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If a relationship is severely strained but it has to go on, what to do?

Adulation, distortion and denigration differentiate scientism from science

Spiritualizing our relationships 3 – Learning to separate people from their behavior

In the Bhagavatam, devotees renounce the world to serve the Lord, but in the Vitthal tradition, devotees serve their parents while the Lord waits – how to reconcile?

How can we explain tangibly what consciousness is?

When our consciousness goes up and down regularly, how is consciousness irreducible?

Different brain areas are activated when we have different emotions – doesn’t that show consciousness comes from the brain?

Is our nature never changeable – Hindi?

If people can’t change their nature, how can they improve – Hindi?

When facing problems, how can we go beyond blaming others and blaming our own past karma – Hindi?

Why do we so easily forgive ourselves – Hindi?

Why don’t people remember past lives in other species?

How can we decide when to give up one service and take up some other service?

In past-life memories cases, how do wounds on the previous body manifest as birth marks on the next body?

Do you remember your past lives?

When presenting philosophy from one perspective, how can we avoid getting carried away and rejecting other perspectives?

If devotees are becoming lethargic in professional life, should we encourage them to aim high?

Does the subconscious mind help us to do whatever we think repeatedly with our conscious mind?

Should a brahmachari change his ashrama if his astrological chart is unfavorable for renunciation?

What is the difference between the mind and the modes?

We are never too far away from relapse Gita 02.60

Understanding what is mental and what is spiritual

Reincarnation – From Romance to Research

Which is better – learning with the intelligence or learning with the mind?

When a problem goes on for a long time and our attempts to solve it only aggravate it, what should we do – Hindi?

How can we get the mind out of a problem when we need to think about the problem to solve it – Hindi?

Should we do a service that pleases our authority but upsets other devotees?

If we as managers take some strong decisions, some devotees feel hurt and hit back at us – should we take such decisions?

Does responsibility mean doing whatever we are told to do or doing big projects under instruction?

How can we know whether we are surrendered?

Dealing with conflicts by dealing with the mind – Hindi

When passion gains domination, it sends reason on vacation

If we don’t direct contemplation, fascination and dedication to Krishna, wherever they get directed will become our addiction

Who is our worst enemy?

When someone’s conditioning troubles us, but they expect us to continue tolerating, what should we do?

What is the difference between karma-yoga and bhakti-yoga – Marathi

Why was Lord Chaitanya harsh with Chota Haridas and lenient with Balabhadra Bhattacharya?

Can we get rid of unwanted thoughts by neglect?

How can we stay enthusiastic in a service where results take a long time to come?

How does the example of sometimes serving and sometimes receiving in a tennis match apply practically in the brahmachari ashram?

Which is more dangerous – failure of the mind or failure of the intelligence?

Authenticity, Superficiality, Purity – Understanding the difference

For transmitting spiritual knowledge, cultivate fixity of purpose and flexibility of process

How do we differentiate between ego and self-confidence?

How is the discriminatory caste system justifiable?

In parts of India where people eat meat extensively, how can we attract them to bhakti?

If the impressions from past failures push us towards failure again, how do we break free?

How do we keep our spiritual focus while living up to various social expectations?

We don’t know our strengths and the social mirror distorts our self-conception further – where then can we begin knowing ourselves?

When different people with different mental frames discuss a problem, why is a particular person’s solution accepted?

Apart from positive-negative thinking, does past karma comprise barriers in our destiny?

Learn to fail or fail to learn

Deflecting attention doesn’t decrease addiction – develop connection

While putting Krishna first, when devotees neglect others, how can good devotee-relationships develop?

If someone has helped us in our pre-devotional life, but is now unfavorable to our bhakti, how should we interact with them?

How can we strengthen our relationship with Krishna?

Is it ok to have material desires?

When we have more things in control, we feel less dependent on Krishna – what to do?

If prolonged problems leave us disheartened, how can we regain our morale – Hindi?

When problems stay on for a long time, how can we avoid losing faith – Hindi?

How can we stay devotionally enthusiastic amidst financial difficulties – Hindi?

Acceptance is the beginning of transcendence – where all does this apply – Hindi?

How to surrender amidst different and difficult situations – Hindi

Happiness will come by destiny, without our endeavoring – how do we understand this practically?

When Krishna tells Arjuna that your nature will make you fight, then where is free will?

If a child is born retarded and dies without doing anything, what is the point of such a life?

How can we be devotionally conscious when working with materialistic people in a hospital?

When we deal with dissatisfaction, how can we know whether we are acting by Krishna’s guidance or our mind’s conditioning?

If a service is incompatible with our nature, what should we do?

How do we differentiate between needs and wants?

How can we practice austerity of the mind?

Appreciating India after traveling in America – Hindi

When we don’t get an intimation of our death, as did Parikshit, how should we practice bhakti?

How can we know what karma we have done in the past?

How can we conquer all our fears?

Does the default setting come from the mind or the brain?

Why should we go to a temple when we can serve poor people or open hospitals?

When we can have a temple in our home, why do we need to go to a temple?

How do we help people who know about karma but think it won’t apply to me?

When we are provoked, we get angry despite our resolutions not to do so – what to do?

See the positive, not the negative, as the primary active force in the cosmos

Spiritualizing our relationships 2 – To improve relationships, decrease expectation and increase contribution

Our intelligence is our security system – don’t let temptation disable it Gita 02.63

Why crave for hours and years for pleasures that last for moments Gita 05.22

To say that philosophy is dead is to be dead to philosophy Gita 18.22

Whom are we giving our mind – Hindi

Can we say that the brain processes various energies and one kind of energy processing leads to consciousness?

Is an unfavourable family situation Krishna’s arrangement – should we accept or reject that situation – Hindi?

If feelings of satisfaction deter us from doing difficult duties, what should we do – Hindi?

If we give up all emotions, then what will motivate us to work – Hindi?

Is thinking negatively the default setting of the mind – Hindi?

If we feel fear about losing our loved ones, how can we overcome that fear?

Is it natural to have expectations – does spiritual life change that?

In ancient India, there were many different belief systems, as there are now – why is this?

If someone helps us but makes us feel bad about having taken their help, should we keep a distance from them?

If we practice bhakti simply to look good in others’ eyes, how can we advance?

Is there a fine line between when matter takes us towards Krishna and when it takes us away from Krishna?

How can we remember that we are devotees when we are with materialistic people?

If we surrender to Krishna because of fear that we will face problems otherwise, is that surrender genuine?

After practicing spirituality, we feel less materially insecure – does that mean we are spiritually advanced or are irresponsible?