Lectures

How is the Gita relevant today – Marathi

Bhagavatam study 70 1.13.51-60 Determination directed towards renunciation brings spiritual elevation

Bhagavatam study 69 1.13.46-50 When we can’t protect ourselves from kala, karma and guna, how can we protect others?

Technology, Spirituality and the Search for a Meaningful life

Bhagavatam study 68 1.13.39-45 Know when to exercise control in the service of the supreme controller and when to release control

Overcoming fear, desire and anger to take shelter of Krishna

Dealing with insecurities – Hindi

From fictional enjoyment to spiritual enjoyment through explanations, exponents and experiences – Hindi

Understanding various ways Krishna protects – Bhagavatam characters analysis

The mind is like a madhouse – 4 strategies for managing it – Hindi

For meditation, we need the right object and the right conception

Prabhupada life-story 16 – Establishing the foundation

Prabhupada life-story 15 – From spiritual shoppers to spiritual seekers

Prabhupada life-story 14 – Incorporating ISKCON – The seven visionary purposes

Duryodhana character analysis 3 – Envy perpetuates dissatisfaction and invites destruction

Duryodhana character analysis 2 – Ambition distorted by envy becomes cancerous

Gita Jayanti class – The Gita brings a message of fearlessness to a fear-filled world

Gita Jayanti talk – Appreciating the Gita’s message by contemplating the starting and ending names of Arjuna and Krishna

Duryodhana character analysis 1 – How the entitlement mentality degrades

Appreciating the purpose of worship of the devatas

Why our moods keep changing – and what we can do about it

Let personal conception of God lead to personal dealings with God’s parts

Is God an invention or a discovery?

Go beyond rationality and imagination to revelation for relishing Krishna’s lotus feet

Facing our fears – FEAR acronym

Science, Spirituality and Self-empowerment

Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 4 – QA

Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 3 – Misunderstanding Krishna

Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 2 – Misunderstanding ourselves

Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 1 – Misunderstanding ourselves

Analyzing yoga and bhakti to keep practice in harmony with purpose

What makes relationships spiritual and sustainable – Marriage reception talk

Emotionally intelligent spirituality 2 – Let immediate and ultimate solutions work cooperatively, not competitively

Emotionally intelligent spirituality 1 – Don’t work for or against emotions – work with them for Krishna

How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 4 – How impulses are shaped by technology, mentality and spirituality

How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 3 – Understanding the filters people bring to a relationship

Pursuing our loudest desires is not freedom – pursuing our deepest desires is

3 As to bring out the best in you – Awareness Association Appreciation

Appreciating HH Radhanath Maharaj’s visionary outreach

How conscious intention raises bhakti to the level of a relationship

Strengthening the bonds that liberate

How small conflicts become big – Daksha Pastime analysis 2 – Ego causes desensitization

How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 1 – Unprocessed resentment causes explosion

From bondage to bonding – Redefining our relationships

Understanding how bhakti-yoga and the holy name work

Shakuni Character Analysis 2 – Evaluate whether our relationships bring out our best or our worst

Shakuni Character Analysis 1 – The mind rationalizes selfishness as selflessness

Spiritualizing our work through IAC – intention, action and contribution

The Gita as a book of love – The significance of the first and last words spoken by Krishna and Arjuna

To rise from karma to bhakti, change your benchmark of reality from the world to Krishna

Prabhupada life-story 13 – Fearless amidst disturbed and disturbing audiences

Making sense of senseless suffering – Understanding why devotees face fatal accidents

PAST acronym – How to get past our past

The Gita’s two endings point to the same end

Connecting with ourselves to connect with others

How spiritual life relates to our material Life 2 – Work not for or against your nature, work with your nature for Krishna

How spiritual life relates to our material Life 1 – Rejection, Complementation, Redirection

From what science explains to what explains science

From Passion to Compassion 2 – From religion in passion to devotion in goodness

From Passion to Compassion 3 – Compassion needs to be felt as compassion

Using our functional identification to realize our transcendental identity

How bhakti helps us get past our past

From passion to compassion 1

The Bhagavad-gita’s message of love comforts and enlightens

How the mind harvests the bad within – and how to harvest the good within

How our intelligence acts as our enemy – and how to make it our friend

Why people do bad things – and how to stop it

From Damodara month to Damodar mood – From circumstantial devotion to transcendental devotion through intentional devotion

The art of work – Detachment directed by devotion maximizes contribution

How bhakti fulfills the aspirations of social justice

The mind makes the intelligence act unintelligently

Prabhupada life-story 12 – Through serious difficulties to serious seekers

In the treasure hunt for happiness, avoid the leads that mislead

Empower those who are protecting us, not those who are attacking us

Selfies and the human longing to feel special

Ramayana series 5 – Hanuman – There is a time and place for everything, don’t lose heart

From destructive competition to constructive competition – 2

From destructive competition to constructive competition – 1

Don’t use God to stay away from God

Why crave for the pleasures that make you a slave

Ramayana series 4 – SEES acronym – 4 explanations why Rama abandoned Sita

Just Because We Have Got The Monkey Off The Back Doesn’t Mean The Circus Has Left Town

Ramayana series 3 – Shurapanakha’s slyness – Beware of those who manipulate us using our weakness

Ramayana series 2 – Maricha’s miscalculation – Our destination is not as important as our action

The mind keeps us enslaved

Ramayana Series 1 – Dasharatha’s dilemma

Thwart the desires that titillate initially but torment eventually

Inner healing through forgiveness

Love is the ultimate reality that unifies all reality

Prabhupada life-story 11 – On the bowery – A follower turns attacker

Stung by the tongue

Overcoming negative emotions 5 – Self-doubt

The greatest danger is the danger of forgetting the danger

Understanding how bhakti fulfills the purpose of scripture – and how we can help

Even if we can’t be on the same page as God, be at least in the same book

Focus on Krishna’s glories while studying Bhagavatam – don’t be distracted

Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 4 – The destination is also our companion

Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 3 – Our attitude is our steering wheel

Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 2 – What we are driving matters, but where we are driving matters more

Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 1 – The mind is the passenger, don’t let it become the driver