Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das

How to be intelligent in dealing with people – Ramayana wisdom
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[Talk at Adelaide, Australia]
Podcast
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Does human nature always give fear precedence over faith?
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Is living in the present without living for Krishna helpful?
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Is it ok for devotees to give motivational classes without mentioning Krishna at all?
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QA session in Melbourne 2019
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Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita (3)
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Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 3 – Chp 13-18
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[Seminar in Melbourne, Australia]
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2019%20classes/03-19%20classess/Krishna%E2%80%99s%20moods%20in%20the%20Bhagavad-gita%203%20-%20Chp%2013-18.mp3

 
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Why is it so difficult to step back from a dramatic position that we have publically taken – is it because of ego?
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If aspiring disciples feel that they can’t get their guru’s association, what can we tell them?
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Should devotees fast on Mahashivaratri?
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How can a hunter-devotee justify that he is simply doing the profession ordained by past karma – can a terrorist argue the same way?
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Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 2 – Chp 10-12
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[Seminar at ISKCON, Melbourne, Australia]
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2019%20classes/03-19%20classess/Krishna%27s%20moods%20in%20the%20Bhagavad-gita%202%20-%20Chp%2010-12.mp3

 
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Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 1 – Chp 1-9
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[Seminar at ISKCON, Melbourne, Australia]
Podcast
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When life doesn’t make sense – Karma, time and free will
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[Bhagavatam class at New Govardhan, Murwillumbah, Australia]
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2019%20classes/03-19%20classess/When%20life%20doesn%27t%20make%20sense%20-%20Karma%2C%20time%20and%20free%20will.mp…

Will accepting diversity lead to disintegration of standards and chaotic relativism?
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When time becomes unfavorable, don’t become unfavorable to Krishna
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[Bhagavatam class at ISKCON, New Govardhan, Murwillumbah, Australia]
Podcast
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How do we create our world by our words?
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Is there a clash of civilizations between Eastern and Western civilizations?
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From insecurity to inner security
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[Talk at Brisbane, Australia]
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2019%20classes/03-19%20classess/From%20insecurity%20to%20inner%20security.mp3

 
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How do words shape our consciousness and character?
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How can we explain the need for spiritual education to secular people?
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Why is diversity essential for any tradition to continue?
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Uploaded transcriptions for QA on 2nd March 2019
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https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2018/03/understand-scriptural-stories-mountains-conscious//
https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2018/03/spouse-sentimentally-following-different-spiritual-path-deal//
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Detachment is not absence of emotion, it is absence of emotional dependence
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[Talk at ISKCON, Brisbane, Australia]
Podcast
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What is Spirituality – Questions and Answers
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[QA session at Brisbane, Australia]
Podcast
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Uploaded transcriptions for QA on 25 Feb 2019.
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How intelligence and devotion interact on the spiritual path – 3 reflections
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[Bhagavatam class on 4.20.32 at ISKCON, Melbourne, Australia]
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Technology, Psychology, Spirituality
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[Talk to teenagers at Melbourne, Australia]
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Understanding the Left, the Right and the Bhagavad-gita’s vision
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http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2019%20classes/02-19%20classess/Understanding%20the%20Left%2C%20the%20Right%20and%20the%20Bhagavad-gita%27s%20vision.mp3

 
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The Gita’s transformational power explained through four special words in its last verse
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[Talk on Bhagavad-Gita 18.78 at Melbourne, Australia]
Podcast
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Understanding what is contextual and what central in scripture
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[Bhagavatam class at ISKCON, Melbourne, Australia]
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2019%20classes/02-19%20classess/Understanding%20what%20is%20contextual%20and%20what%20central%20in%20scripture.mp3

 
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Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s three quotes on preaching – Purpose, perspective, process
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[Bhagavatam class on Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura appearance day at Melbourne, Australia ]
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One Path, Many Paths
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When we start exploring life’s spiritual side, we may hesitate to commit ourselves to any particular spiritual path: “Won’t that make me close-minded and incapable of appreciating other paths?”

Why blame the violence in Soviet Russia on atheism when it was caused by economic and political factors?
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Why changing ourselves is so difficult – and how to make it easier
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[Talk at Melbourne, Australia]
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2019%20classes/02-19%20classess/Why%20changing%20ourselves%20is%20so%20difficult%20-%20and%20how%20to%20make%20it%20easier.mp3

 
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From love of power to power of love
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[Youth meeting at Bhakta Bhavan, Melbourne, USA]
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2019%20classes/02-19%20classess/From%20love%20of%20power%20to%20power%20of%20love.mp3

 
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Humility, audacity and purity in bhakti
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[Bhagavatam class at ISKCON, Melbourne, Australia]
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2019%20classes/02-19%20classess/Humility%2C%20audacity%20and%20purity%20in%20bhakti.mp3

 
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Does focusing on Krishna require that we always be in the mode of goodness?
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Lust when unfulfilled leads to anger – does that mean the short-tempered have excessive lust that is unsatisfied?
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When our prayers are unanswered
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[Talk at Radha Krishna Cultural Center, Goldcoast, Australia]
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2019%20classes/02-19%20classess/When%20our%20prayers%20are%20unanswered.mp3

 
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