Audio Lectures

Gita 18.64-78 – The Gita culminates in a call for pure love (Hindi)

Gita 18.40-63 – Bhakti is the spiritual summit that also extends down to wherever we may be (Hindi)

Gita 18.29-39 Choose the intelligence, determination and happiness for attaining auspiciousness (Hindi)

Gita 18.13-18.28 – The five factors and the three components of action (Hindi)

Gita 18.01-12 – Don’t garb irresponsibility as renunciation (Hindi)

Gita 17.17-17.28 – Various religions are pathways towards the same sat moutain-peak (Hindi)

Gita 17.07-16 – Understanding food, sacrifice and austerity from material and transcendental perspectives (Hindi)

Gita 16.13-17.06 – Demoniac mentality in today’s society (Hindi)

Gita 15.15-16.12 – Purushottama – the highest reality and the qualities that define our natures (Hindi)

Gita 15.01-14 – Understanding material existence metaphorically and philosophically (Hindi)

Gita 14.06-27 – Understanding and transcending the modes (Hindi)

Gita 13.30-14.05 – Jnana Chakshu and the reality of dreams (Hindi)

The Amish and the practicality of varnashrama in today’s world

Bhaktisiddhanta S T appearance – Faithfulness to tradition includes faithfulness to the tradition’s flexibility

Gita 13.18-29 – How the purusha gets bound by prakriti (Hindi)

Gita 13.08-17 – Understanding jnana and jneya (Hindi)

Mahabharata Wisdom 2 – Karna 1 – Past life karma comes as this life’s problems (Hindi)

Gita 13.01-07 – Overview of chps 1-12 and understanding Kshetrajna & Kshetra – Hindi

Special lecture on Valentine’s Day

Mahabharata wisdom 1 – Ashwatthama – Beware of the temptation to punish (Hindi)

Advaita Acarya – Relish the nectar of Gaura-kirtan that he inagurated

Pundarika Vidyanidhi – Go beyond appearance to appreciate the substance of devotion in Vaishnavas

Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura – Devotion enriched with erudition leaves a rich legacy to attract innumerable hearts to Krishna

Raghunandan Thakura – Devotion inverts the father-son relationship

Vishnupriya Devi – The pinnacle of selfless devotion

Vasanta Panchami – Contribute to nature’s contributing for enhancing the rasa in Krishna’s pastimes

Churning the ocean, the Bhagavatam and the heart – 3

Churing the ocean, the Bhagavatam and the heart – 2

Churing the ocean, the Bhagavatam and the heart – 1

Vedic Conception of God is beyond polytheism, monotheism and henotheism ( SB 06 03 05 at ISKCON Juhu)

Pushya Abhishek – The festival of sensory spirituality demonstrates the beauty of Krishna and the glory of bhakti

Ganga Sagara Mela – Cherish austerity done for a noble cause

Makara Sankranti – Harmonize with the cosmic movements to move from darkness towards light

Role of religious leaders in taking India forward

Jiva Goswami – Scholarship perfected in the service of pure devotion

Jagadish Pandita – The Lord reciprocates wonderfully with the desire to serve

Happy New Year – Karmi, Jnani and Bhakti attitudes towards the celebration

Sankirtan – Where dance and meditation intersect for spiritual therapy

Sankirtan churns feelings of separation and union to increase attraction to Krishna

Lord Chaitanya – The Divine Alchemist

Mahesh Pandit – The Lord and his associates elevate everyone by their grace

Uddharana D T – Bhakti can deliver anyone and even use anyone for delivering bhakti to others

Devanand Pandit – Devotion is the key to unlock the nectar in the Bhagavatam

SB 7.9.29 – Lust is the fire that seems like a nectar

Six steps to spiritual perfection – Bhagavad Gita 07.01

When God Fails – The Bhakti Message in Krishna’s Peace Messenger Pastime

How to be your own spiritual master

3 measures to prevent falling down and falling away (SB-10-27-22-23)

Knotty Verse Series 6 – 11.33 – Is the Gita’s call for violence literal or metaphorical?

Knotty Gita Verses Series 5 – 03.35 – Does the Gita endorse the caste system?

