QA: Audio

Were past sages more spiritually advanced that they could live in seclusion whereas we need relationships to grow spiritually?

Should we never take sides when two devotees are in conflict?

If someone can memorize a lot of verses, is that due to their determination or their memory?

Will Krishna be more pleased if we feed the hungry than offer opulent bhoga to the Deities?

Why does the Bhagavatam say that literature glorifying Krishna is imperfectly composed when such literature is meant to attract people to Krishna?

Why are great devotees sometimes subjected to baseless vicious accusations?

Why did Devaki suffer but Yashoda enjoyed Krishna’s association?

What is the traditional meaning of yoga in the Yoga sutras?

What is the difference between conscience and intelligence?

If someone is suffering but is not open to spirituality, how to help them?

When the mind starts misleading, does the Supersoul intervene?

If many other people are good in the area we are good, should we still persevere in that area?

If someone is very pessimistic about themselves, how to help them?

Will using our talents for Krishna lead to pure devotion?

When serving Krishna through our profession, should we try to become the best in that profession?

How can those in passion come to goodness to understand their nature?

Should we serve Krishna as we feel inspired or as we are instructed?

Philosophically, are certain activities in certain modes – is fighting in passion or can it be in goodness?

Should we serve according to our nature or try to transcend our nature?

If we keep whimsically repeating a mistake, what to do?

What are dynamic and static understandings of bhakti?

If our weaknesses make us lose perspective what can we do?

How do the soul mind intelligence and false ego interact with each other?

How do we know if we are doing a service for our ego or for Krishna?

We plan to do many services during vacations but end up in doing nothing – what to do?

How to balance between dependence on Krishna and diligence for Krishna?

If God could have stopped Hitler from killing innocent people why didn’t he do so?

When terrorists kill people are those people killed because of their own karma?

How can we explain why bad things happen without seeming insensitive by bringing in karma?

Why do many people consider the soul and the Supersoul to be one?

What is the role of the intelligence in the metaphor of the mind as the software?

What is the difference between the material mind and the spiritual mind?

Should we appreciate the good qualities in nondevotees?

How does bhakti wisdom help us to become more tolerant?

Is aversion always bad – isn’t Yamunacharya averse to sensual pleasure? (Vedic wisdom)

If we have a million options to choose from how to decide?

What is the happiness that comes from inside?

What is the causal body or karana-sharira?

What does akarma mean – does akarma free us from past karma?

In what context did you say that to err is divine and to forgive human?

Can we see everything that happens as Krishna’s mercy that he is giving us our own bad karma for making us take shelter of him?

If our mind troubles us more than others’ mind troubles them what to do?

Amidst suffering should we see that Krishna has chosen us to go through this for some purpose?

How can we make difficult decisions responsibly?

Does Krishna interfere with the laws of material nature for a devotee?

How can we become more consistent?

Does causeless mercy exist – are we qualified for it?

How can we practically understand humility and surrender?

If circumstantially we can’t get initiation does that mean Krishna thinks we aren’t yet qualified?

Why does Bhishma say that he is bound by the Kauravas wealth?

What does Prabhupada want to convey by talking about the conflict of communists and capitalists?

Are Bhishma’s teachings of pure devotion at the end of his life contradicted by his life of service to the Kauravas?

Does consciousness flow inside-out or outside-in?

Did Krishna create the universe through the big bang or without it?

In the metaphor of mind as inner screen how does purification occur? (Vedic wisdom)

When Indra commits so many mistakes why is he considered a great person?

How can we avoid karmic entanglement while working in our office?

How is spiritual sound different from material sound?

In the metaphor of mind as inner screen how does spiritual sound lead to spiritual realization?

How can we change ourselves for the better as quickly as possible?

If we make a strong resolution does the mind’s power ensure that we keep it?

How do our beliefs and habits shape what pops up on our inner screen?

How can we get the impetus to chant seriously?

Does anxiety come by itself or do we choose it – what to do about it?

When we keep forgetting the good things we hear what is the benefit?

Which is the easier way to attain Krishna – bhakti or seva?

Does developing a devotional self-conception require a lot of preparation before it can be lived?

How can we strive to overcome our anarthaas without becoming anartha-conscious?

What is the difference between varnashrama daivi varnashrama and pure devotion?

What is the scriptural basis for the idea that only desire and endeavor are in our hands?

Should we critically evaluate bhakti or just believe and practice it?

Does fixing the mind on Krishna require laborious mechanical repetition?

When Kripa participated in the murder of the Pandavas son why did they still accept him as their priest?

Can we pray to Krishna for removing obstacles in our material life?

If some devotees do great kirtan but don’t chant 16 rounds should we appreciate them?

If we are not the doers then are our mistakes actually our mistakes?

How can meat-eaters reincarnate in human bodies as past life memories cases suggest?

Should Gita 3.27 be we are not the only doers?

If someone’s religion allows meat-eating then is their eating meat a sin?

If someone is practicing bhakti but not chanting 16 rounds what is their destination?

Is the community responsible for fostering emotional maturity?

How to avoid sleepiness while chanting?

Do we need to master our emotions to be sensitive to others’ emotions – is being emotional bad?

Does living near the temple help in developing Krishna consciousness?

Can karmic reactions come at the mental level?

Should we pray that other devotees overcome their demonic qualities or not see any faults in devotees?

How can we distance ourselves from jealousy?

What is the difference between humble and meek?

By practicing spirituality how does our inner world change?

If our service is not giving results is that due to some deficiency in us?

When we can’t avoid anxiety what can we do?

What does vasudevah sarvam iti mean?

How do we tap our strengths and get rid of our weaknesses?

In Sanatana-dharma how did the divisions of Dvaita and Advaita occur?

Is staying away from alcoholic friends escapism?

How to ensure that our behavior with our juniors is the same as with our seniors?

If God is the cause of everything how do we have free will?

How can unspiritual people face life’s problems positively?

Does liberation mean understanding we have no free will?

When souls should be losing human bodies because of bad karma why is the population increasing?