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Do all those who become deviated from yoga go to heavens?

When management affects our sadhana adversely, what can we do?

Why do children of devotees sometimes not become devotees?

​What does one get by doing sva-dharma without doing bhakti?

​Is thinking done by the mind or by the soul?

​What is the difference between being selfish and thinking of oneself first?

​What to do when people exclude us from some social circles because of our bhakti practices?

​How can we make right decisions when what is right is not clear and the decisions have serious consequences?

​Should we share bhakti wisdom only after we have understood it thoroughly?

​How much can logic be applied to scriptural study?

How can we be detached without becoming uncaring?

​Why does the Gita say that sva-dharma shouldn’t be given up whereas Bhagavatam says sea-dharma should be given up for bhakti?

​Is service the foundation of relationship – can’t we have relationships without any common service?

​If some devotees keep rejecting us despite our best efforts to please them, what should we do?

Are bhakti activities transcendental to the modes or are we to engage activities in the modes in bhakti?

​​In guna-karma mentioned in Gita 4.13, can karma be developed but not guna?

​What exactly are the modes?

​Why does the Gita give its essence of bhakti in its middle and not at its end?

​Does developing our conscience and intelligence develop our bhakti?

​What goes wrong when one person gets undue control on others’ minds?

​If we see wrongdoers go unpunished in our movement, what should we do?

​How can people who are conditioned to be child abusers be cured?

​During chanting should we try to control the mind or should we pray to Krishna that he control the mind?

​How do we differentiate between the mind’s desires and the soul’s desires?

​Are materialists completely controlled by the modes or can they make choices?

​Why did Prabhupada not encourage devotees to consult astrologers?

​If I can invest one hour daily for bhakti, which bhakti practices should I do?

​How has the momentum of bhakti helped you to face problems in your own life?

​What is dharma, especially for householders?

What are the characteristics of those who are spiritually healed?

​Is the Gita’s statement that all endeavors are covered by faults applicable to a butcher’s profession?

In bhakti, how do we decide which aspects are matters of principle and which, matters of preference?

​How do we explain the concept of achintya to scientific people?

​How do we address the conflict between the mind and the heart?

​How could omniscient Krishna not locate his abducted son Pradyumna for many years?

​Does science offer real knowledge – can we live today without scientific knowledge?

​Why do scientists criticize spirituality and spiritualists criticize science?

​Does bhakti cause increase in our problems or does increase in problems intensify our bhakti?

​What is the bigger reality that spiritualists talk about?

​How important is it to have a goshala with a temple?

​If Bhagavan and Brahman are non-different, are a gulab jamun and its fragrance non-different?

Does our past karma determine our present actions?

​How to know whether our inner decisions come from the mind or the intelligence?

​How can we reciprocate with the many people who have helped us?

​Is it healthy to feel distressed whenever we remember how we have hurt others in the past?

​Is thinking negative about some devotee an offence?

​While sharing bhakti, how can we overcome the tendency to be intellectually aggressive?

​Why are some people not inquisitive about life’s big picture?

​How can we encourage devotee-kids to explore bhakti and not worldly pleasures?

How do we balance between respecting followers of all religions and acknowledging the violence that some of them do?

Does spiritual life begin only after initiation

​How can we share bhakti with atheists who are nature-conscious and are relatively in the mode of goodness?

​When Krishna is the protector of cows, how are so many cows being slaughtered?

​How is rationality correlated with the mode of goodness?

​How to respond to people who say their religion is the only way?

When thoughts distract us while chanting, how to respond?

​When bad thoughts trouble us during our bhakti practice, how to respond?

​Does scripture say that spiritual life doesn’t begin till we are initiated?

​​​​If we have terrible pain, how can bhakti help us tolerate that pain?

​How does the food offered to Krishna purify us?

​If we feel worried the same way as we felt before practicing bhakti, is something wrong with our bhakti practice?

​How can we stay self-aware while living in a materialistic culture?

​How do we know when we have become self-aware?

​If hearing krishna-lila makes me envious, does that mean I am demoniac?

​If someone keeps misunderstanding us repeatedly, how to respond?

​When people think that we are wrong when we are not, how to respond?

​Are people around us benefited by our being Krishna conscious even when we can’t share our devotion with them?

​What differentiates bhakti-yoga from other forms of yoga?

​How to respond when our becoming spiritual is deemed socially unacceptable?

​How can we keep our mind clear between meditation sessions?

​What is the best way for a beginner to start with mantra meditation?

​How can we keep our heart open when the mind is hostile?

If our mind’s software is very corrupted, how can we handle it?

​Should we worry about spiritual problems such as inattentive chanting?

​Can’t worrying about a problem help us better deal with it?

​What is the most effective way to avoid getting mentally caught in problems?

​Can Maya stop us from achieving our goals?

​Are we born with our modes – can we change them?

​How can we prevent our past conditionings from disturbing our present?

​How can we avoid becoming depressed because of people who are regularly troublesome?

​How can we not worry about people who create trouble for us?

​Is sadachara as a sign of spiritual advancement relative – eg. some serious devotees find anger difficult to control?

​Does Krishna’s call to Arjuna to rise beyond the three modes imply that we all can transcend our nature born from the modes?

Doesn’t Valmiki’s transformation demonstrate that spirituality can change nature?

Will a person with vaishya nature transcend that nature by spiritual growth?

​Does siddhanta refer to philosophy or principle?

​Do our present natures reflect our soul’s nature or our upbringing?

​If devotees don’t do a service because they don’t feel inspired, are they being offensive?

If devotees repeatedly back out of services they have committed to, how to respond without becoming irritated?

​Can happiness come from some higher work such as social service?

​How can we stay positive when the mind is pessimistic?

​If we are unable to avoid negative emotions, how can we deal with them?

What is the flow of the from Gita 6.20 to 6.23?

How can we draw the line about how much material things we can use in Krishna’s service?

​If we commit mistakes while preaching, should we stop preaching?

Can some people be so scarred as to be incapable of practicing spiritual life?

Does God exists beyond the world mean that he doesn’t depend on this world?

In the Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam, Krishna refers to himself inclusively, not exclusively – what does this mean?

​How to respond when devotees start campaigning against some mundane problem?

​The soul is always happy – what does this mean?