The weapon for waging the world’s most formidable spiritual war (Srila Prabhupada Vyasa-puja Offering 2014)
As developing internal conviction takes time, isn’t it better to be stimulated in our devotion by external inspiration?
Does a sudden tragedy in the lives of God’s worshipers indicates that God is too busy in his own kingdom to protect?
Does one have to give up one’s material life on becoming an ISKCON member, even if one doesn’t become a brahmachari?
How to choose between doing our worldly repsonsibilities devotionally and doing directly devotional activities?
Are the intelligence and ego just transformations of the mind or are they constitutionally different?
The religious rural culture of India is being replaced by materialisitc culture. What can we do to counter this?
Are we compromising when we use mild words like outreach instead of Prabhupada’s standard words like preaching?
Prabhupada quotes largely from the Puranas so how can we show that our sampradaya is based on shruti?
Has ISKCON replaced the scriptural worship of Ganesh in Hindu temples with the unscriptural worship of Prabhupada in its temples?
As India is still receptive to direct devotional preaching and Prabhupada emphasized that, shouldn’t that be our emphasis too?
I like to chant and meditate on the Supersoul. As that is my nature, can I just do this and not do other devotional activities?
How can we know whether we are using our intelligence in Krishna’s service or are just enjoying Krishna consciousness intellectually?
During preaching, how important is it to provide relevant material information in addition to the paramapara’s message?
If the son practices bhakti, then will his non-devotee parents’ get a good next-life destination due to their son’s bhakti?
We often feel like doing different things in bhakti at different times – how can we steadily maintain interest in one thing?
While using a talent such as music for Krishna how can we transfer our attachment from that talent to Krishna?
If one has not had the habit of reading books but likes to hear, how can one develop that habit in bhakti?
When a disciple whose guru falls doesn’t have to be re-initiated because of being connected with Prabhupada why can’t the same happen without initation in the first place?
When ISKCON’s diksha-guru is not absolute but is subordinate to GBC due to Prabhupada’s will, doesn’t that make Prabhupada ISKCON’s diksha-guru?
Should Indian devotees preach to Indians and Western devotees preach to Westerners so as to have culturally sensitive presentations of Krishna-bhakti?
How can I protect my bhakti when I go home and am with my pre-bhakti friends with whom I had indulged in bad habits?
Value Education and Spirituality 6 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 4 – Let secularism protect us from narrow-mindedness, not restrict us in empty-mindedness
Value Education and Spirituality 5 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 3 – Three non-sectarian arguments for the existence of God
Value Education and Spirituality 4 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 2 – Karma shows the sense in life’s seeming senselessness
Value Education and Spirituality 8 – Mahabharata 2 – Duryodhana – Envy leads to destructive competition that is dissatisfying and degrading
Value Education and Spirituality 7 – Mahabharata 1 – Shakuni – Imaginary expectation leads to real destruction
Are devotees being told to be too other-worldly that something so simple as voting is made into such a big issue?
Why doesn’t ISKCON practice what it preaches? First new devotees are told to be detached from their parents and then senior brahmacharis spend months caring for their dying parents
Is it right to feel envious of advanced devotees for their spiritual advancement? If not, how to deal with it?
How can we introspect about our devotional progresss? How can we rise from kanishtha to madhyama level?
What is the point of taking initiation from a spiritual master when there is very little chance of getting personal guidance from him?
Value Education and Spirituality 2 – Our values serve as protecting fences and as focusing default settings
Value Education and Spirituality 1 – What we value determines our values – and our values determine our value
Should a devotee work in a devotional project where one can directly serve Krishna or in a secular company by which one can offer more donation?
If our nondevotee parents discourage our children’s enthusiasm for bhakti by calling it brainwashing by dangerous cults, how should we respond?
