Author Archives: Chaitanya Charan

Bring out the best you
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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 Series
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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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Balancing forgiveness and justice
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Balancing forgiveness and justice 1 – Why deterrence is essential

Balancing forgiveness and justice 2 – What forgiveness isn’t and what it is

Analyzing Govardhan Lila
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Analyzing Govardhan Lila 1 – How Krishna is the best provoker

Analyzing Govardhan Lila 2 – How Indra is thwarted and reformed

Gopi Gita Appreciation 
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Gopi Gita Appreciation part 1, The Monk’s Podcast 159 – Amarendra Prabhu and Madhavananda Prabhu Gopi Gita Appreciation part 2, The Monk’s Podcast 160 – Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu Gopi Gita Appreciation part 3, The Monk’s Podcast 164 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu Gopi Gita Appreciation part 4, The Monk’s Podcast 166 with…

Gita Verses 
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Gita Verses 1 The Context – Gita 1.1 Arjuna Asks About The Mystery Of Self Destruction Gita 3.36 Krishna Identifies The Source Of Self – Destructive Desire Gita 3.37 How Lust Covers Everyone Gita 3.38 The Eternal Enemy In The Form Of Lust Gita 3.39 3 Hideouts Of Lust Gita 3.40 Inner Hierarchy Gita 3.42…

Nourishing the creeper of devotion
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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

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Bhakti in three modes
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Bhakti in three modes 1 – Bhakti in ignorance is self-righteous and hurtful

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Bhakti in three modes 2 – Bhakti in passion equates material success with spiritual ad…

Gaudiya Vaishnava History
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Gaudiya Vaishnava History 1- The Goswamis as pioneers

Gaudiya Vaishnava history 2 – Vishvanath C & Baldeva V as protectors

Gaudiya Vaishnavism 3 – Bhaktivinoda Thaktura & modernity

Gaudiya Vaish…

Hindi Krishna Charitra Series
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Hindi Krishna Charitra 1 | Krishna in Vrindavan 1 | Vatsalya rasa lila

Hindi Krishna Charitra 2 | Krishna in Vrindavan 2 | Sakhya-rasa lila 

Hindi Krishna Charitra 3 | Krishna in Vrindavan 3 | Madhurya-rasa lila 

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Damodarashtakam verse 2
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Damodarashtakam verse 2 line 1_ Prayer for better chanting

Damodarashtakam verse 2 line 2_ Prayer for better chanting

Damodarashtakam verse 2 line 3_ Prayer for better chanting

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Damodarashtakam verse 1 
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Damodarashtakam verse 1 line 1_ Prayer for better chanting Transcription: Hare KrsnaMeditating on the Damodarastakam as a prayer for improving our remembrance of Krsna and our chanting. So, in this meditation, we can take one line from each verse and meditate on that.namāmīśvaraṁ sac-cid-ānanda-rūpaṁīśvara refers to the controller. Oh Krsna, You who are the Supreme…

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter Overviews
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Bhagavad Gita Overview Chapter 1

Bhagavad Gita Overview Chapter 2

Bhagavad Gita Overview Chapter 3

Bhagavad Gita Overview Chapter 4

Bhagavad Gita Overview, Chapter 5

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We differentiate our senses from our mind and say that the senses are driving us but is it notthat ultimately the mind is driving us?
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Transcription (edited) by– Keshavgopal DasQuestion– We differentiate our senses from our mind and say that the senses are driving us but is it notthat ultimately the mind is driving us?Answer (short)- We can be driven both by the mind and the senses. When the temptation comes from an external source, it first enters the senses…

Are the Bhagvad Gita and Shrimad-Bhagvatam meant for less intelligent people?
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As Prabhupada says in his introduction of Sri Ishopanishad that after Vyasdeva composed the Vedas, hecomposed Puranas and the Mahabharata for the less intelligent people. Bhagvatam is one of thePuranas and Bhagvat Gita appears in the Mahabharata, so are these also meant for the less intelligent?Answer (short)- Both Bhagvad Gita and Srimad Bhagvatam are meant…

Are the Mahabharata real or stories?
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Answer Podcast   Transcriber: Suresh GuptaQuestion: Are the Mahabharata real or stories?Answer: History is not like an empirical repeatable science like gravity which is proved by the fallingof a fruit in the past and present. Then how do we know what happened historically? Broadlyspeaking, there are multiple ways. One way is to adopt the same…

Are the gods of different religions different? (PK answered 25)
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Answer Podcast: Transcription (edited) by – Bhaktin Raji Nachiappan Question- Are the Gods of different religions, different? Answer (short)- No, Gods of different religions are not different, they are all referring to same one God. For example, Sun can be called by different names (Surya, Bhaskar etc.) in different languages, similarly the same God can…

Are jnana and karma complementary instead of hierarchical?
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    Transcriber: Sharan ShettyEdited by: Keshavgopal Das Question: Are jnana and karma complementary instead of hierarchical?Answer: Karma and jnana can broadly refer to action and intellectual analysis whereas karma yogaand jnana yoga are specific processes. Beyond these two, there is the path of bhakti yoga.Karma yoga and jnana yoga, as yoga sadhanas, are not…

Are our mistakes Krishna’s mercy?
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  Transcription : Transcribed by: Geetanjali Nath Question: Are our mistakes Krishna’s mercy? Answer: The term “Krishna’s mercy” can mean two possible things: (i) an external situation orchestrated by Krishna coming to our life (ii) a frame of mind by which we can turn towards Krishna. Krishna’s mercy can be multifaceted. The word “mercy” has…