Author: Chaitanya Charan

What does om mean?

If we do someone else’s work well, then is that work is our nature?

Is Prabhupada’s usage of “Thou shall not kill” to meat-eating an out-of-context application?

What causes inferiority complex?

Will banning beef lead to economic problems?

Bhagavatam-daily 137 – 11.09.12 – Exhaust the fuel of material desire by kindling spirtual desire

Gita 02.61 – Control, concentration, conquest – three stages in dealing with the senses

CC daily 32 – M 4.119-124 – Personal renunciation is not an excuse for devotional incompetence

Gita 02.60 – Endeavoring and discerning are not enough for sense control

Bhagavatam-daily 136 – 11.09.11 – Strive for mind control while doing spiritual practices

CC daily 31 – M 4.114-118 – Devotees are not starry-eyed transcendentalists but are conscious of practical reality

Gita 02.59 – Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual

Gauranga Shata Nama 13 – The divine dancer becomes the fearsome lion

CC daily 30 – M 4.110-113 – Change of perspective in story conveys depth of character

Bhagavatam-daily 135 – 11.09.10 – Minimize the noise of conflict and gossip

PURI acronym – 4 special qualities of Madhavendra Puri

ISKCON’s Comeback Emperor – H H Jayapataka Swami Maharaj

Is applying material science to spiritual things wrong?

Do devotees who commit suicide become ghosts?

Gita 02.58 – Withdraw consciousness inwards as a basic defense mechanism

Gauranga Shata Nama 12 – The omnipotent Lord reverses the river of desire

Are all attractive things good for devotees of the all-attractive?

CC daily 29 – M 4.106-109 – See service as an expression of trust

Bhagavatam-daily 134 – 11.09.09 – All lessons don’t have to be taught to be learned

Doesn’t population growth disprove reincarnation?

Bhagavatam-daily 133 – 11.09.05-08 – Use presence of mind to deal effectively with practical problems

Gita 02.57 – Stay unaffected by the material by being focussed on the spiritual

Gauranga Shata Nama 11 – Offer the heart to our supreme pati

CC daily 28 – M 4.102-105 – Delight in the expansion of the Lord’s glory, not one’s own glory

ISKCON’s Comeback Emperor: His Holiness Jayapataka Maharaja

Gita 02.56 – Emotional non-entanglement with the material characterizes the seer

How do we understand different devotees interpreting the moisture on the Pancha Tattva Deities differently?

Who created God?

Gauranga Shata Nama 10 – The more we offer ourselves, the more the Lord reveals and charms us

CC daily 27 – M 4.97-101 – Deity is the living community center

Bhagavatam-daily 132 – 11.09.04 – Even the ignorant can inspire seekers of the transcendent

Gita 02.55 – Rejection of mental desires and satisfaction in the self define the self-realized

Gauranga Shata Nama 9 – The world of love is revealed through reciprocations with intimate associates

CC daily 26 – M 95-96 – Where there is natural attraction to Krishna there manifests Vrindavana

Bhagavatam-daily 131 – 11.09.03 – Seek krida and rati in devotion, not possession

What is violence for the infectant is benevolence for the infected

Gita 02.54 – Non-literal meaning illumines when literal meaning stumps

Gauranga Shata Nama 8 – Let the ocean of devotion rescue us from the ocean of tribulation

Bhagavatam-daily 130 – 11.09.02 – Courage is seen not just in fighting but in choosing one’s fights

CC daily 25 – M 91-94 – Devotee embodies opulence for the Lord, simplicity for oneself

The destructibility of the body is not a license for its wanton destruction

Don’t just see the provision – see the provider

The soul wears out the body and the body wears out the soul

Don’t be so concerned about others’ future destination as to be cut off from their present emotion

Gauranga Shata Nama 7 – The follower of dharma becomes the relisher of the para dharma

Gita 02.53 – Persistent absorption comes by consistent rejection of distraction

CC daily 24 – M 87-90 – The essence of initiation is not the ritual but the commitment to serve

Bhagavatam-daily 129 – 11.09.01 – Posssessiveness produces pain

Gauranga Shata Nama 6 – Let him take away our pride or he will

Gita 02.52 – Shastra without guru can be a deluding forest for the intelligence

Can’t all miracles be ascribed to natural causes?

