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In the conflict between the mind and the intelligence, who decides?

​Where do our intuitions come from?

​How to persevere when humility feels very difficult to achieve?

​If we are purpose-centered, aren’t we still self-centered?

​How to deal with the feeling that the class is meant for others?

​How to understand statements of extreme humility in saints?

​Does humility mean complete surrender to Krishna?

​Is humility practical in the professional world?

​How can we avoid pride while using our talents in Krishna’s service?

​What is the stage between self-pity and ego?

​Does chanting with humility mean to think I am doing this for Krishna?

​Why do we talk only about mind control and not about intelligence control?

​Is begetting children a duty to one’s ancestors?

​How can we balance humility with self-confidence?

​What is the destination of spiritualists who don’t follow scripture properly?

​Are brahmanas allowed to eat meat?

​Where is the soul present in plants?

​Is it right to kill large quantity of grass to cultivate one plant or grain?

​Why should we avoid speaking points just because they are unpopular?

​Should we improve the material skills needed for service or improve our consciousness?

​Can the Gita’s verses be translated differently from what Prabhupada did?

Can not desiring perfection lead to a casual attitude in service?

Why are only services done in the temple, and not activities done in the home temple, considered as seva?

How is Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s example of practicing bhakti applicable today?

How can we do our best in both spiritual and material life?

Krishna is universal yet personal – Janmasthami meditation 3

Krishna teaches “Prepare for the worst, strive for the best” – Janmasthami meditation 2

Krishna teaches “Contribution without position” – Janmasthami meditation 1

Krishna descends to elevate us to happiness – Janmashtami class (Hindi)

Self-destruction Strategies 5 – See your work as Maya

​When a person is possessed by a ghost, where are the two souls situated?

Is meat-eating sinful or is it just to be avoided for spiritual progress?

​What happens to Krishna when his deity is desecrated?

​Does the seekers’ consciousness make the deities divine or are they actually divine?

​What to do if I don’t feel emotions for Krishna naturally, but only after contemplation?

​Can we present scripture according to our understanding?

​When intellectual level is higher than sensual, why are intellectual devotees still attracted to sensual pleasure?

​How can an intellectual practice bhakti without becoming intellectually deviated?

Can the guru take back to godhead even disciples who are still works in progress?

​Should devotees rigidly force people to take to Krishna consciousness?

Why is the message of God so different in different religions?

​Are terrorists like snakes who deserve to be killed without trial and who don’t deserve last rites?

What is the destination of terrorists who blow themselves up while chanting Allah?

How should we behave with non-religious people?

​​How is a terrorist different from a freedom fighter?

​Are people without avenues for democratic expression justified in resorting to terrorism?

Who can be affected by black magic?

Self-destruction strategies 4 – Let guilt come between you and Krishna

Self-destruction strategies 3 – Treat the peripheral as the essential

Self-destruction strategies 2 – Be a perfectionist

What is tantra – is it material or spiritual?

How can we draw lessons from scripture – should we stick only to lessons given by acharyas?

​How can Vishvanatha Chakravarti say that scriptural verses are grammatically inaccurate?

​Do we need different teachers for different areas of life?

​Is deity worship meant for the less intelligent?

How to respond to scholars who consider abstract principles more important than bhakti specifics?

​What does “Yamadutas are afraid to approach devotees” mean?

Why doesn’t Lord Shiva guide his devotees to Vishnu?

Can there be pure devotion to Lord Shiva?

Can Lord Shiva also grant liberation?

How can we guide people who find chanting 16 rounds impossible?

Was Yudhishtira’s gambling Draupadi after he had lost himself dharmic or adharmic?

Isn’t the idea that everyone can’t understand dharma elitist?

How can the Gita’s spiritual knowledge be compared to nuclear weapons knowledge?

When Bhishma comes after Ajamila pastime, how does that pastime list him as a mahajan?

QA on balancing the material and the spiritual

Self destruction Strategies 1 – Mistake self-pity to be humility

When God fails – Krishna as shanti-duta

Bhagavatam canto 6 study 6 6.4.1-34 The pure heart is the secret to know the pure Lord

Aversion to commitment is not detachment

​Do we need to combat social threats to dharma to preserve an environment conducive for practicing dharma in future?

Balaram Jayanti class – Balaram acts as the via media between Krishna and the Vrajavasis as well as the conditioned souls

How we defeat ourselves – and how we can stop doing so

Understanding how to understand scripture – Ladder of abstraction and nature of attribution

Gita Insights on Terrorism

How can we understand which qualities are good and which bad?

How to avoid becoming indecisive when encountering different advices from different people?

How can we avoid being misled by people who are confident but wrong?

Why don’t we like the good and dislike the bad?

How can we live in the present alone without learning from the past or preparing for the future?

How to respond when things go wrong?

How can we know ourselves well enough to make wise choices with lifelong consequences?

How can we better execute our plans?

How to persevere despite our failures in following standards?

Is the mind alone the link between the gross body and the soul – or are the intelligence and false ego also included?

How can one practice bhakti without going through other yogas?

How can knowledge of other yogas help in practicing bhakti?

How can we differentiate between the mind’s voice and the Supersoul’s voice?

Is citta a part of the subtle body?

Learning to live with the mind – 2

How can we harmonize our inclination with higher instruction while serving?

How can we develop the mood of serving Krishna in everything we do?

​How can we avoid ego while doing what we like to do?

How can we avoid indulging in a thing while thinking negatively about avoiding it?

How can we give bhakti to beggars and other poor people?

Can enterprising devotees open devotional schools for offering both material and spiritual welfare?

​Why is Krishna not revealed in the Vedas – why was Bhagavatam needed to reveal him?

Does a culture of free mixing among genders make bhakti impossible to practice?

Why is Lord Chaitanya considered supremely merciful?

​Why are ISKCON programs in the West attended mostly by Indians?