Spiritual Observer

Analyzing Social Media 2 – How social is social media?

Seek not just the self – seek the soul Gita 02.21

How to balance between shunning social media and being obsessed with social media?

Is violence against women in India caused by the objectification of women as sense objects in Indian sacred texts?

Why religion seems dispensable

If people hold on to their beliefs, how can we elevate them?

Why do Hindus leave shoes outside their place of worship but Christians don’t?

How can bhakti philosophy unite world religions?

How can Chrisitan conversions in India be countered – can Hindus be united for this purpose?

Some Christians say that Kalki will be Jesus come again, not Krishna come again – how to respond?

How central is cow slaughter to Islam?

If Islam considers idolatry the greatest sin, how can it co-exist with Hinduism?

Why do post-modern Leftist scholars in India separate Islam from terrorism, but not Hinduism from the caste system?

As different paths conceive God differently, do they all lead to the same goal?

How can spiritual knowledge address today’s burning social issues?

Should we take cow milk when it is obtained by causing violence to cows?

Where do the differences among religions come from?

Did Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection make his blood pure, making him into God?

How to preach to Christians who argue that Jesus is the only way?

Do all religions lead to God?

What is the destination of people who remember God according to their religious revelation?

How do we respond to people who self-identify as spiritual but not religious?

How can our spiritual growth dismantle the power structures in today’s world that choke spiritual growth?

How does spiritual consciousness help solve today’s practical problems?

2016 in review – Seeing global political upheavals philosophically

Talk show – How to stick to our new year resolutions

Dhoni’s stepping down and seeing the big picture

Let life give new eyes to see old relationships – Wisdom on Wisdom 7

No place in the world is pain-free – Wisdom on Wisdom 6

Pain is new for the sufferer, old for the observer – Wisdom on Wisdom 5

Pleasure is a smooth-talking lawyer – Wisdom on Wisdom 4

The future is in the future, not the past – Wisdom on Wisdom 3

What’s new about the New Atheists – and what isn’t

No place in the world is pain-free – Wisdom on Wisdom series

Nietzsche’s Desirer of desire – Wisdom on Wisdom 2

Emerson’s Thought-stealing Ancients – Wisdom on Wisdom 1

Talk show – Ecology & Spirituality

Christmas – A meditation for raising human consciousness

Timeless insights, timely re-sights

​When there are different kinds of jehad, why is jehad associated with terrorism?

Is the God of different religions one or different?

​​​​If religion is meant to love God, what about Buddhism which doesn’t refer to God?

​Why are there contradictions among different religions?

​A Bhagavad-gita view of religious diversity

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

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

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

​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 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?

Why is the message of God so different in different religions?

​Can we use self-help books that give techniques that help us in our bhakti?

How do we see the joy of living in the present from the bhakti perspective?

​Is harmony possible among various religions?

Some Jains say that Krishna is still living in hell – is this true?

How faith contributes to harmony – Multi-faith meeting

What makes Indians convert to Islam or Christianity?

QA with Christian students 4 – Is the Christian incarnation similar to Vedic avatar?

QA with Christian students 3 – Does the Prodigal Son parable correlate with the fall of the soul?

QA with Christian students 2 – Is there any bhakti equivalent to the Trinity?

QA with Christian students 1 – Is Yashoda similar to Virgin Mary?

Why did Ambedkar misundersand and reject the Vedic path?

Sharing bhakti with a westernized audience

Is Jesus a forgiving God and Krishna a punishing God?

Isn’t ISIS Islam? Why do we need to be politically correct and differentiate between the two?

When cities were present in scriptural times too, why does ISKCON criticize urbanization?

Is Christianity Mayavada because many Christians consider Jesus to be God?

Why do Hindus worship ghastly gods with skulls?

Is Jesus the only way to God and Hinduism the lie of the Devil?

If Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth, why are Hindus so poor?

Is God too big to be contained in a picture?

Does the system of karma and rebirth imply that there is no forgiveness?

Is Prabhupada’s usage of “Thou shall not kill” to meat-eating an out-of-context application?

Vaishnava Meditations on Christmas

Is the God of the Abrahamic traditions the same as the God of the Vedic tradition?

Don’t those who convert by force justify that they are saving others from eternal damnation?

Those converted by force sometimes later become fanatical followers of that religion. How then is such conversion inconsequential?

Are fish vegetarian or non-vegetarian?

Dharma is that which is coming from God – do the Abrahamic religions also come from Krishna

Are all religions coming from the Vedas?

Is there a shiva-linga at the Kaba?

Why do Abrahamic religions depict God as jealous when they are too are revelations?

If we have canine teeth for eating meat, then doesn’t it go against the regulative principle of no meat-eating?

Non-vegetarians healthier than vegetarians?

Islam and Christianity have damaged Vedic culture yet we consider them revealed religions – so are they part of Kali’s plan or have they become distorted over time?

If someone is following an Abrahamic religion, should we encourage them to follow that religion or to take up Krishna consciousness?

Aryan Invasion Theory – Origins, Problems and Consequences

Was Hitler interested in India’s ancient spiritual culture? If yes, then why was he so hateful towards Jews?

Where do Abrahamic religions fall among the six systems of philosophy?

If dharma meaning to love and serve God is so simple and universal why do so many religions focus on such aggressive conversion?

What is the Vedic perspective of godless religions like Jainism and Buddhism whose followers still live good lives?

What can we do when religions use surrogate advertising for converting unsuspecting needy people?

Is institutionalization alien to Vedic culture? Did Gaudiya acharyas import if from Christianity ?

When Hinduism is not a missionary religion, why does ISKCON stress missionary activities so much?

Conversion to What: Intolerance or Transcendence?

Why do Abrahamic religions violently oppose Deity Worship?

Why do Christianity and Islam allow meat-eating? Is it essential for Muslims to eat meat?

What is the Vedic equivalent of the Golden Rule of Chrisitianity?