QA Audio : 2014

If God becomes controlled by the love of his devotees then how is he the supreme controller?

What is the need for God to have made the creation?

Do the daivi maya in Gita 7.14 and daivi prakriti in 9.13 to the same thing or different things?

I am a Physics student. How can I study the Bhagavad-gita scientifically when it seems like a discussion in a story?

If Karna was not stronger than Arjuna why did Kunti weaken him emotionally and Indra weaken him physically before the war?

In the Mahabharata, why are other warriors like Eklavya, Ghatothakcha and Barbarika manipulated to favor Arjuna?

How can we control the hyperactive imagination during chanting?

If eating opulent prasad harms our consciousness how can we regulate our eating?

When Kamsa’s capital Mathura and Kaurava’s capital Hastinapura were so close to each other why is there no record of any conflict between them?

NoI 9 refers to the Mathura in the material world being the birthplace of Krishna as higher than Vaikuntha Where does Mathura in the spiritual world fit in this hierarchy?

When Vali and Sugriva are born from the union of demigods (Indra and Surya with Aruni) why do they have a monkey form?

Is the Nectar of Instruction a part of a larger work by Rupa Goswami?

By hearing about a particular rasa say Madhurya rasa in Gaudiya Vaishnavism, we will become attracted to it But if our svarupa is in a different rasa what will happen?

What is the relationship between the svarupa of the soul and its present seed form?

Is there a hierarchy among the five potent forms of devotional service? Is any one of them the highest?

While chanting is it better to just focus on the holy name or on a mahamantra sticker or on a picture of the Deities?

When some devotee praises us, should we stop that devotee or go away or hear passively?

When bhakti is transcendental, why do scriptures give importance to bodily designations like birth in India or birth in a royal dynasty?

When all of us are unique, why do we compare devotees as per their level of advancement?

Is their a hierarchy of devotees at higher and lower levels even in the spiritual world?

Is the jnani in Gita 7.16 and jnanavan in 7.19 the same or different?

In the Gita chp 8, what is the yogis’ conception of Krishna?

In NoI 8 purport, what do the dashas from shravana to sampatti refer to?

In Gita chp 13, what exactly does jneya refer to?

If the soul’s nature is to love and serve Krishna, where does our nature to love and serve worldly things come from?

If dharma meaning to love and serve God is so simple and universal why do so many religions focus on such aggressive conversion?

How does Krishna consciousness practically solve the world’s problems like violence, poverty and drug abuse?

How can we practically engage in Krishna’s service all the time?

How can we explain to newcomers the difference between prasad and ordinary food?

How can we ensure that the give and take between devotees doesn’t become artificial or business-like?

Does chanting all 16 rounds at one stretch lead to greater concentration?

As repeated hearing leads to belief, what is the difference between devotional hearing and indoctrination by religious fanatics?

Are there any examples of yoga-mishra bhaktas becoming kevala bhaktas?

When Prabhupada’s books will be the lawbooks for 10,000 years, how can we contextualize them?

Can Gita verses be translated differently from Prabhupada’s translations?

How can we understand Prabhupada’s equating buddhi-yoga in 2.39 purport with bhakti-yoga?

How is the Gita 18.57 definition of buddhi-yoga different from that in 2.39 and 10.10?

How do we understand Krishna’s statement to Arjuna that Karna is a better archer than him?

As tapa is not a distinct spiritual path, what does Gita 6.46 tapsvibhyo adhiko yogi refer to?

Why is the flow the Gita verses not given in Prabhupada’s Gita?

How is the car-body analogy a good analogy when the car can’t reproduce and the driver can live independent of the car?

Our endeavor play a part in determining the result, so does endeavoring more make the result more likely?

What is the connection between Gita 6.4 yogarudha stage and 6.5-6 mind’s inimical nature?

With what attitude should we quote new verses or scriptural points apart from those given In Prabhupada’s books?

How can we practically understand the modes influencing us wrt the jnana karma and karta analysis in Gita 18.20-28?

How are the 6 components of action in Gita 18.18 reduced to 3 in Gita 18.19?

While explaining the philosophy we sometimes come up with examples that we not have heard in classes. How can we know whether they are realizations or speculations?

