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Making sense of things in our life | BG 18.14 | HG Chaitanya Charan Pr | 2nd October

How the modes control and how association frees, Bhagavatam 2.10.41, Chowpatty, Mumbai

The Monk’s Podcast

PK QA – article series

Dhruva pastime analysis

Demons in krishna-lila

Daksha-Shiva conflict

Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology

Analyzing Govardhan Lila

Gopi Gita Appreciation 

Hindi Krishna Charitra Series

Damodarashtakam verse 2

Damodarashtakam verse 1 

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter Overviews

Damodarashtakam – Sanatan Goswami Tikka

Damodarashtakam

The mind often recasts antipathy as inability… Gita 18.37

Imposed equality is often the most insidious inequality Gita 04.13

Understanding how lust allures men and women differently

How relationships can elevate and liberate us and how the same relationships may burden and bind us

4 ways human consciousness went down – Darn acronym

Bhagavad-gita perspective on the movie OPPENHEIMER

Is there any scriptural reference for the idea that the moon we see and Chandraloka are not the same?

201 The letter of scripture and the spirit of scripture The Monk_’s Podcast with Yogeshvara Prabhu

Parallels between Damodara-lila and Bhagavad-gita – part 1

Krishna himself has expended as Radharani, then why does he have to come as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to understand Radharani?

Krishna being omnipotent can be present in his deity, but how can Prabhupada be present in his deity?

If the same event can be explained at multiple levels, are different explanations meant for people at different levels?

Appreciating Radharani universal, Gaudiya and personal perspectives, Radhashtami 2022

How to make our Sunday talks relevant Chaitanya Charan with Caru P on the ISKCON Relevance Project podcast

3 conceptions of renunciation frustration, aversion, redirection – Chaitanya Charan

4 life-lessons from Lord Ganesh – Ganesh Chaturthi special – Chaitanya Charan

Developing our personal relationship with Bhagavad gita SB Keshava Maharaj and Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

When is doing something externally without inner feeling good and when is it bad?

200 Save Earth by sharing Srimad Bhagavatam – The Monk’s Podcast with Vaisesika Prabhu

Appreciating Radharani: universal, Gaudiya and personal perspectives, Radhashtami 2022

Prostitutes in Krishna’s Dwarka: How to understand Bhagavatam 1.11.19? – Chaitanya Charan

Appreciating the Bhagavad Gita from Sanjaya’s perspective (Gita 18.74-78): GREAT acronym

Experiencing Krishna in various ways, even through fear, confusion & heartbreak: Janmashtami class

Why does Arjuna refer to Krishna by specific names in specific verses of the Bhagavad Gita?

Could the 63 millions deaths due to abortion be deaths that had to happen due to mass karma?

Do men have no right to speak on abortion because they have never carried a baby?

Roe V Wade reversed A Bhagavad-gita perspective on the US removal of women’s right to abortion

Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: A Bhagavad-gita Perspective – Chaitanya Charan

191 Wars: What can’t be prevented can be minimized, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu

What role do the modes play in the soul’s journey through material existence both in terms of the desire to enjoy separate and the facility to learn lessons?

When meat is offered to goddess Kali, does she accept it?

When Krishna declares bhakti-yoga to be the highest yoga, why does he describe other yogas too?

Appreciating Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakur’s Bhagavatam commentary – The churning metaphor

Four ways Nityananda Prabhu glorifies Mahaprabhu – PADA acronym

Does the word karma have different meanings in different contexts?

Are daiva, adhidaiva and divine will the same thing?

185 What are the modes? why is understanding them so important? – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu

What are miracles, why are they downplayed in bhakti, can they be used in bhakti?

If the Sita who had sweet interactions with Hanuman in Lanka was Maya-Sita, then were those interactions also Maya?

Can we say Mahaprabhu’s teachings are the culmination of all previous teachings?

184 Creativity:how to see it devotionally and use it effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Yogesvara Prabhu

183 Gita Political Philosophy series 2 Capitalism Communism Dharma The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu

182 How to guide effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Radha Gopinath P and Shyamananda Prabhu

181 Challenges in implementing varnashrama – The Monk’s Podcast 181 with Bhakti Vikas Maharaj

When we desire something is it the soul desiring or is it simply the mind desiring?

Is there anything spiritual about our nature or is it simply result of our past desires & karma according to which Krishna has given us our body & mind with their nature?

180 – 8 universal teachings of the Bhagavad-gita (Gita Jayanti Special), The Monk’s Podcast Garuda Prabhu

179 Varna and ashram roles of women: Impact of the Industrial Revolution The Monk’s Podcast Urmila Mataji

Is spiritual tourism to India dangerous for one’s mental health?

Freeing ourselves from Karma

177 Ethics in epics: Decoding Bhishmas choices – The Monks Podcast with Shyamananda Prabhu

Is New Year celebration a scam A Bhagavad gita perspective talk

Are the four defects due to our conditioning or due to our finiteness?

Why might devotees learned in bhakti scriptures leave bhakti?

How can we deal with our past mistakes, especially if some devotees bring up those mistakes repeatedly?

If others become envious about us, what can we do?

What is the source of intuition higher modes or Krishna?

While making decisions, how can we know whether we are in touch with the Supersoul?

Appreciating Radhanatha Maharajas holistic faithfulness to the Gaudiya tradition including to the flexibility of the tradition

Appreciating Radhanath Maharaja’s expertise in community building

Do we need a shiksha guru when we don’t get personal guidance from our diksha-guru?

The Omicron variant A Bhagavad Gita perspective

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

Gopi Gita Appreciation part 4, The Monk’s Podcast 166 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu

How to understand scriptural promises part 1

Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan A dharmic perspective. The Monk’s Podcast 152 with Hridayananda M part 2

Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan A dharmic perspective-The Monk’s Podcast 150 with Hridayananda Maharaj part 1

How Vedic wisdom can be empirically demonstrated. The Monk’s Podcast 148 with Lila Purushottam Prabhu

The Bhagavatam’s relevance for a postmodern audience, The Monk’s Podcast 146 with Kaustubha Prabhu

Seeing scripture from different angles – The Monk’s Podcast 142 with Krishna Dharma Prabhu & Cintamani Dhama Mataji

What is the difference between Gita 2.60 and 2.67?

How the Bhagavad-gita offers a world-unifying philosophy, The Monk’s Podcast 130 with Ishvara Krishna Prabhu

Why we should or should not study the Rasa-lila, The Monk’s Podcast 129 with Garuda Prabhu

Ambarisha M Pastime analysis 2 – How Krishna Consciousness helps with the three causes of suffering

How Rama’s apparent humanity enhances his divinity

Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 8 – Balarama – The Monk’s Podcast 110 with Krishna Kshetra M

Universal Dimensions of Chaitanya Ramananda Samvada

Understanding homosexuality, gender dysphoria & nonstandard sexuality – Sudyumna pastime analysi 2

Churning the BhagavatamThe Monk’s Podcast 104 – Dashavatara 7 – Rama with Krishna Kshetra M

Examining mythology 4 – The Monk’s Podcast 100 with Shyamananda Prabhu

Examining mythology 3 – The Monk’s Podcast 99 with Shyamananda Prabhu

The Monk’s Podcast 76 with Yogesvara Prabhu – Holocaust, karma and compassion

The Monk’s Podcast 72 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 1 – Matsya

The Monk’s Podcast 61 with Yogesvara Prabhu – Is spirituality anti-science?