Author: Chaitanya Charan

Are the Vedas actually ambiguous or just nonspecific about ultimate purpose?

Just delight in the Lord’s glories – he govinda he gopala song meaning

What is the difference between giving up action and renunciation in Gita 3.4?

If we have devotional intention do we still get karmic reactions for incidental sins?

Did others apart from Arjuna see Krishna’s universal form?

How does the material body become spiritualized by bhakti?

Is it hypocritical to criticize others for faults we ourselves have?

Bhagavatam-daily 177 – 11.10.19 – Death represents our ultimate failure to sustain relationships

CC daily 71 – CCM 5.97-102 – Bhakti makes the Lord follow his devotee

Gita 03.29 – The wise should elevate, not agitate, the ignorant

Bhagavatam-daily 176 – 11.10.18 – Material expertise is no insurance from misery

Surrender by service and meditation – Sarvasva tomara meaning

Is the notion of time – of past, present, future – an illusion?

CC daily 70 – CCM 5.91-96 – The Deity is not a representation, but the manifestation of the divine

Gita 03.28 – To know the truth means to see how spirit can stay disentangled from matter during action

Naam Ramayana 19 – Remember the experiences of the transcending potency of the Lord’s remembrance

CC daily 69 – CCM 5.87-90 – Bhakti redefines material obligations as spiritual commitments

Bhagavatam-daily 175 – 11.10.15 – See the frustration of our material plans as confirmation of our spiritual purpose

Treasure the supreme realization – ekhona bujhinu prabhu meaning

Naam Ramayana 18 – Purity of intention makes even an impure-seeming offering pure

Gita 03.27 – Mistaking initiation of action with its execution is illusion

Naam Ramayana 17 – Losing a battle within the world of illusion doesn’t matter if we win the battle against ilusion per se

CC daily 68 – CCM 5.82-86 – See mercy as resulting not due to our devotion but the blessings of our mentors

Bhagavatam-daily 174 – 11.10.16 – Holding that consciousness is eternal but not transcendental is misleading

Bhagavatam-daily 173 – 11.10.15 – Karma-mimamsa accepts the Vedas but defeats their purpose

Rasa analysis of Krishna’s teasing of Rukmini

CC daily 67 – CCM 5.76-81 – Put serious agreements into writing to avoid conflicts

Gita 03.26 – Don’t exhibit your high level – attract people to one level higher

Naam Ramayana 16 – Neither age nor species is a barrier for bhakti

Judging without understanding – The recipe for ruining relationships (Ramayana Reflections 1)

What is the rasa-abhasa in chanting “nitai gaur radhe shyam” mantra?

What is the position of bhakti teachers not connected with the four sampradayas?

Is doing sadhana bhakti in vatsalya bhava sahajiyaism?

Gita 03.25 – The detached and the attached differ not in action but in intention

Is Vallbha Bhatta of CC same as Vallabhacharya?

Is Vallabhacharya Krishna or devotee of Krishna?

Naam Ramayana 15 – Seek the blessings of the blessed

Bhagavatam-daily 172 – 11.10.14 – Don’t let variety become the mother of illusion

CC daily 66 – CCM 5.67-75 – Counter falsehood by objective explanation of facts

What is time – Is there no time in the spiritual world?

What exactly is humility – how do we develop it in bhakti?

Bhagavatam-daily 171 – 11.10.13 – The flame of purificatory knowledge incinerates all illusions

Bhagavatam-daily 170 – 11.10.12 – The guru’s flame of knowledge ignites the disciple’s flame through instruction

Bhagavatam-daily 169 – 11.10.11 – Spiritual curiosity changes the default object of our consiousness

Gita 03.24 – Krishna turns on its head Arjuna’s argument about varna-sankara

Bhagavatam-daily 168 – 11.10.10 – See the Lord as the source of illusion – and illumination

Bhagavatam-daily 167 – 11.10.09 – Variety of levels of consciousness is due to variety of mediums, not of sources

Bhagavatam-daily 166 – 11.10.08 – See beyond visible object to invisible active principle

CC daily 65 – CCM 5.62-66 – Be not defensive or aggressive – be assertive

CC daily 64 – CCM 5.51-61 – The strategy of the dishonest – To hang a dog, give it a bad name

CC daily 63 – CCM 5.47-50 – Don’t backbite or bury resentment – seek clarification

CC daily 62 – CCM 5.43-46 – Don’t use lack to memory to cover lack of integrity

Why did Hanuman not defeat Vali?

