QA Audio : 2016

​Can people change their habits without practicing bhakti-yoga?

​Does our conditioning from human body carry on to a future nonhuman body?

​Should we strive for qualities that are not according to our nature?

Can transcendentalists act passionately like kshatriyas?

​How do we determine when to treat life like a program and when like a manual?

​Do we need to fight with those who misbehave with us?

Why did Parashurama destroy kshatriyas and not their greed?

​If we are to act according to our nature, why did Parashurama appear as brahmana and then act as kshatriya?

When Arjuna repeatedly defeated Karna, why are they considered equals?

​What is the Vedic perspective of modern asymmetric warfare?

​Why were the kshatriya codes violated during the Kurukshetra war?

​Why does definition of kshatriya not refer to protection of dharma?

How do we draw the line between self-pity and humility and assertiveness?

Do non-devotees have no good qualities?

Why did Rama worship Shiva?

When we have pressure to get a new job, can we adjust our spiritual commitments to focus on our career?

Does Krishna care for us even when we are not practicing spiritual life seriously and have messed up our material life?

How to understand Prabhupada’s statement that planets move because of cosmic air, not gravity?

How can we make our communication more crisp and clear?

​How can a devotee pursue a PhD in science without getting carried away by science?

​When we talk about Krishna, do we refer to the universe?

How to overcome fear of what comes after death?

Does surrendering to Krishna means not caring for our material responsibilities?

Does bathing in sacred rivers free one from all sins?

​Are our intuitions more likely to be coming from God when we are calm than when we are agitated?

​Does forgiving someone end all associated karmic consequences?

​Do fate and destiny refer to the same thing?

​Does goodness take away the competitive spirit needed for succeeding in today’s world?

​Was Karna destined to be defeated?

Can devotion cure psychological disorders?

​Is the inner voice God’s voice?

Should we pursue our career as per our education or as per our inspiration?

How to control revengeful thoughts?

​How can we share Krishna through our profession?

​Do we always have to eat what we cook – does bhakti change our karma?

Does depending on Krishna mean using our analytical framework in his service or giving up that framework?

Does the Gita recommend different yogas for different people?

​Why should we follow rules and give up our freedom?

Can some foods or medicines change our destiny?

​How do our conditionings shape our behavior without determining it?

​How is daiva different from destiny?

​How to understand when some sages feel greater bliss in impersonal realization than in personal realization?

​Do pure devotees always experience themselves as different from the body?

​As yogis see Paramatma within, do bhaktas see Bhagavan within?

How is the mind converted by bhakti?

​Do we control the mind first or do we situate ourselves in our svarupa first?

During chanting, can we experience the holy name touching the soul?

​How can we understand the intelligence and ego to be different from the mind and the soul?

How does the holy name penetrate beyond the mind, intelligence and ego?

​Should we strive to change those things that require a lot of effort to change?

Can some people get things without endeavoring?

​How does endeavor figure in people who get good things easily?

Is our duty towards others unlimited, irrespective of how they behave?

​What role do star signs play in our destiny?

If scripture is eternal, are all pastimes given in scripture destined?

While choosing a spouse, is matching astrological charts essential?

​Does the precision of astrological predictions imply that we don’t have free will?

Can developing our talents obstruct us in bhakti?

​Are we forced to act according to our nature?

​When the modes control us, how do we have free will?

What is the spiritual perspective on organ donation?

When modern civilization collapses in future, should devotees have a Vedic alternative ready?

What does Prabhupada’s statement about 50% of his mission being incomplete mean​?

Why is the corporate world turning towards conscious entrepreneurship?

Do we need problems to grow internally?

​How can one act with love without the feeling of love?

Does devotional life begin only when material life is finished?

​Should we give due attention to our material side or should we spiritualize it?

​Does thought become matter – can thought enable us to achieve everything?

​Why does God not give everyone equal capacity to understand right and wrong?

​Do we need peace externally to find peace internally?

​Do we commit mistakes because of Krishna’s plan?

​If Krishna is merciful, why do we get karmic reactions?

When others trouble us, should we just tolerate things?

​Is harmony possible among various religions?

How can knowledge of God be understood in scientifically acceptable terms?

When something inspires us devotionally, how to know whether it is self-centered or Krishna-centered?

​How can a visually challenged person practice bhakti?

Does consciousness necessitate the existence of personality?

When God is one, how can the one manifest as the divine couple?

Does worshiping different forms of God for different purposes not limit God?

​How do we stay committed in our devotional relationships when devotees don’t seem inspiring?

​If I serve my mother because of my bhakti, am I serving her or serving Krishna?

Why did Nityananda Prabhu curse Shivananda Sena’s son to die?

​How does Shivananda Sena exemplify the three great strengths in bhakti?

​How can we overcome the desire for appreciation from others?

Do our realizations arise because of our past karma?

How can we avoid taking things for granted in bhakti?

When Krishna talks about various yogas progressively, why does Prabhupada focus on bhakti alone?

Why is Arjuna’s renunciation disapproved and the Goswamis’ renunciation appreciated?

Is serving according to our nature selfishness?

​Krishna’s beauty brings unity amidst diversity – Meditation on Venkatesh Stotram 6

Facilitate devotional creativity – Address at Children’s Ratha Yatra in Singapore

How can we gain clarity in our philosophical understanding?

If Krishna loves us unconditionally, why has he created bad things such as alcohol?

Why has Krishna created this miserable world?

Is karma always bound to happen – what makes it happen?

​How can we smile at those who hurt us?

Do transcendentalists go beyond the body’s need for sleep?

Why do people blame women – Draupadi and Sita – for the epic’s wars?