Audio Lectures

​What cricket can teach us about life 1

​​Why Rama banished Sita – Hindi

Counter the inner negative conversation of doubt and desire

​Appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s transcendence in sharing bhakti

Appreciating the devotional despair of Damodarashtakam

Appreciating Tattva Sandarbha

​Diwali meditation on Science and spirituality

​Pressing on when things don’t make sense

​Near death experiences demystified

Spirituality for caregivers

How Rama tests Bharata – and how we can pass the test of desires

​Learning to manage our desires – Gita 02.64-72

Sumanta-Akrura parallels and ADD acronym for dealing with doubts

​Rasa Lila or rash lila 2- The historical misunderstanding

​Rasa Lila or rash lila 1- The philosophical misunderstanding

​Tap the triangularity of desires through good association

​Understanding why Rama banished Sita

“Proactive Leadership” talk at UDELAS Universidad Especializada de las Américas

​Respond to adversity with dignity

Your enemy is inside you – and so is your friend – with Spanish translation

Tap the power of your mind​ – with Spanish translation

​Key to success – Go DEEP

Proactive Leadership – with Spanish translation

​Discover your inner power – with Spanish translation

​What dogs, birds and elephants teach us about our habits – with Spanish translation

​​​​What happens after death

What your phone can teach you about your mind

​Activate the grand rapid flow of bhakti by restructing your mental architecture

​A Bhagavad-gita view of religious diversity

Tap the power of consciousness

​QA on Bhagavad-gita and bhakti philosophy

​Matters that matter more than matter – Origin, value & purpose

Mahabharata 3 – Karna – Deciding based on intent, content or effect

​Science vs Religion – Talk & QA

​What near death experiences mean for all of us

​Examining our definition of happiness

Mahabharata 2 – Draupadi – Dishonored yet honorable

​Learning to change our rasa from the world to Krishna

​Mahabharata 1 – Bhishma – Misunderstood by the world, understood by Krishna

​Four animal metaphors for managing the mind – horse, wolf, dog and sheep

Understand your machine to relish your self

​Consciousness, the subconscious and conscience – understanding and transforming our inner world

Analyzing Nanda-Vasudeva conversation – Destiny is never an excuse for neglecting duty

Understanding the Bhagavatam’s chronological and conceptual flow

​Seek not moments of bhakti – seek momentum in bhakti

​Don’t identify with the mind – identify the mind

​Seek the synergy of siddhanta, sadhana and sadachara

​Channeling our emotions on the path of yoga – Gita 06.20-23

Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 2 – Understanding inconceivability as an explanation for the world’s nature

The search for happiness

Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 1 – Understanding God is all that exists

Spirituality in an age of science – Maximizing human potential

Spirituality in an age of science – Managing the messy mind

​Tragic Hero – Life Lessons from Karna – Princeton University

​The quest for happiness is frustrated materially and fulfilled spiritually

​God helps those who help themselves – Common understanding, misunderstanding and devotional understanding

​Holy Name seminar – Becoming conscious of our consciousnss, our distractions and our Lord

Transform anxiety into intensity by spirituality

Focus not on the cause – focus on the cure

Near-death Experiences – The evidence and the implication

​Take charge of your inner conversation

​Balancing renunciation with responsibility

​Growing in devotion through assimilation, application and appreciation

​Spirituality – A higher-dimensional science

The Quest for Happiness

Religious tolerance, intolerance and transcendence – Reflections on Haridasa Thakura pastimes

When the mind cries wolf, don’t fall for its bluff

Make Krishna the rest for the restless mind

​Responding maturely to unfair criticism

​What science can’t provide – and spirituality can

Understanding how bhakti-rasa reclaims those who fall away

​Do we need spirituality in an age of science?

​Your worst enemy is inside you and so is your best friend

Radhashtami class – Appreciating the transcendence of the Radha-Krishna relationship

​Radhashtami class – When Krishna leaves the gopis and Radharani during rasa lila

Understanding the mind through tech metaphors

Understanding the practicality of karmany evadhikaraste (Gita 02.47)

Shikshashtakam 12 Text 8 Radharani manifests the highest summit of love

Shikshashtakam 11 Text 7 Treasure devotional memories to propel your devotion

Shikshashtakam 10 Text 6 Curb sentimentality but cherish sentiments

Shikshashtakam 9 Text 5 The subtle interplay of endeavor and grace in bhakti

Shikshashtakam 8 Text 4 Let your bhakti be Krishna-centered, not renunciation-centered

Shikshashtakam 7 Text 3 Tolerance means to call off our war with reality

Shikshashtakam 6 Text 3 Humility means to not let our ego interfere with our purpose

​Shikshashtakam 5 Text 2 The mysterious non-difference of Krishna and his holy name

​Shikshashtakam 4 Text 1 From the partial nectar to the complete nectar

​Shikshashtakam 3 Text 1 The flower metaphor for the blossoming of consciousness

Shikshashtakam 2 Text 1 The mind as a window, a TV screen and a mirror

Shikshashtakam 1 Overview and flow of the ashtakam

The point of this world is to point beyond this world

​Gita Leadership Sutras 5-10

​Gita Leadership Sutras 2-4

​Gita Leadership Sutras Intro & Sutra 1

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

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

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