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Why do devotees in demoniac bodies like Bali and Vritrasura act like other demons and attack the demigods?

If the temple management organizes kirtan festivals with singers who do not follow high standards of sadhana, should we participate in such festivals?

Is it right for devotees to use kirtan singing for earning their living?

How are the lower planetary systems different from hell? What purpose do they serve?

Is the Lanka in the south of India the same as Ravana’s Lanka?

What is the relationship between the moon and Chandraloka?

What is the meaning of the higher dimensional perspective in understanding whether man went to the moon or not?

Why do some people during NDEs feel peace and don’t see Yamadutas? Doesn’t this prove that such experiences are just imaginations based on their subconscious conceptions?

Why did Krishna ask Arjuna to worship Durga before the Mahabharata war?

Srila Prabhupada recommended monarchy in his books, yet instituted democracy in managing ISKCON through the GBC. Why?

Why did Lord Chaitanya not give the Hare Krishna mantra to Tukaram Maharaj?

Is the Absolute Truth like water that appears liquid to the impersonalists and solid to the personalists?

What is the logical proof for the existence of the spiritual world?

Does one have to accept everything in the philosophy of ISKCON to become a devotee-preacher?

Can you explain the various characteristcs by which the essential meaning of a book can be ascertained?

How can we practice and share Krishna consciousness when the political leadership is uncooperative or even opposed?

In what mood should we take darshan of Deities?

When scriptures teach bhakti clearly, why do Mayavadis misinterpret scriptural teachings?

Should we chant and wait for feeling to come or chant with feeling?

In Deity Worship why do we offer specific items and rotate them a specific number of times?

How do we deal with people who become cold or hostile when we share Krishna consciousness with them?

What exactly does the Gita say about ‘work is worship’?

Why do religions have both commandments to not kill and sacrifices involving animal killing?

How is hearing a service to Krishna?

Is a shudra devotee better than a brahmana nondevotee? How?

Do devotees realize Brahman first, then Paramatma and then Bhagavan?

In today’s competitive society, how can we practice simple living & high thinking?

How can we determine our varna?

How can we avoid becoming lethargic in spiritual life?

If we are not to slave for worldly recognition, how can we go ahead in life?

Doesn’t Krishna protect devotees from black magic?

Isn’t it superstitious to believe in black magic?

Why do jnanis say that bhakti is for the less intelligent and Prabhupada say that only the intelligent can take to bhakti?

How can we counter competitive mentality when we see other devotees succeeding in spiritual life?

If devotees are troubled by black magic can they seek a remedy from tantriks?

When Yudhisthira says that only foolish people seek worldly things in the famous “ascharyam” verse, why does he seek a kingdom?

Was Yudhisthira the most immoral among all the Pandavas because he gambled away all of them and even their innocent wife?

Can ISKCON devotees participate in social causes like anti-corruption activism or do they have to only cultivate and teach pure devotion?

How do we see spiritualists who want to control others to maintain their own position?

To present KC from a contemporary intellectual perspective which all books of Prabhupada’s followers can I read?

If we get angry with our children while trying to guide them about right or wrong, is that due to controlling mentality? How can we best guide them?

If my sva-dharma is not favourable for my bhakti, then can I accept another dharma favourable for my bhakti?

Can our prescribed duties be changed according to our likes or dislikes?

Why do we avoid specific food items in specific months during Chaturmasa?

As the world judges us by actions not dispositions how can we avoid the confusion caused by wrong judgments?

What is the difference between qualities and abilities?

How much importance should devotee-parents give for the material education of their children, especially preparing them for competitive exams etc?

Why do scriptures contain provocative descriptions of female beauty as in the Mohini Murti pastime?

Does having equal disposition towards all mean tolerating troubles from others passively?

How can we avoid pride without going into self-pity?

Does being humble mean being indifferent towards honor or being absorbed in Krishna?

Do householder devotees need to attend the temple morning program daily to be surrendered?

Wasn’t Arjuna’s taking on the garb of a mendicant to abduct Subhadra immoral?

When Uddhava already had so much knowledge about Krishna, why did Krishna send him to learn from the Vrajavasis?

Is the concept of good and bad omens a superstition?

Why did Arjuna despite being a pure devotee hunt animals?

When Jayadratha didn’t actually kill Abhimanyu, why did Arjuna target him to avenge Abhimanyu’s death?

How can we rectify an offense, especially when the devotee whom we have offended doesn’t know about the offense?

Why do Abrahamic religions violently oppose Deity Worship?

Should we hear only from advanced pure devotees or from whichever devotees inspire us?

Are all vegetarian seekers more spiritually advanced than non-vegetarian seekers?

Should there be dowry in devotee-marriages?

Is all sex an expression of lust or can it be an expression of love?

Can devotees do abortion if it is favorable for their bhakti?

Do women have the same varna as their husbands?

How can we avoid isolation when people around us misunderstand our intentions and hurt us?

How can we become equally disposed toward every living entity?

How is the Vaishnava assertion that the world is like a dream different from the Advaita rejection of the world as unreal?

Why does the Avanti brahmana say that the mind is the cause of our suffering and not we ourselves?

Wasn’t it fanatical of Lord Chaitanya to punish Chhota Haridas so severely for such a minor transgression?

Does telepathy really happen? If yes, how?

If our svarupa is fixed, then is our endeavor to experience a different rasa futile?

Did Dasharatha Maharaj go to heaven instead of the spiritual world?

How did you come to Krishna consciousness?

Is having doubts unfortunate? Are doubts undesirable?

How did God create black holes?

Can’t the universe have always existed the way it is? Why bring God into the picture?

Is spirituality the explanation that we resort to when we can’t get explanations?

If a senior brahmachari changes his ashrama, how should we understand that situation and deal with that devotee?

How does evil harden our heart towards Krishna? How can we prevent such hardening?

How do we respond to those who say that different Puranas glorify different devatas as Supreme?

Why is Krishna often thought of as one of the incarnations of Vishnu?

If dharma leads to artha, then why do devotees have financial difficulties and what does Krishna’s special mercy of taking away artha mean?

If the desire for liberation is selfish should we desire liberation or not?

Does the Dashavatara conception – with aquatics in the start, semi-humans in the middle and humans in the end – support the theory of evolution?

Is buddhi-yoga a separate type of yoga apart from the four main yogas?

Can one person have true love for other person in material world?

If Padma Purana is written by Vyasadeva then how can the Damodarashtakam in it Purana be composed by Satyavrata Muni?

While glorifying Damodara why do we say Radha-Damodara and not Yashoda-Damodara?

Should devotees be promoting any particular candidate during political elections?

What is the meaning of the Gita 6.44 statement that the advanced yogi goes beyond the range of Vedic sound?

When adharma continues to exist in the world, what does it mean to say that the Lord’s mission is complete?

Is the Brahmastra Brahma’s weapon? Why is it considered so special?

Can a homosexual become a brahmachari?

Do material laws cease to apply for devotees?

How can we offer all the results of our work to Krishna?

People say “Pursue your passion.” Is such passion coming from the soul or the mind?

How can we take shelter of Krishna when the sexual urge troubles us while we are resting in bed?

Why do we talk about the benefits of chanting when we are meant to chant selflessly for Krishna’s pleasure?

Should we avoid debates with argumentative people who believe that technology is beneficial?