Author: Chaitanya Charan

Bhagavatam-daily 120 – 11.08.36 – Confront the tempting mind with the question – How much?

Gauranga Shata Nama 2 – The supreme dancer comes to make our heart dance

Gita 02.43 – The Vedic masterplan uses dharma to raise people from kama to prema

Gauranga Shata Nama 1 – Relish the nectar shared by the moon of Mayapur

CC daily 14 – M 43-46 – Our devotion is defined not by mystical vision but by practical dedication

Bhagavatam-daily 119 – 11.08.35 – Bhakti makes the body the means to the Lord

Should we hate the mind?

Vaishnava Sadachara 4 – Managing harmoniously

Vaishnava Sadachara 3 – Acting according to time place circumstance

Vaishnava Sadachara 2 – Dealing appropriately with different people

Vaishnava Sadachara 1 – Importance of Sadachara

Gita 02.42 – Flowery words of Vedas distract from their ultimate wisdom

CC daily 13 – M 4.41-42 – Focus on present loving reciprocation, not past wrongs

Bhagavatam-daily 118 – 11.08.34 – Why desire anyone other than the infallible Lord who delivers eternal happiness

Gita 02.41 – Intent shapes intelligence

CC daily 12 – M 4.37-40 – Devotee’s love pulls Krishna out of concealment

Bhagavatam-daily 117 – 11.08.33 – Contemplate the body’s nature to get a illusion-countering cerebral jolt

Are miracles compatible with science?

Gita 02.40 – The spiritual path comes with a no-loss and a fear-relieving guarantee

Bhagavatam-daily 116 – 11.08.32 – Making money by sexually provoking others is reprehensible

CC daily 11 – CCM 4.32-36 – In lofty bhakti, the Lord shares his plight with devotee

Ishopanishad says God’s body has no veins, whereas SB says rivers are the veins of Virat rupa – how to reconcile?

Does Krishna consider Arjuna’s concerns about destruction of family meaningless?

Bhakisiddhanta – Pioneer in using institution for outreach

Gita 02.39 – Use buddhi to transform theoretical sankhya into practical yoga

Bhagavatam-daily 115 – 11.08.31 – Giving up the proximate and potent Lord for anyone else is pathetic

CC daily 10 – CCM 4.26-31 Krishna takes pride in providing for all in his village

Warmer hearts can cool warming planet

Gita 02.38 – To reconcile the Gita’s contradictions, recognize the multi-level nature of its discussions

CC daily 8 – CCM 4.18-19 – The Lord’s formal, pet and titular names reveal his personal nature

CC daily 9 – CCM 4.21-25 – Devotee’s absorption attracts Krishna’s attention

Bhagavatam-daily 114 – 11.08.30 – Eureka moments help us see our own plight

What is the Vedic perspective on organ donation?

Does the Gita offer spiritual solution to spiritual problem or to material problem?

Krishna rewards according to surrender, but Lord Chaitanya sees no qualification. How to reconcile?

Gita 02.37 – Knowledge of atma and dharma redefines lose-lose situation as win-win

CC daily 7 – CCM 4.16-17 – Lord Chaitanya’s prema-rupa-guna are captivating

Bhagavatam-daily 113 – 11.08.29 – Knowledge and renunciation are symbiotic – and corollary to bhakti

CC daily 6 – CCM 4.13-15 – Devotion grants entry into the world of loving reciprocation

Bhagavatam-daily 112 – 11.08.28 – Let the imagery of war energize spiritual life

CC daily 5 – CCM 4.10-12 – Use ability to take responsibility on spiritual journey

Gita 02.36 – Behave respectably to bring respectability to Krishna’s message

Bhagavatam-daily 111 – 11.08.27 – Pray for the leap from frustration to renunciation

Gita 02.35 – The variance between our intention and people’s perception causes mortifying misconception

CC daily 4 – CCM 4.7-9 – Avoid conflicts by strategy, humility and prayer

Bhagavatam-daily 110 – 11.08.26 – Depending on anyone except Krishna makes us vulnerable to frustration

Gita 02.34 – Engage the power of honor to encourage honorable action

CC daily 3 – CCM 4.5-5-6 – In bhakti humility is the greatest ability

Bhagavatam-daily 109 – 11.08.25 – The best charity is different from our conceptions about charity

