Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das

SB 5.11.1 Working on purifying the mind requires going beyond the superficial to the substantial
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Tranform adversity into an opportunity for realization and spiritual growth – Avanti brahmana pastime analysis
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Knowledge about soul shouldn’t be just conceptual but also practical
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Simply to understand that a living entity is not material is not sufficient. That may be the beginning of spiritual realization, but one should recognize the difference between activities of the body and the spiritual activities of one who understands …

10.08 – Krishna speaks his glories not to prove his position but to improve our disposition
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Some people ask: “Why does Krishna insist repeatedly in the Bhagavad-gita readers that he is God? Why does he need to prove his position?” Because he wants to improve our disposition. If we feel that Krishna is obsessed with his position, then the counter-evidence stares into our face each time we look at any standard […]

SB 4.9.17 – When we relish the goodness of God, even the good of this world loses its appeal
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In the Krishna seeing Mahavishnu pastime, why does Mahavishnu say that Krishna is his incarnation?
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How do we choose whether to serve in the cities and reach out to many people or in rural communities for reviving varnashrama?
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Burdens do not burden the Lord
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Sometimes we see a picture of Atlas holding the globe on his shoulders; he seems to be very tired, holding this great earthly planet. Such an image should not be entertained in connection with Krsna’s upholding this created universe. He says that although everything is resting on Him, He is aloof. The planetary systems are […]

02.07 – Those who overestimate their intelligence underutilize their potential
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When things go wrong, we may appeal to Krishna for help. If no help appears forthcoming, we may doubt Krishna: “Why doesn’t he help me?” The problem is not that Krishna doesn’t help, but that we demand his help on our terms. We overestimate our intelligence and underestimate his intelligence. When faced with problems, we […]

SB 4.9.16 – The mind’s contradictory currents of emotions are purified and harmonized by devotional meditation
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If one likes to study scripture more than do other services does that make one a jnani and not a bhakta?
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As the consciousness at conception determines the kind of soul coming to the womb isn’t abortion desirable during pregnancy after rape so as to avoid unwanted progeny?
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How can an IAS officer help in sharing Krishna consciosness since India is a secular country?
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From: Rishi Please tell how can an IAS officer serve Srila Prabhupada and his mission. How can he help in preaching and book distribution ?? As India is a secular country and IAS officer in his public life is expected to be secular and not promoting any particular religion. Despite all that, if an IAS […]

Can a scientist who accepts evolution practice Krishna consciousness?
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I have a doctorate in biology and have studied evolution for many years. I find the evidence for it quite strong and the arguments that devotees give against it childish. But whenever I bring up the issue with devotees, conflicts erupt and they brand me as faithless. How can I practice Krishna consciousness without such […]

When Krishna appeared at midnight according to the time in Mathura why do we fast on Janmashtami till midnight according to the local time at different places?
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SB 4.9.15 – Bhakti-anukula jnana highlights the difference between us and the Lord and thereby increases our attraction to him
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The Lord reciprocates as is our mentality and sincerity
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The devotees are constantly engaged in the Supreme Lord’s service. The Lord understands the mentality and sincerity of a particular living entity who is engaged in Krsna consciousness and gives him the intelligence to understand the science of Krsna in the association of devotees. Discussion of Krsna is very potent, and if a fortunate person […]

07.03 – Focus on how close you are, not how far you are
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Our struggles as a devotee-seeker may dishearten us: “I have no love for Krishna. Even when I pray, chant or take darshan, my mind goes off in nasty directions. I am so far away from Krishna.” Yes, we have a long way to go in our journey to Krishna. But that’s only a part of […]

How do we discover our sva-dharma? Should we wait for the spiritual master to tell us our lifelong service?.mp3
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Why does the Gita emphasize sva-dharma repeatedly from the second chapter (2.31) to the eighteenth chapter (18.47)?
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What is infinite from our perspective is insignificant from the perspective of eternity
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Four yugas, rotating a thousand times, comprise one day of Brahma, and the same number comprise one night. Brahma lives one hundred of such “years” and then dies. These “hundred years” by earth calculations total to 311 trillion and 40 billion earth years. By these calculations the life of Brahma seems fantastic and interminable, but from the viewpoint of […]

SB 4.9.14 – Connecting the object of our hearing with the object of our meditation enriches our appreciation
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12.09 – Strive more for the gift of presence than the presence of gifts
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We express our love for others through gifts. In spiritual life too, we can express our devotion to Krishna through gifts – donations offered, contributions collected and books distributed, for example. Krishna looks forward most to the gift of our presence. The Bhagavad-gita, while describing various levels of devotion, places the level of practicing to […]

Online Bhakti Shastri Course & Where to submit your story?
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Dear Devotees Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Online Bhakti Shastri Course Several devotees have asked me whether I plan to conduct an online Bhakti Shastri course. After consulting with and getting the blessings of senior devotees, I have decided to take up the service of conducting a series of online […]

What is the purpose of studying the Vedas?
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Study of the Vedas is not meant for the recreation of armchair speculators, but for the formation of character.
Bhagavad Gita As It Is 08.28 purport

When the Bhagavatam simply condemns household life, how can we as householders get encouragement from it to face life’s problems?
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If the chidren of devotees don’t become devotees, then does the devotee-parents’ duty of caring for their chilldren no longer count as devotional service?
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If the cultivation of knowledge is important in bhakti, then why does Lord Chaitanya say “I am a fool, so I simply chant the holy names”?
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From Stoka Krishna P The BG inspires us to seek knowledge and end ignorance and in today’s Gita daily U have stressed that we need to have knowledge of KRISHNA in transformational way application wise. But Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in his conversations with Prakasanand Saraswati, when edged on to study Vedanta to enhance knowledge replies that […]

Is the state of impersonal merging higher that personal devotion?
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From Mithilesh Mishra P 1.Vivekanandji talks about SUPERCONSCIOUS state and says that this very state is achieved by all i.e. through highest knowledge or nirvikalpa samadhi(jnana yogi),Nirbeej Samadhi(raja yogi)and pure love of God(bhakta) .He further adds about the  state  which can’t be conceived through mind because the knower and the known become one. Here those […]

06.14 – Krishna is not just the object of meditation but also its objective
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Object of meditation refers to the thing that we meditate on. Objective of meditation refers to the thing that we want to get by meditating. For students, the course material may be the object of their meditation, but marks and salaries are usually the objective of that meditation. Some people argue that the notion of […]

SB 4.9.13 – The experience of Krishna is the ultimate doubt destroyer – Let the holy name give us that experience
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SHARE your story – Five reasons to share the story of how you came to Krishna
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“How did you come to Krishna consciousness?” This is one of the most stimulating questions in devotee-circles. The feature “How I came (HIC)” in Back to Godhead, ISKCON’s official magazine, is one of its most popular features. Being one of the editors for BTG, I strive and pray to make BTG more attractive. So I […]

How God is inconceivable – and how he can be understood
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God’s energy is beyond our conception, beyond our thinking jurisdiction, and is therefore called inconceivable (acintya). Who can argue this point? He pervades this material world and yet is beyond it. We cannot comprehend even this material world, which is insignificant compared to the spiritual world – so how can we comprehend what is beyond? […]

09.14 – The more we expect meditation to be a break from hard work, the more meditation becomes hard work
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Our daily life, with its many obligations, requires hard work. So, if we make time to meditate, we expect meditation to serve as a break, to de-stress us. Mantra meditation does indeed offer that break, but not in the way we expect. Let’s understand. Krishna is non-different from the mantras centered on his holy names. […]