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Is their a hierarchy of devotees at higher and lower levels even in the spiritual world?

Is the jnani in Gita 7.16 and jnanavan in 7.19 the same or different?

In the Gita chp 8, what is the yogis’ conception of Krishna?

In NoI 8 purport, what do the dashas from shravana to sampatti refer to?

In Gita chp 13, what exactly does jneya refer to?

If the soul’s nature is to love and serve Krishna, where does our nature to love and serve worldly things come from?

If dharma meaning to love and serve God is so simple and universal why do so many religions focus on such aggressive conversion?

How does Krishna consciousness practically solve the world’s problems like violence, poverty and drug abuse?

How can we practically engage in Krishna’s service all the time?

How can we explain to newcomers the difference between prasad and ordinary food?

How can we ensure that the give and take between devotees doesn’t become artificial or business-like?

Does chanting all 16 rounds at one stretch lead to greater concentration?

As repeated hearing leads to belief, what is the difference between devotional hearing and indoctrination by religious fanatics?

Are there any examples of yoga-mishra bhaktas becoming kevala bhaktas?

When Prabhupada’s books will be the lawbooks for 10,000 years, how can we contextualize them?

Can Gita verses be translated differently from Prabhupada’s translations?

How can we understand Prabhupada’s equating buddhi-yoga in 2.39 purport with bhakti-yoga?

How is the Gita 18.57 definition of buddhi-yoga different from that in 2.39 and 10.10?

How do we understand Krishna’s statement to Arjuna that Karna is a better archer than him?

As tapa is not a distinct spiritual path, what does Gita 6.46 tapsvibhyo adhiko yogi refer to?

Why is the flow the Gita verses not given in Prabhupada’s Gita?

How is the car-body analogy a good analogy when the car can’t reproduce and the driver can live independent of the car?

Our endeavor play a part in determining the result, so does endeavoring more make the result more likely?

What is the connection between Gita 6.4 yogarudha stage and 6.5-6 mind’s inimical nature?

With what attitude should we quote new verses or scriptural points apart from those given In Prabhupada’s books?

How can we practically understand the modes influencing us wrt the jnana karma and karta analysis in Gita 18.20-28?

How are the 6 components of action in Gita 18.18 reduced to 3 in Gita 18.19?

While explaining the philosophy we sometimes come up with examples that we not have heard in classes. How can we know whether they are realizations or speculations?

Gita 3.9 enjoins yajna for the satisfaction of Vishnu. Then why does the next section talk about the lower level of karma kanda?

What is the connection between the Gita’s fifth and sixth chapters? Is Gita 6.1 a rejection of jnana-yoga?

Gita 2.38 and 2.48 seem very similar. What is the difference between them?

What is the difference between karma-kanda and sakama karma-yoga? Which does Gita 2.31-37 refer to?

Gita 2.39 is a linking verse. Which sections in the Gita and which levels in the yoga ladder does it link?

Is there any difference between nishkama bhakti and shuddha bhakti?

Do karma-mishra, yoga-mishra, jnana-mishra bhakti come under sakama bhakti?

What is the mechanism of memory recollection? What is the Supersoul’s role in it?

How can advanced devotees be both transcendental to material pains and still sensitive to others’ material pains?

How important is it for devotee-couples to follow the Vedic model for gender roles in their relationship?

If one’s nature doesn’t change even after purification then how is a pure devotee transcendental?

When we become purified does the predominant mode of the mind change?

How are the living symptoms of consciousness manifestations of the subtle body as the Gita 13.6-7 purport says?

Doesn’t the idea that the infant suffers in the womb deny the glory of the mother’s love in caring for her infant?

When the mahaprasad of devotees is so glorious, why are we discouraged from taking it during our regular interactions with other devotees?

Should a devotee be eager to die, as Kulakshekhar Maharaj’s prayer says?

When we face unexpected and big problems, does that meant God is angry with us?

According to Krishna, which is more important – karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga or both?

Can you explain clearly the role of mind, intelligence and consciousness in the path from impulse to intent?

