krishna’s satisfaction” mean?

What is the difference between doubt and curiosity?

What can we do in a relationship when the other person doesn’t want clarification?

When we don’t get any reciprocation despite calling Krishna earnestly for long, what can we do?

What is the difference between goodness and pure goodness?

Bhagavatam-daily 183 – 11.10.25 – Infatuation with gratification induces oblivion of impending tribulation

CC daily 77 – M 5.136-138 – Devotees relish the sight of the two forms of the one Lord

Bhagavatam Overview – Canto 1 – Setting the Scene of Devotion in Separation

Gita 03.35 – Credit lies in sticking to duty under duress, not in changing duty

Terrorism – The Extreme Expression of a Culture of Ignorance

Bhagavatam-daily 182 – 11.10.24 – Seek change not in scale of pleasure, but in its nature

CC daily 76 – M 5.133-135 – Gopal is not just a historical sakshi, but is the eternal sakshi

Jaya Jaya Jagannatha meaning – The Lord’s many forms manifest his manifold mercy

Gita 03.34 – Don’t let sensory urges steal dharmic credits

How does marriage change sex from wrong to right?

What exactly was Bharata Maharaj’s mistake?

How could Bharata Maharaj have become attached to a deer after renouncing the world?

How can we overcome our ego?

What does it mean to not take credit for the things we do?

Bhagavatam-daily 181 – 11.10.23 – Heaven is a station – seeing it as a destination is illusion

CC daily 75 – M 5.127-132 – Gopal reciprocates with the desire of his royal maidservant

Gita 03.33 – Our varna nature needs to be channelized, not repressed

When neither yajnik-brahmanis nor their husbands get Krishna’s shelter, what is the point of that pastime?

Why is Vritrasura portrayed as a demon in the Rig-Veda and as a devotee in the Bhagavatam?

Why does Jiva Goswami deem Bhagavatam 2.2.37 the book’s phala-shruti?

How can we avoid getting lost in the many conversations in the Bhagavatam?

Which are the important commentaries on the Bhagavatam?

CC daily 74 – M 5.120-126 – The Supreme King moves to the kingdom of the victorious king

Bhagavatam-daily 180 – 11.10.22 – Karma-kanda is a technique that can backfire at minor error

What is the difference between energies in Gita chp 7 and potencies in chp 9?

Bhagavatam-daily 179 – 11.10.21 – Extension of vision from this world to the next doesn’t help without extension of conception of self

CC daily 73 – M 5.114-119 – Devotees desire to broadcast the Lord’s mercy

Gita 03.32 – Turning away from Krishna defeats the purpose of knowledge

Gita 03.31 – Krishna’s words are eternal and faith-worthy

CC daily 72 – CCM 5.103-113 – The Lord’s extraordinary mercy causes astonishment and delight

Bhagavatam-daily 178 – 11.10.20 – Expose the tricks by which the mind denies our mortality

Gita 03.30 – Focus not on detaching from the entangling but on attaching to the liberating