Gita 3.9 enjoins yajna for the satisfaction of Vishnu. Then why does the next section talk about the lower level of karma kanda?

What is the connection between the Gita’s fifth and sixth chapters? Is Gita 6.1 a rejection of jnana-yoga?

Gita 2.38 and 2.48 seem very similar. What is the difference between them?

What is the difference between karma-kanda and sakama karma-yoga? Which does Gita 2.31-37 refer to?

Gita 2.39 is a linking verse. Which sections in the Gita and which levels in the yoga ladder does it link?

Is there any difference between nishkama bhakti and shuddha bhakti?

Do karma-mishra, yoga-mishra, jnana-mishra bhakti come under sakama bhakti?

What is the mechanism of memory recollection? What is the Supersoul’s role in it?

How can advanced devotees be both transcendental to material pains and still sensitive to others’ material pains?

How important is it for devotee-couples to follow the Vedic model for gender roles in their relationship?

If one’s nature doesn’t change even after purification then how is a pure devotee transcendental?

When we become purified does the predominant mode of the mind change?

How are the living symptoms of consciousness manifestations of the subtle body as the Gita 13.6-7 purport says?

Doesn’t the idea that the infant suffers in the womb deny the glory of the mother’s love in caring for her infant?

When the mahaprasad of devotees is so glorious, why are we discouraged from taking it during our regular interactions with other devotees?

Should a devotee be eager to die, as Kulakshekhar Maharaj’s prayer says?

When we face unexpected and big problems, does that meant God is angry with us?

According to Krishna, which is more important – karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga or both?

Can you explain clearly the role of mind, intelligence and consciousness in the path from impulse to intent?

Do our impulses come from outside us or inside us?

Is karma yoga practical when even the people for whom we sacrifice consider it insane?

Why does the Bhagavatam say that we shouldn’t endeavor even for our necessities?

If people in Dwapara Yuga were ten times bigger, why don’t we see such fossils?

Are our senses actually defective or do we just have to be alert while taking in sense information?

If the demigods are not Krishna’s competitors, why do they compete with him as in Govardhan lila?

Why did Draupadi insult Duryodhana when he fell in the Maya sabha by saying ‘andhe ka beta andha’?

What should a devotee do on being overcome by temptation?

When our senses are designed by God and they are defective, doesn’t that make God’s design defective?

Is our memory a manifestation of our mind, intelligence or soul?

What is the Vedic perspective of godless religions like Jainism and Buddhism whose followers still live good lives?

How can we understand scientific concepts like space and time from the Vedic perspective?

How is the Gita 4.9 the essence of the Bhagavad-gita?

Are love marriages incompatible with bhakti? What about Arjuna marrying Subhadra?

Is niyoga – begetting children through some man other than one’s husband – an authorized Vedic practice?

Isn’t it better to refer to women as behenji instead of mataji especially when they are of the same age as the men?

What is the difference between ‘nishkarma’ & ‘karma’ as explained in Gita & its significance?

If both Krishna and we are eternal, then how is he our source and why don’t we have the six opulences fully?

Amidst life-threatening situations like attack by robbers, should a devotee tolerate, retaliate or flee?

When we suffer due to our past karma does the Supersoul feel pain because his part is suffering?

If a person feels spaced out after chanting 16 rounds daily and more focused after chanting less rounds, what should be done?

If devotees’ children are advanced devotees from past lives, why do many of those children not become devotees in this life?

Should we avoid offering obeisances to senior devotees in public places because people find it alienating

Do Yamadutas commit mistakes by taking some person other than the intended?

When Krishna is satisfied by simple devotion do we need technical intellectual analysis as done by Gita-daily articles?

Can we integrate walking as an exercise with our daily chanting?

Is the quality of chanting inversely proportional to the speed of chanting?

When Krishna is complete, how can he be the beneficiary of our sacrifices, as Gita 5.29 says?

How can we channelize our emotions in devotional service?

When the Lord’s glance is purifying why did Mohini-Murti’s glance not purify the demons?

When Krishna knows everything, how did he not know that Rahu & Ketu were impersonatings as demigods?

How can devotees do their material activities in spiritual consciousness?

Why has God given us free will?

If God is complete and doesn’t desire anything, doesn’t he desire our deliverance?