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Is AI making us all dumb? What to do about it?
A recent study from MIT supports with data something many of us may have already been noticing in practice: excessive use of AI can make us dumber. What…
 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa
Kṛṣṇa keeps what His devotees have and carries what they lack. What does it mean?
Aham means “I,” personally, and vahāmi means to carry a load. Taken literally, vahāmy aham means that He, in His transcendental form, personally carries…
 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa
Surrendering our work to Kṛṣṇa (Bg 3.30 to 3.35)
Kṛṣṇa gives us the essential formula of devotional work: the external action may remain the same, but the internal focus is transferred to Him.
How vaiṣṇavism destroys hereditary privileges and caste division
Originally, the divisions in the varṇāśrama system are based on qualification and not on birth. In Kali-yuga, however, the system is destroyed from the…
 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa
The learned guide others without disturbing them (Bg 3.25 to 3.29)
In the previous section, Kṛṣṇa emphasized the role of saintly persons in guiding others by their example. Now, He explains how they guide with their…
Dhruvaloka, the universal pivot (5th Canto #33)
The glories of Dhruvaloka are the best explanation of how the whole sky can rotate around a central axis. Dhruvaloka is different in essence from all…
“Devotees” who think they are Kṛṣṇa
The word “sahajiyā” is used in different senses, starting with more or less innocent people who just take the devotional process cheaply, but here we…
 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa
Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow (Bg 3.17 to 3.24)
Advanced devotees have no material desires to satisfy and thus no duties to perform, but this does not mean they remain idle.
Did Śrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura recommend distinguishing devotees based on caste?
A Vaiṣnava who is a brahmana should preferentially accept a spiritual master who is also a brahmana by varna, and Vaiṣnavas should marry inside their…
 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa
The cycle of sacrifices (Bg 3.10 to 3.16)
After hinting at the perfection of the platform of karma-yoga, work without attachment as an offering to Him, Kṛṣṇa now starts describing the ladder…
God in His terrifying aspect
We normally see Kṛṣṇa as the most beautiful person, the unlimitedly merciful well-wisher of His devotees, and the supreme object of love for all pure…
 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa
News on the Gītā course and a preview of the second volume
We just completed chapter two of the Bhagavad-gītā course. Catch up from lesson one, download volume one, and preview volume two, now including the…
 • Caitanya Chandra Dasa
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