Ask a Hare Krsna Episode 14 - Understanding Karma by Analyzing Mahabharata P2 (Chaitanya Charan Das)

Speaker Intro: Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual author. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Pune, India Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a disciple of His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj, who is a senior disciple of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness. He is practicing Krishna Consciousness from the last 25 yrs. He is a member of ISKCON’s Leading Intellectual Body, the Shastric Advisory Council, and is the associate-editor of ISKCON’s global magazine, Back to Godhead. He is the author of the world’s only Gita-daily feature, wherein he writes daily a 300-word inspirational reflection on a verse from the Bhagavad-Gita. Till now he has written over seventeen hundred Gita meditations that are posted on www.gitadaily.com and are read through daily feeds by thousands from all over the world. He also answers questions by seekers on his website http://ift.tt/1nHvvh7, where his over three thousand five hundred audio answers and several hundred articles are available. Till now he has written over seventeen hundred Gita meditations and He is the author of sixteen books. He travels all over the world from Australia to America, giving talks on spiritual subjects in temples, universities and companies. Questions answered in this special episode: 1. One more question about freewill. I think freewill is free rather then just illusion. I have heard in your lectures that Dhritrashtra had a choice to stop the war since he is a king but still he didn't do because of his blind love towards his son Duryodhana. My question is if the war wouldn't happen then how do Krishna speak Bhagavad Gita ? Second question - If Krishna has already planned the war even before when it's started since it was his leela then what freewill Dhritrashtra had because he was just acting as Krishna Plan. So, how can you blame Dhritrashtra and his freewill ? Third Question - If the modes of nature acting upon Dhritrashtra and forcing to take the decision according to the best of his knowledge based on the time so how can you say that if this was his freewill and he is completely acting on his modes of nature ? So, I think what you talking about the freewill is not free rather than just illusion. (Asked by Rakesh Kumar Gudla from Hyderabad, Telangana, India at 02:42 min) 2. If Arjuna is the greatest archer then why can't he defeat the cowherd boys after the war was over and when Krishna has left the world. Doesn't mean that he is a Hero when the Krishna is only with him and not without. So then he is not called the greatest archer rather then dumb person who always seek Krishna's help. Here I am talking about Krishna's capacity and skills not about Krishna's power. I am aware of your explanation that Krishna is God and if he is with anyone he will win but I am talking about Arjuna as a person and his capacity and skills I don't think Arjuna is not equal to even street fighter without Krishna. So how can he called as the greatest archer. And moreover Krishna is killed all the enemies so so Arjuna was just playing as instrument in that case He called as a greatest archer even without actual skills and with Krishna is if so then Arjuna is called as greatest archer. I don't think so. (Asked by Rakesh Kumar Gudla from Hyderabad, Telangana, India at 15:14 min) If you have any spiritual questions then kindly send your questions as audio or video clips by whatsapp to +91 9987060606 or by email to askhktv@gmail.com To get the answers to more of your questions please click on below link and watch Ask a Hare Krsna series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhtmKWc6vRTCvEzlh5E8ZfDhDzpxumu9F Stay Connected Website: http://ift.tt/1oJekp9 Twitter: https://twitter.com/idtsevaks Facebook: http://ift.tt/2iTcKJw Instagram:http://ift.tt/2jN11dS Pinterest : http://ift.tt/2iTgsCQ Soundcloud : http://ift.tt/2jNc3A3 If you liked this video, please subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://goo.gl/CxIYWY