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When we deal with dissatisfaction, how can we know whether we are acting by Krishna’s guidance or our mind’s conditioning?

If a service is incompatible with our nature, what should we do?

How do we differentiate between needs and wants?

How can we practice austerity of the mind?

When we don’t get an intimation of our death, as did Parikshit, how should we practice bhakti?

How can we know what karma we have done in the past?

How can we conquer all our fears?

Does the default setting come from the mind or the brain?

Why should we go to a temple when we can serve poor people or open hospitals?

When we can have a temple in our home, why do we need to go to a temple?

How do we help people who know about karma but think it won’t apply to me?

When we are provoked, we get angry despite our resolutions not to do so – what to do?

Can we say that the brain processes various energies and one kind of energy processing leads to consciousness?

Is an unfavourable family situation Krishna’s arrangement – should we accept or reject that situation – Hindi?

If feelings of satisfaction deter us from doing difficult duties, what should we do – Hindi?

If we give up all emotions, then what will motivate us to work – Hindi?

Is thinking negatively the default setting of the mind – Hindi?

If we feel fear about losing our loved ones, how can we overcome that fear?

Is it natural to have expectations – does spiritual life change that?

In ancient India, there were many different belief systems, as there are now – why is this?

If someone helps us but makes us feel bad about having taken their help, should we keep a distance from them?

Is there a fine line between when matter takes us towards Krishna and when it takes us away from Krishna?

If we practice bhakti simply to look good in others’ eyes, how can we advance?

How can we remember that we are devotees when we are with materialistic people?

If we surrender to Krishna because of fear that we will face problems otherwise, is that surrender genuine?

After practicing spirituality, we feel less materially insecure – does that mean we are spiritually advanced or are irresponsible?

If we cursed someone who disappointed us in a relationship, are our present problems a karmic reaction for cursing that person?

If we can’t decide whether a particular desire is good or bad, what should we do?

When dharma has gone down so much now, why is Krishna not appearing?

Isn’t Prabhupada’s Gita just one among the many interpretations of the Gita?

How can we connect our IT job with Krishna?

How is the intelligence connected with the heart?

If my job requires me to do medical testing on animals, how can that be reconciled with bhakti?

Aren’t parents who want their children to succeed in competitions encouraging materialistic over-endeavor?

Should we as parents encourage our children to participate in competitions for discovering and developing talents?

When some people remember their past lives, where are those memories stored?

Can the soul remember its eternal position?

Does reincarnation explain why some people feel they are in a body of the wrong gender?

How can we redirect our attraction from Krishna’s sparks to Krishna, the whole?

How can we apply the principle of becoming angry when a devotee is blasphemed?

What are the ways in which the Nectar of Instruction text 1 can be misapplied?

What should be the basis of our self-worth?

Is controlling our thoughts a skill that can be developed?

If after praying we take a decision and it turns out to be wrong, has Krishna misled us?

What exactly does Krishna sanction – how?

How does free will interact with the modes?

When Krishna knows everything including what we need, what is the need to pray to him?

When we pray to Krishna to give us the strength to serve him, how can we recognize his reciprocation?

Pandavas tolerated initially and retaliated eventually – how can we decide when to tolerate and when to retaliate?

What is the role of science in Krishna consciousness?

How to understand that we can’t understand Krishna – then why do we study scripture?

What is the monistic conception of pure consciousness in terms of subject, object and stream of consciousness?

When Vaishnavas don’t take meat, why do Shaivites take meat?

How can people who care for pets and aspire to be vets still eat meat?

If someone justifies an illicit relationship by saying that their spouse is unloving, how do we respond?

If our loved one is addicted to tobacco and still wears kanthi mala, how can we help them?

How is scripture a window to God?

When Airavata existed earlier, how did he appear during the churning of the milk ocean?

Why is remembrance of Krishna so important in bhakti ?

How can we better appreciate the relevance of spiritual classes as well as academic studies?

During possession, what is the relation between the subtle bodies of the possessing ghost and the possessed person?

When the possessed soul and the possessor soul are equal, how can one soul dominate another ?

Do the laws of material nature work on ghosts ?

Is our life duration determined by past karma?

When the soul is different from the body, why does injury to the brain cause the soul to leave the body, but not injury to the foot?

Some people can see ghosts, some can’t – why?

Beauty is a spark of Krishna, but it makes us forget Krishna – what to do?

How can we make people in the lower modes interested in Krishna?

How will avoiding the association of agitating people help if agitation is in our karma?

Isn’t the mode of goodness alone enough for serving Krishna – during the churning of the milk ocean, why were the other modes needed?

A mentally retarded child can’t do any karma – what determines his future life?

A mentally retarded child can’t pursue any worthwhile goal – what is the point of such a life?

When problems drag our emotions away from Krishna, how can we focus on him?

How is karma connected with our future destination?

What externals can help us stay spiritually grounded?

Can a spiritual mind know the destiny?

How is an action classified as good karma or bad karma?

How can we minimize our past karma’s impact on us?

Are hungry people starving because of their past karma?

Does karma contribute to our achievements?

How can we prevent our leisure time from being consumed by worrying?

During the evolution of life on the earth, when did the soul enter into the picture?

In past life memories, might the investigators be committing frauds?

What is the concept of a soulmate?

What happens to children who remember their past lives after they grow up?

Can children be trained to remember their past lives?

How can we see virtual reality in terms of spiritual philosophy?

How can we increase our remembrance of Krishna when we come to the temple?

Isn’t it better to read Prabhupada books instead of wasting time on social media?

Why didn’t the Pandavas think that the Kauravas were simply instruments of their own past karma?

Is the Mahabharata that occurred in another age even relevant today?

Is the Mahabharata an excellent drama or is it historically true?

If everything in the Mahabharata is arranged by Krishna’s plan, why do we blame Duryodhana or Karna?

Why is Arjuna considered the greatest archer when all his power came from Krishna?

If Dhritarashtra had stopped Duryodhana from fighting, how would the Gita have been spoken?

When Dhritarashtra was forced by the modes to support Duryodhana, why is he blamed?

Did the celestial voice stopping Duryodhana from committing suicide interfere with his free will?

Are Christian missionaries in India funded from the West?

Are some people utterly incapable of understanding God’s form – are some religion’s revelations customized for such people?

Will Christians in the kingdom of God see Christ as described in the Bible or as sages described in the Vedic literature?