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If Krishna’s love is unconditional, why didn’t he help Draupadi till she raised both her hands in surrender?

If Krishna takes hundred steps towards us when we take one step towards him, is he partial or impartial?

If genetically modified bacteria could clean the polluted Yamuna river, is that technology still bad?

How do we deal with fear of success because after success, failure will come?

How can I see spiritually my scientific research for solving serious problems such as incurable diseases?

For devotees practicing bhakti in the West, is it better to educate our children in India or in the West?

Does any Gita verse say that the soul is on a multi-life journey of spiritual evolution?

Can’t thinking why something bad has happened help us to better address the situation?

Can you explain the significance of the ten offenses in practical terms?

Are science and religion in conflict with each other?

Are ritvikas who reject Krishna’s pure devotees better or worse than the Mayavadis who reject Krishna’s personal form?

Does Krishna have plans only for his pure devotees?

How can we ensure that our conscience deters us but doesn’t discourage us?

How can we use anger constructively in parenting?

If someone gets a special service that we long for, how can we see that devotionally?

How can we clear our subconscious mind?

Can a devotee scientist do animal testing for professional research?

Should we fight for our service or should we cooperate?

When we feel that we can’t do something, how can we know that our mind is not keeping us in comfort zone?

If our bhakti practice is not removing our conditionings, how to avoid being discouraged?

How may we be misled by externals when seeking a spiritual guide?

What is the difference between consciousness, conscience and guilt?

As bhakti-yoga requires faith, do we need to give up our questioning nature?

If the mind pushes us forcefully towards wrong, how can the mind be directable?

Is our real problem the original sin in the heart – not the mind – and is believing in Jesus the only solution?

Why does Jagannatha Puri temple forbid non-Hindus from entering?

By helping others we may feel a sense of self-worth, but won’t it increase our ego too?

The Gita tells us to do karma, but also asks us to understand karma – what karma does it refer to?

Are negative emotions due to a lack of compassion towards oneself?

What is the significance of Duryodhana’s use of the past tense in Gita 01.09?

Amidst problems, how can we avoid giving up the things that give us strength?

Is the mind a covering on consciousness or does the mind contain the covering?

How do we understand Prabhupada’s statement – vegetarianism and nonviolence are not qualifications for devotion?

If we are already complete as parts of the Complete, how can we feel incomplete?

If material deprivation makes us discouraged in devotion, what can we do?

If we don’t feel like practicing bhakti, should we pray to Krishna for help?

How can we have a spiritual relationship with everyone?

Was Sati’s reaction to her father’s actions justified or was she also implicated?

How can we consider the consequences of our actions without becoming speculative?

Can saying that Krishna sees inside-out lead to devotees refusing to be accountable to other devotees?

Does becoming spiritually advanced means treating all situations and all people equally?

Are Krishna’s feelings like our feelings or different from our feelings?

Does fear of temptation indicate lack of devotion?

Isn’t the rasa-lila too exalted to discuss in our regular classes?

If after some wrongdoing, we feel guilty and don’t feel like coming close to Krishna, what can we do?

If bhakti practice doesn’t make us joyful, what can we do?

Is remembering Krishna the highest service and all other services are for those who can’t remember him constantly?

Who or what is Krishna?

Is our attempt to mitigate destiny also determined by destiny?

Is not trusting those who have cheated us a weakness of the mind?

If good karma can’t change bad karma, how does atonement work?

If Krishna already knew that Duryodhana wasn’t going to agree to peace, then did Duryodhana have free will to choose?

If Duryodhana was generous enough to give the arrows to Arjuna why was he so hateful?

Doesn’t the universal form vision indicate that the war was destined?

Was the Kurukshetra war Krishna’s plan?

Does Gita 6.28 refer to brahman or to bhakti to bhagavan? (Bhagavad-gita)

Why is Kurukshetra known as Dharma-kshetra – why was it chosen as the venue for the Mahabarata war?

Why does Western science find it so difficult accept the concept of the soul?

Should we be attached to or affectionate to our spiritual master?

What is the difference between attachment and affection?

Does reading on the net decrease the quality of reading?

In the Daksha-Shiva conflict, why did Shiva not clarify to Daksha about why he hadn’t offered respects?

Does repeated exposure to something we are averse always increase our aversion – doesn’t krishna-bhakti taste like poison initially and nectar eventually?

Is having negative opinions about others a subtle form of Vaishnava apradha?

If a devotee girl has to marry a nondevotee boy, what can she do to protect her devotion?

Why didn’t Indra become sober even after Govardhana lila?

How could Samba abduct Lakshmana against her will?

How can we process criticism without feeling hurt?

If we are criticized, should we neglect it or try to correct ourselves?

If we resentful towards some other devotee, how can we overcome the resentment?

Does the mind have any power to change reality or does everything happen according to karma?

If gender is a biological feature, then why are some men feminist and some women masculine?

In taking care of people’s emotional needs, isn’t there a danger of deviating from the spiritual?

If bhakti practice and devotee association agitates our mind, can we practice bhakti in isolation?

Where does hostility towards God and the godly come from?

Does God suffer?

Are all of God’s names the same or are there gradations of intimacy?

Is God male or is he transcendental?

Why does ISKCON stop its devotees from associating with Gaudiya Math devotees?

If we feel inspired to do a service other than what we are instructed, what should we do?

Can you explain the ladder of abstraction through practical examples?

Can practicing bhakti too seriously cause mental health problems?

If someone is in great pain and can’t understand philosophy, how can we help them?

Why has the zeal for outreach gone down in our movement?

How can we be absorbed in Krishna?

When our environment is filled with sexual temptations, how can we stay unaffected?

Can science free us from the evils of religion, as atheists argue?

Are religious people intellectually lazy and atheists more intellectually responsible?

If we should be purpose-driven, not goal-driven, why do we set goals for new devotees to increase their rounds?

If our mental software is corrupted, should we try to counter it or rise above it?

How practical is it to reach enlightenment in today’s fast-paced world?

Has science replaced philosophy?

Where does our personality come from?

Does becoming fully conscious make it difficult to connect with others who are not that conscious?

How can we help people who have dementia?

Do animal species have no intelligence?

Are destiny and God the same thing?

What is the subconscious mind as explained in books such as “The power of the subconscious mind”?

Is the world like a programmed algorithm of numbers?

Why was Ekalavya treated so unfairly?