Practical Krishna Consciousness

How can we ensure that honest communication doesn’t become Vaishnva apradh?

How and Who decides that the involvement in the stock market is cautious and won’t effect the mind?

How can we better recollect what we hear in classes?

I dont get any questions on hearing lectures. Is this good or bad?

How can a deaf and dumb person chant the holy names?

When we fall in our devotional standards, we feel guilty and become discouraged. How should we go ahead at such times?

Is dealing in shares in the stock market against the principle of no gambling?

If I am facing problems with my counselor’s behavior towards me, should i tell him directly or to some other senior devotee?

As guilt due to falldown can also be a temptation, should one just neglect guilt and keep practicing devotional service?

If a devotee due to repeated falls feels that I wont be able to go BTG and so becomes discouraged how should we respond to that devotee?

What should one do if after practising years of devotional service also, one gives in to temptations and falls down?

I have been a lifelong strict vegetarian but due to bad association have eaten meat and so am feeling myself becoming impure and going away from Krishna. What should I do?

What are the types of lectures we need to hear in a week so that we will joyfully stay in KC?

Is there any diiference between a devotee taking medicine for a disease and he doing demigod worship for treating the disease?

When I chant I cry like a child for the mother Is this normal or is it because I am emotional?

When hearing Vedic philosophy distracts me from studies what should I do?

Can we offer milk breads of good companies to Krishna ?

When so many people are facing real problems, why should we spend time in spiritual practices like meditation instead of doing something practical to help?

How can intellectually inclined devotees engage themselves in devotional service?

Should devotees put their children in English Medium or in vernacular medium schools? Should they avoid convent schools?

Is lying sinful? How can we give it up?

How can we decide that our seeing Krishna’s hand in daily events is proper or is just imagination?

How can daily diary writing be used as a tool for spiritual growth?

I want to write articles as a service to Krishna. But I am unable to get time. How should I go ahead?

My obsessive thoughts dont allow me to chant and if I force myself to chant i feel haterful towards the Lord. Please advice.

Does watching TV and reading newspapers comprise breaking the regulative principles?

Should we hate our body because it obstructs and distracts us in devotional service?

When we face problems in our spiritual life, is chanting extra rounds the way to solve all those problems?

How can we deal with materialistic people while practicing Krishna consciousness?

When we meet people distributing Mayavadi literature should we challenge them philosophically or just recommend Prabhupadas books and leave?

How we can train our mind to have faith in ourselves?

How can we develop our determination?

Why do we use a bead bag for keeping our chanting beads?

Is serving deities at our place in nuclear families by ladies during 4 days of menstruation allowed in ISKCON?

Can we speak strongly in informal meetings with nondevotees so as to prevent discussions from going in provocative directions?

When we have emotional expectations from devotees and are disappointed can we seek emotional nourishment from Krishna alone and not strive for deep relationships with devotees

Should we avoid services like writing because we will become proud by doing those services?

How can we maintain a positive attitude in devotional life when we face reversals?

Is it practical to live in the mode of goodness in our fast-paced culture?

How can we avoid blurting out and learn to think before speaking?

How can devotees choose a career that is compatible with our devotional life?

If we need some material skills for serving Krishna can we pray for those skills?

How can we increase our taste for reading Prabhupada’s books?

What exactly is humility? How can we cultivate humlity apart from chanting and praying for it? How can we avoid becoming proud of our humility?

How can we use the holy name meditations for improving our chanting?

If science is wrong why do devotee go to a hospital when they fall sick and not to a temple?

Is chanting a service to Krishna or our expression of love to Krishna?

The mind says spiritual life is good when we are in devotee association but it says material life is good when we are in nondevotee association. How can we know when the mind is cheating us?

Modern medicine contains alcohol and meat extracts. Does taking such medicines cause sinful karma. What to do when there is no option?

How can we not lose faith in Krishna when we are faced with lots of suffering?

Is chanting the holy name and reading scriptures without preaching enough to take us back to godhead?

I feel that without association I can continue bhakti. Please explain why association is essential.

It is impossible to not see women with an enjoying mentality. Please guide.

How can we avoid lust?

Normal temples have deities of Krishna and other demigods should prasadam offered in such temple be taken or not?

If somehow it is known before birth that the child in womb is crippled can it be aborted?

If a person is born mad and to abuse god is his habit then how he can be elevated to KC?

To become Krishna conscious do we need to change our complete behaviour or do we just need to learn respect and love for Vaishnavas?

Is there any quick way to control the mind?

When we become devotees should we not read newspaper or magazines and read only spiritual books? So how will we improve our general knowledge?

Why do our anarthas increase when we start practicing bhakti? How can we avoid becoming discouraged??

How can we make our chanting purer and better?

How can we avoid prajalpa and still maintain relationship with devotees with whom we have indulged in prajalpa in the past?

We often become discouraged when our plans in devotional service dont work. How can we make plans that work?

How can bhakti help me when my grandfather is suffering terribly with a terminal disease?

When obstacles distract us from KC instead of deepening our KC what should we do?

Can I chant less and do other forms of devotional service that inspire me more?

As spiritual attachment leads to material detachment how can we stay balanced?

How should we deal with phases of inner emptiness in our spiritual life?

Difference between glorification and flattery (Hindi)

Is it necessary to pray in an orderly way or can we chant anywhere?

Is body necessary for the progresss of the soul?

Can my parents be my spiritual master if they are not devotees and are not in guru parampara

How do i get ideas for writing articles and specifically articles for BTG?

If one wants to become a brahmachari how can one develop the courage to give up everything and fear of failure?

What do we do when we go through a no nectar zone in our devotional service?

What does it mean to transcend problems by Krishna consciousness?

When we see senior devotees affected by modes of passion (eg. too much fondness for foods like pizza) or ignorance (eg sleeping during chanting and hearing) how should we respond?

How can I overcome anger and study calmly college subjects that blaspheme dharma?

Is ISKCON meant for only educated people like IITians and IIMians?

When Krishna consciousness is supposed to be joyful, why does it seem so joyless?

How can we improve our concentration during meditation?

Does the mind wander more while chanting Hare Krishna as compared to other mantras?

How can we be affectionate without being attached?

What does it mean to choose material things based on their utility?

When a relative becomes hostile to a devotee, is that due to the devotee’s past karma, that person’s misuse of free will or Krishna’s arrangement?

Can we experience real love through relationships in this world?

When a relative is materially abusive how should a devotee respond?

Why do we misidentify with the mind?

When a relative becomes hostile to our devotional practices how should we respond?

How can we regulate material desires that are not sinful?

As students of science and as sadhakas how should we implement the understanding of realist and instrumentalist approaches to science?

When we see that senior devotees have factual flaws, how should we respond?

Why does mantra meditation seem to be a burden?

Can devotees use products containing Tulasi for medicinal purposes?

Why do I need a personal Guru, if all the knowledge is available and all doubts get resolved on websites like Vedabase or your website, thespiritualscientist.com?

What is the position of grihasthas in ISKCON? Should brahmacharis criticize them?

How do we respond if someone says I am satisfied in my material life and am not spiritually ambitious?

Does one have to come to goodness in terms of one’s activities before one can become transcendental?

How can we succeed in leading a principle-centered life?