Practical Spirituality

When money provides all comforts why is spiritual life needed?

Amidst today’s financial insecurity how can we decide how much accumulation is enough?

When bhakti practice hasn’t yet changed our disposition how can we take sound decisions?

Do we need to sometimes prioritize the spiritual over the material or the material over the spiritual?

Philosophy makes sense intellectually but doesn’t sink emotionally – what to do?

Is crowding desires out of our mind not superficially distracting?

Is working hard and getting promoted in our job good?

How can we identify our natural inclinations?

What is wrong with sense gratification?

How can we offer criticism constructively?

While seeking realization how can we avoid speculation?

Attitude in outreach 2 – Explain the philosophy before the morality – Be respectfully compassionate

Attitude in outreach 1 – Present the product before the process – Be a role model

How can we move on after painful conflicts with devotees?

How can we be detached when we want to offer the best service to Krishna?

How can we control impulsive behavior?

How can we know whether our decisions are right or wrong?

If strong speaking alienates people should we still speak strongly or speak sensitively?

During chanting how much is thinking of other related things acceptable?

If people are born together in a family because of similar karma why are some family members so different?

What is causeless mercy – how can we qualify for it – can it come without initiation?

From mindless accumulation to mindful realization

9 forms of devotional service part 1 – Shravanam Kirtanam Smaranam

Is the holy name scientific ethical or relational?

How can a newly married couple new to bhakti strengthen their relationship?

What is the spiritual recourse amidst abusive relationships?

How do we have free will – how much can we use it?

Baahubali – A Spiritual Perspective

Focus on life’s big why not everyday’s small whys

Understanding how Krishna is everything and controls everything even amidst worldly sufferings

If Prabhupada knew that certain projects weren’t going to succeed why did he encourage devotees to do those projects?

How can we help others to not see problems at the bodily level?

How can we connect with Krishna tangibly when distracted by worldly objects?

How can we realize that we are different from our mind?

How can we transform practice into realization?

How can devotees mistreated by their seniors avoid discouragement?

How to respond when we are corrected by others?

Should we use the sandwich method when correcting others?

How does regulated devotion transform into spontaneous devotion?

Is revelation of Krishna’s all-attractiveness analogous to his mercy?

How can we study scripture not just read it?

Is investing money to increase it over-endeavor?

When we do a service well if people label us as proud what can we do?

How can we avoid self-acceptance of our abilities from becoming false ego?

While chanting can we hear kirtan?

Cultivate aversion to faultfinding

Seek not a pleasure-filled life seek a purpose-filled life

Seek not a problem-free life – seek a purpose-filled life

If we help someone but they don’t help us in return should we continue to help?

Knowing when to endeavor and when to surrender

Given that the idea of trans-moral can be misused can it ever be applied?

Can you illustrate the principle of trans-moral actions?

Playing games for relaxation – which mode does it fall in?

Despite practicing bhakti and cultivating goodness we remain passionate – what to do?

How can we deal with our inner critic?

On failing to achieve our goal should we persevere in that goal or change it?

How to avoid relaxing into worldly enjoyment after doing our service wholeheartedly?

How can we avoid struggling in vain to control situations that are not in our control?

If someone has done something wrong isn’t it better to tell them straight instead of pausing and speaking later?

What causes timidity – how can we overcome it?

How can we control our mind especially during chanting?

Choosing our mental battles

How do we balance between chanting and getting knowledge?

We chastise someone out of love but it spoils the relationship – what to do?

What is the consequence of the offense of inattentive chanting?

Should we attribute problems in daily life to our poor chanting?

How to replace envious thoughts with loving thoughts?

How can we control our emotions?

Why is scriptural knowledge needed in daily life?

Misunderstandings spread like cancer – beware

How can we overcome our past conditionings?

Will our conscience ever become stronger than the mind?

To anchor our consciousness in Krishna do we need external calm or can we directly get inner calm?

If we don’t have devotee association how can we practice bhakti?

How to overcome anxieties about issues that have life-changing consequences?

How can we be concerned but not disturbed – is it simply by faith?

How can we become intense in our chanting?

To master the mind become conscious of your consciousness

When past karma blocks our bhakti what can we do?

How do I choose my spiritual master?

Amidst problems should we just let Krishna solve them or should we work to solve them?

While making choices how can we take Krishna’s shelter?

When our sadhana oscillates because of material ups and downs what can we do?

Overcome anxiety by focusing on state of thoughts not state of things

Self-control Strategies – Contemporary analysis of Nectar of Instruction Text 1

Is destiny determined by past karma alone or by present karma too?

When is our friends’ influence helpful and when unhelpful?

Should we learn from problems or move away from them?

Is our intelligence destined – does it determine when we take to spiritual life?

Is our marital partner destined?

If destiny evens out in the long run, then does it really matter?

Devotional practices calm our mind, but only briefly – what to do?

Does our past impede our bhakti – how can we overcome those impediments?

Why was Vyasadeva dissatisfied even after writing Vedic literature that glorify Krishna?

Do we need to always feel existential dissatisfaction to practice bhakti intensely?

How can we be emotionally connected with Krishna without becoming sentimental?

With what purpose should we read Srila Prabhupada’s books?

How can we make a plan that is effective even if Krishna’s plan turns out to be different?

How can we say no to the things we like?

Don’t hear the mind’s story – hear Krishna’s story