The human body is like a junction. One may either take the path of liberation or the path leading to a hellish condition.
Srimad Bhagavatam 5.5.2 purport
Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das
The human junction calls for an intelligent decision
When we fall in our devotional standards, we feel guilty and become discouraged. How should we go ahead at such times?
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Answer Summary: Real guilt comes between us and the things that take us away from Krishna, not between us and Krishna. If guilt stops or slows us in taking shelter of Krishna, then we should recognize it to be pseudo-guilt, the temptation for self-centeredness masquerading as guilt. By firmly rejecting pseudo-guilt, we can regain our […]
11.32 – Time makes the unpalatable unavoidable; Krishna makes the unavoidable palatable
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Tick, tick, tick. The ticking clock, or in this digital age the changing figures on a timer, are a common icon of the passage of time. Whatever be the way we measure time, the fact remains that time is passing away constantly, relentlessly, irreversibly. The passage of time forces us to undergo things that we […]
SB 8.3.2 Philosophical absorption in the Lords glories is not meant only for study time or preaching time
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Is dealing in shares in the stock market against the principle of no gambling?
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From: ShivamSaraogi
Is dealing in shares in stock market against the regulative principle of “No Gambling”? What if someone invests in shares (a) for long-term financial security and (b) speculative gains?
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Krishna asked Arjuna to fight but Buddhism supported Ashoka’s resolve not to fight Why the difference?
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From: Krishna Dhan Das
When Arjuna wanted give up fighting Lord Krishna inspired him to fight. When King Ashoka wanted to retire from fight after fighting Kalinga war, Buddhism supported this. Are Lords opinions contradictory? how to reconcile?
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Why work harder than the animals for what the animals get?
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People are being educated and trained to work very hard for sense gratification. and there is no sublime aim in life. A man travels to earn his livelihood. leaving home early in the morning, catching a local train and being packed in a compartment. He has to stand for an hour or two in order […]
Is the state of faith at the level of chidanti sarva samshya same as that at Nistha stage?
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From Advaita Murti Pr
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Is there benefit even if we chant without hearing?
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From Latha M:
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How can there be stool and urine in the spiritual world?
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From Mukunda Pr:
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SB 7.9.50 The resolution to engage in devotional service with the implicit prayer for aid in keeping that resolution is the conclusive prayer
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02.68 – Beware of the heart attack that makes us morally unconscious
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Heart attacks are among the most feared things today. They may reduce a healthy, normal person to an unconscious heap on the ground in a matter of minutes. There’s another kind of heart attack that’s just as dreadful, though it is not widely recognized as such. This heart attack afflicts not the physical heart, but […]
If I am facing problems with my counselor’s behavior towards me, should i tell him directly or to some other senior devotee?
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Draupadi called out to the Lord for protection whereas Prahlad just remembered the Lord with faith in his protection. Which attitude is higher?
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From: SCCD Draupadi is calling the Lord for protection and Prahlada Maharaj was not calling but completely depending on the Lord whether He protects or kills (maro bi rakho bi jo iccha tohar). Which is the higher standard: 1) calling the Lord for protection or 2) having complete faith that He will protect us always? […]
When the yuga dharma now is chanting, why do we still worship the Deity?
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From: Manikandan According to Satya yuga the meditation process is recomended to go back to god head, Treta yuga – Sacrifices, in Dwarpa yuga- worshiping deity in temple and in Kali yuga – sankirtana and Chanting the name of hari but still we have temple and we are worshiping deity. Building temple and Worshiping deity […]
As Buddha is mentioned in the Bhagavatam does it prove that it was written after the time of Buddha?
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From: ANIL V UMESH In Srimad Bhagavatam Lord Buddha is mentioned as one of the Avataras of Lord Krishna. Atheists took this as an opportunity to point out that mentioning of Lord Buddha in the holy scripture clearly establish that Srimad Bhagavatam was written not during Bhagwan Vyasa’s time five thousand years ago but later […]