Lectures

Value Education 34 – Ramayana 16 – Hanuman 1 – Overcome distractions by determination

Value Education 33 – Ramayana 15 – Jambavan – Help bring the best out of others

Value Education 32 – Ramayana 14 – Angada – Overcome dissension by focus on common

Value Education 31 – Ramayana 13 – Sugriva – Comforts breed ingratitude

Gita 03.06 – Outer renunciation with inner sensual contemplation is self-delusion

Naam Ramayana 2 – The transcendental becomes accessible as the name

CC daily 48 – M 189-191 – See instruction as benediction, not intrusion

Naam Ramayana 1 – Seek not be conquerors of the mind, but lovers of the Lord

Gita 03.05 – Inaction is unnatural, materially and spiritually

CC daily 47 – M 185-188 – Love is demonstrated through perseverance amidst problems

Gita 03.04 – Don’t equate the external with the essential

India’s Daughter and India’s culture

CC daily 46 – M 4.181-184 – Be more Krishna-conscious than obstacle-conscious

Gita 03.03 – Krishna’s instructions are not contradictory, but multi-level

CC daily 45 – M 4.178-180 – Instruction is an expression of love and an opportunity to love

Gita 03.02 – When scripture doesn’t fit into our mental framework, the framework needs change

Gauranga Shata Nama 25 – Join the living tradition of divine glorification

CC daily 44 – M 4.175-177 – Know that Krishna knows the challenges we face

Bhuliya Tomare Meaning – Even success story is sorry story

CC daily 43 – M 4.171-174 – See fortune in not worldly possessions but transcendental reciprocations

CC daily 42 – M 4.167-170 – Make tasting Krishna’s glories is symbiotic with sharing those glories

Gauranga Shata Nama 24 – The Lord is the life-treasure of his devotees

Gita 03.01 – The Gita’s complex multi-level message is intellectually challenging and fulfilling

Gita 02.72 – Nirvana may be extinction, but brahma-nirvana is not

Gauranga Shata Nama 23 – The Lord blesses everyone across the varnashrama spectrum

Gita 02.71 – Peace comes not by relocation, but by renunciation

Gauranga Shata Nama 22 – Relish the dhama in recollection and association

CC daily 41 – M 4.162-166 – Change service as directed – and change wholeheartedly

Gita 02.70 – Be filled with higher purpose to transcend lower desires

Gauranga Shata Nama 21 – The Lord forgives and engages everyone

CC daily 40 – M 4.156-161 – Krishna manifests in devotee’s ishta-rupa

Understanding acharaya’s controversial statements

Krishna demonstrates prevailing definition of success – and transcends it

CC daily 39 – M 4.149-155 – Purposefulness to serve brings other necessary fullness

CC daily 38 – M 4.144-148 – Fame follows devotees to help them in their service

CC daily 37 – M 4.141-143 – Be afraid of fame, not desperate for it

Gita 02.69 – Be special above the ordinary, not among the ordinary

Gauranga Shata Nama 20 – Relish the topmost devotion in the sublimest dance

Gita 02.68 – Be a soul-deliverer, not a soul-killer

Gauranga Shata Nama 19 – The Lord releases the voidists from the void

Gita 02.67 – Be swept by the wind of spiritual desire, not material desire

Gauranga Shata Nama 18 – The Lord reveals and raises to the zenith

Gita 02.66 – Without inner connection, we end with agitation and frustration

CC daily 36 – M 4.138-140 – Conscientiously cherish devotional memories

Gauranga Shata Nama 17 – The Lord’s love-filled heart conquers a jnana-hardened heart

Gita 02.65 – Purification makes external intelligence internal

Gauranga Shata Nama 16 – The moving Lord meets the non-moving Lord

CC daily 35 – M 4.134-137 – Bow to devotion wherever it manifests

Holi – Let the fire burn the impurities within

Gaur Purnima – Lord Chaitanya makes supremely fortunate the materially unfortunate and the materially fortunate

