Author: Chaitanya Charan

If a devotee can see the future in dreams, what should they do?

Does bhakti lead to brahman, as Gita 14.26 says or does brahman lead to bhakti, as Gita 18.54 says?

How is the soul immoveable?

Does the Supersoul go with the soul or is the all-pervading Supersoul already there where the soul goes?

Is the Paramatma in the heart same as the Paramatma in the atom?

Do all those who become deviated from yoga go to heavens?

When management affects our sadhana adversely, what can we do?

Tap the power of consciousness

Why do children of devotees sometimes not become devotees?

​What does one get by doing sva-dharma without doing bhakti?

​Is thinking done by the mind or by the soul?

​What is the difference between being selfish and thinking of oneself first?

​What to do when people exclude us from some social circles because of our bhakti practices?

​How can we make right decisions when what is right is not clear and the decisions have serious consequences?

​Should we share bhakti wisdom only after we have understood it thoroughly?

​How much can logic be applied to scriptural study?

How can we be detached without becoming uncaring?

​Why does the Gita say that sva-dharma shouldn’t be given up whereas Bhagavatam says sea-dharma should be given up for bhakti?

​Is service the foundation of relationship – can’t we have relationships without any common service?

​If some devotees keep rejecting us despite our best efforts to please them, what should we do?

Are bhakti activities transcendental to the modes or are we to engage activities in the modes in bhakti?

​​In guna-karma mentioned in Gita 4.13, can karma be developed but not guna?

​What exactly are the modes?

​Why does the Gita give its essence of bhakti in its middle and not at its end?

​QA on Bhagavad-gita and bhakti philosophy

​Matters that matter more than matter – Origin, value & purpose

Mahabharata 3 – Karna – Deciding based on intent, content or effect

​Does developing our conscience and intelligence develop our bhakti?

Science amidst bhakti – rasabhasa or rasa access?

​What goes wrong when one person gets undue control on others’ minds?

​If we see wrongdoers go unpunished in our movement, what should we do?

​How can people who are conditioned to be child abusers be cured?

​During chanting should we try to control the mind or should we pray to Krishna that he control the mind?

​How do we differentiate between the mind’s desires and the soul’s desires?

​Are materialists completely controlled by the modes or can they make choices?

​Why did Prabhupada not encourage devotees to consult astrologers?

​Science vs Religion – Talk & QA

​What near death experiences mean for all of us

​If I can invest one hour daily for bhakti, which bhakti practices should I do?

​How has the momentum of bhakti helped you to face problems in your own life?

​What is dharma, especially for householders?

What are the characteristics of those who are spiritually healed?

​Is the Gita’s statement that all endeavors are covered by faults applicable to a butcher’s profession?

In bhakti, how do we decide which aspects are matters of principle and which, matters of preference?

​How do we explain the concept of achintya to scientific people?

​Examining our definition of happiness

Mahabharata 2 – Draupadi – Dishonored yet honorable

​Learning to change our rasa from the world to Krishna

​How do we address the conflict between the mind and the heart?

​How could omniscient Krishna not locate his abducted son Pradyumna for many years?

​Does science offer real knowledge – can we live today without scientific knowledge?

​Why do scientists criticize spirituality and spiritualists criticize science?

​Does bhakti cause increase in our problems or does increase in problems intensify our bhakti?

​What is the bigger reality that spiritualists talk about?

​How important is it to have a goshala with a temple?

​If Bhagavan and Brahman are non-different, are a gulab jamun and its fragrance non-different?

​Mahabharata 1 – Bhishma – Misunderstood by the world, understood by Krishna

Prabhupada pilgrimage places on America’s eastern and western coast

Association of ISKCON Los Angeles Temple President, H G Svavasa Prabhu

Does our past karma determine our present actions?

​How to know whether our inner decisions come from the mind or the intelligence?

​How can we reciprocate with the many people who have helped us?

​Is it healthy to feel distressed whenever we remember how we have hurt others in the past?

​Is thinking negative about some devotee an offence?

​While sharing bhakti, how can we overcome the tendency to be intellectually aggressive?

​Why are some people not inquisitive about life’s big picture?

​How can we encourage devotee-kids to explore bhakti and not worldly pleasures?

How do we balance between respecting followers of all religions and acknowledging the violence that some of them do?

Does spiritual life begin only after initiation

​How can we share bhakti with atheists who are nature-conscious and are relatively in the mode of goodness?

​When Krishna is the protector of cows, how are so many cows being slaughtered?

​How is rationality correlated with the mode of goodness?

​How to respond to people who say their religion is the only way?

When thoughts distract us while chanting, how to respond?

​When bad thoughts trouble us during our bhakti practice, how to respond?

​Does scripture say that spiritual life doesn’t begin till we are initiated?

​Four animal metaphors for managing the mind – horse, wolf, dog and sheep

​​​​If we have terrible pain, how can bhakti help us tolerate that pain?

​How does the food offered to Krishna purify us?

​If we feel worried the same way as we felt before practicing bhakti, is something wrong with our bhakti practice?

​How can we stay self-aware while living in a materialistic culture?

​How do we know when we have become self-aware?

​If hearing krishna-lila makes me envious, does that mean I am demoniac?

​If someone keeps misunderstanding us repeatedly, how to respond?

​When people think that we are wrong when we are not, how to respond?

Understand your machine to relish your self

​Are people around us benefited by our being Krishna conscious even when we can’t share our devotion with them?

​What differentiates bhakti-yoga from other forms of yoga?

​How to respond when our becoming spiritual is deemed socially unacceptable?

​How can we keep our mind clear between meditation sessions?

​What is the best way for a beginner to start with mantra meditation?

​How can we keep our heart open when the mind is hostile?

If our mind’s software is very corrupted, how can we handle it?

​Consciousness, the subconscious and conscience – understanding and transforming our inner world

Analyzing Nanda-Vasudeva conversation – Destiny is never an excuse for neglecting duty

Understanding the Bhagavatam’s chronological and conceptual flow

​Should we worry about spiritual problems such as inattentive chanting?

​Can’t worrying about a problem help us better deal with it?

​What is the most effective way to avoid getting mentally caught in problems?

​Can Maya stop us from achieving our goals?