Author: Chaitanya Charan

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 indestructibility 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

Is Krishna’s reference to Arjuna as Bharata spiritual because the Bharata dynasty is filled with liberated souls?

If Krishna addresses Arjuna as per the bodily conception, does it mean that Krishna is in the bodily conception?

Bhagavatam-daily 94 – 11.08.10 – Focus on essence takes us beyond peripheral differences among scriptures

Gita 02.18 – The immeasurability of soul points to its non-literal non-metaphorical measure

Bhagavatam-daily 93 – 11.08.09 – Madhukari-vrtti means to collect modestly and not from one place

Gita 02.17 – Nothing can destroy the soul because it pervades everything

Bhagavatam-daily 92 – 11.08.08 – The fashion and cosmetic industries make the fire more seductive for moth-like humans

Gita 02.16 – Matter has no existence in the sense of having no lasting consequence

Bhagavatam-daily 91 – 11.08.07 – Illusion makes the destructive seem attractive

Gita 02.15 – Those unaffected by the temporary attain the eternal

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Bhagavatam-daily 90 – 11.08.06 – When we experience oceanic Krishna within, river-like material ups and downs can’t disturb

If a senior devotee asks me to take up a major service that he himself is not good at, should I follow him?

Gita 02.14 – The material is peripheral, unavoidable and ephemeral – so tolerate it

As varna means color, is varnashrama based on bodily color?

How can we help a dying relative attain emotional closure with an unforgiving relative?

Bhagavatam-daily 89 – 11.08.05 – Absorption in the unlimited keeps us unagitated

Gita 02.13 – The body is changing, not just growing – so focus on the unchanging

Bhagavatam-daily 88 – 11.08.04 – Use bodily energy to unlock consciousness from the body

Gita 02.49 – Take shelter of the intelligence to ultimately take shelter of the source of intelligence

Are there two gods: the god who created man and the god whom man created? (PK QA 6)

Gita 02.12 – Spirit is not just eternal but also plural

Bhagavatam-daily 87 – 11.08.03 – Don’t spend more mental energy on the body than necessary

Verse 1 – Saci Suta Ashtakam

Does fear take people towards God or away from him?

Is speaking to new people about Krishna the ninth offense to the holy name?

Gita 07.26 – Seek reassurance in Krishna’s prescience and competence

PK QA – article series

Is it cowardice to go to God out of fear? (PK QA 5)

Do people who are afraid go to temples? (PK QA 4)

Why do religious teachers stereotype people as when they pronounce all Pakistanis as cheaters? (PK QA 3)

Gita 02.11 – The ability to harmonize the walk with the talk characterizes the wise

Bhagavatam-daily 86 – 11.08.02 – Apply python’s attitude by being an optimizer, not a maximizer

Gita 02.10 – Change in the seeker’s mood evokes change in the teacher’s mood

Gita 07.29 – Devotion prevents our head-on collision with misery

Bhagavatam-daily 85 – SB 11.08.01 – Why struggle to increase the pleasure that is unchangeably finite?

Don’t anoint everything as spiritual or denounce everything as material

Gita 02.09 – The decision of inaction reflects desperation to learn

Bhagavatam-daily 84 – 11.07.74 – When the prison door is open don’t turn your back to it

Gita 02.69 – The darkness will not end if we don’t end our dark desires

Gita 02.08 – Outer success can’t remove inner distress

Bhagavatam-daily 83 – 11.07.73 – Don’t delight in duality – delight in Krishna

Gita 02.07 – Arjuna exhibits 3 characteristics of an ideal disciple

Bhagavatam-daily 82 – 11.07.72 – Seek shelter from merciless hunters in the mercful Lord

Does the improbability of extra-terrestrial life support more the Christian conception of God than the Vedic conception?

Can we reject as wrong numbers the rituals that don’t make sense? (PK QA 2)

Are rituals wrong numbers to God? (PK QA 1)

Gita 02.06 – Find way through lose-lose problems by seeking emotional distance

Gita 14.14 – Our mental condition is consequential, as is the meditation for improving it

Bhagavatam-daily 81 – 11.07.71 – Devotion protects us from the frustration and destruction of lamentation

Gita 02.05 – Hard choices have to be made to avoid harder consequences

Gita 14.10 – Don’t be captivated by the dramatics in the theater of embodied consciousness

Bhagavatam-daily 80 – 11.07.70 – Choose that purpose of life which will never leave us purposeless

How can we best help a relative who is near death?

Gita 02.04 – Resolve conflicts among different roles by raising consciousness

Gita 14.11 – Let knowledge illumine the door of the senses to welcome the holy name

Gita 02.04 Fight not for or against some material cause – fight for Krishna

Bhagavatam-daily 79 – 11.07.69 – What we lament about reflects our consciousness level

As neophytes can’t understand tattva and rasa accurately, isn’t it better to consider Krishna-lila depictions as literal and not artistic?

Won’t atheists use the concept of artistic license in depciting Krishna-lila to say that his supernatural pastimes are poetic exaggerations?

Gita 02.03 – Fight degrading temptation by remembering honoroble position

Bhagavatam-daily 78 – 11.07.68 – In scriptural study focus on practical application, not historical precision

Should conversions be banned in India?

Gita 02.02 – Arya – Spiritual denotation, historical concoction and modern connotation

What is the difference between faith and blind faith? (PK answered 27)

Gita 05.12 – Choice of connection with Krishna is not casual but consequential

Bhagavatam-daily 77 – 11.07.67 – A time for commiseration, a time for education

Are different religions like different companies with their gods as their product? (PK answered 26)