Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das

18.63 – Life is not a fixed match, but Krishna can help us fix it
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In a fixed match, things are orchestrated to produce a predetermined result. Is life a fixed match? Is everything destined? No, indicates the Bhagavad-gita (18.63) through its call to “do as we desire,” which implies that we have the free will to be conscious choosers. And our lived experience confirms our capacity to choose. For […]

18.71 – The words will change us – provided we don’t change the words
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When a doctor writes a prescription, those words are meant to change the patient by curing the disease. But if the patient changes the words of the prescription as per one’s own convenience, then they lose the power to heal. The Bhagavad-gita’s words are like a doctor’s prescription. They can cure the disease afflicting our […]

The process of devotional service is always a success.
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The material contamination is so strong that even ayogi fully engaged in the service of the Lord sometimes becomes ensnared; but Krsna consciousness is so strong that such an occasional falldown is at once rectified. Therefore the process of devotional service is always a success. Bhagavad Gita As It Is 9.30 purport

09.30 – We may fall down, but we don’t have to fall away
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Falling down means that due to our past conditionings or present circumstances, we succumb to temptation. In contrast, falling away means that we give up devotional service and go away from Krishna. Falling down is something akin to a child’s falling while learning to walk. It’s undesirable, but it’s often unavoidable – that’s just the […]

07.29 – Don’t reduce the spiritual to the practical; let the spiritual expand the practical
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“That’s not practical.” We may thus dismiss forms of spirituality that require commitment like devotional service. We usually consider as practical that which requires little commitment and makes us feel good fast. Little do we realize that our demand for instant spirituality is like a chronically sick person’s demand for instant cure. Just as opportunist […]

Why approach Krishna indirectly when you can approach directly?
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There are many who make as their destination different demigods, and by rigid performance of the strict respective methods they reach different planets known as Candraloka, Suryaloka, Indraloka, Maharloka, etc. But all such lokas, or planets, being creations of Krishna, are simultaneously Krishna and not Krishna. Such planets, being manifestations of Krishna’s energy, are also […]

08.09 – Remembrance of Krishna’s immanence brings resilience on our march to transcendence
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We naturally think of those close to us. People can be close physically or emotionally. Because our senses perceive the physical reality around us, our thoughts easily go to those in our physical proximity. And we think of those emotionally close to us spontaneously, even if they aren’t close physically. Rarely do we realize that […]

How Krishna’s creation pastimes and Vraja pastimes are non-different
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By analyzing all these different energies of Krishna, one can ascertain that for Krishna there is no distinction between matter and spirit, or, in other words, He is both matter and spirit. In the advanced stage of Krishna consciousness, one therefore makes no such distinctions. He sees only Krishna in everything. Since Krishna is both […]

13.23 – Krishna knows the ultimate inside story – and he keeps it inside
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Inside stories frequently make big news. The sleazier the story, the bigger the news. The drive for leaking such stories comes not just from money; big bucks can be made. It also comes from tendency – the universal lower human tendency to gossip, especially about things that shows someone considered good in bad light. Those […]

08.14 – Seek not moments of devotion; seek momentum in devotion
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In an elevator, what gets us to the destination quickly is the motion of the elevator, not our emotion during the elevation. Bhakti-yoga is like an elevator that takes us to the topmost summit of spirituality. It can grant us smoothly and swiftly, as the Bhagavad-gita (08.14: sulabhah) indicates, realization of Krishna, the highest manifestation […]

Peace, purity and pleasure – The benefits of mantra meditation (World Holy Name Week Special)
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Question: What is the benefit of mantra meditation? Answer Summary: Its principal benefits can be summarized as three ‘p’s: peace, purity and pleasure. Answer: Sonic spirituality – or approaching the spiritual level of reality through sanctified sound – is an integral part of most world traditions. The Vedic wisdom-tradition takes sonic spirituality to the level of […]

What is the difference between wealthy people who live simply and real renunciates?
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I have seen some people who own lot of money. They neither use their money for sense gratification nor even for Krishna’s service or for any other. They are just happy to see their fat bank balance. They live simple do not even try to bring material comforts for living. What is the difference between […]

Sometimes the philosophy seems too philosophical and not practical. What should we do in such situations?
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Answer Podcast Comments to different Gita daily articles on Gitadaily.com From Dilip Singh may be i haven’t understood the explanation because of my physical and mental limitations. But what i want to convey that this articles deals more about what we get ing to achieve but doesn’t elaborate more on how to achieve and incorporate […]