Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan

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 –…

Demystifying Reincarnation 1 – Incredible delusion or credible vision? Demystifying Reincarnation 2 – Hypnotically induced past life memories and Xenoglossy Demystifying Reincarnation 3 – Past life memories – Any normal explanation? Demystifying Reincarnation 4 – Past life memories – Guesses or Hyperboles? Demystifying Reincarnation 5 – Astonishing birth marks and birth defects Demystifying Reincarnation 6…

Dhruva pastime analysis 1 – Everyone faces distress, the fortunate find the right direction – DHRUV acronym

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Dhruva pastime analysis 2 – DHRUV acronym – Humility a…

Developing service attitude 1 – Service attitude transforms knowledge into realization

Service attitude transforms knowlege into realization from Chaitanya Charan

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Demons in krishna-lila 1 – How the metaphorical points to the transcendental and how Putana represents false guru https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=175600176662935 Demons in krishna-lila 2 – Shaktasura – Overcoming Lethargy https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=239641910040467 Demons in krishna-lila 3 – Trinavarta – Giving up useless argumentation https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=290295878475520 Demons in krishna-lila 4 – Vatsasura – Weakness is forgivable, wickedness isn’t https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=476781222842679 Demons…

Daksha-Shiva conflict 1 – How misconceptions give rise to conflicts – Hindi

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Daksha-Shiva conflict 2 – The proud consider others proud – Hindi

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Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 1 – What caused the exiles

Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 2 – How to process adversities constructively

Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 3 – How to see and seek God ami…

Can ambition and devotion go together 1 – How happiness-distress are fixed and how they aren’t

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Can ambition and devotion go together 2 – How to channel ambition i…

Bring out your best 1 – Self-help

Bring out your best 1 – Self-help 

Bring out the best you 2 – Social help

Bring out the best you 2 – Social help 

Bring out the best you 3 – Spiritual help

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Bhikshu Gita 1 – Minimize misery by identifying the misery caused by the mind (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.42) Bhikshu Gita 2 – The mind makes it difficult for people to change – be understanding (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.43) Bhikshu Gita 3 – The mind makes the unreal seem real and the real seem unreal (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.44)…

Bhagavata Dharma Series 1 – SB 01.02.06-10 – How bhakti is the supreme dharma

Bhagavata Dharma Series 2 – SB 01.02.11-16 – How bhakti brings realization of the Absolute Truth

Bhagavata Dharma Series 3 – SB 01.02.17-22 – Practice bhak…

Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 1 – Is there anything beyond emotionality and rationality?

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Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology – 2 – Where mindfulness works a…

Attitude in outreach 1 – Present the product before the process – Be a role model

Attitude in outreach 2 – Explain the philosophy before the morality – Be respectfully compassionate

Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 1

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Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 2

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