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Is karma always bound to happen – what makes it happen?

​How can we smile at those who hurt us?

Do transcendentalists go beyond the body’s need for sleep?

Why do people blame women – Draupadi and Sita – for the epic’s wars?

Gita 14.23 We are not our scars, be they physical or emotional

Can we be sensitive and detached both?

​How can we avoid doing bhakti for external gains like prestige?

​Should we counterpush against circumstances or tolerate them?

How important is convincing people about Rama’s historicity?

​If something works for us but doesn’t work for others should we apologize for misguiding them?

Should devotees be desensitized from social causes or involved in them?

​​​​Is attribution error while dealing with devotees a Vaishnava apradha?

Should we not tell others that they have hurt us so that they don’t feel hurt?

​How do we avoid passion while working as leaders in the corporate world?

Mad people seem happy in their own world – are they really happy?

​The cause of temptation lies inside not outside

​If someone has hurt us, how can we forgive them?

Does doing good make the heart into a temple?

​How can we avoid judging others?

​How can we turn on our inner compass while living in the world?

​If Draupadi can have five husbands, what’s wrong with Muslims having many wives?

​Why did Dashratha distribute the ambrosia differently among his wives?

​How can I understand the mysterious things I saw in my out-of-body-experience?

​Can two souls be present in the same body?

Gita 14.22 Be a non-judgemental non-committal observer of your emotions

​Can people’s intelligence be improved by giving external inputs?

​Can two souls swap their bodies?

Are our decisions taken by the soul or the mind?

​​​​Is there any information in the universe other than that available through the senses?

​Can the soul see and have all sense perceptions without the body?

Is memory stored in the brain or the soul?

​During out-of-body experiences how does the soul stay connected with the body?

​How can we know for sure that the soul exists?

Which service is ideal – service according to our nature or service that is the need of the hour?

When Brahma is a brahmana, why does he make and provide weapons to others?

Gita 14.21 When the disease is subtle, we need education to perceive the symptoms of sickness and health

Is association of nondevotees like the kissing of a snake?

How can we change our default settings that we don’t know about? – Hindi

Improving our chanting – Hindi

What does everything will be achieved by chanting mean? – Hindi

Why does Uddhava say that remembering Krishna’s pastimes causes him distress?

When Pandu knew about his curse, why did he take his wives with him to the forest?

Are unconsciously committed offenses also counted as offenses?

Should devotees who like each other but have incompatible horoscopes get married?

​Does the guru always speak the will of God perfectly?

​Are gurukulas the best way for education for devotees’ children?

Gita 14.20 Those who transcend the modes transcend miseries

​Why does Krishna perform pastimes that are misunderstandable?

​While acting in our worldly relationships, how can we avoid attachment and stay surrendered to Krishna?

​As devotees, how do we choose among our various material roles?

​Rama disregarded Ayodhya citizens when going to exile himself, but not when exiling Sita – Why?

​Can women study scripture when their body is in an unclean state?

​What is intelligence – do women and lower castes have it less?

Why does ISKCON practice double standards by allowing donors, not others, to do deity abhisheka on festivals?

​How can Krishna’s loving nature be reconciled with the sufferings of hell?

Bhagavatam highlights devotion through recollection in separation

QA in Nasik 2 April 2016

QA in Nasik 1 April 2016

​What chemistry is needed for having intimate Vaishnava relationships?

​Why do we give more importance to our material relationships than our devotee relationships?

Should women be allowed to enter Shani temple?

​To minimize their material entanglement, should devotees try to give their children the cheapest education?

Do women have the same rights as men in ISKCON?

​​​​How does Bhaktisiddhanta S statement about institution being evil apply to ISKCON?

​How does destiny affect our life’s ups and downs – how is it affected by our spiritual practice?

Gita 14.19 Seeing that our actions are impelled by the modes inspires us to resist the desires induced by the modes

Gita 14.18 Goodness leads to elevation, passion to stagnation, ignorance to degradation

Gita 14.17 Different modes foster different emotions, dispositions and destinations

​Does devotion need to be exhibited?

Some Jains say that Krishna is still living in hell – is this true?

​Appreciating Rama’s appreciation of Lakshmana – Ramanavmi class

​Was scripture written by the powerful to keep others in control?

​Should we try to seek clarification to all our doubts?

​How can a community avoid guru groupism?

​What values can senior devotees impart to other devotees?

What is the importance of Ekadashi and of visiting temple on Ekadashi?

​Though I want to be a serious devotee, why do I remain so short-tempered?

​What qualities should leaders have – how can leaders inspire others?

How can we establish the authenticity of scripture?

​Rama: Fact, not Fiction

​How important is applying shastra in our life?

​How can we connect with Krishna when we have to work eight hrs daily in office?

​When the senses, mind and intelligence do wrong, why does the soul suffer consequences?

​How do we understand Krishna’s disappearance?

Why did Shalya fight on Duryodhana’s side just because of getting good reception?

If we don’t even realize when we do wrong, how can we correct it?

Who is Vishnu – who is Krishna – what is their relationship?

Gita 14.16 Piety purifies, craving torments and intoxication stupefies

Gita 14.15 The modes are not just psychological constructs, they are also post-mortem destination shapers

​Why did Rama not consult Vashishtha when sending Sita away?

​How can we infer that we are advancing spiritually?

If Krishna is reciprocal, why does Shikshashtakam call for loving Krishna even if he neglects us?

​Don’t be attached to being detached

​Do we need diksha guru – is shiksha guru enough?

​How to continue bhakti when we don’t have devotee association?

​Why did Rama not obey Vashishtha when asked to return to Ayodhya?

​If all devotees will go to Krishna, what benefit do more dedicated devotees get?

​Is there a purpose for punishment?

How do we know the difference between what feels good and what is actually spiritual?

Gita 14.14 A disposition of knowledge and purity elevates to the destination of the knowledgeable and the pure