QA Audio : 2016

Does the soul of those who die prematurely come back?

​Do all the millions who commit suicide become ghosts?

​How can we help the souls of those people who have committed suicide?

How to avoid getting distracted by the mind during our idle time?

Does the soul age?

​Is the form of the soul similar to our present form?

​Is wanting to rise in the corporate world due to the mode of passion?

​Why do distractions come more when we chant?

What to do if we can’t contain our anger but expressing it will hurt others?

​Why is the atheistic West more prosperous than religious India?

​If we become too target-oriented while doing a service, should we give up that service?

​Initially, bhakti doesn’t give as much happiness as sensuality – how to persevere then?

​As the spiritual is not visible or quantifiable, how can we know that we are not pursuing something delusional?

​What can we learn from Yudhishthira’s gambling?

​Why are there contradictions among different religions?

​Can becoming spiritual make us lazy and unambitious?

​Why does Krishna in the hearts of terrorists allow them to murder people?

​Was the Pandavas’ killing Bhishma and Drona according to dharma?

​Are the varnas applicable today?

Is dharma practical in this age?

Do impersonalists who do jnana-tapasa attain liberation?

How can we balance our material commitments and spiritual aspirations?

Did Krishna feel confused about which pure devotee to support – Arjuna or Bhishma?

​​​​Which aspect of the universal form did Duryodhana see?

​How does bhakti invert social hierarchy?

​Is dharma the same in all ages?

​When we all lose everything at death, how does making better choices matter at death?

​If spirituality helps us make better choices, who decides which choices are better?

How has your spirituality helped you to practically solve the world’s problems?

​Can’t laughter help us feel better?

Are there any evidences that consciousness is extra-cerebral?

​Is becoming worried or not becoming worried a learnable habit?

​Why do we tend to worry about future things that haven’t even happened?

How can we measure our progress on the path of controlling our mind?

​What does the Gita’s call to control the mind by practice and renunciation mean practically?

​If devotion is innate for all of us, why does it seem alien to some?

How can we improve our focus?

​Can yogis leave their body at will?

Do people take to spirituality only because of detachment from material life?

​How can we learn to serve Krishna more selflessly?

​How can we see problems as challenges?

​How is there no passage of time in the spiritual world?

​How can we overcome a bad habit that has been very difficult for us to give up?

How can we train the mind to correct its bad ways?

​How can we protect ourselves at various stages from contemplation to degradation?

​Are we meant to neglect the mind or to channel it?

How can we live in the present instead of the past or the future?

When the mind troubles us, how can we practically control it?

​Will we ever attain a spiritual level beyond material desire?

​How can we help materialistic people recognize the need to control their thoughts?

When does ambition become greed?

How can we introduce new people to bhakti?

Why does ISKCON have a more organized managerial structure than most traditional religious groups?

​When the soul is beyond identity, why do devotees put identification marks such as tilak?

Should we stick to personal spiritual standards even when they imbalance our life?

Do we need to resist a material desire that is a need?

Are there any scriptural references that people’s caste is determined by their qualities?

Are there any scriptural references that people’s caste is determined by their qualities?

If a devotee can see the future in dreams, what should they do?

Does bhakti lead to brahman, as Gita 14.26 says or does brahman lead to bhakti, as Gita 18.54 says?

How is the soul immoveable?

Does the Supersoul go with the soul or is the all-pervading Supersoul already there where the soul goes?

Is the Paramatma in the heart same as the Paramatma in the atom?

Do all those who become deviated from yoga go to heavens?

When management affects our sadhana adversely, what can we do?

Why do children of devotees sometimes not become devotees?

​What does one get by doing sva-dharma without doing bhakti?

​Is thinking done by the mind or by the soul?

​What is the difference between being selfish and thinking of oneself first?

​What to do when people exclude us from some social circles because of our bhakti practices?

​How can we make right decisions when what is right is not clear and the decisions have serious consequences?

​Should we share bhakti wisdom only after we have understood it thoroughly?

​How much can logic be applied to scriptural study?

How can we be detached without becoming uncaring?

​Why does the Gita say that sva-dharma shouldn’t be given up whereas Bhagavatam says sea-dharma should be given up for bhakti?

​Is service the foundation of relationship – can’t we have relationships without any common service?

​If some devotees keep rejecting us despite our best efforts to please them, what should we do?

Are bhakti activities transcendental to the modes or are we to engage activities in the modes in bhakti?

​​In guna-karma mentioned in Gita 4.13, can karma be developed but not guna?

​What exactly are the modes?

​Why does the Gita give its essence of bhakti in its middle and not at its end?

​Does developing our conscience and intelligence develop our bhakti?

​What goes wrong when one person gets undue control on others’ minds?

​If we see wrongdoers go unpunished in our movement, what should we do?

​How can people who are conditioned to be child abusers be cured?

​During chanting should we try to control the mind or should we pray to Krishna that he control the mind?

​How do we differentiate between the mind’s desires and the soul’s desires?

​Are materialists completely controlled by the modes or can they make choices?

​Why did Prabhupada not encourage devotees to consult astrologers?

​If I can invest one hour daily for bhakti, which bhakti practices should I do?

​How has the momentum of bhakti helped you to face problems in your own life?

​What is dharma, especially for householders?

What are the characteristics of those who are spiritually healed?

​Is the Gita’s statement that all endeavors are covered by faults applicable to a butcher’s profession?

In bhakti, how do we decide which aspects are matters of principle and which, matters of preference?

​How do we explain the concept of achintya to scientific people?

​How do we address the conflict between the mind and the heart?

​How could omniscient Krishna not locate his abducted son Pradyumna for many years?

​Does science offer real knowledge – can we live today without scientific knowledge?

​Why do scientists criticize spirituality and spiritualists criticize science?