QA Audio : 2018

How can we consider the consequences of our actions without becoming speculative?

Can saying that Krishna sees inside-out lead to devotees refusing to be accountable to other devotees?

Does becoming spiritually advanced means treating all situations and all people equally?

Are Krishna’s feelings like our feelings or different from our feelings?

Does fear of temptation indicate lack of devotion?

Isn’t the rasa-lila too exalted to discuss in our regular classes?

If after some wrongdoing, we feel guilty and don’t feel like coming close to Krishna, what can we do?

If bhakti practice doesn’t make us joyful, what can we do?

Is remembering Krishna the highest service and all other services are for those who can’t remember him constantly?

Who or what is Krishna?

Is our attempt to mitigate destiny also determined by destiny?

Is not trusting those who have cheated us a weakness of the mind?

If good karma can’t change bad karma, how does atonement work?

If Krishna already knew that Duryodhana wasn’t going to agree to peace, then did Duryodhana have free will to choose?

If Duryodhana was generous enough to give the arrows to Arjuna why was he so hateful?

Doesn’t the universal form vision indicate that the war was destined?

Was the Kurukshetra war Krishna’s plan?

Does Gita 6.28 refer to brahman or to bhakti to bhagavan? (Bhagavad-gita)

Why is Kurukshetra known as Dharma-kshetra – why was it chosen as the venue for the Mahabarata war?

Why does Western science find it so difficult accept the concept of the soul?

Should we be attached to or affectionate to our spiritual master?

What is the difference between attachment and affection?

Does reading on the net decrease the quality of reading?

In the Daksha-Shiva conflict, why did Shiva not clarify to Daksha about why he hadn’t offered respects?

Does repeated exposure to something we are averse always increase our aversion – doesn’t krishna-bhakti taste like poison initially and nectar eventually?

Is having negative opinions about others a subtle form of Vaishnava apradha?

If a devotee girl has to marry a nondevotee boy, what can she do to protect her devotion?

Why didn’t Indra become sober even after Govardhana lila?

How could Samba abduct Lakshmana against her will?

How can we process criticism without feeling hurt?

If we are criticized, should we neglect it or try to correct ourselves?

If we resentful towards some other devotee, how can we overcome the resentment?

Does the mind have any power to change reality or does everything happen according to karma?

If gender is a biological feature, then why are some men feminist and some women masculine?

In taking care of people’s emotional needs, isn’t there a danger of deviating from the spiritual?

If bhakti practice and devotee association agitates our mind, can we practice bhakti in isolation?

Where does hostility towards God and the godly come from?

Does God suffer?

Are all of God’s names the same or are there gradations of intimacy?

Is God male or is he transcendental?

Why does ISKCON stop its devotees from associating with Gaudiya Math devotees?

If we feel inspired to do a service other than what we are instructed, what should we do?

Can you explain the ladder of abstraction through practical examples?

Can practicing bhakti too seriously cause mental health problems?

If someone is in great pain and can’t understand philosophy, how can we help them?

Why has the zeal for outreach gone down in our movement?

How can we be absorbed in Krishna?

When our environment is filled with sexual temptations, how can we stay unaffected?

Can science free us from the evils of religion, as atheists argue?

Are religious people intellectually lazy and atheists more intellectually responsible?

If we should be purpose-driven, not goal-driven, why do we set goals for new devotees to increase their rounds?

If our mental software is corrupted, should we try to counter it or rise above it?

How practical is it to reach enlightenment in today’s fast-paced world?

Has science replaced philosophy?

Where does our personality come from?

Does becoming fully conscious make it difficult to connect with others who are not that conscious?

How can we help people who have dementia?

Do animal species have no intelligence?

Are destiny and God the same thing?

What is the subconscious mind as explained in books such as “The power of the subconscious mind”?

Is the world like a programmed algorithm of numbers?

Why was Ekalavya treated so unfairly?

How can renunciates sublimate the need for sexual pleasure?

Why does Shiva Puarana say that Shiva is the source of Brahma and Vishnu?

Why are Krishna and bhakti not mentioned in the Vedas?

If all religions come from God, why do they have contradictions?

How can bhakti wisdom help us to become more forgiving?

Does causeless mercy have any cause?

Why is Islam the most violent religion?

Does the teaching that we shouldn’t over-endeavor impede our career growth?

When people are so confused that they can’t discern their own material inclinations, how can we engage them in bhakti?

If sense objects seem more attractive than Krishna, what to do?

Will all our anxieties take us towards Krishna?

Should we fast on every acharya’s appearance and disappearance – how important is austerity in bhakti?

How can we maintain our momentum in devotion?

For seva if our svadhyaya and sadhana go down, then are we going into Maya?

If temple management uses philosophy to explain away wrong actions of devotees, what should we do?

Can forgiveness be a negative attribute?

Should we correct devotees and become a bad guy in their eyes or just turn a blind eye to their wrongdoings?

If demons are devotees descending for mausala-lila, will they go to brahmajyoti on being liberated?

For building a big temple, should a community’s focus shift from preaching to fund-raising?

Who is the source of all incarnations – Vishnu or Krishna?

Is everything insentient in the universe deterministic?

Who is to be purified – mind or soul?

How can we explain UFOs?

Should we not do good to others because to get the good reaction we will have to take birth again?

With our current knowledge of the material world, what can we understand about the spiritual world?

If a couple has to divorce, do they keep getting the other’s karma even after divorce?

How is atheism self-refuting?

Might we have been created by some higher civilization instead of God?

How exactly is the bull dharma deluded as Prabhupada mentions in SB 1.17.23 purport?

Do Krishna’s personal attributes symbolize something higher?

Does following all religions lead to the same goal?

As devotees in Vaikuntha know the Lord’s position whereas those in Goloka don’t, is the influence of Yoga-Maya lesser in Vaikunta – Hindi?

Are all ungodly people vicious?

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?