Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das

The Padma Purana outlines evolution of a different kind
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“It is confirmed in Padma Purana that the species of life evolved from aquatics to plants, vegetables, trees; thereafter insects, reptiles, flies, birds, then beasts, and then human kind. This is the gradual process of evolution of species of life. . . . But we do not accept Darwin’s theory. According to Darwin’s theory, homo […]

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The Lord’s manifestations correlate with the evolution of the serving mood of the jiva
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We can notice the different stages of animal life from the invertebrates to the fully-grown human beings. These stages have been classified by the Indian sages of a scientific outlook in ten orders, viz, (1) the invertebrate, (2) testaceous or shelly, (3) vertebrate, (4) erectly vertebrate (as in the combined form of man and beast), […]

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Why Lord Chaitanya took initiation from the Madhva sampradaya
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The special characteristic of Madhvacarya’s doctrine is that it very clearly defeats the faulty mistakes of the Advaita perspective. By maintaining this forceful position, the distress caused by impersonal philosophy falls to the wayside, allowing one to understand and appreciate the Lord’s personal form. Therefore, in order to bring about safe and sure benefit for […]

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The body illustrates achintyabhedabheda tattva
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“The body is one, but different parts of the body are considered superior and inferior. This is called acintya-bhedabheda philosophy. ‘simultaneously one and different.’ The anus and the genitals are part of the body, and the brain is also part of the body, but the brain is superior to the anus and genitals.” (Lecture Nairobi, […]

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Was the Karna who was defeated by Bhima during the pre-Rajasuya yajna conquest different from the Karna who befriended Duryodhana?
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From Niraj Srimad bhagavtpuraan makes it very clear karna was an honoured guest at pandavas rajsuya yagna and was in charge of the charity section. K.M. Gangulys mahabharata mentions many karna. One particular karna is mentioned but this karna king of anga is not mentioned. Here are the passages “ And making the earth tremble […]

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Is banning books a part of the Abrahamic religions and not of dharmic religions which focused on intellectually debating and defeating opposing ideas not banning them?
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Recently the book of a Western Hinduism scholar was withdrawn by publishers from India due to litigation by Hindu groups and the media labelled it as violation of freedom of thought that is uncharacteristic of Hinduism. Answer Podcast  

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Vani and vapuh are non-different
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“We are not separated actually. There are two—vani or vapu. So vapu is physical presence and vani is presence by the vibration, but they are all the same. So Krsna when He was physically present before Arjuna is the same when He is present before us by His vani of Bhagavad-gita.” Prabhupada’s letter to Hansadutta, Los Angeles, June […]

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The Lord bewilders those who want to rationalize their beliefs through scripture
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“It is to be understood that the propagation of Mayavada philosophy by Sri Mahadeva and the propagation through Manu of social religious scriptures by Lord Brahma were both meant for bewildering unqualified people.” — Appendix to ‘Brahmana and Vaishava’ of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

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How can women be said to have their own varna when Prabhupada says that the wife’s varna should be identified by the husband’s varna?
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Ambika Dasi shared Do women have the same varna as their husbands on Google+ in response to this question: Do women have the same varna as their husbands? Woman reporter: Where do women fit into these four classes?<br /><br />Prabhupada: That I already explained. Women’s position is subordinate to man. So if the man is first-class, the […]

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The Son of the Sun – part 4
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(This is a concluding part of a four-part series. You can read the previous parts here: part 1   part 2   part 3 ) Was Karna not disadvantaged lifelong because society considered him lowborn? 1. Yes, the notion that he was a charioteer’s son deprived him of the respect given to a son of kshatriya. Still, but […]

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