Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das

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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From Stoka Krishna P
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 […]

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 […]