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Have we humans thought up an anxiety-relieving entity God because we suffer more anxiety than animals?

When Karna abused Draupadi, why didn’t anyone punish him by taking away his position?

Karna wanted revenge and Draupadi wanted revenge – what is the difference?

How can we help our children to make good choices amidst a degraded culture?

How do we counter moral relativism with those who don’t accept scriptural authority?

How can we feel that Krishna is the doer, not that we are the doers?

Does absorption in Krishna require sixteen rounds chanting?

How can we rise from cultural bhakti to spiritual bhakti?

What if we feel attracted to serving Krishna in our role in this world, but not in the spiritual world as his associate?

Do soldiers who die while fighting for their country attain higher planets?

Is it good to be a nationalist and a Krishna devotee?

How can we counter the mind’s wandering while reading scripture?

Should society dictate the criteria for when to take legal action and when to forgive?

Can we tell the truth selectively if that helps someone?

How to absorb ourselves in Krishna instead of problems?

Do we need intelligence to deal with resentment?

How can we deal with material desires in bhakti?

Why does Krishna sanction people’s doing bad karma – why doesn’t he just control their free will?

When results are determined by our past karma, can results be used to evaluate the soundness of our decisions?

What is the difference between processing emotions through self-help principles and through bhakti principles?

How can we overcome our false ego and rise from our material identity to our spiritual identity?

If we are broken by many past hurts, how can we overcome that casting?

When a relative lets us down repeatedly, how can we trust them?

Can you explain with examples how we can tolerate?

How should we deal with anti-devotional activities happening in our environment?

How can we give up undesirable habits that we keep relapsing into?

How can we sense better how a person is going to behave and prepare our response better?

How can we share our spirituality with others without being preachy?

How can we decide whether to try to change something or to let go?

Is minimizing distress not like pushing problems under the carpet?

When new people feel disturbed by seeing groupism in our movement, how can we explain to them?

If our conditionings keep popping up what can we do?

How can we help temple visitors to become serious devotees?

How can we adapt without watering down?

When Krishna is not directly with us how can we know his will?

How can we chant purely?

What is wrong with practicing bhakti because the world is dreadful?

Among the four categories of people who come to Krishna does any one stay more than others?

How can we know whether our emotions are coming from the modes or from our bhakti practices?

How can we explain the rationale for letting go in some things to our nondevotee friends?

When Ravana had been seen going southwards, why did Rama send monkeys in all four direction?

When there is disunity, should we just surrender and wait for Krishna to restore unity or do something to restore unity?

If people speak in anger, doesn’t it reflect unfiltered what is in their heart?

If we are not spiritually advanced, do the problems we face come from our past karma or by Krishnas arrangement?

How can we stay spiritually focused and respond appropriately amidst situations of distrust?

Does knowledge correlate with being judgmental?

How can we prevent or correct misunderstandings among devotees?

Why did Vali attribute negative intention to Sugriva – was he already suspicious?

After Valis death why didn’t Sugriva console himself by focusing on Valis atrocities?

When Sugriva had planned Vali’s fall, why did he feel remorse?

How can we deal with people with nondevotional values?

If others misjudge us, what should we do?

How can we overcome depression caused by frustration of expectations?

How can we practically cleanse our mind of negativity?

How can we let go of the past and the future, and focus on the present?

Does our desire for freedom from parents come from resentment towards them or from a genuine need for self-expression?

If traditional cultures aren’t against love, why are love marriages banned in ISKCON?

How can peer pressure be avoided?

Can we have hobbies that are neither spiritual nor sinful?

How can we serve purely?

If we let go of things, are we being cowardly?

Does satsang strengthen our buddhi – Hindi?

If our actions unintentionally hurt others, will we get the reaction?

When money provides all comforts, why is spiritual life needed?

Amidst today’s financial insecurity, how can we decide how much accumulation is enough?

When bhakti practice hasn’t yet changed our disposition, how can we take sound decisions?

Do we need to sometimes prioritize the spiritual over the material or the material over the spiritual?

Philosophy makes sense intellectually, but doesn’t sink emotionally – what to do?

Is crowding desires out of our mind not superficially distracting?

Is working hard and getting promoted in our job good?

How can we scientifically explain reincarnation?

How can we explain Bhagavatam sections that contradict modern science?

How can we identify our natural inclinations?

What is wrong with sense gratification?

If scripture contains advanced material knowledge such as Vimana-shastra, why don’t we use it to make planes today?

How can we understand unbelievable statements from scripture?

How can we offer criticism constructively?

While seeking realization, how can we avoid speculation?

When Bhishma took shelter of the Kauravas’ wealth, why did Krishna shelter him at death?

Why is Krishna thirsty for our love when he has so many devotees loving him?

Is there a scientific explanation of the benefits of eating prasad?

Can we scientifically prove the validity of scriptures?

What is the best way to present scriptural wisdom to scientists?

Does everything exist for Krishna’s pleasure?

How can we move on after painful conflicts with devotees?

What does seeing but not acting with equal vision mean?

How can we be detached when we want to offer the best service to Krishna?

How can we control impulsive behavior?

How can we know whether our decisions are right or wrong?

If strong speaking alienates people, should we still speak strongly or speak sensitively?

During chanting, how much is thinking of other related things acceptable?

If people are born together in a family because of similar karma, why are some family members so different?

Many scriptural storylines appear to be predestined – do we really have free will?

What is causeless mercy – how can we qualify for it – can it come without initiation?

How can we share bhakti wisdom with the non-religious?

What is our religious identity – what is a simple answer that our kids can give to other kids at school?

Is the holy name scientific, ethical or relational?

How can a newly married couple new to bhakti strengthen their relationship?

What is the spiritual recourse amidst abusive relationships?

How do we have free will – how much can we use it?