Practical Spirituality

​Are gurukulas the best way for education for devotees’ children?

​While acting in our worldly relationships, how can we avoid attachment and stay surrendered to Krishna?

​As devotees, how do we choose among our various material roles?

Why does ISKCON practice double standards by allowing donors, not others, to do deity abhisheka on festivals?

​What chemistry is needed for having intimate Vaishnava relationships?

​Why do we give more importance to our material relationships than our devotee relationships?

​To minimize their material entanglement, should devotees try to give their children the cheapest education?

Do women have the same rights as men in ISKCON?

​​​​How does Bhaktisiddhanta S statement about institution being evil apply to ISKCON?

​How can a community avoid guru groupism?

​What values can senior devotees impart to other devotees?

​Though I want to be a serious devotee, why do I remain so short-tempered?

​What qualities should leaders have – how can leaders inspire others?

​How important is applying shastra in our life?

​How can we connect with Krishna when we have to work eight hrs daily in office?

If we don’t even realize when we do wrong, how can we correct it?

​How can we infer that we are advancing spiritually?

​How to continue bhakti when we don’t have devotee association?

​If all devotees will go to Krishna, what benefit do more dedicated devotees get?

How do we know the difference between what feels good and what is actually spiritual?

Why do I feel satisfaction on feeding a beggar but not on feeding the Deities?

How can we avoid taking Krishna’s forgiveness as a license for our sinfulness?

How can we become determined in our bhakti?

Won’t thinking only about our relationship with Krishna make us insensitive in other relationships?

How can we avoid feeling disheartened on hearing exalted levels of devotion?

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When multiple dharmas call us, how do we decide which dharma to practice?

If we are disappointed by our spiritual leaders, how can we continue in our bhakti?

How can we control the mind when we are away from devotee association?

​When offering obeisances physically is not practical because there are too many senior devotees, is that offensive?

​How can we sharpen our remembrance of Krishna?

​​Learning when and how to forgive

What should we do when we are unsure about what to do?

​Can we progress in both spiritual life and material life?

​Does devotees’ taking monetary benefits for their services spoil the selfless mood?

​How can we be humble without developing inferiority complex?

Is expectation the cause of unhappiness?

​Which is better – staying in a devotee community or going away to earn more so that later we can practice bhakti more?

​How to stay positive in our fight against material nature?

When our anarthas continue despite our bhakti practice, how can we stay enthusiastic?

​How can we neglect the mind when it obsesses on the very object we want to avoid?

​What to do when the mind obstructs us in understanding the siddhanta that helps us to focus the mind on Krishna?

Does total surrender mean that there is no need to use one’s discretion?

​What determines our mind’s default settings?

​How can we overcome anxiety?

How can we avoid being dragged down by the mind’s sine wave?

​When our life is so busy how can we make time for introspection and journaling?

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​What to do when spikes of desires keep coming despite our practice of bhakti?

Isn’t criticism good because it makes us humble?

How can we insulate ourselves from being discouraged by criticism?

Why is gratitude important in bhakti – how can we develop gratitude?

​If we feel closer to our nondevotee friends than our devotee friends, what should we do?

When we make mistakes, does Krishna take care of things?

How important is apara dharma for devotees?

When there is so much to hear, how to choose?

Shouldn’t we lament for our mistakes?

When our consciousness is low, how do we continue spiritually?

What was Prabhupada’s mood when going through reversals?

How can we practically understand that shaking an apple tree may lead to the falling of mangoes?

Does surrender mean seeing problems as Krishna’s mercy?

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If some devotees deal insensitively with us in our in our early days, how can we overcome the scars?

Should new people be told strongly to give up meat-eating?

How can we apply the mood of “Krishna, I am yours”?

If the devotees who introduced us to bhakti don’t inspire us later, what should we do?

How do avoid depression caused by the mistakes we make and by thinking about past bad karma?

The mind is a monkey that makes us a donkey

Should we stabilize our material life before practicing spiritual life?

How can we know that we have done our best in our services or relationships?

How can we find our svabhava and change our career accordingly?

If people are nasty to us, should we as devotees just be detached from it?

How can we take shelter of a devotee practically?

As devotees, how can we deal with our relatives sensitively?

If one devotee serves Krishna as a brahmachari and another, as a grihastha, who is better?

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How can we raise our children so that they become devotees?

What is a preferred career for devotees?

If our relatives are enquiring about spirituality but aren’t submissive, how should we respond?

When milk is nowadays extracted violently from cows, should devotees take milk?

Aren’t the problems we face due to our past karma?

How can we feel connected with Krishna when we have problems and our prayers are not answered?

How can we cultivate sentiments without becoming sentimental?

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Beyond sentimentality to sentiments

Why does the Bhagavatam 11.28.1 ask us to not praise others?

How can we prepare for giving classes?

You are bigger than your habits

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How can we teach our children right and wrong without coming off as judgmental?

How can we infuse our scriptural study with devotional emotion?

Can we apologize to Krishna?

How can we know what is Krishna’s plan and what is Maya’s action?

When we are unable to focus on chanting, what can we do?

How can we focus on the present while serving Krishna?

How can we deal with the doubts that obstruct us in our relationships with others?

How can we maintain our principles in a materialistic corporate environment?

How can we act intelligently when adolescence impels us to act rebelliously?

How can we guide others when different people want different levels of instruction?

Will becoming spiritually advanced automatically resolve our relationship problems?