Practical Krishna Consciousness

When we hear rumours about a senior devotee, how should we respond?

How can we avoid unwanted and offensive thoughts?

How can we control the mind when it pushes us towards harmful actions?

How can we be confident, assertive, positive without becoming proud?

When circumstances make our chosen standards unsustainable, what should we do?

How can we break the habit of believing that we wont be able to keep our promises?

Feeling our feelings

What are the practical steps for maintaining and improving our relationships with devotees?

Is fault finding good or bad? If its bad then how can we overcome it? 

Can devotees sell products made by killing flowers?

Is chanting on electronic counter equal to chanting on Tulsi beads?

How can I overcome the fear that the future may bring unexpected problems in my spiriutal life?

Should we resist the mind or wait for it to calm down? What is the right way to control the mind?

What is the scriptural basis and the practical method for the idea of observing our thoughts?

Can we ever say that our attachments are holding us when actually we are always responsible?

When material circumstances make it difficult or impossible for us to render devotional service what should we do?

How should we respond when Deities break?

Is faith in Krishna a matter of human choice or divine grace?

Please share some tips for memorizing verses

Reflections on the first anniversary of Gita-daily

When I study scriptures I am unable to concentrate. What should I do?

What is the best way to make notes in classes?

If we feel dissatisfied while rendering a service how should we deal with it?

Should we use attraction to the beauty of the opposite sex as an impetus to remind us of the beauty of Krishna?

Overcoming obstacles at the level of mind, intelligence and faith

Practicing bhakti yoga in grihastha ashrama

Prajalpa II (with HG Radheshyam P)

Prajalpa I (with HG Radheshyam P)

How can we know when we have done our best in devotional service?

Why does devotion need to be exhibited publically?

Rising from material enjoyment to spiritual fulfillment with QA – Bhag 7.9.25

What are the symptoms of spiritual advancement?

Isnt it offensive to assume that devotees critical of Mayavada are motivated by ego and to not associate with them?

How can we balance between varnashrama and Vaishnava principles in daily life?

How can one maintain a devotional attitude while cultivating a lot of knowledge?

Do we need to hate Advaitavada to practice bhakti?

When we are unable to express our questions should we just wait for purification to remove that doubt?

No exception to the rule: “To every rule there is an exception”

Should we use sugar made with bone ash?

When senior devotees speak and act in ways that are uninspiring or disturbing how should we see and respond?

How should we (Krishna Conscious persons) react if we get terribly cheated by someone?

If a person stays in coma with expensive instrumental support for many days, how long should the relatives continue the support?

Why do you use the lower case pronoun for God – ‘he’ instead of ‘He’? Isn’t it disrespectful?

The W.R.I.T.E. service: Five reasons to write in devotional service

How can we avoid labelling situations when say we go broke and still stay fixed in remembrance of Krishna?

Should we bow down if we pass by demigod temple while on the way to Krishna temple?

Is chanting with beads or in holy places more beneficial than chanting without beads or elsewhere?

Why does our consciousness change suddenly from devotional to sensual?

Why cant we have the morning program at 6 am so that more people can participate?

Dovetailing our propensities in Krishna’s service – SB 1.5.32

Utilizing fame in Krishna_s service_SB 1_12_5

When all killing brings karmic reactions how can we do pest control?

Is Debating wrong?

What are the things we need to be attached to and detached from during the initial and advanced stages of spriitual life?

If Dhruva Maharaj attained the Lord in 6 months can we go back to godhead in six years?

From knowledge to realization

Art of Becoming Happy – Seminar given at Tech Mahindra

Preaching with emotional sensitivity

Get_Beget_Forget_Regret 08-08-30 _SB 2_1_3

KAILASH acronym – 7 insights from the Kailash story

Why do senses go wild in worldly atmosphere after they have been peaceful in devotional atmosphere?

How to study scriptures – Purposes, Principles and Practices

What is more important: japa or kirtan?

Why do we have a propensity towards evil instead of good?

If one is unable to follow a regulative principle after many years of chanting, should one give up chanting due to guilt and shame?

ENERGY: Your sutra for positive thinking

How can we access Lord Chaitanya’s mercy in this age when the standards are high and the culture is hostile?

How can we get the determination to wake up in the morning?

Can a person live without lust?

Can devotees read books like “7 habits of highly successful people” to learn to better organize their lives so that they can serve Krishna better?

When atheists read theistic books, why don’t devotees read atheistic books in addition to theistic books? Shouldn’t one understand both points of view?

Can the higher taste through chanting be experienced even on a neophyte stage?

How can we observe the death anniversary of a loved one in a devotional way?

If a person despite trying sincerely is still struggling because of past conditionings and he wants to be honest with guru, what should he do?

Why should the mind cooperate with bhakti when that will lead to its own annihilation?

What will happen if one is following Krishna consiousness only on logic and no devotion?

Does too much seriousness in spiritual life makes one irresponsible and unambitious

The Power of Habits

If two devotees are not speaking to each other, what should be my consciousness?

Should we suppress or express our emotions of sorrow when our fellow-devotees pass away in sudden tragedies?

How can we give up hating a person?

Is a devotee-householder who earns a living and contributes a part to Krishna’s service practicing karma-yoga or bhakti-yoga?

The Romance and the Resistance in Fasting

How can one strengthen his will power and increase his determination? And how to avoid further weakning of the both?

What should a wife do when her husband totally opposes her Krishna consciousness?

Should we postpone the chanting of the mahamantra till we are able to follow the regulative principles so as to avoid offenses?

Is there a need to build spirituality among youths and how can it be done ?

How are we to see Krishna’s hand amidst tragic, premature death of devotees?

How can we avoid rash impulsive behavior?

As a practicing devotee, which is the medication method recommended, (since ayurvedic treatment is not suitable for emergencies)?

Can our character be changed after we grow beyond 20?

What should a devotee do when material desires start increasing and chanting doesn’t help?

How do people who eat onion-garlic still seem to be in goodness?

How to avoid worldly distractions in concentrating on Krishna?

How can we become free from irritability?

How to overcome base passions like anger, hate, fear etc?

When japa is individual meditation, why should one chant in the association of Devotees

Why should a devotee study when it is only materialistic and is called dogism by Srila Prabhupada?

How can one control envy?

Should one come up to the level of chanting 16 rounds gradually so that we can sustain it or as quickly as possible?