QA Audio : 2015

We feel more eager to read news than scripture – what to do?

How can we strengthen our faith in Krishna amidst difficulties?

Why do both Krishna and Lord Chaitanya appear in Vaivasvata Manu’s period?

Do those who live in Vrindavan live on the lap of Krishna?

Why does mantra chanting calm the dying?

Is there a relationship between mantra chanting and physical healing?

Can mantra chanting help us to access all the knowledge that was known to humanity in the past?

How does mantra singing help in emotional healing?

As qualities in goodness are favorable to bhakti should devotees try to cultivate them?

Have all devotees already practiced yoga, jnana, tapa and all such processes for transcendence?

What is the effect of hearing rasa-lila pastimes with mundane intentions?

Will accepting reincarnation make people more lazy or more responsible?

Can an OBE be repeated and experimented upon?

Are there any scientifically verified cases of past-life memories?

Are there any NDEs that conclusively prove the existence of the soul?

How do we counter the explanation of NDEs as mind-body split?

What are the proofs for reincarnation accepted by mainstream scientists?

Cant past-life memories be coincidences among the earth’s eight billion people’s stories?

Why do people consider the Bhagavatam’s history to be mythological?

How do we deal with the material-spiritual conflict in our heart?

How can we make the effect of hearing last for long?

Do devotees have to give up humor?

How can we face problems caused by others without falling for the blame game?

Does Krishna’s not being able to remember the Gita later in the Mahabharata prove that some higher being spoke the Gita through him?

When chanting is so simple why do we feel so lazy – how can we chant constantly?

How should we see unbrahminical behavior of brahman-initiated devotees?

As advanced spiritualists have no material desires, do they get no dreams while sleeping?

If tamasic people are attracted to ghastly worshipable forms, then are those who worship Narasimha tamasic?

Why is Rama Navmi fast broken in some temples with grains and in others without grains?

Is Christianity Mayavada because many Christians consider Jesus to be God?

How can karma such as fighting in army be spiritualized?

What does “avyakta” mean in the Gita’s eighth chapter?

How can we work for Krishna and avoid contaminating association in our workplaces?

When Upadeshamrita is for seekers, why does it start by telling who can become a guru?

How are other rasas higher than shanta rasa?

In what sense is the Brihad Aranyaka Upansihad before the Ishopanishad?

How can the finite soul experience infinite happiness?

Which is the best way to read scripture?

Why is the irreligious West prosperous and religious India poor?

Is pain is caused by bodily attachment, how can painkillers stop the pain?

Is anand present in the cit aspect of the Absolute Truth too?

How is Krishna attained by doing duty – doesn’t one need to rise to love for him?

How does mastery in yajna lead to Krishna consciousness?

As Krishna is the ultimate beneficiary, is devata prasad also Krishna-prasad?

If yajnas are not done will there be no rains?

What is the destination of those who take devatas’ prasad?

If brahmajyoti is nondifferent from Krishna, as is his holy name, what’s wrong with meditating on brahmajyoti?

Why do Hindus worship ghastly gods with skulls?

Is Jesus the only way to God and Hinduism the lie of the Devil?

If Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth, why are Hindus so poor?

Is God too big to be contained in a picture?

Does the system of karma and rebirth imply that there is no forgiveness?

Is super-consciousness the same as Krishna consciousness?

If Krishna acts exemplarily why did he perform rasa-lila?

Why did Dhirtarashtra ask for eyes to see the universal form but refuse the eyes to see the Kurukshetra war?

Why are Krishna and Arjuna both referred by the name Jishnu?

Are the names Ramayana and Narayana related?

When Lord Shiva is the destroyer why is he considered auspicious?

Was Drona a pure devotee? Was he a spiritual teacher?

Why are the Gita’s first and last chapters of Krishna’s instructions its longest chapters?

What do the terms karya karana kartrtva adhyatma adhibhuta and adhiyajna in SB 2.5.19 mean?

Why does Prabhupada say in Gita 2.38p that sankhya doesn’t refer to and does refer to the Bhagavatam’s sankhya?

Whose Sankhya is the authorized Sankhya – the sage Kapila’s or of the avatara Kapila’s?

How is internal cleanliness a bodily austerity?

What is the difference between austerity and penance?

How can we ensure that our words of correction act as scalpels, not axes?

How can devotees avoid getting deviated to the heavenly planets?

How could a brahmana be so illiterate as to to not be able to read the Gita?

Which are the important commentaries on the Gita?

Why are there so many commentaries on the Gita?

What does “our senses are meant for Krishna’s satisfaction” mean?

What is the difference between doubt and curiosity?

What can we do in a relationship when the other person doesn’t want clarification?

When we don’t get any reciprocation despite calling Krishna earnestly for long, what can we do?

What is the difference between goodness and pure goodness?

How does marriage change sex from wrong to right?

What exactly was Bharata Maharaj’s mistake?

How could Bharata Maharaj have become attached to a deer after renouncing the world?

How can we overcome our ego?

What does it mean to not take credit for the things we do?

When neither yajnik-brahmanis nor their husbands get Krishna’s shelter, what is the point of that pastime?

Why is Vritrasura portrayed as a demon in the Rig-Veda and as a devotee in the Bhagavatam?

Why does Jiva Goswami deem Bhagavatam 2.2.37 the book’s phala-shruti?

How can we avoid getting lost in the many conversations in the Bhagavatam?

Which are the important commentaries on the Bhagavatam?

What is the difference between energies in Gita chp 7 and potencies in chp 9?

Are the Vedas actually ambiguous or just nonspecific about ultimate purpose?

What is the difference between giving up action and renunciation in Gita 3.4?

If we have devotional intention do we still get karmic reactions for incidental sins?

Did others apart from Arjuna see Krishna’s universal form?

How does the material body become spiritualized by bhakti?

Is it hypocritical to criticize others for faults we ourselves have?

Is the notion of time – of past, present, future – an illusion?

What is the rasa-abhasa in chanting “nitai gaur radhe shyam” mantra?

What is the position of bhakti teachers not connected with the four sampradayas?

Is doing sadhana bhakti in vatsalya bhava sahajiyaism?

Is Vallbha Bhatta of CC same as Vallabhacharya?

Is Vallabhacharya Krishna or devotee of Krishna?

What is time – Is there no time in the spiritual world?

What exactly is humility – how do we develop it in bhakti?