Author: Chaitanya Charan

If we lose something material, how much should we endeavor to regain it?

Can one action lead to a different karmic reaction? Can the reaction to be arson?

When we lose something vital for both material and spiritual life, what can we do?

When Lord Chaitanya hid his divinity, why do devotees broadcast his divinity?

What is the Bhagavad-gita perspective on chatGPT?

What is the Gita perspective on organ donation?

Why are feelings of inferiority increasing nowadays How can bhakti help?

Why are more people experiencing suicidal urges nowadays?

If a disease limits our bhakti, should we see it as our past karma or as Krishna’s mercy?

Gaur Purnima class 2023 – What is Mahaprabhus mercy? How does it work?

Does saying that multiple causes may lead to one effect make karma theory vague and unprovable?

Can someone be growing spiritually and still relapsing to sense gratification?

When devotees’ hear while doing other activities, is that due to nature or poor prioritization?

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 88 – 10.15.7-12 Krishna-Balarama make all living beings in Vrindavana fortunate

Are second initiated devotees kanistha or madhyama?

How to deal with a phobia that consumes our consciousness?

Is investing in mutual funds violation of the regulatory principle against gambling?

How to respond to the controversy over the editing of Prabhupada’s books?

How can the dead guide the living?

Is Lord Ganesh jiva-tattva?

When our urges become irresistible, what can we do?

Does the soul use its spiritual intelligence or material intelligence to realize its spirituality?

If we feel attracted to a particular person but don’t want to pursue that relationship, what can we do?

Why Narada Muni gives spiritual wisdom through riddles; need for customized outreach

Even if God exists how does it matter to me?

From outer happiness to inner happiness

Is Srimad Bhagavatam anti-householder? Why does it criticize householders so much?

Explaining cow care to the contemporary world

What is the significance of the number three Why are sacred things often repeated thrice?

Is parakiya rasa present eternally in the spiritual world?

If the outreach mood of a particular place doesn’t zeal with our disposition, what can we do?

What’s wrong with committing suicide when yogis ending their life is considered glorious?

When we lose our job which scriptural verses or sections can we turn to for guidance?

Should the problems in following authority be discussed only privately and not publicly?

Prayers of Jiva in mothers womb – Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3

Can fault finding be used constructively in devotional service?

Akrodha Paramananda song meaning, Nityananda Trayodashi 2023 class at Nashik, Hindi

How can the light of religion help a world in conflict?

If our institutional faith is shaken while our personal faith is strong, how can we progress?

Is the Gita’s teaching about transcending the modes, not just coming to goodness, relevant to the corporate world?

How can I grow spiritually when I have diverse spiritual interests and am hesitant about institutional affiliation?

How can the Gita’s teaching on work as worship inspire corporate excellence?

Is it better to set big goals that are inspiring or small goals that are achievable?

Does the Gita provide skills or only will and values?

How can we become more disciplined?

How can we know the mood of our spiritual master?

Why are temples closed during eclipses?

What are the consequences of not following Bhagavad-gita?

When we tolerate amid difficulties, how can we tolerate not out of helplessness but out of purposefulness?

How can we develop attachment to Krishna if we don’t have it initially?

If eating meat is sinful, then are all the countries that are primarily non-vegetarian destined for hell? (Hindi)

If the soul is eternal, why is the world’s population increasing (Hindi)

Is initiation absolutely important when the guru inspiring us is not accessible?

Can we hear bhajans sung by someone not from our movement?

Is our existence itself an unfairness and a mystery, wherein many big questions have no answers?

Had all the Jews who were killed by Hitler done bad karma that led to their genocide

When a helpless girl is raped, does the Gita say that it happened due to her past karma? (Hindi)

Does our breath make the sound so ‘ham – does that suggest we are God?

If someone is abused despite praying to Krishna for protection, isn’t it easier for them to reject God?

If it’s impossible to find happiness without Krishna, aren’t we being forced to love him?

Can we hear beautiful bhajans if they are not sung by devotees?

How do we understand Prabhupada’s seemingly anti-woman statements?

Why does Krishna not make another world where we can be happy without him?

Do our intentions to control the mind also come from the mind – or do they come from the soul with its own mind?

If we have performed shraddha on Ekadashi, will we therefore go to hell, ref Bhag 7.14.20-23. How to atone?

What is the root cause of misdeeds? Is it avidya? How is it removed by bhakti?

Just as there is a separate Brahma in every universe, is there a separate Narada as his son?

How can Brahma be Narada’s guru when Narada’s body is spiritual and Brahma’s body is material?

Book distribution inspiration – how can we motivate ourselves spiritually for distributing Prabhupada’s books during the marathon?

How do we balance spiritual life with material life?

When other sampradayas quote certain verses from scripture to prove that their particular founder is also an incarnation of God – How do we respond to such scriptural references?

Cricket Mania A Bhagavad-gita perspective; Seeing Kishna everywhere as his vibhuti; Wellington 2022

Understanding dementia – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan

If nature is inherently divine, then are the laws of nature, as explained by scientists, also divine?

If we have lost a loved one, how can we deal with the grief?

What is God’s role in our sufferings, in the light of the Bhagavatam 10.14.08 verse tat te ‘nukampam?

If freewill is connected with desires and choices then how can we develop our intelligence so that we can desire and choose better

How dependent is karma on destiny and destiny on karma?

What happiness does the soul get in the spiritual world that it doesn’t get in the material world?

Should we celebrate festivals like Tulsi Vivah that were not celebrated during Prabhupada’s times?

Kantara movie – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan

202 Bhagavad-Gita’s multi-level progression of the human-divine relationship, The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu

Prabhupada_’s message included and transcended the past, present and future – Disappearance day talk

Parallels between Damodara-lila and Bhagavad-gita – part 2

201 The letter of scripture and the spirit of scripture The Monk_’s Podcast with Yogeshvara Prabhu

Krishna himself has expended as Radharani, then why does he have to come as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to understand Radharani?

World Mental Health Day Special Bhagavad-gita Insights for a Healthy Mind

How to know when we are getting realization and when doing speculation?

How can we know that today’s Bhagavad Gita is as it is as it was spoken by Krishna to Arjuna?

If we get a dream in which our spiritual master is displeased with us, what does that mean?

Krishna being omnipotent can be present in his deity, but how can Prabhupada be present in his deity?

How can we get fresh insights while studying scripture?

To go to Krishna, do we need to attain a particular stage in bhakti?

Why is Prabhupada was so strong in criticizing mayavadis and so mild in criticizing muslims?

If the same event can be explained at multiple levels, are different explanations meant for people at different levels?

Why shouldn’t we be just positive and not bother about things like death?

How can we make bhakti accessible without diluting it? – Chaitanya Charan

Appreciating Radharani universal, Gaudiya and personal perspectives, Radhashtami 2022

How to make our Sunday talks relevant Chaitanya Charan with Caru P on the ISKCON Relevance Project podcast

3 conceptions of renunciation frustration, aversion, redirection – Chaitanya Charan