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Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das
What kind of rules and regulations do the prestige-seekers referred to in the Gita 16.17 follow?
Can talents like mimicry and comedy be used in devotional service?
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How can we know if someone is correcting out of ego or out of concern?
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Should we as followers of Srila Prabhupada also study the books of the previous acharyas?
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Did Prabhupada sanction the post-publishing editing of his books?
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From K Jayadeva Das: Between the first release of the MacMillan edition and the year 1977 in which Srila Prabhupada disappeared there would have been many reprint of Bhagavad Gita As it is, why these changes were not incorporated at those times? Where is the documentary evidence that Srila Prabhupada wanted those changes made to […]
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Are the Gita’s instructions applicable in the spiritual world too or only in the material world?
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If the Gita is a transcendental literature, then why does the Gita Mahatmya glorify the attainment of heavenly planets?
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Why do we have a right to do prescribed duties as the Gita 2.47 states?
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Did Prabhupada want to re-write Bhagavad Gita As It Is because he worked very fast to publish it quickly?
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From Sushant Kulkarni Did Srila Prabhupada want to re-write the Bhagavad-gita As It Is and put fresh commentaries in it? I am asking this because someone told me that Srila Prabhupada worked very fast on the gita as he just wanted to print it out as early as possible. Answer Podcast
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Why doesn’t Srila Prabhupada mention even once in the Bhagavad-gita As It Is that we should chant 16 rounds of Hare Krsna Mahamantra?
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Can chanting Hare Krsna help one to assimilate the knowledge of the scriptures more efficiently? How?
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How can I turn my occupational duty into devotional service to Krishna?
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How does contemplating on Krishna differ from mental speculation about Krishna?
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Does Gita 2.47 ma phasehu kadachana mean that we don’t have a right to obtain the result or a right to enjoy the result?
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How exactly are “those in Krishna consciousness not responsible for their actions”, as Prabhupada states?
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From Sushant Kulkarni “Those who are in complete Krsna Consciousness are not ultimately responsible for their actions.” (Purport of verse 14, chapter 18 of Bhagavad-gita As It Is) You have stated in a previous QA podcast (What is the meaning of ’cause’ in the verse 2.47), that we are responsible for our actions. You gave […]
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Is it appropriate to judge students by the marks obtained by them in their examination?
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Can Gita 18.14 adhisthanam refer to some place of action other than the body?
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From Sushant Kulkarni Can the ‘adhisthanam’ in gita verse 18.14 refer to some place of action other than the body? For example, the place of action for a businessman is the market place, for student it is college or university. Answer Podcast
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Who is the actual doer according to the Gita?
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From Sushant Kulkarni Krishna says in the Gita: “Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities.” (2.47) If we are not the cause of the fruit of our work then what is the cause of the fruit of our work? Is it only the material nature as mentioned in the […]
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How can we reconcile the Gita (3.4) – don’t give up work – and the Bhagavatam (1.5.17) – give up work?
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From Sushant Kulkarni Krishna says in the Gita (3.4) “Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one achieve perfection.” In the Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.5.17) we have- tyaktva sva dharmam caranam bujam harer… So how to understand these seemingly contradictory instructions? Answer Podcast
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Did Krishna-Arjuna commit environmental holocaust at Khandava?
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By asking devotees to vote, why are you dragging Prabhupada’s pure legacy into dirty politics?
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Voting in elections is the social responsibility of devotees (Hindi)
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What is the difference between charity in goodness and transcendence?
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Gadadhar Pandit – The devotee gives up everything for the Lord; the Lord gives up everything for the devotee
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Even the Upanishads glorify rasa
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raso vai sah rasam hy evayam labdhvanandi bhavati. “He himself is rasa, the taste or mellow of a particular relationship. And certainly one who achieves this rasa becomes anandi, filled with bliss.” (Taittiriya Upanisad 2.7.1.)
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Vrindavana Dasa Thakura – The writings of Vaishanvas offer us their best legacy
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Why does Prabhupada talk about the three energies in his purport to the atyahara verse (NoI 2)?
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In the division of the Vedas into Samhitas, Aranyakas and Upanishads, where do the Brahmanas fall?
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If the material world is perfect in itself, then why do we need to go to Godhead?
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How can we know that the Vedas and the stories in them are true?
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How can we introspect about our devotional progresss? How can we rise from kanishtha to madhyama level?
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Why is prana-pratistha not performed for the utsava-murtis though they ave their own names?
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Answer Podcast Answer Summary: The very word pratistha means lay in a solid foundation, that is, fix firmly on the ground. So prana-pratisthita Deities are by definition non-movable except for emergencies – so Deities that are to be moved can’t have prana-pratistha done for them. Prana-pratistha is not the only way to invoke divine presence […]
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Where do Abrahamic religions fall among the six systems of philosophy?
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Why is the edited BBT Gita different from Prabhupada’s unedited original Gita?
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Answer Podcast This is a very old and unnecessary controversy, all the points of which have been thoroughly dealt with on the site bbtedit.com Specifically for the Gita changes, these three links painstakingly explain the hundreds of editing changes done and respond to the critic’s points. Bhagavad-gita Revisions Explained – Part 1 Bhagavad-gita Revisions Explained – Part […]
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What is the point of taking initiation from a spiritual master when there is very little chance of getting personal guidance from him?
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ISKCON appreciations
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Appreciation of ISKCON The Hare Krishna movement arose out of next to nothing in less than twenty years and has become known all over the West. This is an important fact in the history of the Western world … for the first time since the days of the Roman Empire, an Asian religion is being openly […]
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