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How can we trust Krishna when he is so unpredictable?

Why would anyone be tempted to be discouraged?

Can focusing on our intention impede creativity?

What is the root of our procrastinating tendency?

What is the meaning of life?

How long does it take to experience lasting love – what about the love we find in this world?

If we are detached from our goals, what will inspire us to work?

What are the best books to start our spiritual study?

How can we avoid being affected by things not in our control?

Do all religions lead to God?

Why is madhurya rasa considered the highest rasa?

How does love in separation relate with the five rasas?

Why is love in separation considered the highest form of love?

If our spiritual master is not easily accessible and other spiritual masters give time primarily to their disciples, how can we get inspiration?

Why is devotee association sometimes more stressful and misunderstanding-prone than nondevotee association?

Sometimes devotee association agitates us – then how can we feel sheltered by it?

If an initiated devotee does something non-standard such as eating food cooked outside, will the spiritual master get the karma?

If we can’t follow certain standards while practically living in the world, how should we adjust?

What can we do about fears that are not useful?

Why is initiation so important?

What is the difference between fear and fearfulness?

How can we know who is our real guru?

If we see problems as small, won’t we neglect serious problems?

Are problems relative – they are big for one person, small for another?

Should we be pessimistic about material life to progress in spiritual life?

Does destiny determine whether a child will live till forty or also what will happen to him at that age?

Is everything in life pre-determined?

If we work hard, doesn’t that hard work become the cause of our positive destiny?

How do free will and destiny interact in our life?

What is the destination of people who remember God according to their religious revelation?

What exactly is time – from yesterday to today what has changed?

How important is praying in bhakti?

How can we organize ourselves to best serve Krishna?

How can we encourage daydreamers to do something practical?

How can we describe spirituality to new people in 2-3 sentences?

Can we drink without becoming drunk?

How can we inspire ourselves to chant when we don’t feel any immediate benefits?

While speaking from shastra, should we consider what people will feel about it?

How can we decide whether to focus on material life or on spiritual life?

How can we integrate in bhakti a profession that is not directly usable in bhakti?

In dealing with our desires through indulgence in householder life, isn’t there a danger that the desires may not go away?

If someone is spiritually unreceptive, does the sincerity of our prayers determine whether they become receptive?

How can we spiritually help those in totally materialistic degraded life?

When the mind wanders off, how can we become more aware of its wandering faster?

When should one decide to become a full-time monk for serving Krishna?

When our values are different from partying professionals, how can we set an example in our material life?

If we feel social pressure to do some service other than what we feel inspired to do, which service should we choose?

We all need role models – then what does we shouldn’t become xerox copies of others mean?

What does spirituality have to say about modern cosmological knowledge?

What is the difference between walking away from problems and running away from them?

How can we know whether the inner voice comes from the mind or the intelligence?

In Vishnu Sahasra Nama, how are Vishnu’s names Nimisha and Animisha reconciled?

If someone insults us but we don’t feel angry whereas others feel we should be angry, what is happening to us?

What is the process by which the false ego gets hurt?

How can we sustain our resolutions in spiritual life?

How do we respond to people who self-identify as spiritual but not religious?

How can our spiritual growth dismantle the power structures in today’s world that choke spiritual growth?

How does spiritual consciousness help solve today’s practical problems?

Just as a child learns by growth, can’t machines develop human features by technological growth?

How do we decide when to confront a problem and when to accept it as destiny

Shouldn’t love for Krishna soften devotees’ heart and make them gentler?

How do we see when senior devotees act inappropriately and rationalize it based on their seniority?

Should we choose a career based on our nature or on our parents’ expectation?

Are scriptural models of duties to be implemented as it is today – should children obey their parents just as Rama obeyed Dasharatha?

Is there any reference to the subconscious mind in the Vedic literature?

Should we see non-philosophical devotees as not needing intellectual conviction or as weak because of intellectual malnourishment?

When we don’t love Krishna, we suffer – doesn’t that mean Krishna forces us to love him?

Why does the Gita not have any Duryodhana uvaca, though he speaks several verses?

In which service should we start fighting our inclination to the path of least resistance?

What is the relationship between ashtanga-yoga and bhakti-yoga?

When our loved ones suffer, we suffer – then how does love bring happiness?

When our thoughts start becoming negative, how can we flip them to positive?

How can we insulate ourselves from negative people?

How could Krishna’s soldiers fight against him in the Kurukshetra war?

When we are troubled by controversies in Krishna’s movement, should we try to tackle them or just focus on our service?

Does time apply only for us, not for Krishna?

If Krishna knows the future, how do we have free will?

Doesn’t God have unlimited opulences – why limit them to six?

Does Krishna understand our feelings or does he also experience them?

When Krishna knows everything, how can we not know Radharani’s love for him?

How can we balance between submission and overdependence?

How can we practice bhakti in today’s competitive world?

How can we prevent repeated falls from shaking our faith in bhakti?

How can we deal with friends who hurt us?

How can we know that our service is pleasing Krishna?

Do emotions come from the heart, the soul or the subtle body?

If Krishna is God, why is Vishnu widely considered to be God and Krishna his incarnation?

Is the universe heliocentric or geocentric?

How can we avoid forgetting in real-life what we learn in classes?

How can we prevent our faith from flickering amidst problems?

When guidance is not easily available, how can we make good choices?

How can we assess our service when we are not pure-hearted?

How can we avoid over-controlling the things that are in our control?

In the practical-philosophical categorization, where does the emotional fit in?

When we face problems, we need practical solutions, not philosophical solutions – how can scripture help?

What is the best way to monitor our mental habits?

How can we help those who are suffering but are still imagining that they are enjoying?

If someone rationalizes their wrongdoing by saying that Krishna loves us unconditionally, how do we respond?

Doesn’t Krishna feel bad when we do something wrong – doesn’t that make him unwilling to shelter us?

If our mistakes have got us into trouble, how can we overcome the guilt that disheartens us while taking shelter of Krishna?