VedicPhilosophy

Understanding the unborn’s understandings

Understanding Destiny

Reincarnation

PK QA – article series

From Maya to Lila

When Krishna wanted to replace Duryodhana with Yudhishthira, was his reason moral or spiritual?

3 Gopi gita | Texts 5-6 | Dealing with lust & pride

2 Gopi Gita Texts 2 – 4 Glory Of Unreciprocated Love

1 Gopi Gita text 1 Approaching rasa-lila – why & how?

Did Krishna provoke Duryodhana and cause the war?

Parallels In Gaura – Lila And Rama – Lila Gaur Purnima Special 2024 New Jersey USA

The sweetness of the Krishna Arjuna relationship

Concise Concepts – Who Exactly Is An Avatar

Understanding The Concept Of Dashavatara

The three level model of the self (Atma) according to Bhagavad-gita

Radical Personalism – Concise Concepts

Understanding why the Karma doctrine makes sense through a simple analogy of a cricket match

How feminists misread scripture

Understanding the purpose of Srimad Bhagavatam

Bhagavad Gita Overview- Chapter 9

Resolving conflicts between Science and Scriptures

How do we discern which Gita to read?

In Vedic context is Varna (caste) system birth based or merit based?

Understanding how the three modes of material nature affect us in our functioning

Bhagavatam depicts how Bhakti inverts the traditional social hierarchies

Why spiritual evolution is of paramount importance in our lives – Chaitanya Charan

Why is the Gita giving counter-intuitive instructions? – Chaitanya Charan

Demystifying leadership through Gita – Chaitanya Charan

What is the meaning of life? – Chaitanya Charan

Is Belief In Soul Scientific – Chaitanya Charan

Why do only a few people remember their past lives? How can we remember our previous lives?

Our Attachments Are Like A Rented House That We Dont Usually Leave Unless We Are Evicted Gita 07.01

Our Individuality Is Defined Not By What We Wear But By What We Hold Dear Gita 15.07

There Is A Purpose For Everything We Experience Even The Things We Dont Want To Experience BG 5.20

To Love Values Is Good To Value Love Is Better To Love The Source Of All Values And Love Is Best

The More Outer Power We Get The More Inner Power We Need Gita 16.21

To Be Truly Non – Judgmental Stop Being Judgmental About Those Who Are Judgmental

Even If Others Dont Take Us Seriously Still We Can Take Ourselves Seriously Gita 06.05

The More We Become Conscious Of Where Our Consciousness Is The More We Can Tap The Power Of Our Con

The Essence Of Renunciation Is Not Giving Up Worldly Things It Is Giving Up Worldly Thoughts 06.02

Condescension Looks Down At Others While Laughing At Them Compassion Lifts Others Up While Laughing

Showing Others Wrong Is Not Compassion Seeing How They Can Help Themselves Become More Right Is 3.26

Sincerity Can Show The Path To Ability It Cant Substitute For Ability Gita 02.06

The World Doesnt Need People With Answers As Much As It Needs People Who Are The Answers Gita 18.73

Overlords Are Meant Not To Lord It Over Others But To Lead Others Over To The Lord Gita 18.43

Individuality Breeds Creativity And Spirituality Individualism Breeds Self – Obsession Destruction

To Take The Task Of Training The Mind Seriously Stop Taking Everything It Says Seriously. Gita 6.34

Destiny May Determine The Complexion Of Our Face But We Determine The Expression On Our Face 09.06

Just Because Its Not Up To You Doesnt Mean That You Are Not Up To It – Dont Cry Try Gita 11.33

Dont Be So Afraid Of The Irrational As To Deny The Possibility Of The Transrational Gita 04.39

Manifesting Our Individuality Should Fill Our Heart Not Empty Our Pocket Gita 16.16

The Stronger The Hold Of Problems On Our Mind The Weaker Becomes Our Hold On Ourselves Gita 06.05

Gita Equips The Thoughtful To Become More Faithful And The Faithful To Become More Thoughtful 18.63

The Less We Identify With Our Thoughts The Less We Become Thoughtless Gita 14.23

When Long – Awaited Good Thing Happensbe Grateful It Happened Not Resentful That It Happened So Late

God Loves Us As We Are But He Loves Us Too Much To Let Us Stay As We Are Gita 18.61

Contemplation Is The Foundation Of Action Without It What We Do Is Not Action But Reaction

The Mind Is Not Afraid To Interrupt Us Dont Be Afraid To Interrupt It Gita 06.26

The Mind Is A Persecutor Who Pretends To Be The Persecuted Gita 18.35

Better To Endure Cravings That Seem Unbearable Than To Endure Consequences That Are Unbearable 16.12

If Krishna Takes Away The Things That Take Us Away From Him Dont Go Away From Him Gita 07.19

Life Is Meant Not For Collecting And Consuming But For Connecting And Contributing Gita 05.21

The Best Way To Watch The Mind Is To Have Something Better To Watch Gita 06.47

The Mind Makes The Uncomfortable Seem Unbearable And Then Makes Us Do The Unconscionable Gita 06.06

The More We Are Aimless The More We Become Shameless Gita 02.41

To Deal With Fear Focus On What Is Not On What If Gita 18.35 

Whatever We Are Surfing For We Are Ultimately Surfing For Krishna Gita 10.41

Are Varna And Ashrama The Only Two Hierarchies Present In Nature

Does Racism Exist Because Of The Caste System

From A Spiritual Perspective Why Does Racism Exist

When Yudhishthira Considered Duryodhana A Good King Was Killing Him Necessary To Establish Dharma

Bhagavad Gita Overview Chapter 5

Arjunas Universal Question – Gita Verses 14 Gita 2.07

Are the other 5 schools of Indian philosophy relevant for devotees – are they speculations?

When every soul is spiritually individual, how are we all spiritually equal?

Can the law of attraction work without any physical effort?

Once we know what our needs are, how can we fulfill those needs?

Are there fixed set of needs that define human being?

When someone is trying to manipulate us, should we still not get cross with them?

How were women educated in the past in Vedic culture?

Why did Draupadi not defend herself when she was being dishonored?

If wine is bad why is it allowed in heavens?

Why does Prabupada give devotional explanations for Bhagavad Gita sections that are not exactly devotional?

If we really have free will, how does God control everything? – Chaitanya Charan

When we feel that our problems arose because we were misguided – Yamaduta-Yamaraja discussion 1

Does love mean shielding our loved ones from their actions’ consequences? PEER acronym

Understanding the spiritual world: its relevance, rationale, resplendence

How the Bhagavad Gita is a message of love (Hindi)

Study from different perspectives – HH SB Keshava Maharaj, HG Chaitanya Charan

Is it that the material world works according mechanisms?

When devotees leave the body, do they also have go through the process which they withdraw various elements inwards?

If we feel guilty about our inability to practice bhakti seriously, what can we do?

What is the best way to study the Bhagavad Gita when there are so many classes, articles and commentaries available?

Should we inform a senior devotee if they speak a material fact or story wrong in their class?

Understanding Mayavada and dealing with Mayavadis: learning from Mahaprabhu?

If senior devotees don’t support our ambitions to expand outreach, what can we do?

Should spiritual leaders engage in politics?

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?