Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das

​If we commit mistakes while preaching, should we stop preaching?
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Can some people be so scarred as to be incapable of practicing spiritual life?
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Does God exists beyond the world mean that he doesn’t depend on this world?
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​When the spiritual-material are done together, does the spiritual component increase with age?
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​Does chanting make us internally happy and then we won’t do anything externally?
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​What kind of goals does a spiritually evolved person have?
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​Discover your inner power
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​Talk at Colorada State University, Denver, USA

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Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 2 – Understanding inconceivability as an explanation for the world’s nature
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​Bhagavatam class at ISKCON, Denver

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​Can we function at both spiritual and material levels in life?
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​Do we need to renounce the world to grow spiritually?
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​Can spirituality help people having acute mental health problems?
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​Can people with brain chemical imbalances practice spirituality and benefit from it?
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​What makes people evolve from seeking recognition to making contribution?
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In the Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam, Krishna refers to himself inclusively, not exclusively – what does this mean?
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​How to respond when devotees start campaigning against some mundane problem?
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Why do senior devotees sometimes divert from bhakti to fringe fields?
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Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 1 – Understanding God is all that exists
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Bhagavatam class on 3.29.33-34 at ISKCON, Denver

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How can we use our talents at work without being sucked by the work away from Krishna?
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​The soul is always happy – what does this mean?
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​Is there a time when the soul says – I don’t want any more bodies?
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​On leaving the body, does the soul retain its identity or merge with the cosmic whole?
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​What about the Buddhist concept of no-self, anattavada?
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Spirituality in an age of science – Maximizing human potential
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Talk at Denver University

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​If intention is more important than action, why was Nriga punished despite his charitable intention?
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Does Draupadi not know that Krishna protected her from disrobing?
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Spirituality in an age of science – Managing the messy mind
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We are what we eat – how to understand this in terms of the three-level model of the self?
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When cows are being brutally slaughtered why does Krishna not intervene?
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Speaking on the Mahabharata outside Bharata – at Princeton
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During my visit to Central New Jersey, on 18th September, 2016, Govinda Prabhu and I spoke at Princeton University on the topic of “Tragic Hero? Lessons from the life of the Mahabharata character Karna.”

Vineet Chander (Venkat Bhatta Prabhu) serves as the Director of Hindu Affairs at Pinceton University; and he had invited me to speak on this topic. Later, it turned out that Govinda P was also there in Central New Jersey at the time of my program. So, both of us were asked to speak together.

I found it striking that while I have spoken at many colleges in India, I have never spoken on a directly scriptural topic in an Indian college. And yet here I was in an American college – and one of the world’s top colleges at that – speaking on an openly scriptural topic. What was even more intriguing was that nearly 50% of the audience was non-Indians – professors and students of South Asian religions.

Addressing the negativities that befell Karna, Govinda P spoke on how we all need to look for opportunity more than for sympathy. Addressing the Karna-Duryodhana friendship, I spoke on how a low self-esteem makes us emotionally vulnerable to be manipulated by whoever seems to offer us respect. I largely spoke on the points I have written in

my question-answers on Karna available here:

The Son of the Sun – Part 1

The audio-video of the talk is available here.

​Tragic Hero – Life Lessons from Karna – Princeton University

After the talk, on seeing the intense interest throughout of a pan-Indian and a non-Indian audience, I felt reinforced in my conviction realized that sharing life lessons through epics comprises an appealing and powerful way of connecting scriptural wisdom with people’s practical concerns – a way that we bhakti teachers need to tap much more effectively.

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