Author: Chaitanya Charan

When the Gita is spoken to one specific person, how can it be universal?

Why do scriptures urge women to do vat-savitri puja to get the same husband for seven lives when the goal of life is to attain liberation?

Till what point should we tolerate?

How is the Bhagavad gita applicable for students?

When we see something wrong happening, should we humbly tolerate or stand up for justice?

Why does God not answer our prayers? (PK answered 5)

Why should one not go to the temple after there is a death in the family? Can we chant on Tulasi beads in a crematorium?

Responding to attacks on devotees in Bangladesh

How can we know that we are progressing spiritually?

How can we get the determination to apply scripture?

How can we maintain our faith amid extreme difficulties?

How to disagree without disrespecting

​What is the difference between Arjuna fighting under Krishna and jehadis fighting under Allah?

​How can a student practice bhakti?

199 Focusing on the practical in the scriptural – The Monk’s Podcast with Kaustubha Prabhu

198 Presenting Lord Chaitanya to today’s world via biography writing – The Monk’s Podcast Yogesvara P

If I don’t find answers by different devotees equally convincing, am I judging them?

Texas school shooting were all victims subject to mass karma?

197 Varnashrama for addressing the evolving needs of devotees -The Monk’s Podcast with Kamalalochan P

196 Systematic outreach for sustainable community development – The Monk’s Podcast with Aniruddha P

Can devotees on the Vyasasana speak something out of parampara eg. all of Bhagavatam is not practical?

When Arjuna vowed to kill Jayadratha out of anger and vengeance, was he violating Krishna’s Gita instructions?

195 Pursuing writing as an art in bhakti, The Monk’s podcast 195 with Urmila Mataji

194 Is the Gita religious or spiritual – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu

193 Thoughts on ISKCON’s future The Monk s Podcast with Govardhana Prabhu

When different devotees emphasize different things as most important in bhakti, how to avoid getting confused?

192 Empathic communication why it is important in bhakti-The Monk’s podcast with Bir Krishna Maharaja

The Kashmir Files Reflection: Tolerance at the cost of truth destroys both

Texas school shooting: A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan

Do you watch the movies that you comment on?

Is a devotee’s suffering caused by Krishna, not karma?

When the soul is an individual, how can the same soul be manifest as Arjuna, Arjuniya gopi and Ramananda Raya?

What are the meaning of Nirishvarvadi, Brahmavadi, Mayavadi, Shunyavadi, Nirakarvadi, Nirvisheshvadi terms?

Is the story of Narasimha real or mythological?

Comparing Narasimha-rupa with Krishna-rupa and Vishva-rupa (Narasimha Chaturdashi special)

Kali’s brutality & Krishna’s immorality Understanding Vedic conceptions of divinity

How can one who points to the wrongdoer get the same destination as the wrongdoer, as Bhagavatam 1.17.22 states?

Chota Haridasa pastime: What it teaches & what it DOES NOT TEACH

Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: A Bhagavad-gita Perspective – Chaitanya Charan

As many Hindu temples don’t allow non-Hindus to enter, is the Vedic tradition really inclusive?

Was Rama’s killing of Vali unfair? Ramayana Ethics – Chaitanya Charan

How was Kamsa liberated when he was ill-motivated in his Krishna consciousness?

Is the RRR movie a contemporary retelling of Ramayana?

RAMA NAVAMI SPECIAL: Relishing Lord Rama’s remembrance & appreciating Ramayana retellings

RAMA NAVAMI SPECIAL: Indrajita’s snake attack & the attack of snake-like desires

​How to stay mentally healthy without succumbing to temptation?

