About the Author
All the articles on this site are written by His Grace Chaitanya Charan das. Here is his brief introduction:
- He is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time-honored tradition of bhakti-yoga.
- He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune.
- He subsequently served as a software engineer in a multinational software company, Patni Computer Systems.
- He also secured 2350 out of 2400 in the GRE exam, bagging the top rank in Maharashtra.
- Seeing the prevalent problems of stress, depression, addiction and overall misdirection - all caused by a lack of spirituality, he felt inspired to dedicate his life to bridging the gap between the modern science-based worldview and the ancient spirituality-based worldview.
- He travels extensively, speaking on the spiritual science of bhakti-yoga as taught in the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya (wisdom-tradition) and its modern-day global expression, ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness).
- He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.
- Presently he conducts seminars at various reputed educational institutes all over India including IITs and NITs as well as leading MNCs like Tech Mahindra.
- He has presented papers on the interface of science and spirituality as an invited delegate at national and international conferences, including World Peace Conference, 2006 and World Peace Congress, 2008 organized under the UNESCO chair.
- His writings have been published in newspapers like Times of India (in the prestigious Speaking Tree column), Indian Express, Economic Times, Hindustan Times, and Sakaal Times. (See links below for some of those articles).
- His writings in English have been translated into several foreign languages including German, Chinese and Romanian and several Indian languages including Kannada, Telgu, Bengali, Hindi and Marathi.
- He is the author of eight books:
- ENERGY – Your Sutra for Positive Thinking,
- Science and Spirituality
- ‘The Spiritual Scientist’ series, volume 1
- ‘The Spiritual Scientist’ series, volume 2.
- Recession – Adversity or Opportunity?
- Why do we need a temple?
- Frequently Unanswered Questions
- Idol Worship or Ideal Worship?
To read a few of the author's articles published in The Times of India and The Economic Times, please click on the links below:
- http://articles.timesofindia.
indiatimes.com/2006-03-03/ edit-page/27801776_1_species- humans-positive-contribution - http://articles.timesofindia.
indiatimes.com/2006-08-16/ edit-page/27809136_1_krishna- supreme-personality-material - http://articles.economictimes.
indiatimes.com/2007-10-13/ news/27689852_1_obesity- fulfilment-food-tastes
To know more about the author's life and experiences, you can read the following articles:
- An Intellect Discovers Its Perfection
- Do you still believe in God?
- How I discovered the science of bhakti-yoga
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Hare Krishna PG
Your articales are enlightneing, motivating and a ray of hope...in modern times where asking spiritual questions and clarifying them considered as a taboo.
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Thank you very much
Let my pranams to you with folded hands for your devotional teachings.
One of the greatest contributions of India to the world is Holy Gita
which is considered to be one of the first revelations from God. The
eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad-Gita are found in the
Bhisma-parva(23-40), of Mahabharata which was compiled by Veda Vyasa.
Let me bow with folded hands to Indian Maharishi Veda Vysa, who
contributed to the world the “supreme knowledge” through his writings
on various sacred texts. Gita is one of the most popular and
accessible of all Indian scriptures, which is to be studied by anyone
interested in Indian philosophy. The Gita teaches how one’s aim can be
achieved; howsoever it may be difficult, by doing his duty with
devotion, and meditation, integrating many different threads of Indian
philosophy. It gives correct solution to all the problems in human
life. One has to do his duty as mother looks after a child. Among all
the sacred texts of India, the Bhagavad-gita greatly influenced the
east and the west. Many philosophers, transcendentalists were deeply
influenced by its insights, and thousands of individuals struggling
with many problems have found comfort and wisdom in its pages. The
Gita begins with Sri Krishna explaining the essence of human being
that he is not the body but the immortal soul. The ancient science of
life is called the Bhagavad Gita from the great country India that
invented the number zero. All dimensions of human life have been
explained in this. Bhagavad-Gita has, for more than two millennia,
served as a guide to liberation through a life of knowledge, devotion,
and action without attachment to results.
Hare Krishna Prabhuji,
Wonderful article. I am surprised to see why there no mention of ISKCON in your life sketch?
Please accept my obeisances Prabhu.. its like a spritual mind blowing... so thoughtfull.. enlightning.. i dont know if its my fortune or destiny or luck to able to read this article today.. i would like to know your openion on Destiny and Luck in humans file.. how far they can be changed..