Websites from the ISKCON Universe
Bhagavatam daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/Bhagavatam-daily%20312%20%e2%80%93%2011.14.4%20%e2%80%93%20Sonic%20succession%20is%20more%20important%20than%20seminal%20succession.mp3
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Bhagavatam daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/Bhagavatam-daily%20311%20%e2%80%93%2011.14.3%20%e2%80%93%20Understand%20how%20the%20knowledge%20beyond%20history%20manifests%20in%20history.mp3
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Chaitanya Charitamrita daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/CC%20daily%20209%20-%207.50-53%20-%20Serve%20according%20to%20capacity%20-%20dont%20crave%20for%20services%20we%20cant%20do.mp3
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Chaitanya Charitamrita daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/CC%20daily%20208%20-%207.46-49%20-%20To%20lose%20a%20treasure%20we%20have%20just%20appreciated%20is%20devastating.mp3
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Chaitanya Charitamrita daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/CC%20daily%20207%20-%207.42-45%20-%20Appreciate%20the%20sweetness%20that%20underlies%20Vaishnava%20etiquette.mp3
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From Saurabh Raval P
Putana was the reincarnation of the younger sister of Bali Maharaj, who was a grandson of Prahlad Maharaj
Answer Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/When%20Narasimha%20had%20promised%20Prahlad%20that%20his%20descendents%20would%20be%20protected,%20why%20did%20Krishna%20kill%20Putana.mp3
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Talk Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/Spiritual%20Insights%20for%20dealing%20with%20HIV.mp3
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Talk Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/Essence%20of%20Gita%205%20-%20Choose%20God%20over%20the%20world.mp3
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Talk Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/Essence%20of%20Gita%204%20-%20God%20helps%20those%20who%20let%20him%20help%20them.mp3
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Talk Podcast:
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Talk Podcast:
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Talk Podcast:
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From Ranjith A U Nair Prabhu
During our course of ISO, we discussed about 3 levels of devotees. In NOI also we are re-visting the same topic in more depth. Can we consider Krishna devotees outside ISKCON, who does’nt yet have knowledge about our paramapra and teachings (say they are chanting some mantra of Krishna and maybe reading other versions of BG/SB) as neophyte devotees? As per the discussion in ISO the qualities of those devotees match that of a neophyte.
Answer Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/Are%20Krishna%20bhaktas%20outside%20ISKCON%20at%20the%20neophyte%20stage.mp3
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From Praveen Nayak Prabhu
Prabhuji – In NOD Chapter 7 in the section Observing fasting on Ekadashi it is said “The basic principle is not just to fast, but to increase one’s faith and love for Govinda, or Kṛṣṇa.”
Could you please explain – How would doing fast increase ones faith and love for Krishna ?
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/How%20does%20fasting%20on%20Ekadashi%20increase%20our%20love%20for%20Krishna.mp3
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From Ankur Sharma Prabhu
Srila Prabhupada says in the purport of verse 4.14, “Anyone who is fully conversant with all the intricacies of this law of karma, or fruitive activities, does not become affected by the results of his activities.” Similarly thing is said in 4.9.
How can simply knowing something free one from the bondage of karma?
Answer Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/How%20can%20knowledge%20alone%20free%20us%20from%20karmic%20bondage%20as%20Gita%204.14%20says.mp3
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From Ankur Sharma Prabhu
Srila Prabhupada says in the purport of verse 4.13, “as Kṛṣṇa is transcendental to this system of the four divisions of human society, a person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is also transcendental to all divisions of human society”
a) What is the implication of someone is transcendental to all divisions of human society?
b) How could someone who is still contaminated by the modes be considered transcendental to social divisions? Should this not apply only to the paramhamsas (other than Krsna, of course)?
Answer Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/Is%20a%20person%20in%20Krishna%20consciousness%20transcendental%20to%20varnashrama.mp3
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From Vandana Goel Mataji
Verse three of NOI say the attitude while performing Bhakti should contain
ENTHUSIASM ….PATIENCE….AND CONFIDENCE
my question is having enthusiasm and patience simultaneously are two contradictory things why has a devotee been advised to have these two contradictory features simultaneously??
Answer Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/How%20can%20we%20develop%20the%20contradictory%20qualities%20of%20enthusiasm%20and%20patience.mp3
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From Promila Chitkara Mataji
Arjuna had all the rare accomplishments (e.g. winning boons from Shiva, entering heaven etc) because of the difficult austerities he performed before the war. He lived in forests to perform those austerities, fought wars etc. Then, why did he say he could control the wind but not the mind? He did control his mind otherwise he wouldn’t be able to do what he did. Moreover, he wouldn’t be Gudakesha if he had no control over mind.
