QA on freedom
Channel: Chaitanya Charan
Date: 15/06/2020

5:08 Growing up as devotees, the rules feel restrictive. Should devotees be allowed to express their freedom?   
14:42 Devotees kids lead two lives out of a fear of feeling demonized by the expression of their freedom for experiences outside of KC. How should this be dealt with?
26:35 Devotee kids also can feel like inside of living their life, their life is being led for them by the restrictions of KC, and that they feel the need to establish their identity outside of the "bubble" of ISKCON or KC. Do we ever really have free will?
30:59 How do free will and destiny go together?
35:16 How do we understand astrology if our actions are not predetermined? How accurate is astrology scientifically?
41:53 How do we become more free?
46:02 Do we mistakenly correlate freedom and suppression with happiness and sadness?
53:33 Taking India's independence and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta's instructions to Srila Prabhupada (about preaching being more urgent than independence) as an example, isn't it true that Indian independence made is easier to spread KC?  If secondary concerns such as independence help spread the movement, how much importance should be placed on them by devotees?

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Chaitanya Charan Das is a monk, spiritual mentor and author.

Building on his engineering degree from the Government College of Engineering, Pune, he has studied extensively the philosophical and sociological ramifications of modern science. Complementing his scientific education is his keen spiritual sensitivity honed by systematic and sympathetic study of the bhakti tradition for over two decades. He has been an invited speaker at several international conferences on the interface of science and spirituality, including the World Peace Conference 2006 and World Peace Congress 2008 organized by UNESCO.  Based in India, he has given talks at colleges and companies all over the world from Australia to America.  His writings appear regularly in several Indian newspapers including the reputed Speaking Tree column in The Times of India. Apart from 300 analytical articles (available at www.thespiritualscientist.com) and 1600 inspirational daily meditations on the Bhagavad-gita (available at www.gitadaily.com),  he is the author of 20 books on a wide variety of subjects ranging from Science and spirituality, socio-cultural analysis of religion, and the ancient texts of India, especially the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavad-gita

He is a member of ISKCON’s leading intellectual body, the Shastric Advisory Council, which offers scriptural advice to the GBC (Governing Body Commissioner). He is an associate editor of Back to Godhead, ISKCON’s global magazine. His writings in English have been translated into several foreign languages including German, Chinese and Romanian and several Indian languages including Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Hindi and Marathi.

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