Do our impulses come from outside us or inside us?

Is karma yoga practical when even the people for whom we sacrifice consider it insane?

Why does the Bhagavatam say that we shouldn’t endeavor even for our necessities?

If people in Dwapara Yuga were ten times bigger, why don’t we see such fossils?

Are our senses actually defective or do we just have to be alert while taking in sense information?

If the demigods are not Krishna’s competitors, why do they compete with him as in Govardhan lila?

Why did Draupadi insult Duryodhana when he fell in the Maya sabha by saying ‘andhe ka beta andha’?

What should a devotee do on being overcome by temptation?

When our senses are designed by God and they are defective, doesn’t that make God’s design defective?

Is our memory a manifestation of our mind, intelligence or soul?

What is the Vedic perspective of godless religions like Jainism and Buddhism whose followers still live good lives?

How can we understand scientific concepts like space and time from the Vedic perspective?

How is the Gita 4.9 the essence of the Bhagavad-gita?

Are love marriages incompatible with bhakti? What about Arjuna marrying Subhadra?

Is niyoga – begetting children through some man other than one’s husband – an authorized Vedic practice?

Isn’t it better to refer to women as behenji instead of mataji especially when they are of the same age as the men?

What is the difference between ‘nishkarma’ & ‘karma’ as explained in Gita & its significance?

If both Krishna and we are eternal, then how is he our source and why don’t we have the six opulences fully?

Amidst life-threatening situations like attack by robbers, should a devotee tolerate, retaliate or flee?

When we suffer due to our past karma does the Supersoul feel pain because his part is suffering?

If a person feels spaced out after chanting 16 rounds daily and more focused after chanting less rounds, what should be done?

If devotees’ children are advanced devotees from past lives, why do many of those children not become devotees in this life?

Should we avoid offering obeisances to senior devotees in public places because people find it alienating

Do Yamadutas commit mistakes by taking some person other than the intended?

When Krishna is satisfied by simple devotion do we need technical intellectual analysis as done by Gita-daily articles?

Can we integrate walking as an exercise with our daily chanting?

Is the quality of chanting inversely proportional to the speed of chanting?

When Krishna is complete, how can he be the beneficiary of our sacrifices, as Gita 5.29 says?

How can we channelize our emotions in devotional service?

When the Lord’s glance is purifying why did Mohini-Murti’s glance not purify the demons?

When Krishna knows everything, how did he not know that Rahu & Ketu were impersonatings as demigods?

How can devotees do their material activities in spiritual consciousness?

Why has God given us free will?

If God is complete and doesn’t desire anything, doesn’t he desire our deliverance?

Is ignorance a thing? What does “ignorance is nothing but the absence of knowledge” mean?

Is chanting 16 rounds practical for an engineering student (or for anyone in our fast-paced times)?

If serving the Lord is more important than serving parents, why did Pundalika keep Vitthal waiting?

Are spiritualists seeking a soul driving the brain like illiterates seeking a horse driving a car?

Why are we bound to certain patterns of thinking? Doesn’t that make us like pre-programmed robots?

Why do so many saints from so many traditions desire to merge with the Absolute Truth?

When the Gita instructs sarva dharman parityajya why does a devotee need to perform apara dharma?

Is teaching children about religion before they can think on their own child abuse?

If someone is really determined in one’s devotional service, why would that person fall?

How can we practice humility in a competitive world where everyone parades their credentials?

Do we need a personal culture with many devotee teachers? Does it mean that one guru is not enough?

Is offering the heart to Krishna easier and more fulfilling than offering the head?

How can an aspiring devotee-precher put one’s heart in a career that increases people’s illusions?

How can we avoid the ego’s feeling that service to others is demeaning?

If Krishna frees the surrendered of sinful reactions , why do pure devotees suffer?

How can we avoid pride during times of material success and remain thankful to Krishna?

In our efforts to become pure, pride somehow or the other sneaks in. How to avoid this?

When we have to spend time on family duties, how can we stay strong in our devotional standards?

What can we do when the mind gets agitated by a tempting sense object that can’t be avoided?