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Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst loss – Krishna’s instructions after Govardhana lila

Renunciation of false ego – Indra’s Prayers after Govardhana lila

Does Krishna interfere with the laws of material nature for a devotee?

How can we become more consistent?

How the mind troubles us – and how to protect ourselves – Hindi

Keep the mind on the spiritual track to keep it out of trouble

Why we need spirituaity in the age of technology

Does causeless mercy exist – are we qualified for it?

How can we practically understand humility and surrender?

Can ambition and devotion go together 1 – How happiness-distress are fixed and how they aren’t

Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 2 – The problem of evil original sin and karma

Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 1 – Seeking a purpose bigger than our problems

Is seeing believing 3 – Resolving science-spirituality conflicts

Is seeing believing 2 – What the map of science misses

Is seeing believing 1 – Even science explains the visible with the invisible

If circumstantially we can’t get initiation does that mean Krishna thinks we aren’t yet qualified?

Why does Bhishma say that he is bound by the Kauravas wealth?

What does Prabhupada want to convey by talking about the conflict of communists and capitalists?

Are Bhishma’s teachings of pure devotion at the end of his life contradicted by his life of service to the Kauravas?

Understanding tradition and its conformers, deformers reformers – and presenters

Does consciousness flow inside-out or outside-in?

Did Krishna create the universe through the big bang or without it?

In the metaphor of mind as inner screen how does purification occur? (Vedic wisdom)

When Indra commits so many mistakes why is he considered a great person?

The power of gratitude 2 – How to cultivate gratitude

The power of gratitude 1 – How gratitude empowers us

How can we avoid karmic entanglement while working in our office?

How is spiritual sound different from material sound?

In the metaphor of mind as inner screen how does spiritual sound lead to spiritual realization?

How can we change ourselves for the better as quickly as possible?

Varnashrama in bhakti – Focus on replicating the take-off not recreating the take-off point

If we make a strong resolution does the mind’s power ensure that we keep it?

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 4 – Finding our spiritual stimuil

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Nourishing our lives with the Bhagavad-gita

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 3 – Avoid attachment to renunciation

Strive first for devotion then for pure devotion

How do our beliefs and habits shape what pops up on our inner screen?

How can we get the impetus to chant seriously?

Does anxiety come by itself or do we choose it – what to do about it?

When we keep forgetting the good things we hear what is the benefit?

Sensitivity in relationships 3 – Dealing with insensitive people

How to get realizations

Which is the easier way to attain Krishna – bhakti or seva?

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 2 – Regulate attachment even to things that help in devotion

Sensitivity in relationships 2 – From judgment to encouragement

Does developing a devotional self-conception require a lot of preparation before it can be lived?

Sensitivity in relationships 1 – Why we need to be sensitive and why we aren’t

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 1 – The danger of becoming religious but not spiritual

How can we strive to overcome our anarthaas without becoming anartha-conscious?

What is the difference between varnashrama daivi varnashrama and pure devotion?

What is the scriptural basis for the idea that only desire and endeavor are in our hands?

Should we critically evaluate bhakti or just believe and practice it?

Healthy self-understanding 5 – Concluding QA session

Healthy self-understanding 4 – Reasons to be kind to ourselves

Healthy self-understanding 3 – Misunderstandings about humility and tolerance

Healthy self-understanding 2 – How the mind can hurt the self

Healthy and unhealthy emotions in the renounced order

Balancing forgiveness and justice 2 – What forgiveness isn’t and what it is

Balancing forgiveness and justice 1 – Why deterrence is essential

How to overcome dissatisfaction

Seek not moments of devotion – seek momentum in devotion

Does fixing the mind on Krishna require laborious mechanical repetition?

How to effectively study and apply the Gita

Free will and God’s will 3 – How God helps us free our free will

Free will and God’s will 2 – Understanding the trigger cause and target of our weaknesses

When Kripa participated in the murder of the Pandavas son why did they still accept him as their priest?

Can we pray to Krishna for removing obstacles in our material life?

If some devotees do great kirtan but don’t chant 16 rounds should we appreciate them?

Free will and God’s will 1 – God is the cause of all causes not all effects

If we are not the doers then are our mistakes actually our mistakes?

How can meat-eaters reincarnate in human bodies as past life memories cases suggest?

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How reincarnation makes sense of our existence and that of animals too

Should Gita 3.27 be we are not the only doers?

If someone’s religion allows meat-eating then is their eating meat a sin?

If someone is practicing bhakti but not chanting 16 rounds what is their destination?

Is the community responsible for fostering emotional maturity?

Seeker within achiever without

Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -2

Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -1

Even if we have problems we don’t have to be problems

How science and spirituality go together

How science points to spirituality

How to avoid sleepiness while chanting?

Do we need to master our emotions to be sensitive to others’ emotions – is being emotional bad?

Mother’s day Meditation – Conception Commercialization Spiritualization

What is spirituality and why we need it

What science can provide – and what it can’t

Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 3 – Changing our mind by changing our relationship with the mind

Does living near the temple help in developing Krishna consciousness?

Can karmic reactions come at the mental level?

Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology – 2 – Where mindfulness works and where it falls short

Should we pray that other devotees overcome their demonic qualities or not see any faults in devotees?

How can we distance ourselves from jealousy?

Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 1 – Is there anything beyond emotionality and rationality?

What is the difference between humble and meek?

By practicing spirituality how does our inner world change?

If our service is not giving results is that due to some deficiency in us?

When we can’t avoid anxiety what can we do?