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As Ravana and Kumbakarna are also devotees in disguise, why do scriptures not glorify them?

What is the essence of pure bhakti?

When the soul obviously moves, how do we to explain the Gita 2.24 statement that the soul is immovable?

As the killing of Hiranyakashipu happened before the garlanding of Narasimhadeva by Prahlad Maharaj, why are both depicted in the same picture?

What do the concepts of purity and taste mean practically?

How do we learn from our sufferings in hell and in past lives when we neither remember those sufferings nor the causes of those sufferings?

KC and World Religions 5 – Buddhism

What is the Vedic perspective on the book “Secret”?

Why are the Puranas mentioned separately from Smriti in the verse “shrutismritipuranadi..”?

Why is the spiritual master of Vishvanath Chakravarti not mentioned in the list of guru-paramapara?

Why do Vaishnava poets place their own names in their poems? Isn’t that self-promotion?

Are the words of the pure devotees about the Lord descriptive or indicative about the Lord?

When the Lord gives Darshan, why do we glorify the spiritual master instead of glorifying the Lord?

What should a wife do when her husband totally opposes her Krishna consciousness?

As Radha was the aunt of Krishna, isn’t their relationship illicit?

Why is ISKCON not active in socio-spiritual causes like cow protection?

Can we pray to Lord Krishna to award us death when we are hale and hearty?

Should we postpone the chanting of the mahamantra till we are able to follow the regulative principles so as to avoid offenses?

Where exactly is sex desire located: in the body or the soul?

Will the woman who goes Sati not become a ghost due to committing suicide?

Is Vyasadeva not doing self-glorification when he writes “by the mercy of Vyasa” in the Gita ?

Why does Krishna refer to himself in the third person in the Gita?

How do we understand when different Vaishnava acharays give different meanings of the same scriptural verse?

Is there a need to build spirituality among youths and how can it be done ?

What is the role of paramatma in atom, in contrast to paramatma in living entities who guides according to desires?

How do we understand the concept of a last messenger of God?

How are all social service activities mundane?

Does Pitraloka change for different people?

KC and World Religions 4 – Islam

Krishna has himself given the Vedas; then why does he tell us to go beyond the Vedas in the Gita 2.46?

Why was there no scientific renaissance in India similar to that in Europe?

How was Chrisitanity able to spread all over the world despite cultural barriers?

If the Bible doesn’t have much philosophy, then what do Christians write in the thousands of books that they publish?

What was the crime of the children who were abused in ISKCON’s gurukulas?

Where is the Hare Krishna mahamantra mentioned in the Vedic scriptures?

Does bhakti create feelings of inferiority within us?

My heart tells me that jnana-yoga is the best path for me. What should I do?

KC and World Religions 3 – Christianity 2

KC and World Religions 2 – Christianity 1

Why was Srila Prabhupada happy when devotees participated in a materialist ad in Australia?

If Hiranyakashipu performed austerity for 10,000 years, how was Prahlad just 5 years old when he returned?

What is the difference between a prophet and a rishi?

If we are served charanamrita while we are taking prasad, can we honor caranamrita with contaminated hands?

What is the difference between a woman’s love for a paramour and the gopis’ love for Krishna?

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What exactly is shakti-tattva? How do we understand the conjugal activities of Shiva-Parvati?

Why do certain temples have architecture depicting sex?

KC and World Religions 1 – Judaism

Who is Narayana? What is the difference between Krishna and Narayana?

How much does exercise,medication interfere with one’s destiny?

As a practicing devotee, which is the medication method recommended, (since ayurvedic treatment is not suitable for emergencies)?

Is Remarriage of widow allowed in scripture? Was sati a practice or a phenomena?

If Srila Prabhupada is an empowered acharya, then why did many of his empowered disciples leave Krishna consciousness after his departure?

Is humanity and a systematic way of living life the perfect spiritualy / religion?

What is the devotional and scientific reason of keeping shikha?

What happens to demigods when yajna is stopped?

It’s said that phalena parichayate. we can know the quality of endeavors by the result. but then we say Krishna doesn’t care about results but our endeavors. Is this not contradictory?

Isn’t good or bad a state of mind? Why then are the regulative principles necessary?

Was there no sankirtan before Lord Chaitanya?

Is the face the index of the mind?

Can our character be changed after we grow beyond 20?

When we see cause-effect relationship within this life itself, doesn’t that make karma irrelevant?

As only pure devotees are promoted to the spiritual world, why are doorkeepers needed there?

What is the need for marriage between devotees in Vaikuntha?

What exactly are the stars?

Why do we not celebrate the apperances of avataras like Matsya, Kurma and Varaha?

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What should a devotee do when material desires start increasing and chanting doesn’t help?

Is it wrong to hear and read about God from multiple sources, like disciples of Srila Prabhupada?

Are the characteristics of the child determined by the soul’s own karma or the consciousness of the parents at the time of conception?

What is the difference between the mind, intelligence, consciousness and the soul?

How do the Brahmavadis conceive the forms of the Lord?

How do we understand the scriptural statement that we are not the doers?

Can corruption be eliminated from human society completely or will it continue till the time of judgement?

How can Lord Chaitanya have initiated Saint Tukaram when they lived at different times?

Isn’t belief in karma psychologically damaging?

What exactly are dreams?

Introduction to Philosophy 1: 6 Systems of Indian Philosophy

Why is Lord Chaitanya not accepted as Lord Krishna by other sampradayas?

When exactly was the Ramayana written – before, during or after the pastimes of Lord Rama?

How can we trust the Vedas when many Vedic texts have been destroyed and incomplete knowledge is harmful?

How do people who eat onion-garlic still seem to be in goodness?

Is Vishnu a primary name or a secondary name?

Is there any explanation for Bermuda Triangle in the scriptures?

Does the Bhagavad-gita teach that all paths lead to the same goal?

How can we help people understand why Srila Prabhupada used words like “rascals” and “fools”?

Is putting faith in Krishna consciousness like leaping across a chasm with nothing more than the hope that we will make it to the other side?

If all the cells in the body change, then how do the externally imprinted tattoos stay on?

Whom do I trust is actually the truth?

If all the cells in the body are changing, they how do tattoos stay on for a long time?

If consciousness is spiritual, then why is it said to a part of the material field in Chp 13 of the Gita?

What does it mean practically to always remember Krishna?

Will our svarupa stay vacant if we start worshiping some other form of the Lord?

How is the Supersoul in the heart different from the Lord in every atom?

Do all incarnations have spiritual bodies?

Why should large amounts of money be spend on temples and Deities?

Why is prana-pratistha needed when the photo of Krishna is non-different from Krishna?