Author: Chaitanya Charan

Bhagavatam-daily 159 – 11.10.01 – Take shelter of Krishna according to your nature

Value a great love more than you love a great value

Bhagavatam-daily 158 – 11.09.33 – Don’t just learn – learn to learn

Gita 03.11 – We live not just in a universe but in a universal government

Naam Ramayana 7 – Seek delight in not one’s own glory, but the Lord’s glory

CC daily 53 – M 5.1-6 – The highlight of the Lord’s tour is his ecstatic routine

Vidyara vilase meaning – Godless knowledge is the intellect’s monument to illusion

Bhagavatam-daily 157 – 11.09.32 – Sharing spiritual knowledge enriches both student and teacher

How was sati meant for spiritual cultivation?

Gita 03.10 – Don’t let familiarity take the mystery out of nature

Naam Ramayana 6 – Let the Lord touch and transform our stone-like heart

CC daily 52 – M 208-213 – Cherish the summit of divine compassion and human devotion

Should devotees read news?

Emona durmati meaning – Put good news to good use

No need to be oblivious of news

Bhagavatam-daily 156 – 11.09.31 – Take responsibilty of internalizing the guru’s teachings from different perspectives

Gita 03.09 – Nature of action is determined by its intent, not its form

Naam Ramayana 5 – Call the Lord to destroy the demons who disrupt the inner yajna

CC daily 51 – M 202-207 – Devotional culture means loving reciprocation

Was sati suicide or murder?

When the world is Maya, why not just renounce it?

CC daily 50 – M 197-201 – Love in separation is the zenith of Krishna-prema

Gita 03.08 – Material duty maintains material stability and facilitates spiritual focus

Bhagavatam-daily 155 – 11.09.30 – Realization manifests as renunciation and humility

Naam Ramayana 4 – Make the Lord your dearest treasure

Ramayana’s enduring message – Rise from me to we

Ramanujacharya – Pioneering systematizer of bhakti theology

Value Education and Spirituality 35 – Ramayana 17 – Hanuman 2 – Never lose heart

Gita 03.07 – Regulation is more conducive for advancement than renunciation

Bhagavatam-daily 154 – 11.09.29 – Tap immediately the rare potential of the human form

CC daily 49 – M 192-196 – Treasure and seek shelter of divine verses

Naam Ramayana 3 – The illuminator of the universe’s illuminator illuminates our heart

Value Education 34 – Ramayana 16 – Hanuman 1 – Overcome distractions by determination

Value Education 33 – Ramayana 15 – Jambavan – Help bring the best out of others

Value Education 32 – Ramayana 14 – Angada – Overcome dissension by focus on common

Value Education 31 – Ramayana 13 – Sugriva – Comforts breed ingratitude

Why do serious devotees sometimes die prematurely?

Which is more helpful on the spiritual path – intelligence or inclination?

Gita 03.06 – Outer renunciation with inner sensual contemplation is self-delusion

Naam Ramayana 2 – The transcendental becomes accessible as the name

Bhagavatam-daily 153 – 11.09.28 – The human form makes pointless material existence purposeful

CC daily 48 – M 189-191 – See instruction as benediction, not intrusion

Naam Ramayana 1 – Seek not be conquerors of the mind, but lovers of the Lord

Gita 03.05 – Inaction is unnatural, materially and spiritually

Should we eat as less as possible or eat to stay healthy for serving Krishna?

Can only those who don’t break brahmchari-vrata attain the kingdom of God?

Why is Bhagavatam 2.6 called the Purusha-Sukta confirmed?

Are dharma, artha, kama and moksha to be pursued sequentially or simultaneously?

If God created everything, who created God?

CC daily 47 – M 185-188 – Love is demonstrated through perseverance amidst problems

Bhagavatam-daily 152 – 11.09.27 – Don’t serve the body-guru – serve Krishna with the body

Gita 03.04 – Don’t equate the external with the essential

Is time travel into the past possible?

India’s Daughter and India’s culture

On seeing the Pandavas forces why does Duryodhana approach Drona not Bhishma?

CC daily 46 – M 4.181-184 – Be more Krishna-conscious than obstacle-conscious

Bhagavatam-daily 151 – 11.09.26 – Be grateful not to the body but to Krishna who gives the body and the intelligence to use it well

Gita 03.03 – Krishna’s instructions are not contradictory, but multi-level

How do we understand Srila Prabhupada’s statements on rape?

Is diversity the DNA of Hinduism?

CC daily 45 – M 4.178-180 – Instruction is an expression of love and an opportunity to love

Bhagavatam-daily 150 – 11.09.25 – The body is doomed – don’t doom yourself with it

How can devotees face anxieties caused by worldly threats like crimes?

Why does Krishnadas KG in CC offer obeisances to his readers?

Gita 03.02 – When scripture doesn’t fit into our mental framework, the framework needs change

Bhagavatam-daily 149 – 11.09.24 – Our learning depends on our thirst for learning

Gauranga Shata Nama 25 – Join the living tradition of divine glorification

CC daily 44 – M 4.175-177 – Know that Krishna knows the challenges we face

Bhuliya Tomare Meaning – Even success story is sorry story

CC daily 43 – M 4.171-174 – See fortune in not worldly possessions but transcendental reciprocations

CC daily 42 – M 4.167-170 – Make tasting Krishna’s glories is symbiotic with sharing those glories

Bhagavatam-daily 148 – 11.09.23 – Don’t see the spiritual world merely as a geographical neighbor of the material world

Gauranga Shata Nama 24 – The Lord is the life-treasure of his devotees

Gita 03.01 – The Gita’s complex multi-level message is intellectually challenging and fulfilling

Gita 02.72 – Nirvana may be extinction, but brahma-nirvana is not

Gauranga Shata Nama 23 – The Lord blesses everyone across the varnashrama spectrum

Bhagavatam-daily 147 – 11.09.22 – Our destination is shaped by the intersection of psychology and reincarnation

Gita 02.71 – Peace comes not by relocation, but by renunciation

Gauranga Shata Nama 22 – Relish the dhama in recollection and association

CC daily 41 – M 4.162-166 – Change service as directed – and change wholeheartedly

Bhagavatam-daily 146 – 11.09.21 – Krishna emanates and transcends material existence

Gita 02.70 – Be filled with higher purpose to transcend lower desires

Gauranga Shata Nama 21 – The Lord forgives and engages everyone

Bhagavatam-daily 145 – 11.09.20 – Free will requires existence of arena for its execution

CC daily 40 – M 4.156-161 – Krishna manifests in devotee’s ishta-rupa

Understanding acharaya’s controversial statements

Why does the Gita say that Krishna can’t be attained by worship?

Is surrendering to God fatalistic?

Krishna demonstrates prevailing definition of success – and transcends it

CC daily 39 – M 4.149-155 – Purposefulness to serve brings other necessary fullness

CC daily 38 – M 4.144-148 – Fame follows devotees to help them in their service

Bhagavatam-daily 144 – 11.09.19 – Time predates space, doesn’t parallel it as another dimension in spacetime

Bhagavatam-daily 143 – 11.09.18 – God is beyond all designations, even religious designations

CC daily 37 – M 4.141-143 – Be afraid of fame, not desperate for it

Gita 02.69 – Be special above the ordinary, not among the ordinary

Gauranga Shata Nama 20 – Relish the topmost devotion in the sublimest dance

Gita 02.68 – Be a soul-deliverer, not a soul-killer

Gauranga Shata Nama 19 – The Lord releases the voidists from the void

Gita 02.67 – Be swept by the wind of spiritual desire, not material desire

Gauranga Shata Nama 18 – The Lord reveals and raises to the zenith