Gita 09.08 – We are helpless before material natures inexorable cyclicity

191 Wars: What can’t be prevented can be minimized, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu

The Kashmir files reminder: Denying truth for tolerance’s sake destroys both truth and tolerance

Rising beyond caste discrimination to effective equality, Chaitanya Charan on Kishori Jani M podcast

190 Sannyasa ashrama in the bhakti tradition: Overvalued or devalued? The Monk’s Podcast 190 with Yadunandana Maharaj

The power of humility & sensitivity – How Mahaprabhu transformed Prakashananda Saraswati

189 The Spiritual Advisors Bhagavata Assembly (SABHA) The Monks Podcast 189 with Nrsimhananda Prabhu

SB 11.23.15 – Lethargy in devotion sentences us to self-torment

What tangible good does ISKCON do the world – how to explain in universal terms?

How was spiritual knowledge lost at the time of the Gita when so many great sages like Vyasa and Narada were present?

What role do the modes play in the soul’s journey through material existence both in terms of the desire to enjoy separate and the facility to learn lessons?

188 Does beating our mind mean distrusting ourselves? The Monk’s Podcast with Mahatma P

187 Hijab controversy: Dharmic insights on state-religion interactions, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu

Religion vs Spirituality – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast

Dowry System: See beyond specific rules to universal values

When meat is offered to goddess Kali, does she accept it?

Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura app day: His 6 instructions for those going to the West to preach

Isn’t wearing Hijab the religious right of Muslim women If Yogi Adityanath can wear saffron, why can’t Muslim women wear hijab?

If the prostitutes in Dwarka were pure devotees, why did they use their bodies for such an activity?

Can attraction to a devotee become a distraction on the spiritual path?

When Krishna declares bhakti-yoga to be the highest yoga, why does he describe other yogas too?

Appreciating Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakur’s Bhagavatam commentary – The churning metaphor

Nityananda Trayodashi Special Discourse 2022

Four ways Nityananda Prabhu glorifies Mahaprabhu – PADA acronym

How to guide our children during their teenager phase?

Does the word karma have different meanings in different contexts?

186 Expanding online outreach during Covid times The Monk’s Podcast with Amogha Lila Prabhu

Are daiva, adhidaiva and divine will the same thing?

Bhagavad gita summarized through Arjuna’s 17 questions

Karna: Wronged hero or wrong hero: Chaitanya Charan on Kishori Jani M’s podcast

Bhagavad-gita chapter ten – How to see Krishna’s vibhuti everywhere?

185 What are the modes? why is understanding them so important? – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu

What are miracles, why are they downplayed in bhakti, can they be used in bhakti?

When Satyavati had a child out of wedlock, why was Kunti’s having a child similarly so scandalous that she had to abandon that child?

What did Kaliya eat when his poison destroyed everything around him How did he have human-like wives?

If the Sita who had sweet interactions with Hanuman in Lanka was Maya-Sita, then were those interactions also Maya?

Can we say Mahaprabhu’s teachings are the culmination of all previous teachings?

184 Creativity:how to see it devotionally and use it effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Yogesvara Prabhu

183 Gita Political Philosophy series 2 Capitalism Communism Dharma The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu

182 How to guide effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Radha Gopinath P and Shyamananda Prabhu

181 Challenges in implementing varnashrama – The Monk’s Podcast 181 with Bhakti Vikas Maharaj

When we desire something is it the soul desiring or is it simply the mind desiring?

Is there anything spiritual about our nature or is it simply result of our past desires & karma according to which Krishna has given us our body & mind with their nature?

180 – 8 universal teachings of the Bhagavad-gita (Gita Jayanti Special), The Monk’s Podcast Garuda Prabhu

179 Varna and ashram roles of women: Impact of the Industrial Revolution The Monk’s Podcast Urmila Mataji

Is spiritual tourism to India dangerous for one’s mental health?

How can we make our children great devotees like Prahlad?

178 Gita & political philosophy series 1: Freedom & State Power, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu

Freeing ourselves from Karma

177 Ethics in epics: Decoding Bhishmas choices – The Monks Podcast with Shyamananda Prabhu

Is New Year celebration a scam A Bhagavad gita perspective talk

Is hearing devotees speak in confidence about their grievances with devotee-leaders a Vaishnava-apradha?

Are the four defects due to our conditioning or due to our finiteness?

Why might devotees learned in bhakti scriptures leave bhakti?