Gita 02.64 – Material regulation is the launching pad for spiritual liberation

Gauranga Shata Nama 15 – The Lord of devotion manifests the summit of renunciation

CC daily 34 – M 4.129-133 – The extraordinary is not a license for neglecting the ordinary

Gita 02.63 – Irritation, delusion, oblivion, stupefaction, destruction – Last 5 of 8 stages to falldown

Gita 02.62 – Whatever catches our attention catches us

Gauranga Shata Nama 14 – The world’s challenges are meant to strengthen our devotion

CC daily 33 – M 4.125-128 – Even devotees’ mistakes are parts of Krishna’s plan

Gita 02.61 – Control, concentration, conquest – three stages in dealing with the senses

CC daily 32 – M 4.119-124 – Personal renunciation is not an excuse for devotional incompetence

Gita 02.60 – Endeavoring and discerning are not enough for sense control

CC daily 31 – M 4.114-118 – Devotees are not starry-eyed transcendentalists but are conscious of practical reality

Gita 02.59 – Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual

Gauranga Shata Nama 13 – The divine dancer becomes the fearsome lion

CC daily 30 – M 4.110-113 – Change of perspective in story conveys depth of character

PURI acronym – 4 special qualities of Madhavendra Puri

ISKCON’s Comeback Emperor – H H Jayapataka Swami Maharaj

Gita 02.58 – Withdraw consciousness inwards as a basic defense mechanism

Gauranga Shata Nama 12 – The omnipotent Lord reverses the river of desire

CC daily 29 – M 4.106-109 – See service as an expression of trust

Gita 02.57 – Stay unaffected by the material by being focussed on the spiritual

Gauranga Shata Nama 11 – Offer the heart to our supreme pati

CC daily 28 – M 4.102-105 – Delight in the expansion of the Lord’s glory, not one’s own glory

Gita 02.56 – Emotional non-entanglement with the material characterizes the seer

Gauranga Shata Nama 10 – The more we offer ourselves, the more the Lord reveals and charms us

CC daily 27 – M 4.97-101 – Deity is the living community center

Gita 02.55 – Rejection of mental desires and satisfaction in the self define the self-realized

Gauranga Shata Nama 9 – The world of love is revealed through reciprocations with intimate associates

CC daily 26 – M 95-96 – Where there is natural attraction to Krishna there manifests Vrindavana

What is violence for the infectant is benevolence for the infected

Gita 02.54 – Non-literal meaning illumines when literal meaning stumps

Gauranga Shata Nama 8 – Let the ocean of devotion rescue us from the ocean of tribulation

CC daily 25 – M 91-94 – Devotee embodies opulence for the Lord, simplicity for oneself

The destructibility of the body is not a license for its wanton destruction

Don’t just see the provision – see the provider

The soul wears out the body and the body wears out the soul

Don’t be so concerned about others’ future destination as to be cut off from their present emotion

Gauranga Shata Nama 7 – The follower of dharma becomes the relisher of the para dharma

Gita 02.53 – Persistent absorption comes by consistent rejection of distraction

CC daily 24 – M 87-90 – The essence of initiation is not the ritual but the commitment to serve

Gauranga Shata Nama 6 – Let him take away our pride or he will

Gita 02.52 – Shastra without guru can be a deluding forest for the intelligence

CC daily 23 – M 84-86 – The transcendental manifests repeatedly as the historical

Gita 02.51 – Same action with higher motivation bestows higher destination

CC daily 22 – M 80-83 – Improvisation is also an expression of devotion

Gauranga Shata Nama 5 – The Lord is the blesser and the blessing

Harinaam Sankirtan unites dance with meditation

Music therapy and Harinaam Sankirtan

Is the Gita relevant today?

Gita 02.50 – Yoga facilitates individualized artistic infusion of work with devotion

CC daily 21 – M 78-79 – See ability to do wonderful service as Krishna’s mercy