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Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das
Snana Yatra – Entry into the Lord’s circle of love through intimate service
Why do we have to give up material pleasures to experience spiritual pleasures?
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Asked in relationship with this Gita-daily article: Those who give up pleasure for principle gain life’s principal pleasure Answer Podcast
Did past people believe in miracles like Govardhana lila because they were unscientific and gullible?
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Answer Podcast
If Krishna is the cause of all causes, is he the cause of everything that we and others do?
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Answer Podcast
Gita 14.28 – The holy name takes us out of the shackle of the modes
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Holy Name Meditation Podcast
Maturity means to not let our emotionality interfere with our responsibility
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In our fast-paced, want-filled culture, it’s easy to get stressed out and suffer emotional breakdowns. Perhaps the emotion most likely to disrupt the lives of most people today is anxiety. The whole process of becoming mature centers on becoming effective in managing our emotions. Babies are governed by their emotions – if they feel pain […]
Mahabharata Characters 26 – Yudhisthira 04 – The Pandavas dishonoured and dispossessed
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If we concede that scripture doesn’t contain literal report of conversations then where will the erosion of scriptural authority end?
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Answer Podcast My thanks to Hari Parshad Prabhu for the following references: From Srila Sridhar Swami’s commentary on introduction to Bhagavad Gita: tam eva bhagavad-upadiṣṭam arthaṁ kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanaḥ saptabhiḥ śloka-śatair upanibabandha | tatra ca prāyaśaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-mukhād viniḥsṛtān eva ślokān alikhat | kāṁścit tat-saṅgataye svayaṁ ca vyaracayat Translation: Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa composed 700 verses from that purport spoken […]
Are science and spirituality at war with each other?
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Lecture Podcast
Why are certain important verses quoted by acharyas not found in the scriptures?
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Answer Podcast Devotee-scholars’ research is uncovering the presence in scripture of many verses whose sources were earlier unknown or debated. One excellent sample of such scholarship is this document compiled by a devotee-scholar and friend Hari Parshad Prabhu: Prabhupada verses – sources found by Hari Parshad P Specific reference to verses about Mayavada: mayavadam asac […]
Are chanting praying and meditation the same?
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Why do some scriptures declare other gods to be Supreme?
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Are the Puranas unreliable because they have so many different versions?
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Prabhupada quotes largely from the Puranas so how can we show that our sampradaya is based on shruti?
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Answer Podcast
I was born in another sampradaya, but became introduced to seriously bhakti through ISKCON. Which sampradaya should I follow?
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Answer Podcast
Why do insubstantial religious groups spread extensively and pure saints remain unknown?
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How the Gita’s ninth chapter reveals its bhakti essence
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Lecture Podcast Lecture Highlights: 9.13-14: Inner disposition and outer action of devotees Concept of bhakti developed in the Gita: 2.61, 3.30, 4.9, 5.25, 6.14-15, 6.30, 6.47, 7.1, 8.14 Varying initial focuses of concentration in ashtanga-yoga: 5.27 and 6.13 Unvarying eventual and final focuses: 6.14, 6.30, 6.47, 7.1 Four ways Gita’s chp 9 glorifies bhakti: 1. […]
Mahabharata Characters 25 – Yudhisthira 03 – The virtuous victimized in the vicious gambling match
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What is the destination of patriotic atheists like Bhagat Singh?
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Answer Podcast
Why is there no Radha Krishna worship in the Madhva sampradaya?
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Answer Podcast
Who is better – one who chants all day or one who chants a few times and serves others all day?
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Answer Podcast
When Krishna always uses his free will properly, why don’t we too when we are his parts?
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Answer Podcast
Meditation minimizes inner friction and maximizes outer contribution
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Talk Podcast
If we cant fast nirjala on Pandava Nirjala Ekadashi what benefit do we get?
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Answer Podcast
Is belief in God like belief in a cosmic teapot – undisprovable yet unreasonable?
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Answer Podcast
How can India’s wisdom-literature be introduced in the education without the saffronization of the syllabus?
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Answer Podcast
Should every action in the Lord’s pastimes be interpreted to get some instruction from it?
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Answer Podcast
Mahabharata Characters 24 – Yudhisthira 02 – The world’s king glorifies the supreme king
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Why does the Gita 12.11 include material charity in the bhakti hierarchy?
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Answer Podcast
Where do religious social workers like Mother Terersa fall in the Gita’s yoga ladder?
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How does karma yoga mature into ashtanga yoga?
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How does the nishkama karma yogi attain knowledge and liberation? Through the same path or by adopting another yoga?
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Does ashtanga yoga always start from jnana yoga?
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If Durga is the superintendent of material nature how can Krishna alone grant liberation?
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Is Durga devi a demigodess in the category of jiva tattva?
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Are the jnanis mentioned in Gita 7.16-18 impersonalists as the example of Kumaras suggests or devotees as Vishvanath Chakravarti Thakura’s commentary states?
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For a devotee-sadhaka Is the desire to go BTG desirable or should one just desire service?
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Answer Podcast
How should we respond to indiscriminate violence against other communities done in the name of religion as a response to distortion of respected images?
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Answer Podcast
Mahabharata Characters 23 – Yudhisthira 01 – Sticking to integrity amidst injustice
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Confrontation or Penetration – Two approaches to sharing Krishna consciousness
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Lecture Podcast
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