QA Audio : 2016

​Does bhakti cause increase in our problems or does increase in problems intensify our bhakti?

​What is the bigger reality that spiritualists talk about?

​How important is it to have a goshala with a temple?

​If Bhagavan and Brahman are non-different, are a gulab jamun and its fragrance non-different?

Does our past karma determine our present actions?

​How to know whether our inner decisions come from the mind or the intelligence?

​How can we reciprocate with the many people who have helped us?

​Is it healthy to feel distressed whenever we remember how we have hurt others in the past?

​Is thinking negative about some devotee an offence?

​While sharing bhakti, how can we overcome the tendency to be intellectually aggressive?

​Why are some people not inquisitive about life’s big picture?

​How can we encourage devotee-kids to explore bhakti and not worldly pleasures?

How do we balance between respecting followers of all religions and acknowledging the violence that some of them do?

Does spiritual life begin only after initiation

​How can we share bhakti with atheists who are nature-conscious and are relatively in the mode of goodness?

​When Krishna is the protector of cows, how are so many cows being slaughtered?

​How is rationality correlated with the mode of goodness?

​How to respond to people who say their religion is the only way?

When thoughts distract us while chanting, how to respond?

​When bad thoughts trouble us during our bhakti practice, how to respond?

​Does scripture say that spiritual life doesn’t begin till we are initiated?

​​​​If we have terrible pain, how can bhakti help us tolerate that pain?

​How does the food offered to Krishna purify us?

​If we feel worried the same way as we felt before practicing bhakti, is something wrong with our bhakti practice?

​How can we stay self-aware while living in a materialistic culture?

​How do we know when we have become self-aware?

​If hearing krishna-lila makes me envious, does that mean I am demoniac?

​If someone keeps misunderstanding us repeatedly, how to respond?

​When people think that we are wrong when we are not, how to respond?

​Are people around us benefited by our being Krishna conscious even when we can’t share our devotion with them?

​What differentiates bhakti-yoga from other forms of yoga?

​How to respond when our becoming spiritual is deemed socially unacceptable?

​How can we keep our mind clear between meditation sessions?

​What is the best way for a beginner to start with mantra meditation?

​How can we keep our heart open when the mind is hostile?

If our mind’s software is very corrupted, how can we handle it?

​Should we worry about spiritual problems such as inattentive chanting?

​Can’t worrying about a problem help us better deal with it?

​What is the most effective way to avoid getting mentally caught in problems?

​Can Maya stop us from achieving our goals?

​Are we born with our modes – can we change them?

​How can we prevent our past conditionings from disturbing our present?

​How can we avoid becoming depressed because of people who are regularly troublesome?

​How can we not worry about people who create trouble for us?

​Is sadachara as a sign of spiritual advancement relative – eg. some serious devotees find anger difficult to control?

​Does Krishna’s call to Arjuna to rise beyond the three modes imply that we all can transcend our nature born from the modes?

Doesn’t Valmiki’s transformation demonstrate that spirituality can change nature?

Will a person with vaishya nature transcend that nature by spiritual growth?

​Does siddhanta refer to philosophy or principle?

​Do our present natures reflect our soul’s nature or our upbringing?

​If devotees don’t do a service because they don’t feel inspired, are they being offensive?

If devotees repeatedly back out of services they have committed to, how to respond without becoming irritated?

​Can happiness come from some higher work such as social service?

​How can we stay positive when the mind is pessimistic?

​If we are unable to avoid negative emotions, how can we deal with them?

What is the flow of the from Gita 6.20 to 6.23?

How can we draw the line about how much material things we can use in Krishna’s service?

​If we commit mistakes while preaching, should we stop preaching?

Can some people be so scarred as to be incapable of practicing spiritual life?

Does God exists beyond the world mean that he doesn’t depend on this world?

In the Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam, Krishna refers to himself inclusively, not exclusively – what does this mean?

​How to respond when devotees start campaigning against some mundane problem?

​The soul is always happy – what does this mean?

​Is there a time when the soul says – I don’t want any more bodies?

​On leaving the body, does the soul retain its identity or merge with the cosmic whole?

​Can the soul exist without the body?

​What about the Buddhist concept of no-self, anattavada?

​Where is the soul located in the body?

Are all types of meditation equally beneficial?

​If intention is more important than action, why was Nriga punished despite his charitable intention?

Does Draupadi not know that Krishna protected her from disrobing?

Why is spiritual reality not easily accessible?

Why are we not born with spiritual consciousness?

We are what we eat – how to understand this in terms of the three-level model of the self?

When cows are being brutally slaughtered why does Krishna not intervene?

Can inattentive chanting cause mental problems?

How to respond when problems overwhelm us?

Is not being disturbed amidst problems indicative of apathy or of bhakti?

Parikshit was ready to slay a cow-killer – should we follow in his footsteps?

​Why is cow protection recommended in one religion and cow killing in another religion?

If chanting Hare Krishna is the only way, what will be the destination of people from other paths who chant other prayers?

Why does every religion claim that it is the best?

When caring for our small children takes a lot of time, how can we enhance our spirituality?

​If problems help people to grow, does that mean we shouldn’t help others when they have problems?

​If I don’t feel disturbed when my loved ones face problems, am I becoming heartless?

When Christians don’t have much knowledge of God, how can they develop love of God?

​Will Christians who accept Jesus as their saviour but don’t live purely attain God’s kingdom?

If I am destined to meet an accident, can I do anything to avoid it?

Is it better to chant in the morning and do very simple Deity worship or to do nice Deity worship and chant later in the day?

​Is it self-centered to call out to Krishna only when we have problems and not at other times?

​How can we attract people who don’t find ISKCON adequately traditional in its cultural aspect?

​Is mentally retaliating at devotees who have hurt us an offence?

​How can we train ourselves to pause when impulses hit us?

Can the soul be conscious of itself?

If something makes us go away from Krishna, how can we return towards him?

​How can we balance our studies and our bhakti?

​If bhakti is the art of becoming happy, why are we bhaktas not happy?

​How can we increase our appreciation for bhakti?

Were Prabhupada’s early followers the eternal associates of Lord Chaitanya?

​Are physical handicaps in this life the scars of sins from previous lives?