Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das

Do different people perceive Krishna’s mercy differently?
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Should we study scripture deeply and slowly or rapidly to get an overview?
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Making our outreach relevant
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Srimad-Bhagavatam class on 10.84.37-40 at ISKCON, Chowpatty, Mumbai

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​Gita 10.39 – God is the one without whose existence no existence is possible
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​Can we use self-help books that give techniques that help us in our bhakti?
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How do we see the joy of living in the present from the bhakti perspective?
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Gita 10.38 – Punishment may not stop wrong desiring, but it can stop wrong doing
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​Should we always seek devotional stimuli with the mind?
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​Should we chant while feeling separated from Krishna or while feeling that they are in front of us as the Deities?
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​When we perceive that we are different from our thoughts, how do we infer who we really are?
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​Gita 10.37 – Krishna’s manifestations encompass all the three worlds
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​How can we connect to people’s emotional concerns without diluting our message?
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What does the regulative principle no illicit sex mean?
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Does chanting progress from uttering to hearing to visualizing Krishna’s form?
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​What spiritual bliss can we have as sadhakas – how is it different from sattvika happiness?
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​How can we share our realisations without coming off as proud?
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Practicing humility in a culture of promotion
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​Srimad Bhagavatam class on 1.9.22 at Govardhan Ecovillage, Wada, Mumbai

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​When all forms of God exist eternally, what does Krishna is the source of all those forms means?
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Should we make ​​blanket statements first and then teach nuances?
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​Gita 10.36 The thrill of victory and adventure is an experience of Krishna
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​Bhagavatam canto 6 study 4 – 2.32-3.11 Boost inner resolution with external facilitation
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​Bhagavatam canto 6 study 3 – 6.2.1-28 Bhakti’s potency is not a license for immorality
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​Bhakti Vaibhav class for brahmacharis at Govardhan Eco-village, Wada, Mumbai

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​Did Bhima hate Duryodhana and not follow hate the sin, not the sinner?
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​God did it – is this scripture’s only explanation for all material phenomena?
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​Don’t let astonishment over mystical or technological marvels distract from bhakti
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​Bhagavatam class on 3.23.20-21 at Govardhan Eco-village, Wada, Mumbai

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​How does Krishna decide when to protect and when to not protect?
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​Can we just take shelter of bhakti when nothing solves our problems?
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​Can phala-shrutis be used to attract people looking for material benefits?
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​When even after chanting we still have problems should we tell others chant and be happy?
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​Should we preach about the material benefits of bhakti given in scripture?
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Gita 10.35 – The beauty of music and nature manifest Krishna’s opulence
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​Are we meant to reject the mind or to engage it?
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​If we shouldn’t identify with feelings, why are we told to identify with devotional feelings?
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​Are a laptop and a rainbow both brain signals and are so equally real?
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​Does matter acquire form only when there is observing consciousness?
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