Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das

How can a material process karma-yoga grow into the transcendental process bhakti-yoga?
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From Hari Parayana P
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Value Education and Spirituality 29 – Ramayana 11 – Vali 2 – Real repentance is seen in rectification
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Value Education and Spirituality 28 – Ramayana 10 – Vali 1 – Judging without understanding ruins relationships
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Value Education and Spirituality 27 – Ramayana 9 – Shabari – See not the body’s caste – see the heart’s character
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Follow Vedic principles without disturbing the state
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“Actually we do not want to disturb the law and order of the state, that is not our business, but the Vedic principle to receive contribution from the devotees has to be allowed.”
Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita 28 May 1970

Bhagavatam-daily 14 – 11.07.04 – The departure of Krishna’s outer manifestation impels us to take shelter of his ever-accesssible manifestations
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Value Education and Spirituality 25 – Ramayana 7 – Lakshmana – Don’t ascribe intention to what is spoken in tension
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Value Education and Spirituality 24 – Ramayana 6 – The illusory dear – Use intelligence to see beyond appearance to substance
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Value Education and Spirituality 23 – Ramayana 5 – Shurapanakha – Don’t let the selfish exploit our sexual vulnerabiity
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Value Education and Spirituality 22 – Ramayana 4 – Bharata – Stick to integrity amidst opportunity for immorality
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Value Education and Spirituality 21 – Ramayana 3 – Dasharatha – Honor one’s word even at great personal cost
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Value Education and Spirituality 20 – Ramayana 2 – Rama – Go beyond fight or flight to choose the best response
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Value Education and Spirituality 19 – Ramayana 1 – Kaikeyi – Don’t be deluded by malicious misinformers
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Why does the Bhagavad-gita immediately after rejecting bodily identity address Arjuna with names which reinforce that very identity?
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Answer Summary: The Gita conveys that we can’t wish away our bodily identity – we have to work our way through it and for that work we can dovetail the impetus coming from our bodily identity. Answer: “You are not the body” is the first lesson given in the Bhagavad-gita (02.13). Yet the very next […]

Which dictionary meaning of the word ‘mind’ does the Gita refer to?
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From Prof Phadnavis: The Oxford Dictionary gives the following meanings of the mind: mind |mʌɪnd| noun 1 the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought: a lot of thoughts ran through my mind. 2 a […]

What does panentheism mean?
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From Anuj P
Brahma Samhita foreword Para 6 mentions a word – “panantheist”. I tried to look into the dictionary but could not find this word. Can you please tell what does it mean?
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Bhagavatam-daily 12 – 11.07.02 – Krishna is the object of prayers for everyone – even those who are the object of prayers
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When sex is a fact of life, why be prudish about depicting it in the media?
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From Nitin:
A Bollywood movie producer argues that India has such a huge population which hasn’t come by moving a magic wand – it has come by sex. So if people are doing it in their bedrooms, why object to it being depicted in the movies?
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Does covering our bodies with clothes make us obsessed to see others’ bodies?
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From Jagat Singh P Does suppressing our natural way of life ,artificially wearing the clothes ,doesn’t make us obsessed ,by seeing others bodies .is it not the cause of rape ,animals don’t rape ,there are some tribal adivasi people ,who live naked ,they don’t feel obsessed anymore ,they feel it is quite natural ,and that’s […]

Do vaishyas have to do brahminical occupation to come to goodness for practicing bhakti?
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From Sushant P
It is said that one should come to the mode of goodness to steadily practice bhakti. But, does coming to mode of goodness mean that everyone should become a brahmana and there should be no ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras?
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Why do we counter-push against lower modes and not against goodness?
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From Sushant Kulkarni P When our modes of nature (our body, mind) impel us to fulfill sensual desires, we try to counter-push the modes. But, when the same modes impel us to act in a, say, brahminical way we don’t counter-push the modes to try to act in some other way, say, ksatriya’s way. So, […]

Bhagavatam-daily 10 – 11.06.49 – Don’t project suspicion induced by the imitation on the original
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When Arjuna’s chariot was destroyed after the MB war, why does he say in SB “The chariot is the same”?
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Are those who come to Krishna even for material benefit mahatmas?
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From Debanjan Krishna P
in BG – 7.18 Krishna says “Mahatma ” to this 4 devotees — so can we call Mahatma also to him who comes to Krishna for some material benefit ?
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Bhagavatam-daily 9 – 11.06.48 – Krishna manifested through his pastimes acts as a sword and a magnet
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When Prabhupada’s Gita is so obviously not as it is, how can he call it as it is?
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From Dharmaveer
He translates karma-yoga as bhakti-yoga, inserts Krishan where there is no Krishna and makes so many changes in his English Gita. How then can he claim his Gita to be as it is?
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How can anyone accept such an antromorphic unscientific mythic conception of God as Krishna
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From Peter:
God is so great that he can’t conceived, so past people have imagined him to be a human-like person with supernatural powers. And how can people believe such unscientific, irrational myths in the name of God’s pastimes?
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