Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan das

What is the subconscious mind as explained in books such as “The power of the subconscious mind”?
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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 17 – 10.3.26-31 Devaki acknowledges Krishna as the provider of the supreme safety and strives for his safety
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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 16 – 10.3.20-25 The divine’s complexion is sometimes a description and sometimes a signification
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To think or not to think – 4 reflections for a happy mind
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[Talk at Bhakti Lounge, Wellington New Zealand]

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How Krishna can be seen – and how he can’t be seen
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[Congregation program at Wellington, New Zealand]

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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 15 – 10.3.11-19 Krishna’s appearance dissipates the darkness without and within
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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 14 – 10.3.1-10 The celestial, terrestrial and psychological characteristics that celebrate the Lord’s appearance
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Don’t let your expectations of life come in the way of life
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[Hall program at Wellington, New Zealand]

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Gita 18.36 Some pleasures are the start of sorrow – and some the end of sorrow
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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 13 – 10.2.37-42 Why the unborn Lord is born is both inferable and inconceivable
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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 12 – 10.2-31-36 Krishna’s lotus feet make the insurmountable material ocean insignificant
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Selfie – Self = IE – Two things that technology provides and two things that spirituality provides
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[Talk at Bhakti Lounge, Wellington, New Zealand]

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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 11 – 10.2.25-30 The devatas glorify the true nature of the Absolute Truth
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Gita 18.34 When one worldly desire trumps all other material desires, what results is determination in passion
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Bhagavatam study 109 1.19.34-40 When God remains anonymous through coincidences devoteees identify and glorify him
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Does the teaching that we shouldn’t over-endeavor impede our career growth?
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When people are so confused that they can’t discern their own material inclinations, how can we engage them in bhakti?
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Make a life, not just a living – LIFE acronym
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[Talk at Bhakti Lounge, Wellington, New Zealand]

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Bhagavatam study 108 1.19.25-33 Devotee’s attractiveness attracts people to Krishna’s supreme attractiveness
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If forgiving unlimitedly a sign of humility?
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Question: Is forgiving unlimitedly a sign of humility?

Answer: No, it can be a sign of stupidity also. Ultimately, I think all these virtues like forgiveness or humility or tolerance, they have to be seen in the light of serving Krishna. What does forgiveness mean? Let’s consider: There was Juhu temple land, there was Mr. N who was trying to take the money and not give the land also, and Prabhupada did not forgive him. Prabhupada fought to get the land. Eventually, after Mr. N passed away, then Mrs. N also tried to continue the fight. Then eventually, she realized the whole tide of public opinion had gone against her and she realized this is too big, I can’t do this. Then, she came to a conciliation. At that time, she even came and sought forgiveness from Prabhupada, and Prabhupada said, you are just like my daughter, I’ll take care of you. So, Prabhupada in that sense didn’t hold it against her afterwards. But it was not that, oh, you want to take the money, you want to take the land, take it. No, Prabhupada fought. So, I would say that the service to Krishna or the purpose of serving Krishna is most important and within that context, we can see what forgiveness means.

I think this is a big subject, and if you go on my website, just search for “Forgiveness London”. I gave a two-part seminar with a lot of question-answers on the topic. The theme was balancing forgiveness and justice in bhakti.

I’m the editor for Back to Godhead and some other online sites also. We often ask devotees to give stories on “how I came to Krishna Consciousness”. There was one young man who was introduced through jail preaching. In the jail, he became introduced and he became a devotee.

It’s quite a nice story and we were planning to publish it, but then later on, we came to know why he had gone to jail. That was because he had tried to molest some congregation devotee’s daughter. He was not a devotee at that time and he didn’t even know that she was a devotee. Then we considered, we say he has become a devotee, but how will that family, how will that community, feel? So, we decided we’re not going to publish this article. So, we have to consider other things also.

Bhakti can transform and ultimately Krishna can forgive us for all our wrongdoings, but in this world, the wrongdoings we may have done, they have consequences. We can’t just wish them away.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu forgave Madhai, but still he built that Madhai Ghat and he begged forgiveness from people and he tried to make amends at the practical level also. If somebody is doing something wrong, there is certainly forgiveness in terms of past wrongs, let’s put them behind, that’s good. […]