Author: Chaitanya Charan

​Are we born with our modes – can we change them?

​How can we prevent our past conditionings from disturbing our present?

​How can we avoid becoming depressed because of people who are regularly troublesome?

​How can we not worry about people who create trouble for us?

​Seek not moments of bhakti – seek momentum in bhakti

​Don’t identify with the mind – identify the mind

​Seek the synergy of siddhanta, sadhana and sadachara

​Is sadachara as a sign of spiritual advancement relative – eg. some serious devotees find anger difficult to control?

​Does Krishna’s call to Arjuna to rise beyond the three modes imply that we all can transcend our nature born from the modes?

Doesn’t Valmiki’s transformation demonstrate that spirituality can change nature?

Will a person with vaishya nature transcend that nature by spiritual growth?

​Does siddhanta refer to philosophy or principle?

​Do our present natures reflect our soul’s nature or our upbringing?

​If devotees don’t do a service because they don’t feel inspired, are they being offensive?

If devotees repeatedly back out of services they have committed to, how to respond without becoming irritated?

​Channeling our emotions on the path of yoga – Gita 06.20-23

​Can happiness come from some higher work such as social service?

​How can we stay positive when the mind is pessimistic?

​If we are unable to avoid negative emotions, how can we deal with them?

What is the flow of the from Gita 6.20 to 6.23?

How can we draw the line about how much material things we can use in Krishna’s service?

​If we commit mistakes while preaching, should we stop preaching?

Can some people be so scarred as to be incapable of practicing spiritual life?

Does God exists beyond the world mean that he doesn’t depend on this world?

​Have addicted people lost their free will?

​When the spiritual-material are done together, does the spiritual component increase with age?

​Does chanting make us internally happy and then we won’t do anything externally?

​What kind of goals does a spiritually evolved person have?

Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 2 – Understanding inconceivability as an explanation for the world’s nature

​Can we function at both spiritual and material levels in life?

​Do we need to renounce the world to grow spiritually?

The search for happiness

​Can spirituality help people having acute mental health problems?

​Can people with brain chemical imbalances practice spirituality and benefit from it?

​What makes people evolve from seeking recognition to making contribution?

In the Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam, Krishna refers to himself inclusively, not exclusively – what does this mean?

​How to respond when devotees start campaigning against some mundane problem?

Why do senior devotees sometimes divert from bhakti to fringe fields?

Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 1 – Understanding God is all that exists

How can we use our talents at work without being sucked by the work away from Krishna?

​The soul is always happy – what does this mean?

​How is one soul different from the other?

​Is there a time when the soul says – I don’t want any more bodies?

​On leaving the body, does the soul retain its identity or merge with the cosmic whole?

​Can the soul exist without the body?

​What about the Buddhist concept of no-self, anattavada?

​Where is the soul located in the body?

Are all types of meditation equally beneficial?

Spirituality in an age of science – Maximizing human potential

​If intention is more important than action, why was Nriga punished despite his charitable intention?

Does Draupadi not know that Krishna protected her from disrobing?

Spirituality in an age of science – Managing the messy mind

Why is spiritual reality not easily accessible?

Why are we not born with spiritual consciousness?

We are what we eat – how to understand this in terms of the three-level model of the self?

When cows are being brutally slaughtered why does Krishna not intervene?

Can inattentive chanting cause mental problems?

How to respond when problems overwhelm us?

Speaking on the Mahabharata outside Bharata – at Princeton

Is not being disturbed amidst problems indicative of apathy or of bhakti?

Parikshit was ready to slay a cow-killer – should we follow in his footsteps?

​Why is cow protection recommended in one religion and cow killing in another religion?

If chanting Hare Krishna is the only way, what will be the destination of people from other paths who chant other prayers?

Why does every religion claim that it is the best?

When caring for our small children takes a lot of time, how can we enhance our spirituality?

​If problems help people to grow, does that mean we shouldn’t help others when they have problems?

​Tragic Hero – Life Lessons from Karna – Princeton University

​If I don’t feel disturbed when my loved ones face problems, am I becoming heartless?

When Christians don’t have much knowledge of God, how can they develop love of God?

​Will Christians who accept Jesus as their saviour but don’t live purely attain God’s kingdom?

If I am destined to meet an accident, can I do anything to avoid it?

Is it better to chant in the morning and do very simple Deity worship or to do nice Deity worship and chant later in the day?

​Is it self-centered to call out to Krishna only when we have problems and not at other times?

​How can we attract people who don’t find ISKCON adequately traditional in its cultural aspect?

​The quest for happiness is frustrated materially and fulfilled spiritually

​God helps those who help themselves – Common understanding, misunderstanding and devotional understanding

​Holy Name seminar – Becoming conscious of our consciousnss, our distractions and our Lord

​Why are some people born wealthy and some born poor?

​Does destiny determine who comes to spirituality and who doesn’t?

​Why do we become more angry with our family members than with our colleagues?

​What does the Gita 4.11 – everyone is on my path – mean?

​How can we be both detached and compassionate?

​Why do people become sarcastic towards those practicing bhakti?

​How to avoid becoming disheartened on seeing our lack of spiritual emotion while chanting?

​How can we avoid becoming fearful about future possibilities?

Transform anxiety into intensity by spirituality

​Can soul and consciousness exist separately from each other?

If someone is in too much anxiety, how can we help them?

​If we ask Krishna for something material that is not good for us, will he give it?

​We can’t pray for problems like Kunti did, but being problem-free makes us complacent – what is the balanced attitude?

​If chanting Hari’s name is the only way, how can chanting Allah elevate people?

​Why are atheists sometimes better behaved than religious people?

​Whenever I do anything, I feel distracted by the many other things in the world that are wrong – what can I do?

​How can we deal with spiritual jealousy?

​Are specific forms of suffering such as being victimised by brutal crimes determined by past karma?

​Why have I got an autistic child?

​If we help someone and we both get into trouble, is such trouble due to past karma?

​Will purification enable us to make good choices always?

​How do we prioritize between our material obligations and spiritual aspirations?

​If others don’t accept something we are strongly convinced about, what should we do?