Author: Chaitanya Charan

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)

Why do different religions have different rituals? (PK answered 9)

Why aren’t we born with our religion stamped on our body? (PK answered 8)

Is religion made by man or by God? (PK answered 7)

Why would God want his children to roll on the ground to come to him? (PK answered 6)

Do fearful people go to temples? (PK answered 4)

Are rituals wrong numbers for calling God? (PK answered 3)

Is the god who made us completely unknowable to us? (PK answered 2)

Are there two gods – the god who made us and the god whom we made? (PK answered 1)

Daily-Bhagavatam 71 – 11.07.61 – Don’t let love stop with this world

Gita 11.38 – The source and the goal of all knowledge is known by devotion

Daily-Bhagavatam 70 – 11.07.60 – Parent in the service of the supreme parent

Vaishnava Meditations on Christmas

Gita 11.37 – Contemplate the Lord’s glory to comprehend his amazing accessibility

Daily-Bhagavatam 69 – 11.07.59 – As the infant needs parent, the soul needs Krishna

Gita 11.36 – Cherish the godly side within to relish God within

Gita 03.08 – To engage the world, first engage the heart in Krishna

Daily-Bhagavatam 68 – 11.07.58 – Appreciate the inconceivable even in the material

Daily-Bhagavatam 67 – 11.07.57 – Let horizontal love remind us of vertical love

Gita 07.13 – Let spiritual desire take us from the surface to the substance

Gita 18.40 – The universality of the malady underscores the necessity of the remedy

Daily-Bhagavatam 66 – 11.07.56 – Counter temptation by intelligence, vigilance and diligence

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Daily-Bhagavatam 65 – 11.07.55 – Don’t expect the future to be a continuation of the comfortable present

Gita 18.62 – Let every mantra offer our heart’s surrender to Krishna

Does God like atheists more than religionists because atheists don’t kill children?

Gita 07.27 – Don’t let inconsequential dualities become consequential

Daily-Bhagavatam 64 – 11.07.54 – Focus on Krishna to harmonize other relationships

Was Arjuna aware of the soul’s existence before hearing the Gita?

Gita 14.05 – See the modes-induced feelings as alien, not our own

Gita 18.36 – Practice provides pleasure

Daily-Bhagavatam 63 – 11.07.53 – Don’t settle down into psuedo-security

Daily-Bhagavatam 62 – 11.07.52 – Don’t let worldly relationships consume all our emotions

What is artistic license and how can it be used in devotional dramas?

Don’t mistake the assumption to be the conclusion

Daily-Bhagavatam 61 – 11.07.51 – Live beyond the world, as does the sun

Gita 05.29 – Knowing Krishna’s greatness and kindness grants profound peace

Don’t sharpen the axe in the criminal’s hands; cure the criminal

Hold on to Hari, not to worry

Daily-Bhagavatam 60 – 11.07.50 – Focus more on reciprocation than renunciation

Gita 18.35 – Use in meditation the capacity to separate contemplation from situation seen in worry

Daily-Bhagavatam 59 – 11.07.49 – Intelligently see the invisible but inexorable bodily change

Why the devatas, though not God, are called ishvara

Daily-Bhagavatam 58 – 11.07.48 – Unchanging substance below changing appearance brings security

Don’t provoke newcomers; teach them tactfully

Daily-Bhagavatam 57 – 11.07.47 – Don’t let limitation of expression become limitation of intention

Gita 10.01 – The tirelessly loving Lord mercifully manifests as the easily accessible holy name

Gita 08.06 – Change your contempation during meditation to change your destination after destruction

In SB 1.2.7 if the knowledge is acquired through devotion how is it causeless?

Bhagavatam-daily 56 – 11.07.46 – Take shelter of Krishna however that manifests to us

In SB 1.2.2 what does the trees’ echoing Vyasadeva’s call to Shukadeva mean?

In NoI 8 why is kirtanam mentioned separately from engaging the tongue?

Is there any difference between urges and feelings?

What feelings do impersonalists experience – material or spiritual?

Bhagavatam-daily 55 – 11.07.45 – Light within the purifying flame of devotion

Gita 07.04 – Deconstruct the world to concentrate on Krishna

Bhagavatam-daily 54 – 11.07.44 – Bathe in the purifying river of saintly association

Gita 01.46 – When the eye disheartens, let the ear hearten

Gita 01.45 – Sound arguments from a fragmented perception are actually unsound

Bhagavatam-daily 53 – 11.07.43 – To transcend worldly ups and downs open yourself to higher reality

Gita 01.44 – Arjuna’s reasoning is wrong, but his capacity for reasoning is laudable

Gita 01.43 – Hell forever is a subjective feeling, not an objective fact

Gita 07.05 – Devotion helps us fulfill the purpose the world

Gita 01.42 – Three meanings of dharma

Bhagavatam-daily 52 – 11.07.42 – We stay disentangled by staying devoted

Without sufficient food, people won’t receive spiritual instruction – distribute prasad

Gita 01.41 – Unwanted progeny – what does unwanted mean?

Bhagavatam-daily 51 – 11.07.41 – Detachment coming from analysis is reinforced by experience coming from bhakti

Gita 01.40 – Protecting women and ensuring good progeny are important social responsibilities