Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan

Are natural calamities acts of God? – OMG Series 1 Mumbai

Miracles – Does God appear in paranormal visions? – OMG Series 2 Mumbai

How does destiny leave room for free will OMG Series 3 Mumbai

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 1 – The danger of becoming religious but not spiritual Nourishing the creeper of devotion 2 – Regulate attachment even to things that help in devotion https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2241437422751866 Nourishing the creeper of devotion 3 – Avoid attachment to renunciation https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2242879985940943 Nourishing the creeper of devotion 4 – Finding our spiritual stimuil…

Naam Ramayana 1 – How the transcendental descends as the historical

Naam Ramayana 2 – The Lord brings joy to everyone

Naam Ramayana 3 – Rama exhibits his miraculous abilities

Naam Ramayana 4 – Rama charms t…

Mohini Murti pastime analysis 1 – Even the Lord’s cheating is all-good – Hindi

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Mohini Murti pastime analysis 2 – Even sensual failure can be a spiritual success – …

Mind It 1 – Understanding the modes, mind and emotions Mind it 1 understanding the modes, mind and emotions from Chaitanya Charan https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2159182074310735 Mind It 2 – How unrealistic expectations hamper our relationships Mind it 2 how unrealistic expectations hamper our relationships from Chaitanya Charan https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2159531737609102 Mind It 3 – Choosing healthy response to problems Mind it 3 choosing…

Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -1

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Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -2

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Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 1. Accept

Maturity in relationships from Chaitanya Charan

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Understanding the mind and how it makes us unconscious

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Ashwatthama character analysis – Just because we are empowered doesn’t mean that we are right

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Managing the voice inside the head 2 – Identification, Direction, Transformation

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Managing the mind 1 – The many meanings of the word ‘mind’ and their correlation with the Gita’s understanding https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2139657059596570 Managing the mind 2 – Understanding how the mind affects our free will https://www.facebook.com/watch/ChaitanyaCharana/?ref=embed_video Managing the mind 3 – Understanding inclination, infatuation and intention https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2141059486122994 Managing the mind 4 – Training the mind by dividing…

Duryodhana character analysis 1 – Are some people innately evil?

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Dhritarashtra character analysis 1 – Attachment makes us stone-hearted

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Dhritarashtra character analysis 2 – Do we need to lose everything before we lose our attac…

Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 1 – When we hide ourselves from the Lord, he hides himself from us

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Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 2 – Earning tru…

Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 1 – Chp 1-9

Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 2 – Chp 10-12

Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 3 – Chp 13-18

Is seeing believing 1 – Even science explains the visible with the invisible

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Is seeing believing 2 – What the map of science misses

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Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 1

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Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 2

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Improving Japa 1 – Understand how and when we get distracted

Improving Japa 2 – Concentrate by cultivating interest and appreciating importance

How to transform our heart 1 – Vritrasura’s dramatic transformation

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How to transform our heart 2 – Vritrasura’s dramatic transformation

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Renunciation of false ego – Indra’s Prayers after Govardhana lila

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Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst loss – Krishna’s instructions after Govardhana lila

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God as the supreme therapist 1 – Discerning the Prahlada and Hiranyakashipu mentalities within us https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2034219796653131 God as the supreme therapist 2 – To be others’ well wisher means to channel their emotions towards proper use of their free will https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2218660245029584 God as the supreme therapist 3 – Devotional detachment is not freedom from emotions…

Gita lite 1 – Chps 1-2

Gita lite 2 – Chps 3-5

Gita lite 3 – Chps 6-8

Gita Lite 4 – Chps 9-11

Gita lite 5 – Chps 12-15

Gita Essence 1- The transformational power of love – Self-knowledge as the basis of love

Gita Essence 2 – The transformational power of love – God-knowledge as the fuel for love

Gita Essence 3 – The transformational power…

Gajendra Moksha Katha 1 – Understanding how our mental impressions shape us – Hindi Gajendra Moksha Katha 2 – Deviated spiritualists may lose the human body, but not their spiritual attraction – Hindi Gajendra Moksha Katha 3 – Understanding when to wield control and when to yield control – Hindi Gajendra Moksha Katha 4 –…

From sentimentalism to sentiment 1 – FEEL acronym – Firmness and Education

From sentimentalism to sentiment from Chaitanya Charan

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From ritual to spiritual 1 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas

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From ritual to spiritual 2 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritu…

From passion to compassion 1

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From Passion to Compassion 2 – From religion in passion to devotion in goodness

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From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 1

From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 2

From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 3

From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 4

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From Maya to Lila 1 – Illusion originates not in the object, but in the subject

From Maya to Lila 2 – The desired may be an illusion, the desirer isn’t

From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 1 – Understanding how love culminates in bhakti From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 2 – How Karma and Jnana Culminate in Bhakti From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 3 – PEAR acronym for becoming a rasika…

From Grudging to Gratitude QA 1

From Grudging to Gratitude QA 2

From Grudging to Gratitude 1 – Grudging is like driving with brakes pressed

From Grudging to Gratitude 2 – See beyond the immediate cause of suffering

From Grudging to Gratitude 3 – Learn to re-interpret reality devotiona…

From Fear to Surrender 1 – Understanding how our fears originate https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2132385616990381 From Fear to Surrender 2 – FEAR acronym for analyzing fear part 1 – Faith and Education https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2133225353573074 From Fear to Surrender 3 – FEAR acronym for analyzing fear 2 – Attachment and Redirection https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2133358276893115 From Fear to Surrender 4 – FEAR acronym…

From destructive competition to constructive competition – 1

From destructive competition to constructive competition from Chaitanya Charan

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From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 1 – Understanding Anartha

Chaitanya Charan das from Chaitanya Charan

From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 2 – Understanding Nivrtti

Chaitanya Charan das from Chaitanya Charan

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Free will and God’s will 1 – God is the cause of all causes, not all effects

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Free will and God’s will 2 – Understanding the trigger, cause and target of our weakn…

Emotionally intelligent spirituality 1 – Don’t work for or against emotions – work with them for Krishna

Emotionally intelligent spirituality 2 – Let immediate and ultimate solutions work cooperatively, not competitively

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Duryodhana character analysis 1 – How the entitlement mentality degrades

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Duryodhana character analysis 2 – Ambition distorted by envy becomes cancerous

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Does God laugh at our plans? – part 1

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Does God laugh at our plans? – part 2

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Diwali meditation 1 – Lakshmi Puja – Material fortune is a tool to spiritual fortune Diwali meditation 2 – Dipotsava – Light the home with lamps and the heart with love Diwali meditation 3 – Bali Pratipada – Surrendering everything fills our heart with the Lord of everything Diwali meditation 4 – Govardhana Puja –…