Author: Chaitanya Charan

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

New book – “10 Leadership Sutras from Bhagavad Gita”

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)

How can God who is unlimited appear as a limited stone image? (PK answered 24)

Does a stone smeared with turmeric become God? (PK answered 23)

Gita 02.01 – Arjuna’s analysis only aggravates his agony

Gita 18.58 – Talents are usable but not essential for attaining Krishna’s shelter

Bhagavatam-daily 76 – 11.07.66 – Attachment constricts our intelligence

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Happy New Year – How bhakti-yoga fulfills the import of this sincere wish

Is PK an anti-Hindu movie? (PK answered 22)

Are we meant to not ask questions in matters of faith? (PK answered 21)

Is ISKCON misappropriating sanatana-dharma?

Is dharma same as religion?

If God has given scripture, then which scripture and to whom?

If scripture is given by God, why is it not visible to a newborn child?

Aren’t Hindu teachers by refuting PK unnecessarily promoting it?

Bhagavatam-daily 75 – 11.07.65 – Don’t let emotion rule action amidst tribulation

Why waste milk on God’s image when his children are starving? (PK answered 20)

Daily-Bhagavatam 74 – 11.07.64 – Direct affection where it will bring satisfaction, not affliction

Gita 11.40 – Relish the symbiosis of Krishna’s omnipresence and his sonic presence

Gita 11.39 – Access the all-pervading one through sacred sound

Daily-Bhagavatam 73 – 11.07.63 – Temporary shelter is a danger if it distracts from eternal shelter

Don’t just sharpen the axe – reform the axe-holder

How can worshiping a cow get a person a job? (PK answered 19)

If God has a plan for everything, does chanting mantras for getting something change his plan? (PK answered 18)

Why do religious teachers threaten people with fear of future punishment? (PK Answered 17)

Why does God like flattery? (PK answered 16)

When God is all-powerful, why do religionists need to protect him and for that attack others? (PK answered 15)

Daily-Bhagavatam 72 – 11.07.62 – See food as the grace of God

Why does God favor the wealthy by letting them bypass the queues in temples? (PK answered 14)

Does God respond more to our prayers when we worship him in a bigger murti? (Pk answered 13)

If God can hear our prayers directly, why do we need to pray to a murti? (PK answerd 12)

Is going to temple due to fear cowardice? (PK answered 11)

Is religion a business run by godmen to exploit people’s fears? (PK answered 10)