Practical Spirituality

Go beyond get, beget, forget, regret

When Maya is so powerful, what is our hope for being delivered?

How to avoid becoming discouraged when we are unable to pronounce the mahamantra clearly and correcting it takes too much time?

When Krishna can free us from illusion, can’t he free us from pride too?

Holy Name is Everything Part 2

Holy Name is Everything Part 1

If our outreach services require us to go away from devotees how can we get their association?

Is it appropriate to speak directly on the Bhagavatam to new people?

When people are alienated by ISKCON’s high standards, how can we attract them?

How can we present shastra in a contemporary way?

Which Krishna pastimes can we meditate on?

How can we attract people who are connected with other spiritual organizations?

Doesn’t ISKCON’s managerial structure sometimes impede its spiritual outreach?

Why don’t we spontaneously act according to our svabhava?

How can we accommodate those who can’t practice bhakti with high standards?

How can we tune our consciousness so that Krishna manifests therein?

How can I celebrate my birthday spiritually?

Are there any scriptural examples of those indifferent to the modes?

Isn’t it better to be a stable grihastha than a bewildered brahmachari?

How can we be inspired when we don’t get much association of senior devotees?

Should we associate with like-minded devotees or devotees who have the qualities we don’t have?

Dining with a monkey

How can we choose among various services that we can do?

When we want to serve Krishna, why do we get tempted?

Does ISKCON brainwash people?

How do we see devotees who dont complete their japa in the morning?

A giant desire tree blesses ISKCON desire tree

Can superstitions be used in bhakti?

Is anger always bad?

See criticism with a critical eye

What should I do if my bhakti is damaged after coming from ISKCON?

Positive Thinking 35 – Let the IDEA lead to ENERGY

Positive Thinking 34 – No time?

Positive Thinking 33 – Tap the power of meditation

Can we use freewriting in bhakti-yoga?

How can I go about writing in Krishna’s service?

Positive Thinking 32 – PIES – 4 dimensions for all-round well-being

Be an agent of positve change

Positive Thinking 31 – Complement diagnosis with prescription

Positive Thinking 30 – Faith reveals the integrated beyond the fragmented

Positive Thinking 29 – See the invisible, feel the intangible, achieve the impossible

Why are we unable to apply what we hear?

When we understand scripture with senses and intelligence, how is the knowledge acquisition descending, not ascending?

Is it because scripture’s message is spiritual that we don’t find it interesting?

If a devotee feels depressed does that mean they are not chanting properly?

When we are speaking at some other organization’s forum, should we adjust or speak the truth?

While sympathizing with outsiders, how to ensure that insiders dont become like outsiders?

Positive Thinking 28 – Let gratitude energize you

Positive Thinking 27 – Avoid mental viruses

Using English to glorify Krishna

Positive Thinking 26 – Don’t let the world’s opinions determine your decisions

Positive Thinking 25 – See life as a marathon, not a sprint

Positive Thinking 24 – Don’t let a wrong definition of success defeat you

Positiive Thinking 23 – Cure the cancer of comparison

Positive Thinking 22 – Cherish your uniqueness – avoid comparing with others

Positive Thinking 21 – Go DEEP – Desire Envision Endeavor Pray

If a senior devotee states something factually wrong in a Bhagavatam class what should a junior devotee do?

Positive Thinking 20 – Smart expectations 1- Hotel or Hospital?

Positive Thinking 19 – The six-point ENERGY sutra

Positive Thinking 18 – Bhakti alchemizes our inner world

Positive Thinking 17 – Unearth the treasure within

Positive Thinking 16 – Understanding willpower 3 – Sharpen and strengthen the intelligence

Positive Thinking 15 – Understanding willpower 2 – Potential and actual

If we are getting too many doubts, should we just switch off our intellectual faculty?

How to decide whether our intellectual needs are for logical study or empirical research?

If we doubt Krishna’s existence, how can we have faith that he will remove our doubts in future?

Is it ok to be disturbed in our bhakti when some questions don’t get answered?

Positive Thinking 14 – Understanding willpower 1 – Beyond genes, upbringing and association

Positive Thinking 13 – IDEA at work 2 – Facing reversal after reversal positively

Positive Thinking 12 – IDEA at work 1 – Facing untimely death positively

Positive Thinking 11 – A of Activity – Spiritual vision inspires positive action

Positive Thinking 10 – E of IDEA – Eternal love provides inexhaustible positivity

Positive Thinking 9 – D of IDEA – Divinity underlies the universes order

Positive Thinking 8 – I of IDEA – Understanding our identity boosts our positivity

Positive Thinking 7 Get the IDEA Identity, Divinity, Eternity, Activity

How does the principle of sacrifice apply in a devotee’s life?

What does distancing oneself from negative situations, relations and emotions mean?

How important is truthfulness in bhakti?

Should grihastha gurus also be addressed as Maharajas?

Positive Thinking 6 – Don’t just see reality positively – see the positive reality

Positive Thinking 5 – Think positive – think spiritual

Positive Thinking 4 – Thoughts lead to things – and are things

Positive Thinking – 3 Science and positive thinking

Positive Thinking 2 – Understanding the four kinds of thoughts

Positive Thinking 1 – Countering external and internal negativity

Spiritual sound vibration sometimes feels boring – how to avoid?

What to do if one feels inspired to be a brahmacari but doesnt have a suitable nature?

When problems overwhelm us, how can we take shelter of Krishna?

Should we help materially those who make a business out of asking for charity?

How can we keep our mind genuine during our daily activities?

If someone’s child has cancer should we not offer charity to avoid interfering with karma?

What is the difference between detachment and carelessness?

If suffering is not because of karma then what is its cause?

Isn’t faultfinding necessary for correcting and benefiting others?

How can we cultivate humility without becoming negatively self-centered?

If our mantra shouldn’t be “I am fallen” why do we sing daily trnad api sunicena?

What is the difference between repentence and self-blame?

Avoiding the three misdirectons in the blame game (Bhagavatam 1.16.24)

Is serving according to our nature lower than serving as per instruction?

Does study of philosophy in Prabhupada’s books automatically awaken rasa?