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Is the idea of focusing on material life instead of spiritual life a deviation from Prabhupadas teachings?

In Bhagavatam canto 2, what is the relation between Parikshitas question and Brahmas listing various avataras?

In yugas when Krishna doesnt descend which avatar descend?

In Gita 13.24 why does Krishna say that he has spoken about the modes when he hasn’t spoken about them?

Gita 06.25 – Don’t expect overnight change – determinedly make gradual changes

Gita 13.26 – Hearing is foundational to the topmost yoga

Lust brings out our lower side – love, our higher side

Gita 06.24 – Determination means rejection of dejection

Gita 06.23 – Yoga brings disconnection from our infatuation with misery

Brahma Samhita 5.44 – Cultivate a Krishna-centered, not self-centered, vision of nature

Gita 18.61 – Krishna doesn’t cause our worldly wandering – he frees us from the cause of that wandering

Gita 09.02 – The most powerful knowledge brings about the most auspicious destruction

Gita 02.52 – Take the intelligence beyond the illusion of knowledge

Gita 03.41 – Alluring sense objects are the trigger, not the cause, of lust

Gita 06.22 – Seek the achievement beyond hankering and lamentation

Gita 13.27 – Let sensory perception stimulate spiritual contemplation

Gita 04.35 – Focus on the knowledge that fulfills the purpose of knowledge

Gita 16.10 – Differentiate between kama as an enemy and kama as a purusha-artha

Gita 18.73 – Harmony with the Supreme is the sure sign of enlightenment

Gita 02.72 – Spiritual connectedness can provide peace even amidst violence

Gita 06.20 – Stop outer obsession to begin inner perception

Gita 16.17 – Devotion is a matter of inner intention, not outer ostentation

Gita 14.01 – The Gita’s jnana section higlights its bhakti essence

Gita 18.35 – Expecting the worst of everything is ignorant, not transcendent

Gita 06.19 – Minimize the wind of disturbing desires to maximize the flame of meditation

Brahma Samhita meditation 2 – Krishna is not just the greatest in a hierarchy but the greatest beyond any hierarchy

The quest for fame deconstructed and redirected

Gita 06.18 – Self-control leads to real self-awareness

Gita 06.21 – The intelligence opens the door to trans-sensory happiness

Gita 06.17 – Material regulation cataylzes yogic liberation

Gita 17.03 – Gita’s categorization goes deeper than just believers and nonbelievers

Gita 14.18 – The modes present choices and propel us to choose

Gita 14.02 – Take shelter of the knowledge that inspires us to take shelter of Krishna

Gita 06.16 – Take responsibility for determining bodily balance

Gita 06.15 – Yoga brings mental regulation and spiritual liberation

Gita 16.09 – Our conception critically changes our contribution

Gita 14.13 – Illumination and action make our life all-round productive

Gita 06.14 – Use material dispassion to establish spiritual connection

Gita 02.66 – We need Krishna-connection to keep our intelligence and mind on track

Three levels of manifestation of Jagannatha Rath Yatra

Gita 06.13 – Physical position is meant to facilitate mental absorption

Gita 18.35 – We don’t lack determination – we lack direction for our determination

Defiance used in the service of devotion – Ramayana reflection

Brahma Samhita 5.30 – venum kvanantam – The creator adores his creator

Gita 06.12 – Concentration is the foundation for purification

Gita 14.11 – Is our acquistion of knowledge done with knowledge?

Gita 14.16 – Goodness detoxifies our consciousness

Gita 16.16 – The more we are spiritually deprived, the more become materialy depraved

Gita 18.57 – Don’t renounce work – offer work to Krishna

Gita 06.11 – Seek a balance between externals and internals

Gita 14.12 – Passion produces workoholism – protect yourself by devotion

Gita 06.10 – Popular yoga is not spiritual yoga

What to when the mind despite our devotional practices gets caught in something?

Gita 06.09 – Equal vision towards those who relate unequally is challenging

Gita 06.08 – Realization brings satisfaction and equal vision

Gita 06.07 – The controlled mind disregards dualities and discovers the Supersoul

Gita 06.06 – Train the mind as a horse is trained

Gita 06.05 – The responsibility for controlling the mind rests on us

Gita 06.04 – Rigorous renunciation characterizes the yogarudha stage

Gita 06.03 – Different levels require different methods for progress

Are ISKCON devotees CIA agents?

Are the nine items of devotional service progressive?

What is the Vedic perspective on panpsychism?

Are sakhyam from nine items of devotional service and sakhya from the five rasas related?

How can we avoid blaming our spiritual life for our not being fast enough or ambitious enough in our material life?

What is the role of creativity in goodness?

How can we remember Krishna constantly in a passionate company environment?

The Deity has form but the holy name doesn’t – isn’t worshiping both together contradictory?

Gita 06.02 – Renunciation of matter and connection with spirit share the same purpose

Does humility mean dishonestly blaming ourselves for things we haven’t done?

What is the difference between humility and inferiority complex?

Pada-sevanam – Bhakti is a relationship of ecstatic inequality

Gita 06.01 – Renunciation means to give up the shelter of work’s fruits

Focus on the universality of suffering, not its variety

How do the sages’ austerities produce fire?

Why is Dattatreya described so briefly in the Bhagavatam – what is the significance?

Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord

Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation

How was Kunti ever truthful when she lied to conceal Bhima’s identity?

Why was there ajnata vasa in Mahabharata, but not in Ramayana?

Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards

Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon

Isn’t it material conception of Deity to offer fan or candana when we feel hot in summer?

Is the bead bag to be worshiped like Krishna?

How much is the jurisdiction of our free will?

Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities

Are there some Deities that are jagruta?

Is it good to practice bhakti because it teaches us good values?

Is it good to practice bhakti due to our cultural upbringing?

Krishna went to Kubja to satisfy her desires – how to understand?

Is KC also exclusivist because those who don’t accept Krishna’s form are said to be doomed?

How does bhakti compare with vipashana?

How does KC take us inwards when it involves many external activities?

Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual

When thinking is done by the soul, how can our thoughts be material?

When infinity is an attribute of Bhagavan, how can he manifest in a finite form?

When matter is indestructible what’s wrong with attraction to material forms?

Why are we attracted towards forms and not attracted towards Krishna’s forms?

Aren’t those who doubt whether Deities can perform miracles faithless skeptics?

Does seeing natural laws instead of Deities’ reciprocation amount to shallow Krishna consciousness?