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From Grudging to Gratitude 1 – Grudging is like driving with brakes pressed

Can you explain with examples how we can tolerate?

How should we deal with anti-devotional activities happening in our environment?

How can we give up undesirable habits that we keep relapsing into?

Don’t just stand – take a stand

From will and power to willpower

Gita 10.6 See genealogy as an arena for manifesting Krishna,s actions in this world

How can we sense better how a person is going to behave and prepare our response better?

How can we share our spirituality with others without being preachy?

How can we decide whether to try to change something or to let go?

SIMHA acronym – Glories of Prahlada and Narasimha

Is minimizing distress not like pushing problems under the carpet?

When new people feel disturbed by seeing groupism in our movement, how can we explain to them?

If our conditionings keep popping up what can we do?

How can we help temple visitors to become serious devotees?

How can we adapt without watering down?

When Krishna is not directly with us how can we know his will?

How can we chant purely?

What is wrong with practicing bhakti because the world is dreadful?

Among the four categories of people who come to Krishna does any one stay more than others?

How can we know whether our emotions are coming from the modes or from our bhakti practices?

How can we explain the rationale for letting go in some things to our nondevotee friends?

When Ravana had been seen going southwards, why did Rama send monkeys in all four direction?

When there is disunity, should we just surrender and wait for Krishna to restore unity or do something to restore unity?

If people speak in anger, doesn’t it reflect unfiltered what is in their heart?

If we are not spiritually advanced, do the problems we face come from our past karma or by Krishnas arrangement?

How can we stay spiritually focused and respond appropriately amidst situations of distrust?

Gita 18.38 Contact of senses and sense objects is not just physical but also visual

Does knowledge correlate with being judgmental?

How can we prevent or correct misunderstandings among devotees?

Why did Vali attribute negative intention to Sugriva – was he already suspicious?

After Valis death why didn’t Sugriva console himself by focusing on Valis atrocities?

When Sugriva had planned Vali’s fall, why did he feel remorse?

If others misjudge us, what should we do?

How can we deal with people with nondevotional values?

How can we overcome depression caused by frustration of expectations?

How can we practically cleanse our mind of negativity?

Reincarnation – Myth or Reality with Spanish Translation

The Karma Conundrum – Does our destiny make us or do we make it?

How can we let go of the past and the future, and focus on the present?

Does our desire for freedom from parents come from resentment towards them or from a genuine need for self-expression?

If traditional cultures aren’t against love, why are love marriages banned in ISKCON?

How can peer pressure be avoided?

Can we have hobbies that are neither spiritual nor sinful?

How can we serve purely?

If we let go of things, are we being cowardly?

Does satsang strengthen our buddhi – Hindi?

Select emotions with intelligence – Hindi

Cultivating the strength to let go

If our actions unintentionally hurt others, will we get the reaction?

When money provides all comforts, why is spiritual life needed?

Amidst today’s financial insecurity, how can we decide how much accumulation is enough?

When bhakti practice hasn’t yet changed our disposition, how can we take sound decisions?

Do we need to sometimes prioritize the spiritual over the material or the material over the spiritual?

Philosophy makes sense intellectually, but doesn’t sink emotionally – what to do?

Is crowding desires out of our mind not superficially distracting?

Is working hard and getting promoted in our job good?

Gita 02.08 Don’t let comforts lure you away from life’s purpose

Gita Essence 3 – The transformational power of love – World-knowledge as the vehicle for love

How can we scientifically explain reincarnation?

How can we explain Bhagavatam sections that contradict modern science?

How can we identify our natural inclinations?

What is wrong with sense gratification?

If scripture contains advanced material knowledge such as Vimana-shastra, why don’t we use it to make planes today?

How can we understand unbelievable statements from scripture?

How can we offer criticism constructively?

While seeking realization, how can we avoid speculation?

When Bhishma took shelter of the Kauravas’ wealth, why did Krishna shelter him at death?

Why is Krishna thirsty for our love when he has so many devotees loving him?

Attitude in outreach 2 – Explain the philosophy before the morality – Be respectfully compassionate

Attitude in outreach 1 – Present the product before the process – Be a role model

Gita Essence 2 – The transformational power of love – God-knowledge as the fuel for love

Gita 18.78 Human excellence and divine omnipotence herald victory

Gita 01.42 Today’s war against family increases self-centeredness and obstructs spiritual growth

Is there a scientific explanation of the benefits of eating prasad?

Can we scientifically prove the validity of scriptures?

What is the best way to present scriptural wisdom to scientists?

Does everything exist for Krishna’s pleasure?

How can we move on after painful conflicts with devotees?

What does seeing but not acting with equal vision mean?

How can we be detached when we want to offer the best service to Krishna?

How can we control impulsive behavior?

Gita 18.22 – A truncated representation of reality is not reality

Gita Essence 1- The transformational power of love – Self-knowledge as the basis of love

How can we know whether our decisions are right or wrong?

If strong speaking alienates people, should we still speak strongly or speak sensitively?

During chanting, how much is thinking of other related things acceptable?

If people are born together in a family because of similar karma, why are some family members so different?

Many scriptural storylines appear to be predestined – do we really have free will?

What is causeless mercy – how can we qualify for it – can it come without initiation?

Gita 16.24 – The transition from description to prescription requires discretion

How free is our free will?

Meditation on Niagara Falls

Science-Religion QA

How can we share bhakti wisdom with the non-religious?

What is our religious identity – what is a simple answer that our kids can give to other kids at school?

From mindless accumulation to mindful realization

Being religiously spiritual in a multi-cultural world

Gita 02.58 Inevitable exposure to sense objects is different from initiated or instigated exposure

Gita 16.09 All truth-claims are power-claims – This is also a truth-claim and a power-claim