Audio Lectures

The missing self in the selfie

Gita 02.20-30 Go beyond lamentation by understanding the eternality of the soul and the multiplicity of its reincarnations

How the Universal Form makes Krishna accessible

Prabhupada life-story 09 – Alone and unaided in an alien land

Overcoming negative emotions 3 – Fear

Understanding religion and bhakti in the three modes

How the fictional points to the spiritual

QA on dealing with material desires, excessive workload, inattentiveness in chanting and other bhakti principles

Understanding the spiritual world, the power of bhakti and Narottama Das Thakura’s contribution to the bhakti tradition

Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 5

Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 4

Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 3

Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 2

Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 1

Ramayana reflections – Maricha represents worship in fear

Damodara lila analysis – Going beyond cultural conceptions to spiritual revelation

How our vision alters our perception – Gita study 01.24-36

Overcoming negative emotions 2 – Depression

Is Krishna-bhakti universal when it is so specific?

Prabhupada life-story 08 – Journey on Jaladuta – Physically demanding, Divinely revealing

What we can learn from our dreams

Science, Spirituality & Self-improvement

Simplify Clarify Purify – Three principles for a fulfilling life

Live in the present but not for the present

From material detachment to spiritual attachment – Ignorance Tolerance Transcendence Immanence

Prabhupada life-story 07 – Seeking to reach the Western mind

The essence of the spiritual world and of spiritual life is not location but disposition

Overcoming negative emotions 1 – Resentment

Developing Vaishnava qualities

Remembrance of Krishna cuts karmic bondage by providing intelligence taste and love

Three principles for controlling the mind – Intelligence Diligence and Dependence

Even if we can’t be grateful for all circumstances we can be grateful in all circumstances

My journey from material science to spiritual science – QA session

From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 4 – Understanding Pravrtti

From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 3 – Understanding Artha

From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 2 – Understanding Nivrtti

From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 1 – Understanding Anartha

Prabhupada life-story 06 – Taking sannyasa & starting Bhagavatam commentary

Bhagavatam study 67 01.13.30-38 When it is time to renounce embrace renunciation as a challenge and avoid discouragers

Sharpening our focus – going beyond piety to spirituality and the mental to the spiritual

Go beyond your inner critic & your inner daredevil

Love may be unscientific but is it unreal?

Appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s presentation of devotion and of Ratha Yatra as a global festival of devotion

FEAR acronym – Learning to deal with our fears

Deal with desire not by indulgence or resistance but by intelligence and transcendence

Cultivate not just factual memories but also emotional memories

Gopi Gita 3 – “We cannot tolerate your feet being hurt by thorns – please return”

Gopi Gita 2 – “You alone can free us from contamination and tribulation – please return”

Prabhupada life-story 05 – Indian Partition – Transcendence amidst turbulence

Gopi Gita 1 – “Whoever you are – Lord or lover – please come back”

Desires exhaust us but remain inexhaustible themselves

Understanding and fulfilling the Bhagavatam’s purpose by cultivating sensitivity

Bhagavatam study 66 01.13.24-29 Detachment emerges from education that changes our definition of success

The Bhagavad-gita is a yoga text for emotional empowerment

Change your inner world to change your outer world

Improving Japa 2 – Concentrate by cultivating interest and appreciating importance

Improving Japa 1 – Understand how and when we get distracted

Cultists Fanatics and Spiritual Shoppers – Making sense of the world’s religious scenario

Temptation is caused not so much by perception as by provocation

Six loving exchanges – Opening the heart and reciprocating with the opened heart

We are defined by the questions we ask – in life in science and in spirituality

Prabhupada life-story 04 – League of Devotees – A clique thwarts the promise

Irrational irritability results from indiscriminate sensuality

Go beyond the mind’s transitory feelings to the heart’s transcendental feelings

To be devoted means to look for devotional openings constantly

The Entertainment Industry – Giving the least valuable the most value reflects ignorance

Bring out the best you 3 – Spiritual help

Bring out the best you 2 – Social help

Bring out your best 1 – Self-help

Can we logically prove God’s existence – Backward and forward reasoning

From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 7 – Love in separation is the culmination of love

Prabhupada life-story 03 – The dedicated disciple takes up the mission

Renunciation doesn’t make devotion attractive – devotion makes renunciation attractive

From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 6 – Parakiya-rasa is not immoral but trans-moral

From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 5 – Radha and Krishna are one soul in two bodies

Radharani is the epitome of pure selfless service

Learning to not go up and down with life’s ups and downs – Gita 02.54-57

From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 4 – Relishing the transformational legacy of God’s greatness and sweetness

Understanding consciousness and its four levels – Jagruti Svapna Sushupti and Turya

From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 3 – PEAR acronym for becoming a rasika

From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 2 – How Karma and Jnana Culminate in Bhakti

Reincarnation and the Search for Meaning – Evidence Explanation & Evolution

Kusum Sarovar meditation – Cherishing the culture rich with spiritual stimuli

The mind is not the problem – the mindset is

From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 1 – Understanding how love culminates in bhakti

Self-help social help and spiritual help – understanding how they work together

Prabhupada life-story 02 – From political activist to spiritual activist

Gajendra Moksha Katha 5 – Which comes first – giving up lower taste or getting higher taste – Hindi

Gajendra Moksha Katha 4 – How age helps us become renounced – and how it doesn’t – Hindi

Gajendra Moksha Katha 3 – Understanding when to wield control and when to yield control – Hindi

Gajendra Moksha Katha 2 – Deviated spiritualists may lose the human body but not their spiritual attraction – Hindi

The Blue Whale Challenge and the desperate human need for self-validation

LEAD acronym – 4 Leadership Sutras from Bhagavad-gita

Those who believe that their mind is their friend become their own enemies

DEEP acronym – What our phone can teach us about our mind

OASIS – Five reflections for self-improvement

Discover the Baahubali within you

Gajendra Moksha Katha 1 – Understanding how our mental impressions shape us – Hindi

4 lessons about our mind from our phone – Distortion Discretion Determination, Devotion

Live from #FB Bandstand Q&A on reincarnation with Chaitanya Charan Das