Bhagavata Dharma Series 3 – SB 01.02.17-22 – Practice bhakti-yoga cheerfully

Bhagavata Dharma Series 2 – SB 01.02.11-16 – How bhakti brings realization of the Absolute Truth

Bhagavata Dharma Series 1 – SB 01.02.06-10 – How bhakti is the supreme dharma

Kunti’s prayers (1.8.23-1.8.27) – Krishna’s inconceivable protection contradicts our material preconceptions

Kunti’s prayers (1.8.18-1.8.22) – Krishna’s inconceivable position can be understood by simple devotion

Kunti’s prayers (1.8.28-1.8.31) – Krishna gives up his supremacy so that love can reign supreme (Hindi)

Bhishma Stuti SB 1.09.32-38 (Hindi)

SB 11.23.61 – The way to freedom from misery is not by ending misery, but by rising beyond duality

The Multiples Conflicts within the Gita

Four empowerments from hearing

How Krishna-katha extinguishes the blazing fire of material existence (tava kathamritam explanation) – Hindi

11 glories of Bhaktivinoda Thakur based on the acronym BHAKTIVINODA

How Radharani cooked the first time for Krishna – Radhashtami 2013 class at Nasik

Timeless insights on today’s issues – Prerna-Nasik 2013 Sept

Tranform adversity into an opportunity for realization and spiritual growth – Avanti brahmana pastime analysis

Bhramara Gita – Radharani’s song to the messenger bee (Radhashtami 2013 Bhagavatam class)

Can science be spiritual? Can spirituality be scientific?

RRR – Reprobate Rescued and Reformed – Lessons from Ajamila Pastime

Gopi Gita Part 3 SB 10.31.9-19 “Your remembrances doesn’t decrease but increases our agony – Please appear.” (Janmashtami class)

Gopi Gita Part 2 – SB 10.33.5-8: “Krishna, please bless us with with your hands, your face, your feet and your lips” (Janmashtami class)

Gopi Gita Part 1 – SB 10.33.1-4: “Krishna, please appear before us” (Janmashtami class)

KRISHNA acronym – How Krishna shares his opulences with his devotees

Gita Study Pune 2013 – 10.8-18 How the Chatur Shloki is the essence of the Gita

How Balarama helps Krishna remember Vrindavana outside of Vrindavana (Hindi) – Balaram Jayanti Class

18.56-78 – Krishna reveals his heart of love Gita Study Pune 2013

18.36-55 Bhakti in karma yoga and jnana yoga Gita Study Pune 2013

18.29-35 The link between Knowledge, Intelligence & Determination Gita Study Pune 2013

18.20-28 Cultivating repentence and avoiding lamentation in Sadhana Bhakti Gita Study Pune 2013

18.13-19 Understanding Sankhya in Bhagavad-Gita Gita Study Pune 2013

18.1-12 Frustration is not the qualification for renunciation Gita Study Pune 2013

17.20-28 How Om Tat Sat spiritualizes Yajna, Dana and Tapa Gita Study Mumbai 2013

17.11-19 Applying the principles of austerity in our life Gita Study Pune 2013

17.1-10 Understanding faith in the three modes Gita Study Pune 2013

16.9-24 Demoniac direction of modern society Gita Study Pune 2013

Leadership Sutras based on the Bhagavad-gita

Four levels of loving exchanges during Rath Yatra

How Krishna’s stealing the garments of the gopis is not immoral but trans-moral

Look at the mind before you look with the mind

Gita Study Pune 2013 – The Yoga Ladder Explained

Gita Study Pune 2013 15.16-16.8 Importance of Tri Shloki Bhagavad-Gita

Gita Study Pune 2013 15.6-15 Two ways to attain Jnana Cakshu

Gita Study Pune 2013 15.1-5 How the material world is comprehensible as well as incomprehensible

Gita Study Pune 2013 – 14.16-24 How the analysis of the modes leads to Bhakti

Gita Study Pune 2013 – 14.10-15 Examining the modes in today’s society

Gita Study Pune 2013 – 14.1-9 The background for the Gita’s discussion of the modes

Gita Study Pune 2013 – 13.20-35 The Bija Vakya of the Gitas last six chapters

Gita Study Pune 2013 – 13.8-19 Achintyabhedabheda in the Gita

How does destiny leave room for free will OMG Series 3 Mumbai

Miracles – Does God appear in paranormal visions? – OMG Series 2 Mumbai

Are natural calamities acts of God? – OMG Series 1 Mumbai