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Bhagavatam first canto study 5 – 1.2.1-1.2.8 – The Bhagavatam’s speaker and subject are radically exalted

Lakshmi Narasmiha Karavalamba Stotra Meaning 1

Gita 04.10 – Overcome 3 obstructive attitudes for taking shelter of Krishna

Gita 04.09 – Attainment of Krishna is not rebirth, but release from rebirth

Lord Narasimha – Half-man half-lion full-God

Gita 04.08 – Let Krishna establish dharma within

Gita 04.07 – Universality of opportunity defines and distinguishes dharma

Gita 04.06 – Don’t presume familiarity with concepts due to familiarity with terms

Gita 04.05 – Krishna spiritual position is not affected by his material location

Gita 04.04 – Accept responsibility for clear communication – don’t affix blame for unclear communication

How can karma such as fighting in army be spiritualized?

What does “avyakta” mean in the Gita’s eighth chapter?

How can we work for Krishna and avoid contaminating association in our workplaces?

When Upadeshamrita is for seekers, why does it start by telling who can become a guru?

How are other rasas higher than shanta rasa?

In what sense is the Brihad Aranyaka Upansihad before the Ishopanishad?

How can the finite soul experience infinite happiness?

Which is the best way to read scripture?

Why is the irreligious West prosperous and religious India poor?

Is pain is caused by bodily attachment, how can painkillers stop the pain?

Gita 04.03 – Krishna reveals his glory to those who delight in that glory

Is anand present in the cit aspect of the Absolute Truth too?

How is Krishna attained by doing duty – doesn’t one need to rise to love for him?

How does mastery in yajna lead to Krishna consciousness?

As Krishna is the ultimate beneficiary, is devata prasad also Krishna-prasad?

If yajnas are not done will there be no rains?

What is the destination of those who take devatas’ prasad?

Gita 04.02 When time brings things down, let Krishna take things up

Gita 04.02 – The Gita lives through those who live the Gita

If brahmajyoti is nondifferent from Krishna, as is his holy name, what’s wrong with meditating on brahmajyoti?

Why do Hindus worship ghastly gods with skulls?

Is Jesus the only way to God and Hinduism the lie of the Devil?

If Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth, why are Hindus so poor?

Is God too big to be contained in a picture?

Does the system of karma and rebirth imply that there is no forgiveness?

Is super-consciousness the same as Krishna consciousness?

If Krishna acts exemplarily why did he perform rasa-lila?

Gita 04.01 – Yogic knowledge comes from transcendental source through extra-terrestrial route to terrestrial recipient

Why did Dhirtarashtra ask for eyes to see the universal form but refuse the eyes to see the Kurukshetra war?

Why are Krishna and Arjuna both referred by the name Jishnu?

Are the names Ramayana and Narayana related?

When Lord Shiva is the destroyer why is he considered auspicious?

Gita 03.43 – Use intelligence to pursue transcendence and subdue lust

Was Drona a pure devotee? Was he a spiritual teacher?

Why are the Gita’s first and last chapters of Krishna’s instructions its longest chapters?

Material existence without the human form is pointless

Gita 03.42 – In the line of fire from lust the soul is the last

Gita 03.41 – Regulation is the foundation for purification

What do the terms karya karana kartrtva adhyatma adhibhuta and adhiyajna in SB 2.5.19 mean?

Why does Prabhupada say in Gita 2.38p that sankhya doesn’t refer to and does refer to the Bhagavatam’s sankhya?

Whose Sankhya is the authorized Sankhya – the sage Kapila’s or of the avatara Kapila’s?

How is internal cleanliness a bodily austerity?

What is the difference between austerity and penance?

How can we ensure that our words of correction act as scalpels, not axes?

How can devotees avoid getting deviated to the heavenly planets?

Bhagavatam first canto study 4 – 1.1.4-1.1.23 – The sages’ questions

Gita 03.40 – Lust has taken over our knowledge-acquiring mechanism

Gita 03.39 – The eternal enemy blinds, binds and burns

Gita 03.38 – No one is exempt from lust’s delusion

Gita 03.37 – Inner enemies are more dangerous than outer enemies

Gita 03.36 – Alien desires become our own and impel us to sin

How could a brahmana be so illiterate as to to not be able to read the Gita?

Which are the important commentaries on the Gita?

Why are there so many commentaries on the Gita?

What does “our senses are meant for Krishna’s satisfaction” mean?

What is the difference between doubt and curiosity?

What can we do in a relationship when the other person doesn’t want clarification?

When we don’t get any reciprocation despite calling Krishna earnestly for long, what can we do?

What is the difference between goodness and pure goodness?

Bhagavatam Overview – Canto 1 – Setting the Scene of Devotion in Separation

Gita 03.35 – Credit lies in sticking to duty under duress, not in changing duty

Terrorism – The Extreme Expression of a Culture of Ignorance

Jaya Jaya Jagannatha meaning – The Lord’s many forms manifest his manifold mercy

Gita 03.34 – Don’t let sensory urges steal dharmic credits

How does marriage change sex from wrong to right?

What exactly was Bharata Maharaj’s mistake?

How could Bharata Maharaj have become attached to a deer after renouncing the world?

How can we overcome our ego?

What does it mean to not take credit for the things we do?

Gita 03.33 – Our varna nature needs to be channelized, not repressed

When neither yajnik-brahmanis nor their husbands get Krishna’s shelter, what is the point of that pastime?

Why is Vritrasura portrayed as a demon in the Rig-Veda and as a devotee in the Bhagavatam?

Why does Jiva Goswami deem Bhagavatam 2.2.37 the book’s phala-shruti?

How can we avoid getting lost in the many conversations in the Bhagavatam?

Which are the important commentaries on the Bhagavatam?

What is the difference between energies in Gita chp 7 and potencies in chp 9?

Gita 03.32 – Turning away from Krishna defeats the purpose of knowledge

Gita 03.31 – Krishna’s words are eternal and faith-worthy

Gita 03.30 – Focus not on detaching from the entangling but on attaching to the liberating

Are the Vedas actually ambiguous or just nonspecific about ultimate purpose?

Just delight in the Lord’s glories – he govinda he gopala song meaning

What is the difference between giving up action and renunciation in Gita 3.4?

If we have devotional intention do we still get karmic reactions for incidental sins?

Did others apart from Arjuna see Krishna’s universal form?

How does the material body become spiritualized by bhakti?

Is it hypocritical to criticize others for faults we ourselves have?

Gita 03.29 – The wise should elevate, not agitate, the ignorant

Surrender by service and meditation – Sarvasva tomara meaning

Is the notion of time – of past, present, future – an illusion?

Gita 03.28 – To know the truth means to see how spirit can stay disentangled from matter during action