Practical Spirituality

To traverse the path to self-improvement balance aspiration with awareness

Metaphorical Meditations on the Holy Name 1 – The Holy Name grounds consciousness in the source of its source

Be aware of not just the destination but also the starting point

If we feel more devotionally connected with Krishna while hearing than while taking darshan, what should we do?

What is the reference point for saying that the soul is small?

Why do we feel sleepy during chanting, but not kirtan or prasad?

How can we stop daydreaming?

What is the spiritual perspective on death due to dowry harassment apart from past karma?

How to see spiritually the grief I feel after my mother has passed away?

How is detachment empowering?

What does fixing the mind on the lotus feet of Krishna mean?

We can’t replace the mind, but we can re-place it

How can we overcome the mind’s rationalizations?

If the mind is not a person, who proposes desires to us?

Is the mind personal or impersonal?

If the software is compared to the mind, what is the intelligence compared to?

How is controlling the mind by focusing it on Krishna different from focusing it on some material object?

How to see God in this world

Spiritualizing our relationships – Hindi

Is self-respect the same as ego – Hindi?

How can we be Krishna conscious when we are not staying with devotees in a youth center – Hindi?

What is the difference between purity and goodness – Hindi?

While doing our service, is seeing everything in connection with Krishna necessary?

How can we avoid getting caught in petty things?

Don’t waste your mental energy on people on whom you won’t waste your time Gita 11.55

How do tantrics get special power?

How can we go beyond being exclusivist and pluralist to becoming inclusivist?

When so many humans are doing bad karma today, how is the human population increasing?

How can people from other religions realize that they are servants of Krishna?

When Krishna is the source of both material and spiritual worlds, which world comes first?

Does dharma mean religion?

Within a religion, when there are many paths, how do we know our path?

What is the Vedic perspective of Buddhism?

How is Shankaracharya’s path to be seen in the inclusive understanding of dharma?

When sanatana-dharma is inclusive, why are most Hindus pluralists?

When a bad thing happens, does optimism mean seeing it as the best thing that could have happened?

Does positive thinking mean that we shouldn’t think about the past – then how will we learn from it?

Before Nirjala Ekadashi, can we take some juices or pills to increase our fasting capacity?

How to cultivate positive thinking in bhakti

How can we be always surrendered to Krishna?

How can we know whether the mind’s story is false or real?

How can we know when we are planning and when the mind is fear-mongering?

If when our mind tells a story and we consult a friend whose mind is telling the same story, how can we avoid illusion?

The mind tells the most stories during chanting – how to counter?

Why does devotion change our mind’s tendencies temporarily?

Does chanting require effort or does chanting make us happy?

How can we focus on chanting when the mind wanders?

How can we balance giving due priority to chanting with other important services?

Talk show – How is the Gita relevant today?

If people anger us, how can we control ourselves?

Does a good result indicate intelligence-guided action and a bad result indicate mind-driven action?

If during book distribution, people are abusive, how can we stay calm?

How can we make the right choices within bhakti?

How can we know that the purpose we are pursuing is the best purpose?

How can we prevent our emotions from affecting our decisions?

How can we be practically grounded on the spiritual level?

Can we fulfill all the purposes for our existing in this world?

Talk Show – Understanding Karma and Destiny

How can I overcome procrastinating tendency?

Talk show – What your phone can teach you about your mind 1

Gita 16.24 Religious tolerance is better fostered by deeper religious adherence than by greater religious indifference

How to respond when others serve in ways that don’t make sense to us – should we criticize them?

Do interruptions in our remembrance of Krishna occur because of circumstances or consciousness?

What standard of Deity worship should householders follow?

When we are in a position of guiding others, how can we know how much to control them and how much to let them go?

How can we avoid discouragement when our sincere service is repeatedly frustrated?

From a spiritual perspective, what causes addiction and how can it be dealt with?

If we are already middle-aged, do we still have enough time to counter our bad karma by practicing bhakti?

Why do movie songs stay in our memory much more than devotional songs?

How can we get in our next life the devotional facilities we don’t have in this life?

If senior devotees chanting for many years still have conditionings, does that mean conditionings are stronger than the holy name?

When doing our prescribed service deprives us of devotee association, what should we do?

When someone hurts us, how can we avoid becoming vengeful and stay focused on Krishna?

If someone has hurt us and we don’t have the courage to tell them, what can we do?

When anger comes, how can we calm ourselves?

How can we avoid impulsive reaction to hostile people?

If we fail in our resolution after sticking to it for some time, how to avoid becoming discouraged?

How to deal with relatively harmless addictions?

How can we correct the bad habits that we are unaware of?

What changed your life trajectory?

How can we cheer up a family member disheartened by a prolonged bad health?

How can we increase our attraction to reading Prabhupada’s books?

What to do if we feel like being in the temple constantly but can’t?

How can Krishna be our top priority when our studies need to be our priority?

What to do if we get too many services and our sadhana goes down?

How are the eight stages of ashtanga-yoga related with bhakti-yoga?

What to do if the calm got from attending spiritual programs disappears when we face the world’s problems?

How can we become aware of our default settings?

Is touching the digital Bhagavatam in our phone equivalent to touching the book Bhagavatam?

In future, when physical books are replaced by digital books, how will we distribute books?

Can Krishna as a super-admin change all the settings of our mind in one go?

How do we differentiate between accepting the presence of our inclinations and pandering to them?

As we advance, will our physical needs go down to Raghunatha Dasa Goswami’s level?

How can we avoid taking shelter of something temporary that gives us relief?

What can we do if we feel bored while chanting?

To change vision, change intention by study and association

Let go of the burden of hate

Isn’t using intelligence to control the mind paradoxical?

How can we get relief by letting go of things and still be responsible?

If others become insecure because of us, what can we do?