CC daily 2 – CCM 4.2-4 – See other devotees as partners, not competitors

Gita 02.33 – Honorable position brings obligation of tangible contribution

Bhagavatam-daily 108 – 11.08.24 – Don’t condemn sinner but don’t condone sin either

CCdaily 1- CCM 4.1 – The love that makes the Lord appear and steal is extraordinarily extraordinary

Announcement – Starting CC daily

Gita 02.32 – Dharma rewards success according to each varna’s definition of success

Bhagavatam-daily 107 – 11.08.23 – To equate love with love-making is to lose lasting love

Gita 02.31 – Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization

Bhagavatam-daily 106 – 11.08.22 – A saint’s learning from a prostitute demonstrates the world’s utilization even amidst the world’s renunciation

Gita 02.30 – Knowlege of the soul is not a call for resignation but for action

Bhagavatam-daily 105 – 11.08.21 – Learn to differentiate pseudo-hunger from hunger

Gita 02.29 – Perception, verbalization, reception and incomprehension wrt soul are all amazing

Bhagavatam-daily 104 – 11.08.20 – Fasting is incomplete without focusing on Krishna

Gita 02.28 – The mutability of everything materially magnifies the futility of grief

Bhagavatam-daily 103 – 11.08.19 – Don’t fall for the bait of glamorized unhealthy food

What a saint learned from a prostitute

Gita 02.27 – See death not as a future event, but as an ongoing process

Mukunda Mala Stotra 3 – Remembrance of Krishna is life’s greatest treasure

How can we know which things increase our doubt and which increase our faith?

Let intelligence take from the poison phase to the nectar phase

Do neophyte devotees also represent Krishna? How?

Is the mind always our enemy?

When we get answers to doubts about which we pray, should we see those answers as Krishna’s reciprocation?

Is the Absolute Truth just a stream of consciousness for jnanis and a Person for bhaktas?

Bhagavatam-daily 102 – 11.08.18 – Don’t underestimate the danger of sonic temptation

Gita 02.26 – Materialism makes meaning meaningless and lamentation pointless

If smriti is compiled by sages, how can we know that it is free from the four defects?

When Ajamila chanted with the wrong conception, why did Vishnutas come?

What is the result of chanting the names of godmen who have the name of God?

Bhagavatam-daily 101 – 11.08.17 – Let the ear lead to truth, not to illusion

Can you give an example of unnecessarily provocative presentation of apara-vidya that we should avoid?

How can we give people initial faith so that they can practice para-vidya and experience its potency?

Why did Bhishma in his previous life as Vasu steal Vashistha’s cow?

Why does Arjuna brag that he is greater than Dwarkavasis in the brahmana son’s stealing pastime?

How to present scriptural wisdom scientifically

Gita 02.25 – Contemplate the inconceivable to relish the spiritual

Why is the same story told differently in different scriptures?

When Bhagavatam is the commentary on Vedanta-sutra, why do Advaitins still study Vedanta-sutra

Bhagavatam-daily 100 – 11.08.16 – See analogy in the light of its purpose to avoid misunderstanding

Gita 02.24 – The soul can’t be stopped from going anywhere nor forced to go anywhere

Bhagavatam-daily 99 – 11.08.15 – Material accumulation by hi-tech means heightens anxiety

Mukunda Mala Stotra 38 – Drinking poison when nectar is available is tragic

Gita 02.23 – The utter indestrutibility of the soul underlies the path of difficult duty

Bhagavatam-daily 98 – 11.08.14 – Desire divorced from dharma drives us to disaster

Gita 02.22 – The dress metaphor redefines death not as a miserable termination but as a welcome transition

Bhagavatam-daily 97 – 11.08.13 – Sexual discipline is not fanatical but essential for the spiritually purposeful

Gita 02.21 – Integrate knowledge of the soul with the purpose of that knowledge

Bhagavatam-daily 96 – 11.08.12 – Don’t let possessions possess you

Gita 02.20 – The soul doesn’t undergo the six changes that matter does

Bhagavatam-daily 95 – 11.08.11 – Even when seeking Lakshmi for Narayana, don’t pursue Lakshmi more than pursuing Narayana

Gita 02.19 – The soul’s non-doership points to the complexity of matter-spirit interaction