Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das

Does Krishna consider Arjuna’s concerns about destruction of family meaningless?
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In the first chp of BG Arjuna raises some imp (material) concerns. Destruction of dynasty, family traditions, unwanted population etc. Krishna does not address any of these issues in BG. Does it mean that these concerns were meaningless concerns or does it mean that these concerns actually turned out to be factual, but Krishna was […]

Warmer hearts can cool warming planet
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“We have borrowed the future from our children instead of inheriting it from our ancestors.” This African proverb vividly describes the contemporary use of natural resources. In the not-so-distant future the spectre of global warming threatens to cause the melting of the polar icecaps and submerge many flourishing coastal cities under tsunami-like waves. And this […]

CC daily 8 – CCM 4.18-19 – The Lord’s formal, pet and titular names reveal his personal nature
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What a saint learned from a prostitute   
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While prostitutes are often depicted negatively in traditional literature, some religious texts depict them positively as testimonies to the transformational potency of divine grace. Thus, in the Gospel is found a story of a prostitute (considered by some to be Mary Magdalene) who was redeemed by Jesus. In Gaudiya Vaishnava literature such as the Chaitanya […]