When we are told to accept the unchangeable does that include accepting our own misdeeds done under the influence of others?
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Question, how much should we accept the things that are not in our control, especially when it is we who have made some terrible mistake, maybe someone else pushed us or triggered us or even doing something wrong, but we cannot blame that person alone, we are also responsible. And additionally, we feel some regret….

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How to avoid getting angry with people having opposite opinions?
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Question, whenever we are confronted by someone with a different opinion or different ideology, our first nature is that we are given to our impulses and become angry. How do we deal with that? Answer, anger management is a very individual activity and each one of us has to find out what is it that…

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Should devotees fast for Shivratri?
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Should devotees fast for Shivratri Question should devotees fast on Shivratri? Answer, since Srila Prabhupada in Krishna book states that devotees sometimes, the Vrajavasis sometimes observe Shivratri and as far as we see, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu would visit Lord Shiva’s temples, but there is no reference to Srila Prabhupada actually observing Shivratri. Now in the Chaitanya…

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Is Bhumi external energy or internal energy?
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Is Bhumi external material energy or internal spiritual energy? The question about Bhumi’s nature—whether she is part of material energy or a divine consort of the Lord—can be explored through various perspectives present in the Vedic tradition. Here’s an explanation that incorporates these viewpoints while maintaining their distinctions. Rivers like the Yamuna are composed of…

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Part 3: Those 18 Days @ Mahabharat – HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhuji @ Bhakti Center Gachibowli
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Today, we will look at the 11th, 12th, and 13th days. If we have time, we will also cover the 14th day. Each day, I will focus on one particular theme. The theme we discussed previously was the tension between dharma and bhakti. Today, we will explore the theme of right and wrong actions. When…

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Part 2: Those 18 Days @ Mahabharat – HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhuji @ Bhakti Center Gachibowli
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Welcome again to the second day of our book discussion, Chitra. I notice some people are missing today for various reasons, but we also have new participants joining us. This series was originally planned for the mornings, but we’ve extended it to include evenings as well. There was a suggestion that we should only focus…

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Part 1: Those 18 Days @ Mahabharat – HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhuji @ Bhakti Center Gachibowli
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So, just to confirm, will this also be showing? Is it possible? No, this is recording, right? No? Okay, I’ll be live streaming with this one. Can any positional function be seen, or will that be difficult? It seems difficult, right? In between, I think he’ll manage it. He’ll take care of it. It might…

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5 Six characteristics of bhakti – Last four characteristics
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Hare, Krishna. So thank you for coming today for this last session in our series. And, today we will talk about the 4 remaining characteristics of bhakti. In the first session, we talked about how these characteristics if we consider like a flower stalk, these are like petals are they are conjoined petals. So they…

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4 Six characteristics of bhakti – Bhakti-karma relationship QA
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Hare Krishna. Thank you for coming today. And we continue our discussion on the topic of the interaction between karma and bhakti. So we’ll take some questions today, and then after that, we’ll move towards the discussion on the remaining characteristics depending on how the questions go. So at the first two set of questions…

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3 Six characteristics of bhakti – How bhakti removes distress & brings auspiciousness
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Okay. Hare Krishna. Will continue our discussion, on the characteristics of pure devotional service. But within this, we’ll be focusing more on the principle of karma. And in that sense, this will be, you could say almost like a stand alone class. So those of you not attended the previous class can also understand this….

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Personal or impersonal ?
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So, the question is that due to various experiences in life where the mind has become become somewhat averse to everything mundane, I feel attracted more to the impersonal and there are also statements from scripture which seem to point toward it. Like there’s that absolute has not a sampati maasti or naithi naithi. There’s…

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2 Six characteristics of bhakti – Treatment metaphor Nectar of Devotion (Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu)
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Prabhuji’s Talk Summary Prabhuji also highlighted from the seventh chapter that although different kinds of people approach Krishna, and even though Nali (the best devotee) is the most exalted, Krishna appreciates everyone who seeks him. Then, Prabhuji discussed the difference between devotional service and pure devotional service. Devotional service is when we go to Krishna…

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1 Six characteristics of bhakti – Basics of relationships
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So That’s the idea. I’ll repeat this in another way. You can see that if this is a person so most of the time, our consciousness is centered on ourselves. So this is self centered consciousness. So most people nowadays have followed So if we care for Krishna, then actually we connect with others at…

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Krishna Charitra Series by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhuji – Part 4 – Lord Krishna in Dwarka
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That it is when we are trying to, say, direct ourselves towards Krishna, then it is through both these channels. There is a manner in associated emotions, So while there are many past times which can increase our attraction towards the attraction is one aspect, and that’s wonderful. That’s what we want. But we also…

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Krishna Charitra Series by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhuji – Part 3 – Lord Krishna in Kurukshetra
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And then it shifts all the way from 1 from the one side of the bank to the other side of the bank. Now exactly what are the reasons he does that. We do that when we focus on. However, there is always in life, like, this tension between safety and activity. Isn’t it? The…

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Krishna Charitra Series by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhuji – Part 2 – Lord Krishna in Mathura
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Spiritual Discourse: Krishna’s Journey to Mathura and Lessons in Devotion Thank you all for coming today. It seems there are always challenges that arise during our gatherings, but your patience and determination are truly appreciated. As Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita, “Yatantash cha dridhavratah”—those who strive with determination will achieve their goals. Today, we…

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