Is the Sakshi-Gopal pastime mundane with a brahmana using God to futher his marriage?

Hanuman – An endearing blend of bhakti and shakti

Gita 03.23 – Walk your talk

Gita 03.22 – Krishna’s supreme position redefines duty as lila

Gita 03.21 – We learn from others’ examples and set examples for others

Gita 03.20 – Examples make the conceptual tangible

CC daily 61 – CCM 5.39-42 – Don’t let the cultural blind one to the spiritual

Gita 03.19 – Detached dutifulness opens the door to perfection

Gita 03.18 – The independent are bound to neither action nor renunciation

CC daily 60 – CCM 5.34-38 – A pilgrimage is akin to the final journey

CC daily 59 – CCM 5.29-33 – A vow draws on our innermost values for honoring our words

Bhagavatam-daily 165 – 11.10.07 – Be self-interested, but after knowing the true self

Naam Ramayana 14 – Respond to adversity with integrity

Gita 06.26 – Expect and correct the mind’s restlessness

Gita 03.17 – Only those who rejoice internally are released from external duty

Naam Ramayana 13 – The Lord’s mercy doesn’t leave anyone out

Bhagavatam-daily 164 – 11.10.06 – Let speech elevate, not downgrade, consciousness

Bhagavatam-daily 163 – 11.10.05 – The purpose of sadhana is the change of desires

Naam Ramayana 12 – Devotion is the inner buffer to outer storms

CC daily 58 – M 5.24-28 – Our decisions are shaped not just by our determination, but also others’ expectations

Gita 03.16 – Those who don’t sacrifice waste their life

Gita 03.15 – Yajna makes the transcendental accessible

The Recipe for Ruining Relationships – Ramayana Wisdom 1

Should I postpone my sadhana bhakti to focus on college studies?

How can I protect my bhakti from bad association in college?

Bhagavatam-daily 162 – 11.10.04 – For the best, give up not just the bad but also the good

Nāmarāmāyaṇam (The Ramayana conveyed in 108 names)

Naam Ramayana 11 – Imbue devotion with desire to relish divine symbiosis

CC daily 57 – M 5.21-23 – Discrimination happens due to not outer system, but inner self-centeredness

Gita 03.14 – The principle of cosmic exchange is not pre-scientific but universal

The Gita’s progression from third person references to first person references

Yashomati Nandana meaning – Seek shelter in the spotless and delightful holy names

Bhagavatam-daily 161 – 11.10.03 – Sense objects are insubstantial like dream objects

Naam Ramayana 10 – The Lord destroys arrogance and bestows transcendence

CC daily 56 – M 5.17-20 – Belonging in relationships is not dehumanizing but heart-warming

Gita 03.13 – See God not just as the provider of food but also as its enjoyer.mp3 Gita 11.37 kasmac ca te nameran mahatman .mp3

Bhagavatam-daily 160 – 11.10.02 – Understand the deceptiveness of material appearance of things

Naam Ramayana 9 – Offer the Lord the garland of our heart’s love

CC daily 55 – M 5.12-16 – Let the Lord’s beauty steal our heart

Shuddha bhakata charana renu meaning – Delight in devotional stimuli

Krishna jinka naam hai – Relish the most endearing vision of God

Gravity doesn’t make people fall in love

Gita 03.12 – Secular humanism makes humans honest thieves

Vraje prasiddham meaning – Invite the ultimate thief to plunder the heart

An equation represents a thought of God

Naam Ramayana 8 – Let the Lord enter and enchant our heart

CC daily 54 – M 5.7-11 – Delight in keeping consciousness in spiritual sound vibration