How do we understand contradictions in scriptures?

How is shabda-pramana free from four defects?

How can we best present the Gita to intellectuals who feel Prabhupada’s Gita is too devotional?

Why does Prabhupada say that Haridasa Thakura is superior to Lord Shiva?

What exactly is false ego and true ego?

CC daily 23 – M 84-86 – The transcendental manifests repeatedly as the historical

Bhagavatam-daily 128 – 11.08.44 – Worldly desire is the cause of suffering and is itself suffering

Did the Pancha Tattva Deities shed tears of ecstasy due to the ecstatic kirtan mela?

Why does God let some people be atheists?

Will soldiers who fight in today’s wars be doing vikarma?

Is simplicity and non-duplicity the same as humility or truthfulness?

Do sampradayas other than 4 Vaishnava sampradayas also have divine origin?

Did the Gita originally have 745 verses?

Why do ISKCON devotees pronounce Sanskrit words differently from traditional pronunciations?

Gita 02.51 – Same action with higher motivation bestows higher destination

CC daily 22 – M 80-83 – Improvisation is also an expression of devotion

Bhagavatam-daily 127 – 11.08.43 – Peacefulness amidst distress shows authentic detachment

Gauranga Shata Nama 5 – The Lord is the blesser and the blessing

Harinaam Sankirtan unites dance with meditation

Music therapy and Harinaam Sankirtan

Is the Gita relevant today?

Gita 02.50 – Yoga facilitates individualized artistic infusion of work with devotion

CC daily 21 – M 78-79 – See ability to do wonderful service as Krishna’s mercy

Bhagavatam-daily 126 – 11.08.42 – We become our protectors by accepting Krishna’s protection

Gita 02.49 – The good becomes bad when it becomes the enemy of the best

CC daily 20 – M 72-77 – Appreciate Deity’s miraculous potency with devotion, not skepticism

Bhagavatam-daily 125 – 11.08.41 – Recognize the danger to realize the need for a rescuer

Gita 02.48 – Yoga requires material indifference to provide spiritual transcendence

CC daily 19 – M 68-71 – Devotional service is vivid and concrete, not vague or amorphous

Bhagavatam-daily 124 – 11.08.40 – Take shelter by being materially satisfied and spiritually dynamic

Gita 02.47 – Make sense of four counterintuitive assertions by seeing the full picture

CC daily 18 – M 61-67 – Abhisheka is an intimate service to the Lord

Bhagavatam-daily 123 – 11.08.39 – Use detachment for increasing devotion, not challenging temptation

Gita 02.46 – Understand multivalence of Veda to grasp how transcending the Vedas fulfills their purpose

CC daily 17 – M 58-60 – Love invokes auspiciousness for the all-auspicious one

Bhagavatam-daily 122 – 11.08.38 – Misery is not due to unfulfilled desire, but desire itself

Gita 02.45 – Gain possession of the soul by giving up obsession with matter

Gauranga Shata Nama 4 – Those who delude the Lord get deluded by him

CC daily 16 – M 54-56 – Devotion makes a stone a simhasana

Bhagavatam-daily 121 – 11.08.37 – See the disappearance of tormenting desires as Krishna’s mercy

Valentine’s Day – Commercial exploitation of urban isolation sets up the heart for disappointment

Gita 02.44 – Prevent attachment from abducting consciousness by intelligence and taste

Gauranga Shata Nama 3 – His mischief charms his mother’s heart and our heart too

CC daily 15 – M 47-53 – Serve the Lord with sound strategy