Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das

SB 11.23.53 – Let remembrance of Krishna power our rise from the material to the spiritual level
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SB 11.23.51 – Our sufferings are self-induced like one limb hurts another limb and must be self-rectified
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If dharma leads to artha, then why do devotees have financial difficulties and what does Krishna’s special mercy of taking away artha mean?
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SB 11.07.26 – The greatest leaps forward can seem entirely passive externally – be not deluded
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Does the Dashavatara conception – with aquatics in the start, semi-humans in the middle and humans in the end – support the theory of evolution?
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Is buddhi-yoga a separate type of yoga apart from the four main yogas?
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Is buddhi-yoga different from the four main yogas karma-yoga, jnana-yoga, dhyana-yoga and bhakti-yoga?
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Can one person have true love for other person in material world?
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From Prem Raj
Love in material world is temporary. But can one person have true love for other person in material world?
Please describe it.
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By giving power of attorney to the mind, we let ourselves be robbed
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If one gets a good manager, his estate is very nicely managed, but if the manager is a thief, his estate is spoiled. Similarly, in his material, conditional existence, the living entity gives power of attorney to his mind. As such, he is liable to be misdirected by his mind into enjoying sense objects. Srila […]

SB 11.07.19 – We need to become intellectually responsible to benefit from Krishna’s mercy
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SB 11.23.47 – Seek God’s power to break free from the godlike power of the autocratic mind
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Radha Kunda Appearance – Bathe in the grateful remembrance of the supreme mercy of the supreme devotee
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If Padma Purana is written by Vyasadeva then how can the Damodarashtakam in it Purana be composed by Satyavrata Muni?
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While glorifying Damodara why do we say Radha-Damodara and not Yashoda-Damodara?
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Answer Podcast Relevant Reference In the Bhavisya Purana, Uttara Khanda, it is said: sanketavasare cyute pranayatah samsaj jaya radhaya prarabhya bhrukuti hiranya rasana damna nibaddhodaram kartikyam janani krtotsava vare prastavana purvakam catani prathayantam atma pulakam dhyayema damodaram “One day on the full moon night of Kartik, Krsna arrives too late at the place where He […]

Should devotees be promoting any particular candidate during political elections?
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As Prabhupada wanted ISKCON to be non-political, how should we respond when some devotees send emails promoting a particular political party?
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What is the meaning of the Gita 6.44 statement that the advanced yogi goes beyond the range of Vedic sound?
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When adharma continues to exist in the world, what does it mean to say that the Lord’s mission is complete?
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Towards the end of the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Chaitanya Charitamrita, the devatas or the Lord’s associates inform the Lord that his mission is now complete. But when adharma continues to exist in the world, what does it mean to say that the Lord’s mission is complete? Answer Podcast

Can a homosexual become a brahmachari?
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Can a homosexual comfortably adjust and become brahmachari? I have been practicing KC for the past 4 yrs and now about to join GS- but the wall is that I am homosexual. Could you please explain what can be the pros and cons of this? Could you please el…