Planet ISKCON

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 of love – World-knowledge as the vehicle for love

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 1 – FEEL acronym – Firmness and Education

From sentimentalism to sentiment from Chaitanya Charan

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=312620712900420

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 1 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2322065384689069

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 1

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2092654017630208

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 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

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 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 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 devotionally

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

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 – 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 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

https://www.facebook.com/watch/chaitanya.charana.das/?ref=embed_video

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

Chaitanya Charan das from Chaitanya Charan

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

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

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

Does God laugh at our plans? – part 1

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2227999594095649

Does God laugh at our plans? – part 2

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2228202794075329

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 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

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

Developing service attitude 1 – Service attitude transforms knowledge into realization

Service attitude transforms knowlege into realization from Chaitanya Charan

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=497765044058390

Developing service attitude 2 – How to see reciprocation in our service

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=164182241197318

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 in Krishna lila 5 – Aghasura – Cruelty and violence

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2182902178409334

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

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

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 amid adversities

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

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2250363481859260

Can ambition and devotion go together 2 – How to channel ambition in devotion

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2251785761717032

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

Bring out the best you 3 – Spiritual help 

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)

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 bhakti-yoga cheerfully

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

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2230854620476813

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

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2232174667011475

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

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2018974531510991

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

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=2020491948025916

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 1 – How Krishna is the best provoker

Analyzing Govardhan Lila 2 – How Indra is thwarted and reformed

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

Yogeshvar das Today, 22nd September 2024 was a very special day as the East London & Essex Congregation got an opportunity to organise the very first ever Chariot festival at Southend-on-Sea. This was a new spiritual beginning as the Lord of the Universe was going to shower His mercy in a new place. There had
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