God as the Supreme Therapist
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God as the supreme therapist 1 – Discerning the Prahlada and Hiranyakashipu mentalities within us

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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 but freedom of emotions

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2219372974958311

God as the supreme therapist 4 – How association works and how to make it work

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2220291291533146

God as the supreme therapist 5 – Cultivating qualities is integral to cultivating devotion

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2220870958141846

God as the supreme therapist 6 – Seek not the facility to do whatever we desire – seek the clarity to discern our deepest desire

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2221628088066133

God as the Supreme therapist 7 – Understanding how Narasimhadeva gave strength to Prahlada

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2222421047986837

Gita Essence
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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 of love – World-knowledge as the vehicle for love

Gajendra Moksha Katha – Hindi
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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 – How age helps us become renounced – and how it doesn’t – Hindi

Gajendra Moksha Katha 5 – Which comes first – giving up lower taste or getting higher taste – Hindi

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

From sentimentalism to sentiment from Chaitanya Charan

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From sentimentalism to sentiment 2 – FEEL acronym – Expression and Learning

From sentimentalism to sentiment from Chaitanya Charan

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=188653755345581

From ritual to spiritual
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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 ritualistic brahmanas – Understanding the brahmans

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2322291697999771

From ritual to spiritual 3 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas – The brahmanis selfless devotion

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2324168811145393

From Passion to Compassion
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From passion to compassion 1

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

https://www.facebook.com/watch/ChaitanyaCharana/?ref=embed_video

From Passion to Compassion 3 – Compassion needs to be felt as compassion

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2094661897429420

From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories
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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 love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 4 – Relishing the transformational legacy of God’s greatness and sweetness

From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 5 – Radha and Krishna are one soul in two bodies

From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 6 – Parakiya-rasa is not immoral, but trans-moral

From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 7 – Love in separation is the culmination of love

From Grudging to Gratitude
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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 devotionally

From Grudging to Gratitude 4 – Forgiving internally and externally by focusing on Krishna

From Fear to Surrender
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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 – 4 steps for overcoming fear

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2133787643516845

From destructive competition to constructive competition
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From destructive competition to constructive competition – 1

From destructive competition to constructive competition from Chaitanya Charan

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2092989980929945

From destructive competition to constructive competition – 2

From destructive competition to constructive competition from Chaitanya Charan

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2093031404259136

From anartha nivrtti to artha pravrtti
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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

From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 3 – Understanding Artha

Chaitanya Charan das from Chaitanya Charan

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From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 4 – Understanding Pravrtti

Chaitanya Charan das from Chaitanya Charan

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

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2237963299765945

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

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2240447469517528

Free will and God’s will 3 – How God helps us free our free will

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2240503049511970

Duryodhana character analysis
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Duryodhana character analysis 1 – How the entitlement mentality degrades

https://www.facebook.com/watch/ChaitanyaCharana/?ref=embed_video

Duryodhana character analysis 2 – Ambition distorted by envy becomes cancerous

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2109748292587447

Duryodhana character analysis 3 – Envy perpetuates dissatisfaction and invites destruction

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2110524642509812

To be nice is not to be naive it is to be free from the control of vice Gita 16 02
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Diwali meditations
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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 – Celebrate the bounty of nature with bountiful offerings to nature and the Lord of nature

Diwali meditation 5 – Damodara-lila – May the love that conquers the Supreme conquer our heart

Diwali meditation 6 – Naraka Chaturdashi – Call the Lord to free us from our hell

Demystifying Reincarnation
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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 – Past-life memories – Frauds by parents?

Demystifying Reincarnation 7 – Past life memories – Fraud by investigators?

Demystifying Reincarnation 8 – Near Death Experiences – Hallucinations or Guesses?

Demystifying Reincarnation 9 – Near Death Experiences – Partial consciousness?

Demystifying Reincarnation 10 – Near Death Experiences – Conscious when unconscious?

Demystifying Reincarnation 11 – Consciousness – Intuitions that point beyond the brain

Demystifying Reincarnation 12 – Where is the programmer of the brain

Demystifying Reincarnation 13 – Reincarnation accepted across history and geography

Demystifying Reincarnation 14 – Reincarnation in Christianity, Islam and Buddhism

Demystifying Reincarnation 15 – The Gita’s model of the self and its explanatory potential

Demystifying Reincarnation 16 – The soul’s defining characteristics and levels of consciousness

Demystifying Reincarnation 17 – The Mechanism of Reincarnation

Demystifying Reincarnation 18 – Common Questions about Reincarnation

Demystifying Reincarnation 19 – Reincarnation reveals justice amidst injustice

Demystifying Reincarnation 20 – The Freedoms of the Reincarnation Worldview

Prasad Distributors are on the Scene Within Hours in Flood-devasted Czech Towns
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Following devastating and deadly flooding across central and eastern Europe, thousands across the region have been left in difficult circumstances, many needing to flee their homes or huddle on higher floors. Young volunteers from Food for All-UK in London were able to be on the ground within hours, offering hot meals and supplies. Loka Saranga […]

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Mayapur Clean & Green Team Launches Second-Hand Shop to Promote Sustainability
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Murari Mohini Devi Dasi (in white) with Vaishnavi and handloom goods (left), Julan Yatra Devi Dasi (right), the manager of the second hand store. The Mayapur Clean and Green Team, led by Murari Mohini Devi Dasi, has initiated a second-hand recycling store to foster environmental sustainability in the Mayapur community. With the steady influx and […]

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Highlights Report from September 18th GBC Meeting Released
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The Governing Body Commission (GBC) has released its latest Meeting Highlights Report for September 18th, 2024. ISKCON GBC MEETING HIGHLIGHTS REPORT 18 September 2024 We are pleased to present the 18 September 2024 GBC Meeting Highlights Report. This report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the online GBC meeting highlighting the key topics discussed. […]

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

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2320353711526903

Dhruva pastime analysis 2 – DHRUV acronym – Humility and honesty leads to authentic bhakti

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2323425917886349

Dhruva pastime analysis 3 – DHRUV acronym – Realization and reconciliation result from devotion

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2322973341264940

Demons in krishna-lila
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Demons in krishna-lila 1 – How the metaphorical points to the transcendental and how Putana represents false guru

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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 in Krishna lila 5 – Aghasura – Cruelty and violence

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Demons in Krishna-lila 6 – Bakasura – From Appearance to Substance to Transcendence

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

https://www.facebook.com/watch/ChaitanyaCharana/?ref=embed_video

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

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2278275675734707

Daksha-Shiva conflict 3 – How our mind makes us sectarian – Hindi

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2282113132017628

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)

Bhikshu Gita 4 – The mind distracts us from bhakti in the name of bhakti (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.45)

Bhikshu Gita 5 – Happiness comes by raising the standard of longing (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.46)

Bhikshu Gita 6 – See the mind’s aversion to concentration as a trick of illusion (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.47)

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 and where it falls short

Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 3 – Changing our mind by changing our relationship with the mind

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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 Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu

Gopi Gita Appreciation part 5, The Monk’s Podcast 170 – Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu

Gopi Gita Appreciation part 6 The Monks Podcast 172 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu

Gopi Gita Appreciation part 7 The Monks Podcast 174 with Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu