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What will happen if one is following Krishna consiousness only on logic and no devotion?

If knowledge from the senses is imperfect, how do scientific applications work?

How does the consciousness of the cook affect prasad?

If Brahma is a pure devotee, how can he be bewildered?

In the God particle we trust (?) – Understanding the Collisions, Emissions & Omissions

Krishna Consciousness- The ultimate technology S.B 1.7.30

Why matter matters; Soul-Body interaction

Why are the chapters of the Bhagavad-gita named differently by different acharyas?

Where exactly is faith located: in the soul or in the mind?

What is the difference between freedom from material modes and freedom from reactions of fruitive activities?

If a person is not interested in spiritual world and is interested only in material enjoyment, what should be done?

Why can’t women be brahamcharinis?

When meat eating is not allowed in Bible, then why did Jesus feed fish to his disciples?

Why did Krishna create us?

Why should milk and ghees be used for the Deities when poor children are starving?

What is the difference between the mind and the brain?

Krishna says that he is the taste of water, but science says water is tasteless. How can we reconcile this?

While praying to Lord Krishna, sometimes my mind says He is false. What should I do?

What is the significance of abhisheka and aarti?

What does the soul experience at the time of death?

What is the meaning of the word “Srila Prabhupada”? Why did only Prabhupada get this title but no present spirirtual masters?

Can you please tell little about how we know that in Bermuda triangle time runs faster?

If one kills an animal, when does one get the reaction: in this life or the next or in between?

How can we know the authenticity of the teachings of saints like Sant Dnyaneshwar and Samartha Ramdas Swami?

What is the position of Mukunda Mala Stotra? Is it better than “Hare Krsna Mahamantra”?

How can we practically base our decisions on scriptures when the scriptures are so vast?

Is it necessary that we take initiation from a siddha guru and not a sadhaka-guru?

How can we protect ourselves from our mind when we are not in devotee association?

How can we substantiate that the Bhagavatam is the natural commentary on the Vedanta Sutra?

What exactly are the stages of sravana, manah and nidhidhyasan (hearing, contemplation and assimilation)?

In one of his purports, Srila Prabhupada says that woman likes a man who is very expert at rape. How can we understand that?

Is it described in scriptures that one can get moksha or mukti only by getting a deep or bath in ganga river?

How to be patient with both preaching as well as our work or studies when everyone around you is running after to get things instantly?

Why does Bhagavatam say that it is dangerous for men to associate with women and not for women to associate with men?

Why is chanting of thousand names of Visnu equivalent to once chanting Rama and three names of Rama equivalent to once chanting Krishna ?

Who escorts the souls who are not escorted by either Yamadutas or Vishnudutas?

How can we work enthusiastically if we are to be detached from the fruits?

Why is the Vedanta-sutra not as clear as the Bhagavatam when both deal with the same subject?

What is the Vedic perspective on animal killing for medical testing purposes?

If God is ruling the world, then why is the world not perfect?

What is the significance of performing proper funeral rites?

As scriptures are like Deities, can we underline or higlight or make similar marks on them?

Can we use Ganga water to bathe the Deities when that water is actually Krishna’s own charanamrita?

If two devotees are not speaking to each other, what should be my consciousness?

Can a person be self realized and not have pure bhakti?

How can we be sure that when we go back to the spiritual world, we will never fall back?

If it is told in the Vedas that “Krishnas tu bhagavan svayam” then why do other Vaishnav sampradaya worship Vishnu and not Krishna?

How could Airavata, the elephant-carrier of Indra, have emerged from the churning of the ocean when the Bhagavatam states that Airavata was already Indra’s carrier in the battle before the churning?

Understanding “action in inaction and inaction in action” as mentioned in Bhagavad-Gita 5.17.

How will the Yogis who meditate on Paramatma Go Back To Godhead?

How can we give up hating a person?

When Krishna spoke the Gita to the sun-god, was that Gita exactly the same as was spoken to Arjuna?

In the Spiritual World, why is Ayodhya at a higher level than the other Vaikuntha Planets?

Is there really such a thing as evil glance (nazar lagna)?

Why does Prabhupada say in Bhagavad Gita 2.62 purport that Lord Shiva is not able to control his senses?

Is Parashurma a shaktyavesha avatar or a full avatar?

How does the soul experience the pains and pleasures of the body?

Was Chanakya Pandita a pure devotee?

Is a devotee-householder who earns a living and contributes a part to Krishna’s service practicing karma-yoga or bhakti-yoga?

Are the scriptural descriptions about the glories of the holy name exaggerations?

How can we overcome discouragement due to constant mental lethargy?

If women are so attached to their husbands that they die with them during sati, then how will they go back to godhead?

Do we get bad karma by visual sexual stimulation?

If IIT students despite being intelligent don’t do well in their career, is it because of their past life karma or present life karma?

Can a devotee live without getting married and without joining brahmachari ashrama?

Will recitation of Vishnu Sahasranama give the blessing of immoral pleasures without sinful reactions?

Why does Srila Prabhupada translate karma-yoga as “devotional service”?

What is the science behind snake-charming mantras controlling snakes?

When Krishna established dharma, why did it last for such a short time?

How can we get perfect knowledge when our senses are imperfect?

Should devotees consult astrologers to ward off negative influences?

Why does Srila Prabhupada “bhakti” in Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu as devotion instead of his usual translation “devotional service”?

How can one strengthen his will power and increase his determination? And how to avoid further weakning of the both?

As Ravana and Kumbakarna are also devotees in disguise, why do scriptures not glorify them?

What is the essence of pure bhakti?

When the soul obviously moves, how do we to explain the Gita 2.24 statement that the soul is immovable?

As the killing of Hiranyakashipu happened before the garlanding of Narasimhadeva by Prahlad Maharaj, why are both depicted in the same picture?

What do the concepts of purity and taste mean practically?

How do we learn from our sufferings in hell and in past lives when we neither remember those sufferings nor the causes of those sufferings?

What is the Vedic perspective on the book “Secret”?

Why are the Puranas mentioned separately from Smriti in the verse “shrutismritipuranadi..”?

Why is the spiritual master of Vishvanath Chakravarti not mentioned in the list of guru-paramapara?

Why do Vaishnava poets place their own names in their poems? Isn’t that self-promotion?

Are the words of the pure devotees about the Lord descriptive or indicative about the Lord?

When the Lord gives Darshan, why do we glorify the spiritual master instead of glorifying the Lord?

What should a wife do when her husband totally opposes her Krishna consciousness?

As Radha was the aunt of Krishna, isn’t their relationship illicit?

Can we pray to Lord Krishna to award us death when we are hale and hearty?

Should we postpone the chanting of the mahamantra till we are able to follow the regulative principles so as to avoid offenses?

Where exactly is sex desire located: in the body or the soul?

Will the woman who goes Sati not become a ghost due to committing suicide?

Is Vyasadeva not doing self-glorification when he writes “by the mercy of Vyasa” in the Gita ?

Why does Krishna refer to himself in the third person in the Gita?

How do we understand when different Vaishnava acharays give different meanings of the same scriptural verse?

Is there a need to build spirituality among youths and how can it be done ?

What is the role of paramatma in atom, in contrast to paramatma in living entities who guides according to desires?

How do we understand the concept of a last messenger of God?

How are all social service activities mundane?

Does Pitraloka change for different people?

Krishna has himself given the Vedas; then why does he tell us to go beyond the Vedas in the Gita 2.46?