Practical Krishna Consciousness

Should we chant and wait for feeling to come or chant with feeling?

How do we deal with people who become cold or hostile when we share Krishna consciousness with them?

In today’s competitive society, how can we practice simple living & high thinking?

How can we determine our varna?

How can we avoid becoming lethargic in spiritual life?

If we are not to slave for worldly recognition, how can we go ahead in life?

How can we counter competitive mentality when we see other devotees succeeding in spiritual life?

If devotees are troubled by black magic can they seek a remedy from tantriks?

How do we see spiritualists who want to control others to maintain their own position?

If we get angry with our children while trying to guide them about right or wrong, is that due to controlling mentality? How can we best guide them?

As the world judges us by actions not dispositions how can we avoid the confusion caused by wrong judgments?

How much importance should devotee-parents give for the material education of their children, especially preparing them for competitive exams etc?

Does having equal disposition towards all mean tolerating troubles from others passively?

How can we avoid pride without going into self-pity?

Does being humble mean being indifferent towards honor or being absorbed in Krishna?

Do householder devotees need to attend the temple morning program daily to be surrendered?

How can we rectify an offense, especially when the devotee whom we have offended doesn’t know about the offense?

Should we hear only from advanced pure devotees or from whichever devotees inspire us?

Should there be dowry in devotee-marriages?

Can devotees do abortion if it is favorable for their bhakti?

How can we avoid isolation when people around us misunderstand our intentions and hurt us?

See within to seek without; seek without to see within

If a senior brahmachari changes his ashrama, how should we understand that situation and deal with that devotee?

Can a homosexual become a brahmachari?

How can we take shelter of Krishna when the sexual urge troubles us while we are resting in bed?

Should devotee read books by nondevotee nationalist thinkers to learn how to protect Vedic culture and actualize varnashrama in today’s society?

Should we avoid debates with argumentative people who believe that technology is beneficial?

What prevents us from applying what we hear? How can we correct it?

If we like to hear do we still need to chant more to make spiritual advancement?

In what consciousness should we attend festivals centered on demigod worship that we are obligated to attend?

Four empowerments from hearing

Can hearing classes on the internet substitute for going to the temple to hear classes?

Can we attain a level where nothing that Krishna does can stop us from loving him?

While hearing scripture, should we seek solutions to our current problems through the hearing or just focus on hearing about Krishna?

I have joined as a brahmachari but am opposed and troubled by my relatives. How should I stay strong?

I am suffering from a diease from last 10 years almost. May i know how my problem can be resolved.

How can we overcome laziness, especially wrt waking up in the morning?

Due to some problems with the local temple devotees, I have stopped going there. How can I maintain my enthusiasm in practicing devotional service?

When money offers security amidst uncertainty how can one give up material ambition for spiritual pursuits?

How can we love Krishna when he is not like a normal person and doesn’t reciprocate immediately?

Does loving Krishna always protect us from all heartbreaks?

Can the level of language in Gita-daily articles be made simpler?

How can we avoid complacency in spiritual life?

How do we choose whether to serve in the cities and reach out to many people or in rural communities for reviving varnashrama?

If one likes to study scripture more than do other services does that make one a jnani and not a bhakta?

As the consciousness at conception determines the kind of soul coming to the womb isn’t abortion desirable during pregnancy after rape so as to avoid unwanted progeny?

How can an IAS officer help in sharing Krishna consciosness since India is a secular country?

When the Bhagavatam simply condemns household life, how can we as householders get encouragement from it to face life’s problems?

If the chidren of devotees don’t become devotees, then does the devotee-parents’ duty of caring for their chilldren no longer count as devotional service?

What should I do when my devotional service interferes with my duties as a mother?

When a loved one has passed away, isn’t it heartless to dismiss the resulting grief as mundane?

Can devotees practice hath yoga for health?

How can we best study scriptures?

How can we make rapid spiritual advancement?

What to do when we feel attracted to holy names other than the mahamantra?

If our philosophy is based on the level of love, why do we talk about sex mostly at the level of fear – fears of its consequences?

When a leader of a devotee community acts unethically should we try to correct the situation or should we leave it in Krishna’s hands?

As you were a GRE topper, can you tell how we can prepare for GRE?

RRR – Reprobate Rescued and Reformed – Lessons from Ajamila Pastime

How can we differentiate between offering help and interfering in others’ business?

Won’t adjusting according to time-place-circumstances lead to deviations?

If we get sensual immoral dreams, does that indicate we are fallen? How should we respond?

How do we ensure that we don’t just enjoy KC intellectually and not advance spiritually?

Should devotees do kirtan in drought-afflicted places to produce rains and thereby attract people to devotional service?

Can a devotee pursue a career as a cricketer?

Can devotees enter into politics?

If bhakti offers higher taste why do devotees still struggle with sex desire?

Are birthday celebrations for devotees authentic from the Vedic perspective?

How can we stop our family members from using items having animal products?

When trying to figure out Krishna’s lesson for us makes us indecisive what should we do?

How can we absorb ourselves in devotional service?

When should we concern ourselves with helping other devotees and when should we mind our own business?

How can we differentiate between yukta-vairagya and bhoga-vrtti?

How should we prepare for giving our first Bhagavatam class?

Can we be fully dependent on Krishna? How?

How can we offer correction without committing offenses?

Should devotees bathe in Radha-Kunda?

How should we receive criticism constructively?

Is using Radha Kunda tilaka authentic?

How can we remember Krishna constantly and also do our work properly?

If our KC becomes weak away from devotee association, does it mean that our core conviction is weak?

If we chant while doing other activities, won’t that chanting be inattentive and thereby offensive?

When does medical treatment interfere with nature?

Do engineers have secure future in devotional life?

Is a devotee born in a brahmin family working in a bank a brahmana or a vaishya?

Should one give charity even while being in debt?

Can devotees perform agnihotra sacrifice?

Isn’t the Goswamis’ having boatful of gold atyahara?

How can we learn to contemplate on scriptural verses?

If we are in a service that doesn’t inspire us how long can we continue in that service?

Can devotees use positive thinking techniques like visualizations and affirmations?

If devotees don’t notice our service, then is our service authorized or whimsical?

Isn’t it better to do one thing at a time instead of chanting inattentively while doing other things?

How can we differentiate between humility and humiliation?

Does Krishna protect his devotee-students from bullies at school?

Don’t you like me? You haven’t answered my question for a long time.

Is it right for devotees to say that they are Krishna-tarians when it conveys the idea that we are consuming Krishna the way vegetarians consume vegetables?

What are the kind of questions that fall under counseling questions which you won’t be answering on the site?

How can we sustain the momentum in spiritual life year after year?

Is it ok to ask for a specific wish like our family’s well being in our prayers?