Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das

If our svarupa happens to be in dasya, how will be satisfied in that svarupa now that we know madhurya is highest?
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While using a talent such as music for Krishna how can we transfer our attachment from that talent to Krishna?
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How can Draupadi’s polygamy be justified especially when the Pandavas have to sometimes see her as a wife and at other times as sister-in-law?
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Let the body not distract you from success in life
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This body is today or tomorrow finished. We should not be very much bothered about the body. Trees also live for thousands of years but that does not mean a successful life. A successful life is one of Krishna consciousness. Srila Prabhupada, Letter to Jayananda 77-02-26

Is conscience always the voice of the Supersoul? Does everyone’s conscience tell them that meat-eating is wrong?
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In your Gita daily article, http://www.gitadaily.com/2014/05/09/watch-the-watchdog-of-the-conscience-that-watches-for-us-and-watches-us/ you state “The Bhagavad-gita (15.15) states that Krishna is the source of knowledge, remembrance and forgetfulness. As conscience is usually the subconscious recollection of the right choice based on our prior knowledge, we can infer that conscience ultimately comes from Krishna.” Where is this concept talked about in our […]

Narasimhadeva’s instructions (SB 07.10.01-23) – Balancing the aspiration for pure devotion with practical action
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Lecture Podcast Lecture Summary: Overview of Srimad Bhagavatam 07.10.01-23: Narada sets the scene Please don’t tempt me “Do I tempt my devotees?” No, you want to demonstrate how your devotees don’t succumb to temptation “What are the qualities of the devotee?” Selfless servitorship “What are the qualities of the master?” Selfless lordship I want that […]

When a disciple whose guru falls doesn’t have to be re-initiated because of being connected with Prabhupada why can’t the same happen without initation in the first place?
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If in case a Guru falls down/falls away, then his disciples are not required to be re- initiated and are considered to be connected with Srila Prabhupada. Why this can’t be done in the first instance itself by being initiated from …

When ISKCON’s diksha-guru is not absolute but is subordinate to GBC due to Prabhupada’s will, doesn’t that make Prabhupada ISKCON’s diksha-guru?
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From Stoka Krishna Prabhu As per shashtras Diksha Guru is the highest principle, then how come an Iskcon Diksha Guru is under GBC orders. If GBC is an authority endorsed by Srila Prabhupada, then does not that tacitly imply that he is the only Diksha Guru and rest everyone is a Shiksha Guru, some can […]

Should Indian devotees preach to Indians and Western devotees preach to Westerners so as to have culturally sensitive presentations of Krishna-bhakti?
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How can I protect my bhakti when I go home and am with my pre-bhakti friends with whom I had indulged in bad habits?
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Why does the Lakshmi Narasimha karavalambam stotra focus more on misery of material existence than the glory of Narasimhadeva?
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Narasimha Kavacha 2 – Verses 9-20 – Remember the Lord for protection of all bodily limbs and from all directions
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Narasimha Kavacha 1 – Verses 1-8 – Meditate on the Lord without and within to invoke his protection
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How are the feelings of victory and adventure Krishna’s opulences, especially when people get those feelings in illicit activities such as gambling?
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Know about Krishna through vidvat partite, not avidvat-pratiti
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Realization through true knowledge (vidvat pratiti) may be described as realization under vidya sakti (knowledge potency of the Lord) , and understanding without knowledge (avidvat pratiti) may be described as an understanding of the Lord under ignorance. If Krsna is understood through avidvat pratiti, many controversies arise. If he is understood through vidvat pratiti, there […]

Creatively offer food in goodness to Krishna
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“Krishna is offered foodstuff in goodness. The foodstuffs in the modes of goodness are wheat, rice, pulse (beans, peas), sugar, honey, butter and all milk preparations, vegetables, flowers, fruits, grains. So these foods can be offered in any shape, but prepared in various ways by the intelligence of the devotees. The ingredients are always the […]

Sita Devi – Determined devotion refuses to choose the easy way out no matter what the justification
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Value Education and Spirituality 6 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 4 – Let secularism protect us from narrow-mindedness, not restrict us in empty-mindedness
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Value Education and Spirituality 5 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 3 – Three non-sectarian arguments for the existence of God
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Value Education and Spirituality 4 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 2 – Karma shows the sense in life’s seeming senselessness
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Value Education and Spirituality 8 – Mahabharata 2 – Duryodhana – Envy leads to destructive competition that is dissatisfying and degrading
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Value Education and Spirituality 7 – Mahabharata 1 – Shakuni – Imaginary expectation leads to real destruction
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Did the Pandavas actually complete the full year of ajnata vasa or were they detected before time?
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