Is this because the Gita was spoken for us and not so much for him?
Answer Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/When%20Arjuna%20had%20enough%20mind%20control%20to%20perform%20great%20austerities,%20why%20does%20he%20say%20that%20he%20cant%20control%20the%20mind.mp3
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From Sunil Prabhu
In Bhagavat Gita 1.32-35 Arjuna says that he doesn’t want to fight even in exchange for the three worlds, let alone this earth and What pleasure he will derive from killing?
Later in 2.8 he says “I will not be able to dispel it even if I win a prosperous unrivaled kingdom on earth with sovereignty like the demigods in heaven”
In both statements, Arjuna is saying he doesn’t see any benefit in fighting; in another sense he can’t find solution for his grief. What is difference in Arjuna’s state of consciousness in reference to rejecting the kingdom, apart from the fact that he has accepted Krsna as Spiritual master in 2.7.
Answer Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/How%20has%20surrender%20in%20Gita%202.7%20changed%20Arjunas%20consciousness%20when%20he%20expresses%20the%20same%20sentiment%20in%201.35%20and%202.8.mp3
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Answer Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/When%20Krishna%20calls%20as%20divine%20the%20vision%20for%20seeing%20the%20Universal%20Form,%20why%20does%20Vishvanatha%20Chakravarti%20call%20it%20a%20downgrade%20of%20vision.mp3
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Answer Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/When%20Arjuna%20was%20already%20able%20to%20see%20Krishnas%20intimate%20form%20why%20did%20Krishna%20have%20to%20give%20him%20divine%20vision%20to%20see%20the%20Universal%20Form.mp3
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Answer Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/How%20was%20Sanjay%20able%20to%20see%20the%20Universal%20Form%20without%20being%20given%20special%20eyes%20by%20Krishna.mp3
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Answer Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/Does%20the%20fact%20that%20religious%20knowledge%20doesnt%20grow%20like%20scientific%20knowledge%20prove%20its%20irrelevance.mp3
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Answer Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2015%20QA/08-15%20QA/Do%20the%20differences%20in%20various%20religions%20conceptions%20of%20God%20prove%20his%20non-existence.mp3
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Chaitanya Charitamrita daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/CC%20daily%20206%20-%207.39-41%20-%20Understand%20the%20CV%20needed%20to%20be%20the%20Lords%20servant.mp3
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Chaitanya Charitamrita daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/CC%20daily%20205%20-%207.36-38%20-%20Ensure%20that%20the%20Lords%20service%20is%20done%20even%20if%20we%20cant%20do%20it%20ourselves.mp3
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Bhagavtam-daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/Bhagavatam-daily%20310%20%e2%80%93%2011.14.2%20%e2%80%93%20Diversity%20of%20paths%20accomodates%20variety%20of%20desires.mp3
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Bhagavtam-daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/Bhagavatam-daily%20309%20–%2011.14.1%20–%20See%20the%20diversity%20of%20paths%20neither%20fanatically%20nor%20uncritically.mp3
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CC daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/CC%20daily%20204%20-%207.33-35%20-%20More%20important%20than%20our%20desire%20for%20the%20Lords%20proximity%20is%20his%20pleasure.mp3
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Bhagavtam-daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/Bhagavatam-daily%20308%20–%2011.13.41%20–%20Enlightenment%20is%20not%20just%20accepting%20the%20reality%20of%20the%20spiritual%20but%20also%20accepting%20its%20primacy.mp3
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Lecture Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/Lord%20Chaitanya’s%20momentous%20victory%20in%20Puri.mp3
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Bhagavtam-daily Podcast:
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Bhagavtam-daily Podcast:
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Bhagavtam-daily Podcast:
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Bhagavtam-daily Podcast:
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Bhagavtam-daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/Bhagavatam-daily%20302%20–%2011.13.36%20–%20Devotion%20is%20the%20ultimate%20intoxication.mp3
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Bhagavtam-daily Podcast:
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CC daily Podcast:
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2015%20classes/08-15%20classes/CC%20daily%20203%20-%207.30-32%20-%20The%20Lords%20seeming%20hard-heartedness%20is%20due%20to%20his%20soft-heartedness.mp3
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CC daily Podcast:
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CC daily Podcast:
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